Corvette

NEEDED: 'THICK SKIN'

GM designer knows crucial launches produce a love-hate response

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 20, 2013
Chevrolet designer Tom Peters describes the blocky, chiseled front end of the 2014 Silverado pickup as a "fist in the wind." The metaphor also could describe the resolve Peters needs to weather his critics as the lead designer for two of the most closely scrutinized vehicles on the planet: the Silverado and Corvette.... Read More »

 

Chevy aims new Vette at Porsche buyers

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
General Motors and Chevrolet's ad agency, Commonwealth of Detroit, are plotting an ambitious marketing strategy for the 2014 Corvette Stingray, one of GM's biggest launches of the year.... Read More »

 

Corvettes from 2005-2007 being probed over headlight problems

10:21 am U.S. ET | May 10, 2013
Federal auto safety regulators have launched a preliminary investigation into the Chevrolet Corvette from model years 2005 to 2007, citing dozens of complaints that the car's headlights can turn themselves off without warning.... Read More »

 

Base '14 Vette priced at $51,995

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
General Motors has set the base price of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray coupe at $51,995, including shipping, $1,400 more than the outgoing model. The base convertible will be $56,995 with shipping, $1,240 more than its predecessor.... Read More »

 

New Vette's base price set at $51,995, up 3%

12:30 pm U.S. ET | April 26, 2013
GM set the base price of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray coupe at $51,995, including destination charges, $1,400 more than the outgoing model.... Read More »

 

MIKE COLIAS

Why the Stingray's $52K sticker should come with an asterisk

1:55 pm U.S. ET | April 26, 2013
GM resisted the urge to jack up the price on the 2014 Corvette Stingray, despite major enhancements on the seventh-generation sports car. The $51,995* sticker for the coupe is just 1,400 bucks more than the current model, even with its more powerful engine, better fuel economy and vastly improved interior. So why the asterisk?... Read More »

 

1 in 3 Chevy dealers can get Corvette at launch

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 1, 2013
Fewer than one in three Chevrolet dealerships will be eligible to sell the 2014 Corvette Stingray when it begins rolling off the assembly line in late summer.... Read More »

 

JAKE LINGEMAN

Corvette Stingray price? Read the fine print for a clue

12:00 pm U.S. ET | March 20, 2013
If you're counting pennies to buy a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, your target price is $71,860.... Read More »

 

Higher-volume cars get carbon fiber

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 18, 2013
Carbon fiber has finally broken out of its European supercar niche. The 2013 SRT Viper and the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Corvette have carbon fiber hoods and other parts, and the Corvette's production is likely to top 20,000 units this year.... Read More »

 

GM plans entry-level Corvette sports car, report says

4:41 pm U.S. ET | March 14, 2013
GM is planning to build an entry-level Chevrolet Corvette that would cost less than $50,000 and widen the iconic sports car brand's appeal, people familiar with the plans told Reuters.... Read More »

 

MIKE COLIAS

Why Corvette in Europe faces a tough road

2:00 am U.S. ET | March 5, 2013
By unveiling the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible in Europe, GM is signaling that it believes this generation of the Vette can stretch its halo beyond American shores.... Read More »

 

2013 GENEVA AUTO SHOW

Corvette Stingray convertible will have standard power top

2:00 am U.S. ET | March 5, 2013
The latest Corvette convertible was introduced today at the Geneva auto show, the same place that the '06 Corvette convertible and the '90 "King of the Hill" Corvette ZR-1 made their world debuts. Chevy chose Geneva for the rollout because the left-hand-drive Stingray will be sold in markets such as Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Japan.... Read More »

 

MIKE COLIAS

Why Corvette in Europe faces a tough road

2:00 am U.S. ET | March 5, 2013
By unveiling the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible in Europe, GM is signaling that it believes this generation of the 'Vette can stretch its halo beyond American shores.... Read More »

 

GROWLIN' -- FOR NOW

Sports cars are hot today, but who'll buy them tomorrow?

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 4, 2013
A new SRT Viper and an upcoming Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, Alfa Romeo 4C and Acura NSX. If consumers didn't know better, they might think that all is well in the sports car business. It's not.... Read More »

 

Last C6 Corvette rolls off the line

12:23 pm U.S. ET | March 1, 2013
All the Chevrolet Corvette talk these days is focused on the 2014 Stingray, the seventh-generation car that arrives this fall. But the C6 era only ended on Thursday as the last car rolled off the assembly line in Bowling Green, Ky.... Read More »

 

GENEVA AUTO SHOW PREVIEW

Luxury to the max

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 25, 2013
European automakers are reeling from a slump in sales, but the focus at the Geneva auto show next week will be on the kinds of cars that have largely escaped the region's downturn -- super-expensive ones.... Read More »

 

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Why would small store want a Vette?

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 18, 2013
Like most small dealerships, we have for our entire existence been trained for, purchased tools for and stocked Corvettes in a market where one or two sales a year is the norm. Why, you ask? Why would we spend the money necessary to do all those things, only to sell one or two cars?... Read More »

 

Chevy shoots for rwd glory with 415-hp, V-8 SS performance sedan

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 16, 2013
Chevrolet is returning to its roots with the 2014 SS, the brand's first rear-wheel-drive performance sedan since the mid-1990s and a challenger to Chrysler Group's Charger and 300 SRT models. The SS will produce 415 horsepower and cover 0 to 60 mph in about 5 seconds, GM says. It was unveiled today at Daytona International Speedway, where the race car version will make its debut during the Daytona 500 on Feb. 24.... Read More »

 

Corvette convertible in Geneva

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 4, 2013
The convertible version of the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will make its world debut at the Geneva auto show in early March. The Stingray convertible could be in dealer showrooms by year end.... Read More »

 

FINAL ASSEMBLY

Vette Viewpoints

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 4, 2013
What did auto writers think of the seventh-generation Corvette? Here's a sampling:... Read More »

 

MIKE COLIAS

Why one Chevy dealer REALLY loves the new Corvette Stingray

1:27 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 30, 2013
Many people liked Chevrolet's decision to badge its next-generation Corvette with the throwback Stingray name. Steve Hurley really liked it. He's dealer principal at Stingray Chevrolet in Plant City, Fla.... Read More »

 

2013 GENEVA MOTOR SHOW

Corvette convertible prepped for Geneva motor show

2:21 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 29, 2013
The convertible version of the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray will make its world debut at the Geneva motor show in early March, according to Autoweek. Also, the Stingray convertible will go on sale as a 2014 model and could be in dealer showrooms by the end of this year.... Read More »

 

NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW

Sizing up Detroit

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013
West Coast Editor Mark Rechtin -- our tireless chronicler of such things as "micro-cheese-grater" interiors and front ends that evoke "a dachshund snorting a gopher hole" -- walked the floor of the Detroit auto show gathering first impressions of new cars and concepts. Here's his take on the winners, losers and everything in between.... Read More »

 

JAMES B. TREECE

Monsters (ELR) vs. dogs (Corvette) in car design

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 17, 2013
The Cadillac ELR won an EyesOn Design award this week for Best Production Vehicle. Congratulations to Cadillac. The ELR is certainly a distinctive-looking vehicle, which keeps essentially all the design elements of the Cadillac Converj concept car.... Read More »

 

2013 DETROIT AUTO SHOW

Mulally checks out the 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray

5:35 pm U.S. ET | Jan. 14, 2013
Ford CEO Alan Mulally was all smiles Monday afternoon when he took a few minutes to check out the just-unveiled 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray. GM unwrapped the seventh-generation sports car at a party Sunday evening and repeated the introduction this morning at a packed news conference.... Read More »