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The ZR1X Is the Fastest Corvette Ever. Chevy Tells Us How It Happened

Corvette engineers first uttered the phrase "King of the Hill" internally in the mid-1980s. Their majesty was a 1990 ZR1—that’s a 32-valve, 375-horsepower V-8 designed by the GM-owned Lotus Division and built in Oklahoma by Mercury Marine. It first drew Ferrari comparisons to a sports car that had pissed away…

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'America's Hypercar:' The New Chevy Corvette ZR1X Aims to Take Down Ferrari

The 2025 Corvette ZR1 may already be the fastest rear-wheel-drive car to touch down on our planet: A record-stomping track monster that crushes 60 miles per hour in 2.2 seconds, and whose 233-mph top speed reads like an AI hallucination.

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Undisguised Corvette 'Zora' Looks Just Like a ZR1, Except For One Dead Giveaway

Chevy is on a roll with the Corvette right now. The company just launched the ZR1, a 1,064-horsepower fire-breather with more performance than cars triple the price. But that car likely won't be the very top of the Corvette range, at least judging by these spy shots out of Germany.

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7 Design Flaws in Some of Your Favorite Chevy Corvettes

Few names in American automotive history evoke more emotion than the Chevrolet Corvette. For over seventy years, the Corvette has represented power, freedom, and innovation wrapped in a sleek fiberglass body. Generations of enthusiasts have fallen in love with its seductive lines, roaring engines, and track-day potential.

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Wickens proves he’s ready for his new challenge

Robert Wickens went into his first race of the season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Long Beach with a simple goal: “To leave with our heads held high.” The Canadian undoubtedly did that over the course of his maiden event aboard a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R specially adapted…

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After Patenting a Motorcycle, GM Supposedly Has a UTV In the Works

After General Motors, the makers of the Silverado and Corvette, patented an electric motorcycle, a new patent was discovered that shows what appears to be a side-by-side coming from the legendary Detroit company.

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6 Times Corvette Got It Totally Wrong

The Chevrolet Corvette is a symbol of American muscle, performance, and innovation. It’s a car that has been praised for generations, carving out a legacy on racetracks and highways alike. But not every chapter in the Corvette’s history has been worth celebrating. For all its high-speed glory, there have been…

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The Technology That Got Robert Wickens Back In Top-Level Racing

Even by the standards of elite racing drivers, Robert Wickens is remarkable. After a 2018 IndyCar crash at Pocono rendered him with paraplegia, he never for a second gave up on racing. In 2022, he made his comeback in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge series with Bryan Herta Autosport in a…

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Wickens: Taking the next step on the comeback trail

Robert Wickens was always going to get back into a racing car after the life-changing injuries he sustained at the wheel of an Indycar at Pocono in 2018. He never doubted it, and nor did those around him. So no one should be surprised that his comeback is gathering pace…

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How Much Is a Corvette?

"How much is a Corvette?" That probably sounds like a pretty simple question, but with more C8 variants and options than ever, digging into the configurator of the 2025 model can be a pretty daunting task. Chevrolet offers four different versions of the Corvette for 2025: The base Stingray, the…

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2025 Indianapolis 500 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 pace car unveiled

With the month of May just around the corner, and continuing the hype following last week's open test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IndyCar on Tuesday unveiled the pace car for the 109th Indianapolis 500.

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The C8 Corvette Has a New Color: Green

Chevy has added two new color choices to its mid-engine Corvette sports car for 2026: Roswell Green Metallic and Blade Silver Metallic. In a sea of painfully boring grey, black, and white, we're ecstatic.

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The Mind-Blowing Tech of the Corvette's Michelin All-Season Tires

Enthusiasts often think in simple binaries. Manual transmission good, automatic transmission bad; hydraulic power steering good, electric power steering bad. All-season tires fall into the same boat, compared with their more specialized summer or winter brethren. But reality isn’t quite so simple. Not all all-season tires are bad, just as not…

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An Electric Chevrolet Corvette? GM Is Thinking About It

If you'll indulge me with a personal story for a moment: when I was in high school, my father bought himself an NB Mazda Miata. But I wasn't allowed to drive it. It was a five-speed manual, and he was convinced I'd either wreck the car or the gearbox or…

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Chevy's New Corvette Concept Has One Fatal Flaw: No V-8

The Chevrolet C8 Corvette is already five years old. While it might be too soon to dream about the C9, it's difficult not to imagine what comes next when General Motors is trotting out new Corvette concepts. The automaker asked its advanced design studios to develop Corvette designs, and this…

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“I had to stay out of the way of the pit crew”, automotive photographer’s unique perspective from hazardous pit lane

Photo of the Day: Richard Prince captures an unprecedented view of the pit lane and the Corvette Racing pit crew in action

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Eight Corvettes Stolen (Then Recovered) From Chevy Kentucky Plant [Update]

Update: When news broke about new Corvettes being stolen from the factory, a picture of a ZR1 surfaced on social media in the lot where some of the cars were recovered. Everyone assumed—us included—that it was among those stolen but that's not the case. No ZR1s were nabbed from the…

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Chevy Will Pause Corvette Production for 'Project Improvements'

There could be some changes in store for the 2026 Chevrolet Corvette. The 'Vette's assembly plant in Bowling Green will halt production for several weeks between now and May, including a two-week closure at the end of March.

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A Fully Loaded Corvette ZR1 Costs Nearly $240,000

Nobody said the new Corvette ZR1 was going to be cheap. The ZR1 coupe starts at $174,995 with destination, while the hardtop convertible costs $184,995. But those prices are for a base ZR1 before the seemingly endless amount of options Chevrolet shoehorned into its newly published online configurator.

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The Corvette ZR1 Shattered a Bunch of Lap Records

The new Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 hasn’t even officially hit the street yet, but it’s already proving to be one of the most potent American sports cars of all time. It recently achieved a top speed record at the High-Speed Oval Track at ATP Automotive Testing in Papenburg, Germany. Now, the…

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The Base Corvette Stingray Is a Revelation: Review

Sometimes the simplest answer is the best. Before anyone even drove the C8 Corvette Stingray, we all assumed the Z51 Performance Package was all but mandatory. For a little over $6,000 you get summer tires, a stiffer suspension tune, a performance exhaust, bigger brakes, upgraded cooling, and an electronic limited-slip…

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Chevy Parts Ways With Long-Time Corvette Product Manager

The Chevrolet Corvette team within General Motors looks a bit different today. Harlan Charles, previously the product marketing manager for Corvette, announced on social media that he's no longer with GM after 37 years. And the decision to leave wasn't his.

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Lego's New Corvette Comes With Moving Pistons and a Working Steering Wheel

Lego fanatics, your C8 Corvette Stingray has arrived. The brick-building company has released its first interpretation of the mid-engine American sports car, complete with a "running" drivetrain and a steerable front axle.

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The 2025 ZR1 Is the Most Expensive Corvette Ever

Chevrolet on Thursday released pricing for the 2025 Corvette ZR1. The mid-engine supercar will start at $174,995 including destination, making it the most expensive Corvette ever.

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Cadillac forms new company to build post-Ferrari F1 engines

TWG Motorsports and General Motors have formed a new company to build the future Cadillac Formula 1 team’s engines beyond its initial arrangement for a supply of Ferrari power units.

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