Top Gear’s Richard Hammond has been called a “secret American” for his love of U.S.-made performance vehicles, such as the Ford Mustang. In a recent video, the Autocar crew makes no attempt to hide its fondness for the stars and stripes. It openly hoons (and gets airtime) in a Corvette Stingray. But not just that. […] More »
The Corvette is known for offering a lot of value for the money. It provides incredible levels of performance at thousands of dollars less than European competitors. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Chevy announced it will offer a videographer for the 2015 Stingray – the Performance Data Recorder. Have you ever heard of a […] More »
The engine bay of a new Stingray is a pretty tight space. This creates problems when you want to do things like stuffing it full of turbos. I’m sure people will make it work eventually, but right now we’ve ONLY got this guy with his rear mounted turbo. Woe is me. I don’t think the […] More »
What is there to say about the C7 Corvette that hasn’t already been said? Without beating a dead horse, we can all agree it’s a worthy successor to the C6 and a serious sports car that is putting the rest of the car world on notice. But how does it compare around a race track, […] More »
OK, so you already knew that this C7 with an LMR Stage 1 cam and ported heads made 470 HP and 432 LB-FT at the tires despite the restrictive stock intake and exhaust. But now, despite the stock intake still in place, some Kooks 1-7/8″ headers and a matching X-pipe kicked those figures to 502 […] More »
We already know how the new C7 Stingray stacks up against the older C6 Corvette on paper, but how about in the real world? Well, here’s a firsthand look at how a bone stock C7 stacks up against a C6 Z51 Coupe with (based on the wheels) what looks like an LS2 under the hood. […] More »
Here’s a great way to get the Corvette (or any car for that matter) of your dreams when it hasn’t exactly been “approved” by your better half. How? Easy, you buy one for your better half and surprise them with it as a “gift.” Of course, you knew all along they didn’t really want the […] More »