Category: Vette Polls

Vette Polls: Would You Buy A New, Factory-Built Retro Corvette?

Vette Polls: Would You Buy A New, Factory-Built Retro Corvette?

Now this would never, ever, ever happen – but it’s fun to imagine. The basic idea would be this. Start with two Corvettes from each of the first three generations. Take the original designs and update the drivetrains, wheels, tires, and brakes, safety requirements, and interior materials and creature comforts. Aside from modern paint colors, wheels, and tires, they would look very much like their original counterparts. They need not be quasi race cars, loaded to the gills with hi-tech hardware. Just brand new, modernized, old-style Corvettes. Sound interesting? Let’s look at each component.

Vette Polls: What’s Your Favorite 1968-1982 Shark Corvette?

Vette Polls: What’s Your Favorite 1968-1982 Shark Corvette?

It was an interesting generation. Certainly in the Fall of ‘67 as the first Shark ‘68 Corvettes were arriving in Chevrolet showrooms, no imagined the shape would have a 15-year run, with a chassis designed in 1960! The comedian Gallagher used to have a routine about how Americans have, “S t y l e……” The Mako Shark-II defined THE basic “style” of America’s sports car.

What was your favorite C3 Corvette?

Should the C6 ZR1 Corvette Chassis be the Basic C7 Chassis?

Take an inside look at the ZR1 Corvette chassis display and discover the engineering precision beneath the bodywork. From advanced suspension geometry to structural rigidity and drivetrain layout, this behind-the-scenes view highlights the technology and craftsmanship that make the ZR1 one of the most capable performance Corvettes ever built.