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Inside the Corvette Team's Record-Setting Assault on the Nürburgring

For Corvette engineers, America’s Sports Car is part of their 9-to-5: No cameras, no stopwatches, no headlines. It’s just what they do. Even in unglamorous Michigan winters at Milford Proving Ground, where GM has tested cars for 101 years, Corvette developers log and slog their share of 15 million annual…

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Corvette CX and CX.R Vision Coming to Gran Turismo 7 Later This Month

Chevrolet has unveiled two new Corvette concepts — the Corvette CX and the CX.R Vision Gran Turismo — set to arrive in Gran Turismo 7 later this month after making their debut at The Quail.

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Meet the 2,000-HP Electric Corvette of the Future

When Chevrolet isn’t busy setting records at the Nürburgring with the Corvette ZR1X, its designers are back in the lab, cooking up concepts that imagine the far-off future of America’s favorite sports car.

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Scott McLaughlin to enter "bucket list" Suzuka 1000Km race

Penske IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin will race a Chevrolet Corvette at Suzuka next month to tick off what he is calling a “bucket list” ambition.

Motorsport

McLaughlin to fulfil "bucket list" ambition with Suzuka 1000Km entry

Penske IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin will race a Chevrolet Corvette at Suzuka next month to tick off what he is calling a “bucket list” ambition.

Autosport

The Corvette ZR1X Is An Absolute Bargain

When Chevrolet debuted the C8 Corvette in 2020, the automaker loudly and proudly promoted its sub-$60,000 starting price. It was a genuinely impressive number at the time, given that most other mid-engined cars of the day neared six figures.

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'Game On:' Ford CEO Responds to the Corvette's Nürburgring Record

The Ford Mustang GTD only held the record for the fastest American car to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife for a little over 7 months. Ford announced a 6:57.685 lap back in December, and bettered it with a 6:52.07 a few months later, but Chevrolet just took the crown with the Corvette ZR1…

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Watch the Corvette ZR1X Absolutely Demolish the Nürburgring in Its Record Run

Shortly after announcing its C8 Corvette Nürburgring Nordschleife lap times, Chevrolet put up onboard videos on its YouTube channel. Naturally, they make for excellent viewing and reveal something key—setting fast laps like this is serious business.

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Mission Accomplished: The Corvette ZR1X Broke Ford's Nürburgring Record

Chevrolet has tested Corvettes around the Nürburgring for decades, but it’s been over 10 years since the company released a Nordschleife lap time for America’s sports car. That changes Thursday. Chevy brought three C8 Corvettes to the ‘Ring—the Z06, ZR1, and ZR1X—and now claims the title of fastest American car around…

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New Corvette Z06s Are Sitting On Lots—Some With Huge Discounts

The Chevy Corvette Z06 was once a hot commodity. Just two years ago, buyers were clamoring for build slots and were happy to pay markups for the opportunity. Now, though, it seems Z06s are beginning to pile up on dealer lots, with many available for MSRP. Some even have steep…

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Aging Tesla Model S Plaid Still Trashes A New Chevy Corvette ZR1

Even with less horsepower and more weight, the Tesla Model S Plaid consistently out-accelerated a 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 on the drag strip.

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Why An Electric Corvette Won't Happen Anytime Soon

Chevrolet's desire to build an electric Corvette is dissipating. It's been three years since General Motors President Mark Reuss teased a "fully electric, Ultium-based Corvette," but Chevy isn't in a rush to make that dream a reality. As the Corvette's boss, Tony Roma, puts it bluntly in a recent interview: "Nobody wants that."

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Hybrid Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray UK prices revealed

Here’s how much the new hybrid Corvette E-Ray will cost in the UK

The Corvette ZR1 Just Put Down a Crazy Number on a Dyno

The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 carries the honor of being the most powerful Corvette ever... at least until the ZR1X hits production later this year. Customers are finally starting to receive their cars, so it was only a matter of time before a ZR1 showed up at a dyno for a…

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'Never Say Never:' An Electric Corvette Isn't Completely Off the Table

Chevrolet debuted its first electrified Corvette, the E-Ray, in 2023 with a 1.1-kilowatt-hour battery pack designed to give Chevy's ubiquitous eight-cylinder engine a bit of extra boost. Now there's a Corvette ZR1X, which uses a similar battery pack with 26 percent more energy, helping deliver a whopping 1,250 horsepower combined.

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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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Everybody Loves Your Money

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.

Motorsport

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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