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Chevrolet has taken a bold leap into the future with the introduction of the 2024 Corvette E-Ray , the first-ever electrified and all-wheel-drive Corvette in the brand’s 70-year history. Combining a naturally aspirated V8 engine with electric propulsion, the E-Ray delivers a striking blend of raw performance, all-weather capability, and technological innovation. A Hybrid Powertrain Like No Other At the heart of the E-Ray lies the iconic 6.2-liter LT2 V8 engine, producing 495 horsepower and 470 lb-ft of torque, mounted in the rear. Complementing it is a front-mounted electric motor delivering an additional 160 horsepower and 125 lb-ft of torque. This hybrid setup provides a combined output of 655 horsepower , launching the E-Ray from 0 to 60 mph in just 2.5 seconds —making it the quickest production Corvette ever. Unlike other hybrids aimed at fuel economy, the E-Ray is engineered for performance and traction . Its eAWD system ensures power delivery to all four wheels, improving a...

The arrival of the Chevrolet Corvette C8 has revolutionized the identity of the American sports car: after decades of rumors the central engine has arrived, changing the behavior on the road and the meaning that the new generations will give to the " Vette " brand. A different and more technologically advanced sports car: the year zero was also for tuners. It is no coincidence that the generous offer of the tuners, which had characterized the previous generations, is now greatly reduced. Thanks to ProCharger today we have the opportunity to see, and above all hear, the first Corvette C8 equipped with a volumetric compressor . The 6.2-liter LT2 V8 goes from 502 to an impressive 708 hp ! One of the major obstacles to the Corvette's new generation aftermarket treatments is its ECU, now hacker-proof and once reprogrammable and key to balanced processing. Prior to ProCharger, Extreme Turbo Systems had bypassed the safety system and equipped the Vette C8 with a tur...

Almost a year has passed since the official presentation of the latest generation Chevrolet Corvette , the C8 . Now, however, it seems that its extreme variant, the Z06 , is already in the process of running in the test phase to land on the market as soon as possible. As you can see from the spy images taken by the guys from  Motor1 , two specimens of Z06 have been caught and each of them shows its large exhausts in a central position.  The first model of Corvette Z06 is the one with a rigid roof, while the second is in a convertible version. It is not easy to understand it, given the really heavy camouflage, but by observing the roof lines of the second prototype well, you can see the solutions to the continuity of the lines. The most important change however concerns the exhaust system, which immediately catches the eye. The rumors about the next generation Z06 were going to reject the setup with outlets at the corners, and apparently proved to be true, even if the test veh...

The Corvette, the C8, shows impressive numbers for a model in that category. The new C8 Corvette is finally in the hands of lucky customers across the country who have spent decades waiting for the legendary mid-engined Corvette . The C8 Corvette has a lot to prove with its brand new engine configuration and dual clutch transmission. The mid-engine layout will certainly have a profound impact on handling, but what does it do for straight-line performance? Chevrolet claims that the C8 Corvette can accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h in 2.9 seconds . Vehicles like the Nissan GTR, the Porsche 911 Turbo S, the Ferrari 488 GTB and the Acura NSX are all concerned about the impressive performance of the Corvette. Many speculated that that time there was optimistic considering how impressive a time from 0 to 100 under three seconds is. Can you get this time on the road where most Corvettes will spend most of their time? Many speculated that this time was optimistic considering h...

1.200 HP OBJECTIVE - The first Corvette of 2020 took the path of Hennessey Performance Engineering . Thanks to a couple of turbos, the tuning company had announced that it wanted to get 1,200 hp from the supercar. The car is already in operation, although it could take some time before seeing them touch 1,200: Hennessey has in fact revealed that the transmission control unit is impossible to modify and it is not known when it will be able to develop it. Consequently, it will need the support of the parent company to make the most of the twin-turbo configuration. FIRST TEST - Even without intervening on the Corvette control unit, the tuner was not discouraged and put the car on the test bench recording something like 675 HP, 180 HP more than the 495 in the standard configuration . Of course Hennessey will not be the first or the last to try to derive extra performance from the new Corvette C8: waiting for their 1,200 hp monster, we will see who else will throw the gaun...

The audience in Scottsdale, Arizona , is now accustomed to the Barrett-Jasckson expensive sports car auctions , which also gave a lot of show this year. In fact, a new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C8 was sold. Not just any Stingray but the C8 VIN 001 , the first produced by the American Chevy factories . An element that obviously pushed the price up, even reaching 3 million dollars - and the C8 2020 starts from a price of 60,000 dollars. To place the winning offer was Rick Hendrick , Founder and CEO of the Hendrick Automotive Group. The proceeds from the sale, to which must also be added the shares of a Toyota Supra ($ 2.1 million) and a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 ($ 1.1 million), will be donated to the Detroit Children's Fund, an organization not -profit which aims to improve the quality of schools in the Detroit area. Returning to the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C8 number 001 , we are talking about a red car and black interior with always red s...

The new Corvette C8 Stingray 2020 collects an excellent 7:28.30 at the legendary Nurburgring circuit, also beating the most recent Porsche 911 992 Carrera S . We await the times of future versions such as the Z06 and the legendary ZR1 . Ever since the presentation of the new Chevrolet Corvette C8 , many of the fans have wondered if it would have lived up to European sports, especially from the point of view of driveability. There is a legend, which in reality a little truth hides, that American cars would be good only for grinding speeds on the straight. To dispel this myth, Chevrolet has in fact redesigned the whole car, even moving the engine, abandoning that typically American configuration, which sees the engine positioned frontally and the traction all behind. In fact, the new Chevrolet Corvette C8 has a body capable of housing the engine in a central position , becoming in all respects a supercar, and no longer a sports car. The new Corvette 2020 has a ...

All sold. Chevrolet has not yet officially started production of its new Corvette C8 , but reservations have gone so well that in fact all the units programmed for the American market have already been reserved. Of course, we're talking about a 60,000 dollar sports vehicle but not a one-off. Chevrolet will continue to offer its Corvette mid-engine and ideally i n the coming years the vehicle will also receive several updates . But those who dreamed of getting behind the wheel of the new acclaimed Stingray unfortunately will have to put their heart at rest: if they have not already ordered the car, they will have to wait. And also a lot. Production was ready to begin in these months, but strikes by GM plant staff have postponed the start of production in February 2020. Added to this is the fact that all 40,000 units of the Corvette C8 have already been reserved . Now we inevitably have to register on a waiting list, and wait for at least 2021. We do not know if the ...

If there is a car that you immediately think of when it comes to Hennessey, that's the Chevrolet Corvette . The relationship between the American company and the Texan tuner will certainly not stop with the market launch of the new Corvette, with Hennessey announcing that it will offer upgraded versions up to 1,200 hp of the new mid-engine C8 . " We expect the new Corvette C8 to be an excellent starting point to fully customize according to the taste of our customers, including power and performance ," said company founder John Hennessey. " In the last few months we have received hundreds of requests from C8 owners who want to know what we will offer in the future for the new Corvette; we have therefore created an online questionnaire that has already registered 250 completed forms. And every day more and more are arriving but all of them , more   or less, they ask the same thing: more power ". Power up to 1,200 hp Hennessey will initially offer ...

To beat a modern car do you need another modern car? Not even an idea: this 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is able to humiliate some of the most famous modern supercars . A breathtaking video shows the determination of what, apparently, is a car of another era. Obviously behind these performances there is the hand of a skilled work of elaboration. Under the bonnet we find a 6.2L LT1 , an extremely high-performance V8 . Even the exhausts have been replaced with a version designed for sports use. The video in question was recorded during the 2018 Pikes Peak Airstrip Attack. The Chevrolet was able to win every single race, and also with a fairly solid margin. The vehicle touched s peed peaks between 252 and 280 km / h . A result to say the least amazing for a classic 1967 car. The LT1 engine was boosted thanks to the use of two turbos, with the result that the vehicle went from the original 460 hp associated with the engine to a power of 900CV . The vehicle was subjected t...

After years of waiting, including spy photos, rumors and teasers, the Chevrolet removed the veils from the first Corvette with a central engine , the C8 . The new architecture has led the American sports car to clearly break away from the past, both in terms of the proportions of the bodywork, and for the style, totally revised to bring the American supercar into a new era. For the moment the Corvette has formalized data and information on what should be the entry-level variant of the sports car, the Stingray which, with its 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V8 engine , will be positioned at the base of the offer with prices that, in the United States, should start below $ 60,000 (€ 53,309). Behind the passenger compartment there is a 6.2 liter LT2 V8 derived from the previous LT1 . Mounted longitudinally and combined with an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission with rear-wheel drive , the only naturally aspirated eight-cylinder in this categ...

Chevrolet Corvette C8 : the new generation of american supercars will not be presented at the Detroit Motor Show and will hardly debut at the Geneva Motor Show or the New York Motor Show There is no doubt that the Chevrolet Corvette C8 is one of the most anticipated upcoming supercars over the next few months. The American manufacturer has been testing the new generation for some time, which apparently will be a big step forward compared to the current model, especially as regards the new technical layout that will provide a very important change. As repeatedly anticipated on these pages, the new Corvette C8 will represent a real appointment with the story as for the first time will enjoy the engine mounted centrally in place of the classic positioned at the front. In fact, back in 1964, Chevrolet created a Corvette prototype characterized by the presence of a propeller mounted behind the passenger compartment: in detail Zora Arkus-Duntov , as well as being the first ...

Chevrolet Corvette C8 : the new generation, passing from the classic configuration with front engine and rear-wheel drive to the new mechanical scheme with central engine and rear-wheel drive, will enjoy new shapes and unprecedented proportions. The curiosity around the new Chevrolet Corvette C8 increases more and more: after the numerous spy photos and footage of the forklifts used in the tests, the debut in the world of high performance cars of the new generation of the stars and stripes supercar is getting closer. However, the American brand has not yet officially pronounced in this regard, not communicating the date of presentation of the new model. It has been said several times that the new Corvette , seen traditionally the symbol of American sportiness par excellence, would have been unveiled in one of the classic American car saloons: this being the case, at best the new C8 could be officially presented at the upcoming Detroit Motor Show 2019 (13-28 January) or perha...

The  Genovation GXE , an American electric road supercar based on the  Chevrolet Corvette , will debut at the  Los Angeles Auto Show  ( November 30 - December 9 ). A first appearance took place last January at the  CES in Las Vegas , but the real presentation before the launch on the market (scheduled for 2019) is at the Los Angeles event. Meanwhile, the  Genovation GXE  has already been noted thanks to some very special features that distinguish it. First of all, the choice of  Genovation Car Inc , an American company that deals with customization, to use the frame and body of an icon like the  Corvette , has produced an intriguing means to the eye, with those sporty and aggressive lines so dear to fans of Chevrolet.  Then there is the fact that the Genovation GXE holds the official record (certified in the Guinness Book of Records) of the fastest road car on the "standing mile" (test of acceleration from ...

While the world is waiting anxiously to know if the future Corvette C8 will really deliver 1,000 horsepower from its centrally placed engine, Hennessey has decided instead to carelessly improve the C7 , the latest version of the 'Vette with V8 engine front and rear wheel drive, pulling out as many horses as ever will have the C8. As we already know the ZR1 is impressive: 755 horses, almost a thousand Nm of torque, 0-100 in 2.8 seconds and so much downforce to make it effective even in the corners. Yet the American company found it weak, so he gave her an injection of power and malice. 800 horses? 900? 1,000? Nein, John Hennessey took the 6.2-liter V8 with volumetric compressor and brought it to 1,218 horsepower and 1,455 Nm of torque, all sent to the rear wheels. It seems only synonymous with big problems, yet the traction seems to be still a known concept since the performances speak of a 0-100 in 2.2 seconds, the quarter mile covered in 9.2 and a top speed of ...

The new Chevrolet Corvette C8 could be unveiled soon: in the meantime the road tests of the future American sports car will be intensified. For the first time in the history a Corvette will be distinguished by the presence of the propeller mounted in a central position instead of anterior. The new Chevrolet Corvette C8 should be unveiled by the end of 2018 or at most within the first few months of 2019. The next generation of the American sport par excellence is still engaged in the long and challenging phase of testing that is seeing it as a protagonist already by some months. In fact, the American brand is investing a lot of energy to test and develop in the best way the future C8, a supercar that surely will mark a great turning point in its history thanks to an innovative technical layout compared to tradition. The first central-engine Corvette ... or almost! In fact, the new C8 will be the first Corvette to enjoy the technical scheme that provides for the ad...

Following the announcement last June, Chevrolet showed the first images of the Corvette C7.R # 64 in the Redline livery with which Corvette Racing will take part in the 6 Hours of Shanghai, fifth round of the 2018-2019 season of the World Endurance (FIA) WEC) scheduled for Sunday 18 November at the Shanghai International Circuit. The single specimen inscribed in the GTE Pro class and led by Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner presents a body with silver tint and black and red inserts, the same graphic details provided on the Redline. The aim is to promote the launch of the special edition in China, with the operation supported by the joint venture between SAIC Motor and General Motors (SAIC-GM).  This is a maneuver that coincides with the twentieth anniversary of the commitment in the races of Corvette Racing, as well as the first time of an official Corvette in Asia, but not in the World Endurance. In fact, except for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the last appear...

Presented as the most powerful Corvette ever, the ZR1 keeps its label. The American supercar has tested itself on the Automotive Testing Papenburg , in Germany. It is a test circuit, four hours north of the Nurburgring , on which the car manufacturers test the maximum speeds. The track is a circular ring and to measure the official maximum speed it must be traveled in both directions. In favor of wind and with contrary wind. The maximum speed is calculated from their average. The ZR1 arrived at 214.88 mph in one of the tests, or 345.8 km / h. On the other occasion it was "stopped" at 210.20 miles, or 338.2 km / h. Its 755 HP are unleashed from the mighty 6.2-liter V8 , supported by an Eaton volumetric compressor. Acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h takes less than three seconds and the maximum speed declared before these tests was 337 km / h.  On the German circuit, the ZR1 was in standard trim, with the normal rear wing and not that of the ZTK perf...

The ZR1 , the most powerful Corvette ever, takes measurements on the Nurburgring circuit. The American supercar was filmed during some test tests on the German track. As you can see, the model in question looks like a prototype but it is very close to the production version. At the Nurburgring the ZR1 watches since its presentation at the Detroit Motor Show in January. The American car wants to become the third car to fall under the 7-minute track limit . The track record is held by the Porsche 911 GT2 RS in 6’47″3. A record won by the Lamborghini Huracan Performante who had stopped the clock in 6’52″01. In the viewfinder there is however the Dodge Viper ACR . Beating its time of 7'01''3 would mean to be the fastest American car and most likely to fall under the 7-minute limit. The potential is there all. The ZR1, as mentioned, is the most powerful Corvette ever. The mighty 6.2-liter V8 produces 755 horsepower, unpar...

The Corvette ZR1 proves to be strong even on the straight with its supercharged V8 755 hp, shooting from 0 to 96 km / h in just 2.85 seconds.  In the sports market the Chevrolet Corvette has always been an icon and the ZR1 variant represents the most powerful version of the american supercar. With 755 hp released from the s upercharged 6.2 V8 , in fact, she managed to get behind the fast Ford GT on the Virginia International Raceway. But that's not all, because Corvette Blogger has recently discovered its acceleration data thanks to statements from the model Product Manager, Harlan Charles . Well, the time on 0-60 mph (0-96 km / h) is around 2.85 seconds. The shot from zero up to 100 mph (160 km / h) takes place in 6 seconds, while the quarter mile (0-400 m) is covered in 10.6 seconds with an output speed of 215 km / h. Compared to the previous 650 hp C6 Z06 there has been an improvement, but not an exploit. In fact, the latter can reach 60 mph in 2.95 seconds a...