Category: Chevrolet
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Hennessey builds the world’s fastest Corvette C8; Clocks 205 MPH!
Texas-based tuner Hennessey Performance has built the world’s fastest Chevrolet Corvette C8. This Hennessey tuned 2020 C8 Corvette Stingray makes 650 hp and will do over 200 mph. In fact, the team tested the car at Continental Tires Proving Grounds in Uvalde, Texas where it clocked a top speed of 205.1 mph. According to Hennessey,…
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Chevy Corvette C8 makes big power post break-in period
How much power does the Corvette C8 make post break-in period? Well, Speed Society has the answer. After the 500 mile break-in period was over, Speed Society put the Corvette C8 on dyno to test how much performance it had gained in its unrestricted mode. It was found that V8 motor’s output jumped from 423…
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Hennessey Twin-Turbo C8 Corvette makes 643 HP on the Dyno
Earlier this month, John Hennessey took delivery of his C8 Corvette. He drove the car 1500 miles all the way from Detroit. The next day, he took the car out for a track day at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Once back at the shop, the wizards at Hennessey Performance installed two…
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Hennessey’s Twin Turbo Chevy Corvette C8 Fired up for the first time
The world’s first twin-turbo Chevy Corvette C8 is ready to hit the streets. The guys at Texas-based Hennessey Performance were able to turn a stock C8 Corvette into a twin-turbo beast in just a few days. While the final specs are yet to be revealed, the car certainly makes all the right noises. Just listen…
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This Nitrous Corvette C8 is prepped for the Drag Strip
This could be one of the first Corvette C8s modified for drag racing. It even has a nitrous kit installed. Thanks to its mid-engine layout, the new Corvette C8 should have better traction compared to its predecessor. But, with a bottle of nitrous on-board, the car would need more than that for the tires to…
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Production of the Chevrolet C8 Corvette kicks off!
General Motors’s Bowling Green Assembly line in Kentucky has finally started building the C8 Corvette. This was confirmed by Chevrolet on Twitter. Chevrolet has posted an image of a black C8 Corvette rolling off the assembly line. The Twitter post also confirms that Chevy will produce the hard-top coupe initially. The convertible is expected to…
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Chevy C8 Corvette Targeted by Wheel Thieves in Detroit
This could be the first C8 Corvette that has had its wheel stolen. A black C8 Corvette with out its wheels and resting on wooden blocks was spotted in Detroit. It seems a group of individuals with nefarious intentions stopped by to checkout the new mid-engined ‘Vette. Reports suggest that the car was parked in…
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He paid $3 Million for the First 2020 Chevy Corvette Stingray!
A 2020 Chevy Corvette Stingray has been auctioned for the price of a Bugatti Chiron! When the first ever C8 Corvette Stingray rolled onto the stage, the bidding started at $200,000. That’s way above its sticker price of $59,995. However, the hammer dropped at a staggering $3 million. The winning bid was placed by NASCAR…
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Did the Mid-engined C8 Corvette lap the Nurburgring in 7 min 28 sec?
It looks like the mid-engined C8 Corvette may have set a sub-8 minute Nurburgring lap time. According to Muscle Cars and Trucks, the C8 Corvette was able to complete a hot lap of the Green Hell in relatively favorable weather conditions. The unofficial time is said to be 7 min 28.30 seconds! The car used…
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Mid-engined Chevrolet Corvette C8 is sold out for 2020
We’re not even into the new year and the Corvette C8 is already sold out in the US for 2020. The new mid-engine Corvette was supposed to enter production in late 2019. However, a worker’s strike had forced production to be delayed. It has now been pushed back to February 2020. As a result, orders…
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GM loses $20k on Every Entry-Level C8 Corvette!
Now that’s one of the reasons why GM will hike the prices of the mid-engined Chevrolet C8 Corvette after a year. The biggest shocker related to the all-new mid-engined Chevrolet C8 Corvette got to be its pricing. Nobody believed that GM could tackle that aspect with an entry-level model which costs $59,995 It was too…
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Front-Engined Chevrolet Corvette C7 Production Ends
Chevrolet has built the last Corvette C7, marking the end of production of the front-engined model. Chevrolet has been producing the front-engined Corvette for close to 7 decades. Therefore, it must’ve been a bitter-sweet moment for the workers at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant as an era draws to a close. The company posted this…