Chevrolet Fountain at Comerica Park in Detroit will feature a Corvette and Silverado this season Like all Major League Baseball teams, the Detroit Tigers are fast approaching Opening Day, which they’ll host on Monday afternoon at home against the Minnesota Twins. That means the grounds crew at Comerica Park is making their final preparations, Alfredo…
General Motors’ Active Fuel Management is a system that is often used in it higher-powered engines, probably better known as Cylinder Deactivation technology. Basically, this system operates on the idea that drivers of vehicles with big, strong engines don’t need all of that power all of the time, so when the engine is under light…
The 2015 Corvette Stingray ©GM Everything’s coming up Chevy! The bowtie brand is getting tons of praise from some unexpected places. Not only did the American automaker rank higher than ever before in the recent J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study, but it also received a surprise endorsement from Consumer Reports, which named the Impala the…
The 2015 Corvette Stingray ©GM New Jersey radio host Eric Scott got a free Corvette loaner for the month, all thanks to Governor Chris Christie pulling some strings. During an interview with the New Jersey governor on 101.5 WKXW-FM, Scott complained that he doesn’t get paid very much for his radio gig. Christie thought that…
Terry Dietrich’s stolen 1972 Corvette Stingray Imagine being young and in love… with a brand new 1972 Corvette Stingray; your first and ultimate “dream car.” Now imagine that your beloved Stingray is stolen, and police tell you that it’s probably been stripped for parts and dumped in a river. Now imagine that 42 years later,…
Jay Leno and Jonathan Ward examine a souped-up 1948 Buick Super Convertible Is there anything that can’t be improved by the addition of a Corvette engine? We’ve seen one put into a DeLorean, we’ve seen one put into a bathroom, and in the latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, we see one get put into…
The 2016 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray comes with a 455 horsepower V8 engine If you’ve been thinking about placing an order for the 2016 Chevrolet Corvette, then you better act fast because production for Chevrolet’s iconic sports car will be ending sooner than many people might think. Production for 2016 Corvettes will cease as of June…
Dance like no one is watching, work like you don’t need the money, and live each day like it’s prom night – Ancient Incan proverb If you’ve ever wanted to drive around your town like the world’s coolest and most prom-ready high school senior (circa-1994), then get a load of this: Mecum Indianapolis is auctioning…
The 2014 Junior Achievement Mini Corvette Challenge Most race fans have been looking forward to May in anticipation of the 99th running of the Indy 500 in Indianapolis, but that’s not the only big motorsports event this month. On Saturday, May 2nd, the National Corvette Museum (NCM) in Bowling Green, Kentucky, hosted the 21st annual…
In true Corvette fashion, the 2018 Corvette Z06 is rolling onto the open road with a new 65th anniversary edition. The Carbon 65 Edition will have an extremely limited run with only 650 vehicles coming off the line. The 2018 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is available at three trim levels: 1LZ, 2LZ, and 3LZ. Each trim is available…
The answer to this headline is almost certainly “no.” But the tweet from canned Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson that prompted it—which simply reads, “I took this today…”—is so vague, that we have no choice but to speculate wildly about its meaning. And so, speculate wildly we shall… I took this today….. pic.twitter.com/7UOIeWpWZB — Jeremy…
Say goodbye to this shade of yellow ©GM First they came for the Champagne Silver Impala, and I did not speak out, because I do not drive an Impala… There has been a real purging of Chevrolet exterior paint options, lately. Six color options for the Impala (including the aforementioned Champagne Silver, RIP) got axed…
Is the regular old 2016 Corvette Z06—with its dull as dishwater 650 horsepower, 650 lb-ft of torque, and three second 0-60 mph time—just a little too “meh” for you? Do you crave something that feels a little more at home on the track? Well then, sir or madam, the 2016 Corvette Z06 C7.R Edition is…
Coming to a milk carton near you… Could everybody, like, stop stealing vintage ’70s-era Corvettes for a little while? There was the man in Detroit who had to wait 33 years for his stolen 1979 Vette to be found, there was the woman in Georgia whose 1972 Stingray was recently recovered (but not returned), and…
Winning a Corvette is a pretty exciting experience (we imagine). Basic math would dictate that winning two Corvettes would double the fun—especially when one’s a brand new supercharged Z06, and the other’s a classic 1967 Stingray. That’s the exciting opportunity being offered by the 2015 Dream Giveaway, which is raffling off the two cars to raise…
The all-new 2015 Corvette Z06 is currently “hot” Like the Paris Hilton of car insurers, Hagerty Insurance has once again declared what’s hot and what’s not with the release of its annual Hagerty Hot List 2015. Chevrolet landed two of its sports cars on the top ten list, with the American automaker’s Corvette Z06 and…
After recently comparing the Honda Odyssey to the (fictional) Tartan Prancer minivan, Edmunds.com has come up with an even stranger showdown: a 1966 C2 Corvette vs. a 2015 Toyota Camry. It’s an odd pairing, for sure. One is a classic sports car and the other is a modern, well, “appliance,” to use Edmunds’ own terminology….
The Corvette Visualizer lets you build the best ‘Vette yet Photo: General Motors After a long, long, long, loooooooong wait, the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has been unveiled and is primed to come charging to the market. Folks who are eager to make good on their vows to buy one the first opportunity they get…
Chevrolet fans can now dream about coats of many colors on Corvettes being rendered more vividly and efficiently than ever before. A new paint shop will be built at the Corvette plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The paint shop will feature new tools and robots, as well as a slew of innovations for ensuring optimally…
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The News Wheel is a digital auto magazine providing readers with a fresh perspective on the latest car news. We’re located in the heart of America (Dayton, Ohio) and our goal is to deliver an entertaining and informative perspective on what’s trending in the automotive world. See more articles from The News Wheel.
Photo: Chevrolet High-performance car enthusiasts are drooling over the fact that the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray will start at less than $60,000. But what exactly will buyers be getting for that attractive price? Quite a lot, actually! Here’s a look at the major standard features offered on the base 1LT trim of this highly…
Speaking of which, we hope the Vettes damaged in the museum’s sinkhole incident were well-insured So, now that you’ve won a Corvette Stingray with the $10 raffle ticket you bought, where will you go to get it insured? In the video below, Adam Boca of the NCM Insurance Agency makes a persuasive case for getting…
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The affected area of the National Corvette Museum Early this morning, a sinkhole opened up beneath the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, resulting in damage to eight of the cars on display. According to an AP report, National Corvette Museum spokeswoman Kate Frassinelli said that six of the cars were owned by the…
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