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GM CEO Akerson's '58 Vette raises another $270,000.
by Paul A. Eisenstein on Jan.20, 2013
2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray #1 drives up on the block at the 2014 Barrett-Jackson Auction. Photo Courtesy Drew Phillips, Autoblog.com
It was a Corvette weekend at the annual Barrett-Jackson, one of the nation’s biggest classic car auctions, as bidders ran up big winning bids for both new and old versions of the 2-seater often referred to as “America’s sports car.”
Less than a week after the all-new, 2014 Chevrolet Corvette – the “C7” to insiders and aficionados – made its splashy debut at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, NASCAR team owner and Atlanta Chevy dealer Rick Hendrick won the bidding for the Corvette Stingray number one for a bid of $1.1 million.
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The money will go to the Detroit-based College for Creative Studies which runs one of the world’s most highly respected automotive design programs – and where several of the stylists who worked on the Corvette program were trained.
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Our resident historian’s recollection of Corvettes then and now.
by Mike Davis on Jan.18, 2013
The C7 Corvette at its unveiling last weekend.
TheDetroitBureau.com’s resident historian, Mike Davis was yet to get his license when the first Corvette rolled into GM’s private auto show, known as Motorama, 60 years ago. But he’s been watching and reporting on every ‘Vette since then.
Davis recently released a series of books on the history of Chevrolet and with the new 2014 “C7” Chevrolet Corvette winning kudos as the star of this year’s Detroit Auto Show, we asked him for some remembrances about the Corvette, as well. Here’s his tale.
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What in heck does C7 mean? It’s the seventh reincarnation of America’s only regular production sports and racing car. As shown in my Chevy V.1, as I refer to it, the first Corvette (C1) began as a “concept car,” a one of-a-kind auto show queen, at General Motors’ Motorama at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York in January 1953.
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Proceeds will go to Habitat for Humanity.
by Paul A. Eisenstein on Jan.17, 2013
GM CEO Dan Akerson will auction off his 1958 Corvette to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.
Want to buy a Corvette? No, not the new C7 Chevrolet Corvette that made its splashy debut at the North American International Auto Show this past week.
The one going on the auction block at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona on Friday January 17th has a bit more miles on the odometer, though it appears the relatively rare ’58 ‘Vette is in excellent condition. It also happens to be the personal car of Dan Akerson, CEO of Chevy’s parent General Motors.
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The sale will be used to raise money for Habitat for Humanity, according to the maker, the proceeds specifically earmarked for the restoration of the Morningside Commons neighborhood not far from GM’s headquarters along the Detroit River. Akerson has reportedly already given Habitat about $1 million of his own money during the past year.
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The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette by the numbers.
by Paul A. Eisenstein on Jan.13, 2013
The C7, shown here at Sunday night's unveiling, will be the fastest and most powerful "base" Corvette ever.
You can forgive the first Corvette. When it rolled out almost exactly 60 years ago, it was a stylish break from the heavy metal most U.S. manufacturers were producing at the time. But despite its striking looks it was a pretty primitive product, with a solid rear axle and a woefully under-powered straight-6 under the hood.
It didn’t take Chevrolet long to figure out what it had to work with, and over the decades, with each successive generation, the Corvette got bigger engines and more and more power. Yet there’s a big difference between a muscle car and a sports car, and the divide between the Chevy 2-seater and European competitors like Porsche and Ferrari has only grown larger over the years.
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The outgoing ‘Vette, which has been in production since 2005, was perhaps the first in generations to suggest that Corvette could really produce a world-class sports car. But at least on paper, the new C7 suggests that Chevy may really be ready to deliver a 2-seater that the competition should be worried about.
Here’s a quick look at some of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette’s basics.
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The exclusive inside story of Chevy's 1st true world-beater.
by Paul A. Eisenstein on Jan.11, 2013
It almost didn’t happen. Between General Motors’ bankruptcy and plenty of internal debate, the seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette nearly failed to materialize. But after a two-year delay, the C7 is finally ready to make its tire-spinning debut. TheDetroitBureau.com has seen it and we’ve got the inside story ready to reveal to readers on Sunday 7 PM ET. You’ll soon see why the all-new 2014 ‘Vette is already being called the most beautiful American sports car in half a century.
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GM bets on flood of new product to boost sales, share, profits.
by Joseph Szczesny on Jan.07, 2013
GM has a "huge opportunity" with the new products it will launch this year, insists Pres. Mark Reuss.
General Motors Co. is poised for a major breakout that will transform the company over the next 18 months, according to the head of the company’s core North American operations.
Mark Reuss, president of GM’s North American Operations, described as a “huge opportunity” the flood of new products the maker plans to introduce over the next several years, refreshing what he acknowledged is currently “the oldest product line” in the industry right now.
There are already significant signs that GM’s push to update that line-up is taking hold, the maker noting that it was the first to sell more than 1 million vehicles in a single year that get an EPA-estimated 30 mpg or better on the highway.
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“Our product portfolio is now the oldest in the industry (but) we’re going to have the biggest change in our product portfolio in our history. It’s a huge opportunity for us,” noted Reuss, who said GM was already challenging Asian brands in segments where fuel efficiency is of primary importance.
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Singer will serenade new model during halftime show.
by Paul A. Eisenstein on Dec.28, 2012
Beyonce will help launch the new C7 Corvette during the upcoming Super Bowl.
It’s easy to forget that there’s actually a football game going on during the Super Bowl, what with all the attention paid to the high-profile commercials and the big name acts that anchor the annual halftime show.
But Chevrolet is hoping that it can be a real Super Bowl stand-out despite General Motors much-publicized decision to yank its ads from the upcoming event. In a creative compromise with the NFL, the Detroit maker plans to place its all-new 2014 Corvette on the 50-yard line during the halftime show and present it to this year’s celebrity performer Beyonce, sources tell TheDetroitBureau.com.
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GM officials would not confirm for the record their involvement in the 2013 game, Chevrolet spokesman Mike Albano only noting that, “We’ve got a history of being involved with the Super Bowl.”
That involvement was originally set to end, however. Last May, former GM global marketing czar Joel Ewanick announced that, due to rising costs he called unjustifiable, the maker would not advertise during Super Bowl XLVII.
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Images reveal interior and exterior.
by Paul A. Eisenstein on Dec.26, 2012
Renderings of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette - likely from an owner's manual - have leaked onto the Web.
There are few secrets in the auto industry but General Motors has gone to great pains to keep the lid on images and details concerning the next-generation Chevrolet Corvette. Only a handful of journalists have had a chance to see or hear about the new C7 ‘Vette in advance of its debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show.
But now, it appears, a number of details, as well as some detailed renderings, have leaked out anyway. But we’re betting that it will only enhance interest when the Corvette reveal takes place in little more than two weeks.
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We owe a tip of the hat to Autoblog for nabbing these images which first appeared on the Corvette Forum but which were then quickly pulled back down.
The renderings, which appear to come from an owner’s manual or service guide, reveal a more European design that would seem to be in line, dimensionally, with the likes of a Porsche 911. A large grille is located directly below the steeply raked headlamps. There are large air exhausts behind the front wheels which could be used for brake cooling as well as to exhaust air from the engine compartment.
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Event to deliver scores of new products -- and some "fantasies in chrome."
by Paul A. Eisenstein on Dec.17, 2012
The new C7 Chevrolet Corvette will be one of the big draws at this year's show. Image courtesy Car & Driver.
From the all-new C7 Chevrolet Corvette to the next-generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class, the Detroit Auto Show is hoping to deliver something new for everyone when it opens its doors next month.
Formally known as the 2013 North American International Auto Show, the event has developed a reputation as the most important car show in the U.S. and one of the five must-see shows worldwide. And it intends to maintain that status with an estimated 53 to 56 new products scheduled to debut on the floor of newly expanded Detroit’s Cobo Center.
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“Somewhere between 80% to 90% of them will be worldwide introductions,” says Rod Alberts, executive director of the Detroit Auto Dealers Association, or DADA, the trade group that runs the annual show.
Manufacturers are scheduled to reveal a broad range of products — from minicars to full-size vans and pickups – during the event, the 25th since the once-modest Detroit Auto Show took on the “international” designation.
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by Joseph Szczesny on Dec.10, 2012
Is this the long-awaited C7 Corvette? Car & Driver claims it's finally nailed the new -- and still top-secret -- sports car on its January cover.
With the official debut of the new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette barely a month away, details about the much-anticipated sports car have begun leaking out despite the tight lid the Detroit maker has clamped down until the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
A number of preliminary specifications for the so-called C7 Corvette have begun dribbling out – along with some spy images and renderings, including several appearing in the January 2013 issue of “Car And Driver.”
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“While the C7 maintains the basic proportions of its immediate predecessor, the visual drama shifts to the side view. The B-Pillar is subdued for a smoother, sleeker flow to the greenhouse roofline,” notes C&D Technical Director Don Sherman in the magazine’s cover story. “That the Ferraro F12 berlinetta shares the tapering side glass motif won’t be lost on Corvette-heads,” Sherman suggests.
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