Douglas Barton, Author at CorvSport.com - Page 11 of 28

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Douglas caught the Corvette affliction in 1999 at 31 when he bought his first brand new Fixed Roof Coupe. Since then, he has owned 20 Corvettes, the most recent being his third FRC, a 2000 model in the same color as the first two. Douglas recently traded his 2000 FRC to feed his new car smell addiction, and he hopes when you read his pieces, you will sense his genuine passion for all things Corvette.

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CorvSport Curates: “Ten Rules For Buying Your First C3 Corvette”

Welcome to CorvSport’s Curated Video Series, where we summarize videos in an easy-to-read format to fit your busy lifestyle. In today’s timeless video, enthusiast and YouTuber TheCorvetteBen used his experience to develop a list of rules for any enthusiast looking to buy their first third-generation Corvette. I’ll tell you from...

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Garage Queen Flops For Sale: Low-Mileage Corvettes That Have Failed To Launch

Welcome to our third installment of Queen Flops, where CorvSport highlights low-mileage Corvettes from our Garage Queens series that have failed to sell. As you may have noticed, CorvSport covers the Corvette markets like nobody else, with exclusive features like our Wholesale Corvette Market Reports, Listings We Love series, and...

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CorvSport Covers The Corvette Racing Press Release As Teams Gear Up For FIA WEC Season Opener

When we last left off in the FIA World Endurance Championship series, Corvette Racing completed their season in top form, with both Z06 GT3.R Corvettes from TF Sport finishing on the podium in the highly competitive LMGT3 category (read more detailed coverage here). Now in their sophomore season, TF Sport...

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Corvette Culture

Swing For The Fences: Widowed Woman Trades Baseball Cards For Dream Corvette

In a touching story, a piece of America’s favorite pastime was traded for America’s favorite sports car. This cool Corvette story is beginning to seep into the crevices of the internet and even landed over in a popular baseball card forum. We’ll get to some of the memorable comments by...

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C8 Corvette Z06

The State Of The Market: First-Year C8 Corvette Z06 Values Presented By CorvSport

How the remarkable eighth-generation Z06 elevated the Corvette brand is undeniable, highlighted by GM’s first flat-plane-crank V8. Most enthusiasts have the numbers imprinted in their brains by now, and in light of the C8 ZR1’s 1,064 horses, it’s easy for us to forget what the C8 Z06’s high-revving 670 horsepower...

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CorvSport Curates: The Top Seven C7 Corvette Complaints

There’s no denying that the eighth-generation Corvette was a revolutionary step forward for the brand, with its mid-engine design and variants reaching power and performance levels we never imagined were possible. Did we enthusiasts ever think there would be a Corvette with 4-digit horsepower that would destroy track records around...

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Corvette Listings We Love: A Wild Tribute Car & Two C8s With Crazy Low Miles

Greetings, faithful CorvSport readers, and welcome to another episode of Corvette Listings We Love. If you haven’t noticed by now, we are CORVETTE OBSESSED and publish 50+ monthly features to prove it! We have three cool Corvettes for you today, including a tribute car to none other than Michael Jordan!...

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Wholesale Market Report: Widebody Corvette Edition With A C2 & Mint C4 To Mix It Up!

If you are looking for actual dealer-to-dealer wholesale transactions from the largest auction in the country, you are in the right place! CorvSport developed these exclusive market reports nearly one year ago in an effort to give buyers and enthusiasts insights into the market that drives retail values. We hope...

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Driven, Not Garaged: CorvSport Highlights Some C8 Corvettes That Were Fully Enjoyed

One of the more interesting dynamics I’ve noticed about the eighth-generation Corvette is that there tend to be a lot of “garage queens” out there. Often, when I’m working on our exclusive wholesale market reports, I see many early C8s that haven’t even crossed over to five digits yet. For...

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C8 Corvette ZR1

Watch Each In-Car Video As The 2025 Corvette ZR1 Tramples 5 Racetrack Records Held By Supercars

When are we going to run out of superlatives to describe the 2025 Corvette ZR1? Tarmac-tearing, remarkable, astounding, mind-boggling, revolutionary… how many different ways can enthusiasts and journalists describe this 1,064 horsepower monster? As expected, the Internet is buzzing with excitement after Chevrolet dropped its latest 2025 ZR1 video, where...

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The Top 5 Cheapest Corvettes To Bring In The New Year At Bring a Trailer

We’ve said it before and it’s worth saying it again–nobody covers the Corvette markets like CorvSport. Are you looking for actual dealer to dealer wholesale numbers? Well, look no further than our exclusive bi-monthly wholesale market reports. Want to know how our beloved Corvette is performing at the top collector-car...

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Garage Queens For Sale: C4 Corvettes Dominate Our Low-Mileage Gems Today

This wasn’t planned, but as I was searching around the internet for today’s Garage Queens For Sale, these beautiful C4s in the wrapper managed to land in our top three! As we dive into some C4 glory, I thought it would be fun to visit our CorvSport archives to revisit...

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Listings We Love: These Mid-Year Corvettes Are Selling Soon On Bring a Trailer

While the second-generation Corvette, often referred to as the Mid-Year by enthusiasts, was produced for the shortest number of years, it holds a special place in our hearts as one of the more collectible generations. We’ve seen some bring big money at Mecum and Barrett-Jackson, like the 1967 L88 CorvSport...

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CorvSport Curates: Check Out The Highest-Rated Tires For Your C8 Corvette

Welcome back, faithful CorvSport readers, to another installment of our CorvSport Curates series. If you missed our episode for the highest-rated tires for the C7 Corvette, you can see the full feature here. We all know how essential the proper tires are for our vehicles, especially high-horsepower rides that require...

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Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2025: The Most Expensive Corvette From Each Generation

As we fly into February of 2025, two of the big dogs in the collector car auction world have already wrapped up their season openers. Depending on who you ask and what collector car auction just finished, it’s a toss-up for which auction reigns supreme in the collector car auction...

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Corvette Culture

CorvSport Covers The Corvette Community Reaction To Harlan Charles’ Untimely Exit

Sometimes, certain superlatives are overused and almost hyperbolic, but in the case of Harlan Charles, it is safe to say that a Corvette icon has now departed from GM–apparently, they felt his services as your Corvette Product Marketing Manager were no longer needed. Harlan helped make the Corvette brand better...

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CORVETTE OBSESSED: The CorvSport Magazine, January 2025 Issue

Welcome back, CorvSport readers, to our new digital magazine, CORVETTE OBSESSED! Does that sound like you?!? If so, you are in the perfect place! Discover why CorvSport is the fastest-growing Corvette community, with over 40,000 community members and nearly 180,000 Facebook followers. We’ve told you for years we are obsessed,...

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Wholesale Corvette Market Report: A Special CorvSport C6 Edition With A C4 For Fun!

In today’s exclusive wholesale market report–these are actual dealer-to-dealer auction transactions–we’re going to give the older generations a little love. Hopefully, they return the love with a decent sales ratio. As you may recall, we moved from the Florida market (which averaged 30% sales) to the Texas market, and so...

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Bargain Hunting, Barrett-Jackson Edition: Cheapest Corvette From Each Generation

Dubbed the “World’s greatest collector car auction,” Barrett-Jackson has been getting some heat from Mecum in recent years, going toe-to-toe with each other to determine who is the best venue for our beloved Corvette. As you may recall, Barrett-Jackson is notorious for their no-reserve auctions–that’s right, every single collector car...

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Corvette Culture

Corvette Race Car Driver Does What We All Feel Like Doing And Gives BMW The Bird

If you’ve been around the Internet for any length of time, you’ve undoubtedly seen some of the BMW memes that depict its drivers as a-holes. I’ve posted one of the more popular ones (and my favorite) below–have you seen it? The BMW jokes range from its owners not using their...

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CorvSport Attends The Iconic Rolex 24 To Witness The AWA Corvette Win in GTD!

There aren’t any traditional sports leagues that do it, but in racing circles, some series love to kick off the season with their biggest race. Enter the Rolex 24 at Daytona–the king of endurance races for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. As many enthusiasts will recall, last year was the...

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C8 Corvette ZR1

You’ll Never Guess Who Outbid Everyone To Pay $3.7 Million For VIN 001 Of The 2025 Corvette ZR1

When I heard Craig Jackson recount on the block just how many charity cars Rick Hendrick has purchased over the years at Barrett-Jackson, I was taken aback. The man who is infamous for buying the VIN 001 Corvettes has purchased 38 charity cars, surpassing a whopping $28,000,000 for charity, while...

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How Many Of The Amazing C3 Corvette ZR1s Sold At Mecum Kissimmee 2025?

Thanks for joining CorvSport today as we continue our coverage of the spectacular kick-off for Mecum’s collector car auction season. Every year, enthusiasts from around the globe convene at Kissimmee, Florida, to experience one of the most remarkable collections of Corvettes in collector car circles. Our comprehensive tracker below illustrates...

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Corvette Culture

Barrett-Jackson: Base C6 Corvette Sells For $330,000 And Almost Breaks Facebook

At first glance, you’d swear this six-figure Corvette was one of Barrett-Jackson’s infamous charity cars, where the proceeds go directly to one of the many charities the iconic collector cars auction partners with. The next suspicion and speculation that arises is that the alcohol was flowing in the special bidders’...

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Garage Queens For Sale: Check Out How Low The Miles Are On Today’s Corvettes

CorvSport has been doing this Garage Queens For Sale feature for going on a year now, and I’m still amazed at how many low-mileage beauties enter the marketplace every week. Just when you see one and exclaim how low the miles are, another Corvette comes along to say hold my...

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Corvette Sales Were Hot As Mecum Opened Their 2025 Season In Kissimmee, Florida

While the actual temperature was in the lower 60s (jacket weather for Floridians!), the sun was beaming and shined down on enthusiasts as they enjoyed Mecum’s season-opening Super Bowl of collector car auctions. Mecum has always been a special place for Corvette enthusiasts, but 2024 proved to be one of...

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Listings We Love: CorvSport Found Three Corvettes We Think You’ll Love

Hello, faithful CorvSport readers, and welcome to an eclectic mix of Corvette listings we love! We’ve got a little bit of everything for you today, including a 1964 Coupe with a custom front end and headlights that has some enthusiasts in the BaT comments section shaking their heads. And what...

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Wholesale Corvette Market Report: How Will Our Collection Of C8s and C7s Perform This Week?

It’s amazing how fast time flies as we enter CorvSport’s 24th exclusive wholesale market report. If you want to be dialed in on the wholesale Corvette market, you are in the right place! As always, thank you for being a part of our community. You may remember that as the...

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CorvSport Curates: Highest-Rated Tires For Your C7 Corvette

If you’ve ever driven your Corvette on tires that are nearing the end of their life or ones that are sub-par quality, your brain will instinctively send signals to your right foot that you may want to tread carefully and not try to extract the most performance from your C7...

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C8 Corvette ZR1

CorvSport Ranks: How The $174,995 2025 Corvette ZR1 Compares To The Exotics

It has now been half a year since GM officially revealed the “unthinkable,” and it’s no surprise that the excitement is still brewing and at an all-time high after Chevy announced the 2025’s official pricing last Thursday. The Corvette community is buzzing across all mediums, and we touched on some...

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