Eduardo Zepeda, Author at CorvSport.com

For eight demanding days, a preproduction 2027 Corvette Grand Sport took on One Lap of America, a competition that strings together timed track events with long interstate transits in between. By the time it was over, the Corvette team had turned an early points deficit into a seventh-place finish overall,...

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C1 Corvette

The Corvette’s Seven-Decade Journey From Carburetor to Software-Defined Car

When the first Corvette rolled out of a Flint, Michigan assembly line in June 1953, it had exactly one job: go fast and look good doing it. Back then there were no traction control, no stability management, no driver-assistance systems of any kind. Just a straight-six engine, a two-speed automatic...

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News

Chevrolet Performance Pulls the Plug on the LS9 Long Block, Teases What’s Next

Chevrolet Performance has quietly pulled the LS9 Long Block V8 from its lineup, and for a lot of Corvette fans, that one hurts. First reported by GM Authority, the supercharged 6.2-liter small block that made the C6 ZR1 what it was now shows up on the Chevrolet Performance website with...

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Corvette

The CERV III Was the Proof of Concept the C8 Was Built On

Side view of the 1990 Chevrolet CERV III concept

The idea of a mid-engine Corvette is almost as old as the Corvette itself. Zora Arkus-Duntov, the Belgian-born engineer who became the soul of the nameplate, spent much of his career trying to convince General Motors that moving the engine behind the driver was the right call. He made his...

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Corvette

The Hidden Costs of a Car Accident When You Drive a Corvette

Nobody who owns a Corvette treats it like an appliance. These are cars people research for years before buying, maintain obsessively and park at the far end of lots to avoid door dings. So when one gets hit by a distracted driver or sideswiped on the highway, the damage runs...

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News

Corvette ZR1X Gets the Call to Lead the Field at the 110th Indy 500

Chevrolet made it official on Wednesday: the 2026 Corvette ZR1X will lead the field to the green flag at the 110th Indianapolis 500 on May 24 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The choice is fitting on multiple levels. The ZR1X is America’s fastest production car, capable of hitting 60 mph in...

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Corvette

ZR1X Claims Two More Records, Including One Over a McLaren Senna

Chevrolet used the National Corvette Museum’s annual Bash event over the weekend to share some fresh lap time news: the 2027 ZR1X is now the fastest production car around both NCM Motorsports Park and Sonoma Raceway. At NCM, Corvette Vehicle Dynamics Engineer Drew Cattell put down a 2:02.11, clearing the...

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Corvette

The 2027 Z06 Options List Is Out And Some Packages Cost More Than a New Car

GM has now released the full options and packages sheet for the 2027 Corvette Z06, and if you thought the base sticker was the expensive part, you might want to sit down before scrolling through the order guide. The Z06 carries forward the same 5.5L naturally aspirated LT6 V8 that...

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Corvette

2027 Corvette Grand Sport Pricing Is Official, and It Lands Right Where It Should

Chevrolet has confirmed pricing for the 2027 Corvette Grand Sport, and the number that matters most is $88,495. That is the starting figure for the rear-wheel-drive coupe, destination included, and it positions the Grand Sport exactly where fans hoped it would be: squarely between the Stingray and the Z06, in...

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Corvette

GM Halts C8 Corvette Sales Over Rear Turn Signal Warning Defect

If you’ve been waiting on a 2025 or 2026 C8 Corvette at your local dealership, there’s a reason it might be sitting in the back. GM has put a stop-sale notice on roughly 3,324 of them after finding a problem with a lighting warning system. The culprit is the Rear...

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Corvette

No Replacement for Displacement: The 2027 Corvette’s LS6 Is the Most Torque-Rich Naturally Aspirated V8 Ever Built

A few days ago, Chevrolet debuted the 6th generation of its acclaimed small block V8 as a 6.7-liter “LS6” engine powering the 2027 Corvette Stingray, Grand Sport, and Grand Sport X. The new iteration of Chevy’s small-block engine is the most powerful base engine ever offered in a Corvette, with...

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Corvette

The 2027 Corvette Grand Sport Is the Final Piece of the C8 Puzzle

Chevrolet has spent the better part of a decade building out the C8 Corvette lineup, and it looks like that process is finally complete. With the arrival of the 2027 Grand Sport, the eighth-generation Corvette family is officially closed, according to reporting from Motor1. That confirmation came straight from Corvette...

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Corvette

The Story of the Corvette-Powered Cheetah V8

By the time Carroll Shelby’s Cobra started embarrassing Corvettes on road courses and drag strips in 1962, the pressure inside General Motors had become difficult to ignore. Chevrolet’s flagship sports car was losing races to a lightweight, Ford-powered roadster built by a small operation in California, and the people responsible...

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Corvette

Chevrolet Debuts the Grand Sport and Grand Sport X with a New 6.7L V8

If you’ve been following Corvette news, you probably know that Chevrolet couldn’t help itself, and last week, they teased an uncamouflaged 2027 Corvette Grand Sport at the 12 Hours of Sebring IMSA race just days before the official reveal. We later learned that Chevrolet would officially debut the C8 Grand...

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Corvette

Chevrolet Says “It’s Not Real” and the Manual C8 Dream Is Dead

If you’ve been dreaming of a row-your-own C8 Corvette, it’s time to let that dream go. Chevrolet has made its position clear: a manual transmission is not coming to the mid-engine ‘Vette, and it never was. The whole conversation was reignited last November when Tremec showed off a new six-speed...

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News

2027 Corvette Grand Sport Makes Surprise Public Debut at Sebring — With a Little Help from Roger Penske

Roger Penske 2nd Gen-and 8th Gen Corvette Grand Sport

The wait is almost over. The long-rumored 2027 Corvette Grand Sport has broken cover, making its surprise public debut at Sebring International Raceway during this weekend’s 74th annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. The full reveal is scheduled for Thursday, March 26. In an exclusive report by Steven Cole...

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Corvette

The Corvette ZR1X Just Ran a 9.1-Second Quarter Mile Against the World’s Quickest Car. Here’s What Happened.

For years, electric vehicles have ruled the drag strip. The 1,234-horsepower Lucid Air Sapphire holds the title of quickest-accelerating production car in the world, having already dispatched a Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport and a Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170. Chevrolet thinks the Corvette ZR1X can change that. In the latest...

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News

GM May Replace the Corvette E-Ray with the Grand Sport X

Chevrolet appears to be making a significant change to the Corvette lineup. According to sources cited by GM Authority, the C8 Corvette E-Ray is set to be retired and replaced by a new variant called the Corvette Grand Sport X for the 2027 model year, part of a broader shakeup...

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Misc

The Real Cost of Owning a C8 Corvette: What the Sticker Price Doesn’t Tell You

Black Z06 Corvette for sale at a parking lot

Although America’s sports car, the Chevrolet Corvette, has historically offered good power and a fun driving experience, especially at its price point, it often felt like the car wasn’t on par with its European counterparts in overall performance, handling, or flair. Up until the eighth-generation (C8) Corvette, you would rarely...

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Corvette

The Bertone Ramarro: When Italy Reimagined the Corvette

By the mid 1980s, America’s sports car was reaching its peak with the fourth generation of the Corvette. After a few years of disappointing powertrains and an aging C3 platform, Chevrolet had finally set the stage for modern Corvette engineering with the C4. The fourth-gen Corvette (1984–1996) was a “clean...

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Corvette

The Secret Campaign That Saved the Corvette

The year is 1992 and General Motors is hemorrhaging cash. The Corvette C4 is aging, and almost nobody outside a small circle of insiders knows that America’s sports car has just been quietly put to death. However a small group of true Corvette believers within GM operating almost like insurgents...

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Corvette

Essential Documents Every Corvette Owner Should Keep in Their Glove Box (And Digital Backup)

Impound lots have straightforward requirements when your vehicle gets impounded. Before they release your car, they’ll ask you for your driver’s license, proof of ownership, insurance card, and registration. And if you fail to provide any of these, your Corvette will stay put while daily storage fees stack up. A...

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Misc

The Corvette Cross-Country Guide: How to Buy Out-of-State and Save Thousands in 2026

Three-quarter front view of a 2024 Corvette E-Ray convertible

Why Is Buying Out-of-State a Good Move? Paying local dealer markup can sting worse than a late-lap spin at Sebring. Corvette buyers in 2025 are finding the price gap between markets wider than ever. High-demand models like the Z06 or the E-Ray are often marked up locally far above MSRP...

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Corvette

The Last of Its Kind: GM’s Largest Small-Block Corvette Engine

GM’s approach to big-displacement engines in the Corvette has shifted several times over the decades. In the 1960s and early 1970s, models powered by 427 and 454 cubic-inch V8s leaned heavily on size and torque to deliver performance, helping cement the Corvette’s reputation during the muscle car era. The LS7...

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Corvette

Fact vs. Fiction: Corvettes Don’t Hold Their Value

Corvette owners tend to have strong opinions about resale value, and for good reason. The car sits in a strange place in the market. It is an American icon with real performance credentials, yet it is also produced in meaningful numbers and sold through regular Chevrolet dealerships. That combination makes...

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Corvette

Shelby Cobra Killers: When GM Built One in Secret and Backed Another in the Shadows

During the golden era of the American automotive industry in the 1950s and 1960s, Ford and Chevrolet were locked in an arms race for sports car and racing supremacy. Chevrolet introduced the Corvette in 1953, and less than a decade later, a year before the launch of the C2 Corvette,...

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Corvette

11 Compelling Corvettes GM Killed and Why

When the C8 Corvette was launched in 2020, featuring a mid-engine configuration, it wasn’t a “new” idea; it was more of a 60-year-old ghost finally finding a body. For decades, Chevrolet had been using the Corvette as a “rolling lab,” experimenting with radical ideas that explored new styling, tech, and...

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Corvette

Fact vs. Fiction: A Corvette Is Just a Straight-Line Muscle Car with No Handling

Throughout its history, the Corvette has struggled with being dismissed as a blunt instrument, especially in its early generations. It has carried the reputation of being a torquey muscle car that’s in a straight line, thanks to its impressive acceleration (except the C3 during the oil crisis), but lacking world-class...

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Corvette

Fact vs Fiction: All Corvettes Are Unreliable and Have Poor Build Quality

The Corvette has always been a car people feel strongly about. Ask someone who grew up around them, and you will usually get a mix of admiration and a few eye-rolls. The admiration is easy to understand. A Corvette, no matter the generation, still has a presence that makes people...

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Featured

Pushrod vs. DOHC: The Corvette Engine Debate Chevy Has Never Fully Settled

For more than seven decades, the identity of America’s sports car, the Corvette, has been built around one defining trait: the overhead valve (OHV) V8, commonly known as the pushrod small-block. Thanks to its simple yet robust design, the small-block V8 has consistently delivered tons of low-end torque and proven...

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Chevrolet Performance Pulls the Plug on the LS9 Long Block, Teases What’s Next

The CERV III Was the Proof of Concept the C8 Was Built On

The Hidden Costs of a Car Accident When You Drive a Corvette

Corvette ZR1X Gets the Call to Lead the Field at the 110th Indy 500

ZR1X Claims Two More Records, Including One Over a McLaren Senna

The 2027 Z06 Options List Is Out And Some Packages Cost More Than a New Car

2027 Corvette Grand Sport Pricing Is Official, and It Lands Right Where It Should

GM Halts C8 Corvette Sales Over Rear Turn Signal Warning Defect

No Replacement for Displacement: The 2027 Corvette’s LS6 Is the Most Torque-Rich Naturally Aspirated V8 Ever Built

The 2027 Corvette Grand Sport Is the Final Piece of the C8 Puzzle

The Story of the Corvette-Powered Cheetah V8

Chevrolet Debuts the Grand Sport and Grand Sport X with a New 6.7L V8

Chevrolet Says “It’s Not Real” and the Manual C8 Dream Is Dead

2027 Corvette Grand Sport Makes Surprise Public Debut at Sebring — With a Little Help from Roger Penske

The Corvette ZR1X Just Ran a 9.1-Second Quarter Mile Against the World’s Quickest Car. Here’s What Happened.

GM May Replace the Corvette E-Ray with the Grand Sport X

The Real Cost of Owning a C8 Corvette: What the Sticker Price Doesn’t Tell You

The Bertone Ramarro: When Italy Reimagined the Corvette

The Secret Campaign That Saved the Corvette

Essential Documents Every Corvette Owner Should Keep in Their Glove Box (And Digital Backup)

The Corvette Cross-Country Guide: How to Buy Out-of-State and Save Thousands in 2026

The Last of Its Kind: GM’s Largest Small-Block Corvette Engine

Fact vs. Fiction: Corvettes Don’t Hold Their Value

Shelby Cobra Killers: When GM Built One in Secret and Backed Another in the Shadows

11 Compelling Corvettes GM Killed and Why

Fact vs. Fiction: A Corvette Is Just a Straight-Line Muscle Car with No Handling

Fact vs Fiction: All Corvettes Are Unreliable and Have Poor Build Quality

Pushrod vs. DOHC: The Corvette Engine Debate Chevy Has Never Fully Settled

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