CORVETTE VIDEOS
Corvette Videos: Reviews, Drag Races, Builds, History & More
The Corvette videos worth your time, picked from YouTube and sorted the way you look for them: by generation from the C1 to the C8, by model (Z06, ZR1, ZR1X, E-Ray, Grand Sport, L88, Callaway) and by model year, with the latest additions first. Reviews of new cars, drag races and track tests, restomod and engine builds, barn finds, auction cars, the race cars and the people who drive them, more than a thousand of them.
The Basics
What This Is: A curated video library, not a dump: the reviews, races, builds and history videos we think are worth watching, each with a note on why
How Many: More than a thousand, from every generation; the C8 and the C7 have the most, the C6 the most per year
How It’s Sorted: Newest first, then by generation with a line for every model year, then by model: Z06, ZR1, ZR1X, E-Ray, Grand Sport, L88, Callaway, the race cars
What’s In It: First drives and long-term reviews, drag races and roll races, track tests and lap records, dyno pulls and builds, restomods and restorations, barn finds, auction cars, the racing, the commercials, the history
Who Makes Them: The channels we follow: the big reviewers, the drag-race channels, the builders and tuners, the museums and the auction houses, and Chevrolet itself
Related Research: The galleries and wallpapers, the generation hubs (each has its own videos grid), the racing page, the mods page
The Overview
YouTube has more Corvette video than anyone could watch, and most of it is not worth the time. This library is the part that is: the reviews that tell you something, the drag races that settle an argument, the builds that show how it is done, the barn finds and the auction cars with a story, the racing and the history. Each video is posted with a note on what it is and why it matters, and tagged to its generation, its model and its year so the library can be browsed the way an enthusiast thinks.
The latest videos come first. Then each generation has its feed, newest first, with a line for every model year that links to that year’s videos and says how many there are; the model feeds (Z06, ZR1, ZR1X, E-Ray, Grand Sport, L88, Callaway, the C7.R) cut across the generations for the cars people search by name. The reference table gives the model feeds; the generation sections give the years.
The galleries hub is the still-picture version of this page, the wallpapers hub the high-resolution one, and the generation hubs each carry their own videos grid beside the history, the specs and the documents.
What’s in the Library
Six kinds of video, across every generation.
Reviews and first drives
The new-car reviews as each C8 arrives (the Stingray, the Z06, the E-Ray, the ZR1, the ZR1X, the 2027 Grand Sport and Grand Sport X), the retrospective reviews of the older cars (why the C5 is the sweet spot, why the C6 ZR1 is still a supercar-killer, why a 1981 is a better bargain than a Ferrari), and the long-term and ownership videos that tell you what a car is like after the first week.
Drag races, roll races and track tests
The arguments settled on a strip or a circuit: C6 Z06 against C7 Z06, four generations of modified Corvettes at the same track, the ZR1X past 200 mph on a runway, the Grand Sport against the Grand Sport X, the E-Ray against everything. The quarter-mile and 0–60 histories on the specs page give the official numbers; the videos give the real ones.
Builds, restomods and restorations
The twin-turbo C8 Z06 builds, the 1,500-horsepower E-Rays, the restomod C1s and C2s from the big shops, the barn-find C3s and C4s brought back after decades, the engine builds and the dyno pulls. The mods page carries the guides; these are the cars.
Barn finds, auctions and survivors
The videos the collectors watch: the neglected split-window found in a garage, the pristine 1960 fuelie walked around by an expert, the auction cars at Mecum and Barrett-Jackson, the survivors with their original paint and their stories. The for-sale page follows the cars; the videos show them.
Racing and history
The Corvette Racing videos from Daytona, Sebring and Le Mans, the C7.R and the Z06 GT3.R, the Dallara prototype at Mugello, the L88s on California roads, the Grand Sports, Zora’s cars, and the history series that examine every generation. The racing page carries the news and the record; the generation hubs the story.
Commercials and the factory
Chevrolet’s own videos, from the 1963 Sting Ray commercial to the C8 reveals and the Bowling Green plant tours, plus the museum videos from the NCM. The ads page carries the commercials with the print campaigns.
MORE: EVERY VIDEO, NEWEST FIRST / THE GALLERIES / THE RACING PAGE
Corvette Videos by Model
The cars people search by name, each with its own feed across the generations; the generation sections below sort the rest by year.
MORE: EVERY VIDEO
| MODEL | WHAT YOU’LL FIND | THE FEED |
|---|---|---|
| Z06 | From the 1963 tanker and the C5 Z06 to the C8 Z06 and its flat-plane LT6: reviews, races, builds and the GT3.R | Z06 videos |
| ZR1 | The C4 ZR-1, the C6 ZR1, the C7 ZR1 and the 1,064-hp C8 ZR1: speed runs, reviews and comparisons | ZR1 videos |
| ZR1X | The 1,250-hp hybrid: runway tests, Pikes Peak, first drives | ZR1X videos |
| E-Ray | The hybrid all-wheel-drive Corvette: reviews, drag races, the 1,500-hp builds | E-Ray videos |
| Grand Sport | The 1963 originals, the C4, C6 and C7 Grand Sports and the 2027 Grand Sport and Grand Sport X | Grand Sport videos |
| L88 | The 1967–69 racing big block on the road and the track | L88 videos |
| Callaway | The twin-turbos, the Sledgehammer, the SuperNaturals and the C7 GT3-R | Callaway videos |
| The race cars | The C7.R and the Corvette Racing videos | C7.R videos |
C1 Corvette Videos, 1953–1962
The solid-axle cars on video: fuelie drives, restorations and restomods, the 1956–57 racers, barn finds and auction stars, and the history pieces that examine the first Corvettes.
MORE: THE C1 HUB / THE GALLERIES / ALL C1 VIDEOS
| YEAR | THE VIDEOS | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 4 videos | The first Corvette: 300 hand-built cars in Flint, Polo White with red interiors, a 150-hp Blue Flame six and a Powerglide | Year page |
| 1954 | 1 video | The first Corvette built to sell: 3,640 cars from a new St. Louis plant, four colors, a 155-hp Blue Flame… | Year page |
| 1955 | 1 video | The year the V-8 saved the Corvette: 700 cars, 693 of them with Ed Cole’s new 265-ci small block, Zora… | Year page |
| 1956 | 1 video | The first real Corvette: a new body with the side coves, roll-up windows, a 210-hp V-8 as standard, a… | Year page |
| 1957 | 2 videos | One horsepower per cubic inch: the 283 V-8, Ramjet fuel injection, the first four-speed, Positraction and a… | Year page |
| 1958 | 2 videos | Quad headlights, fake hood louvers, chrome trunk spears and the first Corvette over 3,000 pounds, with the… | Year page |
| 1959 | 3 videos | The 1958 with the chrome taken off: no hood louvers, no trunk spears, a better interior with the first black… | Year page |
| 1960 | 3 videos | The first Corvette to pass 10,000 cars: a 1959 body with the fuelies raised to 275 and 315 hp, an aluminum… | Year page |
| 1961 | 3 videos | Bill Mitchell’s ducktail: the Sting Ray racer’s rear end on the C1 body, four round taillights for the first… | Year page |
| 1962 | 6 videos | The last C1 and the first 327: four engines from 250 to 360 hp, a four-speed in nearly eight of ten cars,… | Year page |
C2 Corvette Videos, 1963–1967
The Sting Ray: split-window walkarounds, big-block drives, the L88s, the Grand Sports, restomods and the auction cars; Jay Leno’s and Joe Raiti’s visits among them.
MORE: THE C2 HUB / THE GALLERIES / ALL C2 VIDEOS
| YEAR | THE VIDEOS | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 9 videos | The first Sting Ray: a new chassis with independent rear suspension, the one-year-only split-window coupe,… | Year page |
| 1964 | 3 videos | The Sting Ray’s second year: one-piece rear window, hood vents gone, a 375-hp fuelie, Muncie four-speeds,… | Year page |
| 1965 | 11 videos | Four-wheel disc brakes, the 396 Mark IV big block at mid-year, the new 350-hp L79, side exhaust, knock-offs… | Year page |
| 1966 | 14 videos | The 427 arrives in two strengths, the small-block list shrinks to two, the grille goes egg-crate and the… | Year page |
| 1967 | 13 videos | The last and cleanest Sting Ray: five fender louvers, Rally wheels, Tri-Power 427s with 400 and 435 hp, and… | Year page |
C3 Corvette Videos, 1968–1982
Fifteen years of the shark: L88 drives, chrome-bumper restorations, the smog-era bargains, the 1978 Pace Car, restomods and the videos on why a late C3 is the cheapest classic Corvette.
MORE: THE C3 HUB / THE GALLERIES / ALL C3 VIDEOS
| YEAR | THE VIDEOS | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 10 videos | The Shark arrives: Mako Shark II styling, T-tops, hidden wipers and a three-speed automatic on a carried-over… | Year page |
| 1969 | 7 videos | The Stingray name returns, the 327 becomes a 350, side pipes and 8-inch wheels arrive, and the all-aluminum… | Year page |
| 1970 | 5 videos | The 454 arrives, the solid-lifter LT-1 small block and the first ZR1 debut, and the Shark gets its egg-crate… | Year page |
| 1971 | 2 videos | The year the compression came out: 91-octane rules cut the base 350 to 270 hp and the LT-1 to 330, while the… | Year page |
| 1972 | 8 videos | The last chrome-bumper Corvette: the last LT-1 and ZR1, the last removable rear window and egg-crate grille,… | Year page |
| 1973 | 2 videos | The Shark gets a body-color urethane nose, a fixed rear window, radial tires and door beams for its 20th… | Year page |
| 1974 | 2 videos | The body-color tail arrives in two pieces with a seam only the 1974 has, and the 454 bows out. The last… | Year page |
| 1975 | 1 video | The last convertible for eleven years, the first catalytic converter, HEI ignition and unleaded fuel, two… | Year page |
| 1976 | 1 video | Coupe only for the first time, the Stingray badge for the last, aluminum wheels back after three years, a… | Year page |
| 1977 | 2 videos | The Stingray script came off the fenders and crossed flags went back on, the 500,000th Corvette left St.… | Year page |
| 1978 | 1 video | A fastback glass roof for the Corvette’s 25th birthday, a Silver Anniversary paint scheme that one buyer in… | Year page |
| 1979 | 1 video | The record year: 53,807 Corvettes, more than Chevrolet has built in any year since. The 25th-anniversary… | Year page |
| 1980 | 2 videos | The Shark goes on a diet: 250 pounds off with an aluminum differential housing and crossmember, thinner hood… | Year page |
| 1981 | 2 videos | The last St. Louis Corvette and the first from Bowling Green were built in the same summer, so 1981 is the… | Year page |
| 1982 | 1 video | The last Shark got the first C4 parts: a 200-hp Cross-Fire Injection 350, the first fuel-injected Corvette… | Year page |
C4 Corvette Videos, 1984–1996
The C4 on video: the ZR-1, the Callaways, the Corvette Challenge cars, the GTP prototypes, the barn finds brought back and the case for the C4 against the European supercars of its day.
MORE: THE C4 HUB / THE GALLERIES / ALL C4 VIDEOS
| YEAR | THE VIDEOS | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1 video | The first all-new Corvette in fifteen years and the first ever to skip a model year: a 96.2-inch uniframe… | Year page |
| 1985 | 3 videos | The year the C4 got its engine: Tuned-Port Injection turned the 350 into the 230-hp, 330-lb-ft L98, good for… | Year page |
| 1986 | 2 videos | The convertible came back after eleven years, reinforced by ASC until it was stiffer than the coupe, priced… | Year page |
| 1987 | 4 videos | The year the Corvette got a twin-turbo option from the factory order form: RPO B2K sent 184 cars from Bowling… | Year page |
| 1988 | 8 videos | The 35th Anniversary year: 2,050 white-over-black Z01 coupes with white leather, white 17-inch wheels and a… | Year page |
| 1989 | 1 video | The ZF six-speed replaced the 4+3, the Z52’s 17-inch wheels and Bilsteins became standard, FX3 Selective Ride… | Year page |
| 1990 | 6 videos | The King of the Hill arrives: 3,049 ZR-1s with the 375-hp, 32-valve LT5 designed by Lotus and built by… | Year page |
| 1991 | 2 videos | The facelift: every 1991 got a slimmer nose with wraparound lamps, body-color side moldings, horizontal… | Year page |
| 1992 | 1 video | The LT1: a new 300-hp small-block for every Corvette, with reverse-flow cooling, 10.5:1 compression,… | Year page |
| 1993 | 1 video | Forty years on: 6,749 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary cars with Ruby Red leather and embroidered headrests across… | Year page |
| 1994 | 2 videos | A quiet year with two headlines: the National Corvette Museum opened across the road from the plant on… | Year page |
| 1995 | 1 video | The last ZR-1 | Year page |
| 1996 | 3 videos | The C4’s send-off: 1,000 Admiral Blue Grand Sports with a white stripe, two red hash marks, black ZR-1-size… | Year page |
C5 Corvette Videos, 1997–2004
The C5: Z06 reviews and builds, the buying guides, the exhaust comparisons, the Commemorative Editions and the case for the C5 as the best analog American sports car.
MORE: THE C5 HUB / THE GALLERIES / ALL C5 VIDEOS
| YEAR | THE VIDEOS | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2 videos | The first all-new Corvette in thirteen years and the one that nearly didn’t happen: hydroformed frame rails,… | Year page |
| 1998 | 1 video | The convertible returns, with a trunk for the first time since 1962, and paces the Indianapolis 500: 1,163… | Year page |
| 1999 | 6 videos | The hardtop arrives: a fixed-roof convertible body with the six-speed and Z51 standard, black leather only… | Year page |
| 2000 | 4 videos | The quiet year before the Z06: new forged thin-spoke wheels with a polished option, Millennium Yellow and… | Year page |
| 2001 | 2 videos | The Z06 arrives: the hardtop body with a 385-hp LS6, a close-ratio six-speed, FE4 suspension, 17 x 9.5 and 18… | Year page |
| 2002 | 7 videos | The Z06 gets its 405 horsepower: a higher-lift cam, hollow-stem valves, a freer intake and exhaust, a… | Year page |
| 2003 | 1 video | Fifty years on: the 50th Anniversary Edition in Anniversary Red over Shale with champagne wheels and Magnetic… | Year page |
| 2004 | 1 video | The last C5: the Commemorative Edition in Le Mans Blue with Shale leather on the coupe and convertible and,… | Year page |
C6 Corvette Videos, 2005–2013
The C6: Z06 and ZR1 reviews and races, the 900-horsepower builds, the autobahn runs, the Grand Sport and the 427 Convertible.
MORE: THE C6 HUB / THE GALLERIES / ALL C6 VIDEOS
| YEAR | THE VIDEOS | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 videos | The first C6: five inches shorter and an inch narrower on a longer 105.7-inch wheelbase, the first exposed… | Year page |
| 2006 | 5 videos | The Z06 returns as the fastest Corvette yet: a hand-built 505-hp 427-cubic-inch LS7 with dry-sump oiling and… | Year page |
| 2007 | 3 videos | A carryover year with two collectibles: the Ron Fellows ALMS GT1 Champion Z06, 399 Arctic White cars with red… | Year page |
| 2008 | 2 videos | The LS3 arrives: 6.2 liters and 430 horsepower | Year page |
| 2009 | 5 videos | The ZR1: a 638-hp supercharged LS9, carbon-fiber bodywork, carbon-ceramic brakes, 205 mph and the first… | Year page |
| 2010 | 3 videos | The Grand Sport returns: the LS3 in the Z06’s wide body, brakes and wheels, as a coupe or a convertible, with… | Year page |
| 2011 | 3 videos | Chevrolet’s centennial year and the Z06’s turn: the Z07 Ultimate Performance Package brought the ZR1’s… | Year page |
| 2012 | 5 videos | Chevrolet’s hundredth birthday on every Corvette: the Centennial Edition in Carbon Flash Metallic with… | Year page |
| 2013 | 11 videos | Sixty years of Corvette and the end of the C6: the 427 Convertible Collector Edition put the Z06’s 505-hp LS7… | Year page |
C7 Corvette Videos, 2014–2019
The C7: Stingray, Z06, Grand Sport and ZR1 reviews, the C7.R, the drag races against the C6 and the C8, the exhaust and mod videos, and the 3,500-horsepower builds.
MORE: THE C7 HUB / THE GALLERIES / ALL C7 VIDEOS
| YEAR | THE VIDEOS | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 13 videos | The seventh generation and the Stingray name back after 37 years: an aluminum frame built at Bowling Green, a… | Year page |
| 2015 | 15 videos | The Z06 came back with 650 supercharged horsepower, a convertible body and an eight-speed automatic, the… | Year page |
| 2016 | 9 videos | The C7’s peak year: 40,689 cars, 14,275 of them Z06s, the Z06 C7.R Edition in Corvette Racing Yellow or Black… | Year page |
| 2017 | 18 videos | The Grand Sport came back for the C7: the Z06’s wide body, brakes, Magnetic Ride and eLSD with the 460-hp… | Year page |
| 2018 | 9 videos | The 65th-anniversary year, and the shortest of the C7: 9,686 cars built between June 5, 2017 and January 28,… | Year page |
| 2019 | 32 videos | The last front-engine Corvette and the fastest: the 755-hp ZR1 | Year page |
C8 Corvette Videos, 2020–present
The C8, the biggest feed: the 2019 reveal, every Stingray, Z06, E-Ray, ZR1 and ZR1X review, the 2027 Grand Sport and Grand Sport X, the runway and Pikes Peak runs, the twin-turbo builds and the Z06 GT3.R.
MORE: THE C8 HUB / THE GALLERIES / ALL C8 VIDEOS
| YEAR | THE VIDEOS | THAT YEAR | MORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 45 videos | The first mid-engine Corvette: a 495-hp LT2 behind the seats, a dual-clutch and no manual, 2.9 seconds to 60… | Year page |
| 2021 | 11 videos | The second mid-engine Stingray: 26,216 cars, 42 percent of them convertibles, built around six weeks of chip… | Year page |
| 2022 | 13 videos | The third C8 and the shortest model year: eight months, 25,831 cars, nearly half of them convertibles | Year page |
| 2023 | 54 videos | The Z06 arrives — 670 naturally aspirated horsepower at 8,600 rpm, 3.6 inches wider, 6,413 built — in the… | Year page |
| 2024 | 20 videos | Three Corvettes for the first time: the E-Ray arrives — the first hybrid and the first all-wheel-drive… | Year page |
| 2025 | 11 videos | Four Corvettes: the ZR1 returns with 1,064 turbocharged horsepower, 233 mph and a split rear window above the… | Year page |
| 2026 | 8 videos | Five Corvettes and a new cockpit: the ZR1X arrives — the ZR1’s twin-turbo LT7 plus the E-Ray’s electric front… | Year page |
| 2027 | 4 videos | Six Corvettes and a new engine: the 6.7-liter, 535-horsepower LS6 replaces the LT2 in the Stingray and in the… | Year page |
FAQs
Where do the videos come from?
YouTube, chosen by hand: the reviewers, drag-race channels, builders, museums, auction houses and Chevrolet itself. Each is embedded with a note on what it is and why it is worth watching; the channels get the views.
How are the videos organized?
Newest first, then by generation (C1 to C8) with a line for every model year linking that year’s videos, then by model (Z06, ZR1, ZR1X, E-Ray, Grand Sport, L88, Callaway, the race cars). The generation hubs and the year pages carry the same videos beside the history and the specs.
Which Corvette has the most videos?
The C8, by a wide margin: every reveal, review, race and build since the July 2019 debut, with the Z06 and the ZR1 the most-watched models. The C7 is next; among the classics the C2 and C3.
Are there videos of Corvette drag races?
Many: generation against generation (C6 Z06 versus C7 Z06, four generations at one track), model against model (Grand Sport versus Grand Sport X) and Corvette against the world (the E-Ray and the ZR1X against supercars). The drag-race videos are tagged to the cars in them; the specs page has the official quarter-mile times.
Are the Corvette TV commercials here?
The commercials are gathered on the ads page with the print campaigns, from the 1963 Sting Ray spot to the C8 reveals; the factory and museum videos are in this library under their generation.
Can I suggest a video?
Yes; the contact page is the place. We add the ones that fit, with credit to the channel.
Where are the pictures and the wallpapers?
On the galleries hub (a gallery for every model year) and the wallpapers hub (high-resolution backgrounds by year and by color), both linked above.
