Archive for August, 2013

The advanced cluster display in the 2014 Corvette Stingray can provide up to 69 unique sources of information, ranging from an interactive performance timer to a tire tread temperature display. The crisp and bright display features make this information easily accessible via three configurable modes that prioritize information for daily commuting, weekend canyon carving and track events.

There are 10 configurable display features that will help drivers realize the Stingray’s capabilities: Tour theme, Sport theme, Track theme, Adjustable redline, Tach ‘halo’, Shift lights, Friction bubble/cornering force, Tire temp gauge, Acceleration timer, lap timer.

Read all the details and see a video demo INSIDE.

HERE are some good looks at the C7 Corvette Stingray which will be appearing in the upcoming Transformers 4 movie, which hits the big screen in the Summer of 2014.

The bright green Corvette Stingray will join the updated Bumblebee Camaro and a Bugatti Veyron as one of the ‘Autobots’ (aka the good guys). Click on thumbnail below for more photos.

Chevy’s John Fitzpatrick gives the lowdown on the production and order process for the 2014 C7 Corvette.

He shares with us what TPW stands for, the planned production timeline, retail customer production start date, event codes and when vehicles get their VINs. Read the full details INSIDE.

Watch the C7 Corvette Stingray pace car at the Detroit Grand Prix. Listen and watch some start up and track footage [VIDEO].

The 2014 Corvette Stingray order guide has now been updated to include details for the C7 Convertible as well.

Download the entire PDF order guide inside.

If there were any fears by anxious C7 owners-to-be that the Corvette Stingray would not arrive in dealers as scheduled, this should help allay your anxiety.

Mike Regiec, GM manufacturing chief of body manufacturing engineering, has recently confirmed that the C7 Corvette is on scheduled to arrive in dealerships by October.

And now we know where most of the C7 Corvette’s major parts are sourced from.

HERE is a diagram breaking down the various suppliers to the C7 Stingray, and the parts that they supply.

Callaway Competition GmbH, the German-based segment of Callaway Cars, has been chosen to develop the new Corvette C7 into a GT3-class race car and submit it for homologation from the FIA.

Original equipment manufacturers like Chevrolet have to authorize specialists like Callaway to submit the homologation forms needed to allow their version of the car to be the one allowed in FIA competition.

See full release inside.

Here are plenty of how-it-works videos, which provide some very helpful instructions for C7 Corvette Owners (ahead of actually receiving your cars and owners manuals). They cover topics such as:

- Roof panel access
- Performance Traction Management
- Low fob battery
- Re-indexing glass after battery failure
- Locking options
- Locking fuel door and glove box
- Leaving key fob transmitter in car
- Keyless emergency access
- Driver mode selector
- Convertible top operation
- Cluster and DIC
- 6 Speed paddle shift auto transmission
- 7 Speed manual transmission

GM High Tech Performance gives us a great detailed look into the C7 Corvette Stingray’s 7-speed transmission – the Tremec TR6070 unit.

Read on INSIDE for the skinny on this fantastic tansmission.