HERE is the first ever spied 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible, showing a folding softop.

As Chevrolet takes the wraps off the all-new Corvette Stingray, fans of Sony Computer Entertainment’s PlayStation®3 (PS3™) system will have the first chance to push the car to the limits in the critically acclaimed Gran Turismo®5 racing game.

Nearly 500,000 people have driven the camouflaged Corvette prototype since it was introduced to the game in November of last year. Chevrolet and Polyphony Digital Inc., the developers of the Gran Turismo franchise, collaborated to provide an authentic driving experience in the Corvette Stingray – the seventh generation of the iconic sports car. Continued HERE.

Here are some views of the various dash + HUD display modes: Track, Sport, Tour, Eco, Weather.

She’s a beauty isn’t she!?

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Did you know that the Corvette Stingray’s NAV/infotainment screen is retractable, with a storage cubbyhole behind it?

We didn’t until this video.

Sixty years ago tomorrow, spectators lined New York City’s posh Park Avenue, waiting to get a glimpse of the ground-breaking Chevrolet Corvette on display at the General Motors’ Motorama show. On Thursday, the Corvette will be back in The Big Apple, marking the historic milestone with the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.

The all-new Corvette Stingray debuted earlier this week at the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. “The all-new 2014 Corvette Stingray is the most advanced and engaging Corvette in the long, prestigious legacy of this uniquely American success story,” said Chris Perry vice president of Chevrolet Marketing. “It is a car woven into the fabric of American culture and it got its start right here in the Big Apple.”

The introduction of the original Corvette took place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Jan. 17, 1953. That year, more than 1.4 million people saw the curvaceous design and futuristic approach of the Corvette at displays around the United States. Continued HERE.

The 2014 Corvette Stingray boasts a ton of new and cool new technology to match its modern innovative design, but one of the most prominent new features is front and center – the configurable instrument cluster.

Autoblog shares with us their video of the configurable instrument cluster in action, as demonstrated by the Corvette’s Interior Design Manager, Ryan Vaughan.

Select members of the automotive press were invited to the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and the lucky folks were given a great commemorative press kit, each one being individually numbered.

Each kit contained a black box within a black box holding a flash drive and a Stingray badged paperweight. And of course, with all new and shiny things and toys, someone posted an unboxing on youtube. Check out the video INSIDE.

Here are the 10 official colors for the 2014 model year Corvette Stingray:

Arctic White
Black
Blade Silver Metallic
Crystal Red Tintcoat
Cyber Gray Metallic
Laguna Blue Tintcoat
Lime Rock Green
Night Race Blue
Torch Red
Velocity Yellow

See INSIDE for a sample of the Stingray in each color.

As listed on the Barrett Jackson website, the first Corvette Stingray (C7) will be auctioned off this Saturday, January 19th, with and all proceeds will benefit the College for Creative Studies.