New Corvette 2020

Since it's introduction back in 1953, the Corvette has been the Flagship of Chevy and America's most iconic sports-car. The Corvette was our answer to Germany's Porsche and Italy's Ferrari. It has played a prominent role in countless movies, TV shows, and popular culture overall.

Times and technology change and over the past 66 years the Corvette has had six generational changes. Each redesign created to meet the challenges laid-down by competitors, foreign and domestic. With each generation the team faced the same problem, how to evolve and push the performance and styling to compete with the world's best sports-cars, yet still hold true to its spirit, and legend? What are the styling cues that which must, in some form, still find their way into the redesign?

2020 will bring an all new design and, what most enthusiasts are calling, the most significant change in Corvette's history; for the first time it will become a mid-engine. It will also be the first time since 1955 that one will not have the option of a manual transmission. The vehicle is equipped with an eight-speed dual-clutch made by Tremec, OK, you can switch the system into a "manual mode" but it's still fly-by-wire.

In a world where top-tiered sports-cars are expected to turn in sub 4 second times, with several kicking past the 3 second threshold; designers felt the Corvette was due for a ground-up redesign. It's not enough to increase speed, that much power needs better brakes and handling to match. The team realized that By moving the engine to the middle of the car, they could better balance the weight between the front and rear which would provide  equal traction across all four wheels and improve the car' stability through the corners.

                                       Greg Pajo / Car and Driver

 

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Air Cooled Porsche 911s Prices Rise

In 1999 Porsche said goodbye to the air-cooled 911 to, what at best could be called, mixed reviews. It was quick, and it had more modern comforts, but many felt it didn't hold true to the essence of what a Porsche was suppose to be. Moving ten years forward to 2009 and resale prices for 1990 911s were bringing in higher values than 2004 models. Over the past ten years that difference has only increased. 

Modern air-cooled 911s include the 964 1989-1993, and The 993 1994–1998 model years. Of these,

 it's the 993s that are typically the most prized. The values range dramatically between common production models and special limited versions. 
A few of the  particularity valuable examples include: the PORSCHE 993 TURBO S,
PORSCHE 993 GT2, PORSCHE 964 CARRERA 3.8 RS, and PORSCHE 964 Speedster, if clean, these cars can bring prices in the low to mid six figures.

Common sense suggests that prices will level off, with only the most treasured cars out pacing inflation. Over all, it's the rare auto that can return a larger investment than just putting the money in an index fund. The best way to look at classic car buying is that you have a chance to  own and drive a hot car at the same cost of driving a four-year-old Toyota.

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