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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Corvette Karma

Imagine your 29 years old. You make plans with friends to meet up at a favorite bar. You get dressed, and climb into your 5 year old Corvette, turn the key and revel and the throaty-roar as you pull of on your way for a night on the town.
Young and single, you park the car, head inside, maybe with a pen in your pocket, just incase your lucky enough to find a woman willing to hand-over her phone number.

Life is great, or at least it is till you go outside a find your car is gone. That pen you were hoping would record the number of some "Future girlfriend"; instead is used to mark down a Police report number. You end up catching a ride home from a friend.

This is what happened to Chance Mayfield; sad as the story is, as an Insurance Agent, I have the duty to tell you this is not all that uncommon. In fact a car is stolen every 28.8 seconds, that's more than 1 million cars stolen in an average year in the U.S.—.No what makes this story so unusual is that the theft took place in 1970 and now 39 years later received a call, on his 68th birthday, no less, saying his car has been found. I'm sure that Mr. Mayfield was happy to get the call and see his old car. Imagine his further surprise, and stroke of good luck when he found out his old car had been completely restored.

It seems a collector who recently bought the 1965 Corvette for $65,000; stopped by the Arizona department of motor vehicles for inspection and to get plates; only to find after a routine serial number check, that the Hot Car he had purchased was literally a "Hot Car". I can only assume that the man, that laid-out $65,000 for the auto; believing he had legal title, had his day-in-court with business that sold him the car.

In the end the Scottsdale, police returned the 65 Vette back to Mr. Mayfield.

I would like to think they attached a Happy Birthday card.