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Corvette Stingray for 2014 unveiled
01/24/2013
Cars by Todd Bianco, West Hollywood, California

This past Sunday, January 13, 2013, the clouds parted, the angels sang, cyberspace was a twitter and some lucky members of the press and automotive community assembled on the eve of the 2013 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, were treated to the world reveal of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.

No other car manufactured by any division of General Motors has such rabid followers and no other GM nameplate is as closely watched. In its 60 year history, this is only the 7th generation Corvette. You will see it referred to as the C7 as car people will use this as shorthand to reference this or any generation of Corvette.

The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.

The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.

 

General Motors desperately needs a new halo car for its post-bankruptcy recovery and this 7th generation Corvette is it.

It’s also the first time in decades that the “Stingray” name has been applied to a Corvette. The Corvette has never been a large volume car for GM, but it’s always been an aspirational car.

There are countless people who want it, but only a few thousand a year buy one. It’s “America’s Sports Car.” [The big profits will come from the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks.]

As has been the tradition for decades, the Corvette is the platform for GM to show off its engineering expertise, hone its racing credentials and demonstrate its ability to whip up sheer desire in rabid fans of all ages. The stunning, all-new, completely redesigned 2014 Corvette Stingray replaces the current AARP-favored C6 that has been GM’s standard-bearer for nine long model years. However, even as it stands today, the C6 is the best car made by any GM division. Period.

The first Corvette with the Sting Ray moniker (two words back then) appeared on the 2nd generation (C2) for the 1963 model year. Perhaps the most desirable Corvette EVER produced, the 1963 Sting Ray coupé had a split rear window, a feature that disappeared in 1964.

Ask anyone interested in cars about their favorite Corvette, and almost everyone will cite the C2, and most likely the 1963 split rear window coupé. To this day, it’s my favorite Corvette andprime examples at auction routinely sell for $80,000 or much, much more depending on the option packages, provenance and level of restoration.

The mid-century icon, a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Coupe in front of a Mid-Century modernist architecture masterpiece, the 1961 Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

The mid-century icon, a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray Coupe in front of a Mid-Century modernist architecture masterpiece, the 1961 Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

More press pictures of the stunning 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Sport Coupe.

More press pictures of the stunning 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Sport Coupe.

 

Every car magazine, website, blog and men’s magazine will feature the new Corvette on its cover or homepage in the coming days. And GM will get many more magazine covers and blog posts when Corvette press cars are distributed this spring to automotive journalists. The inevitable comparisons will be made between the 2013 SRT Viper and the C7 and most magazines will test it against a Porsche 911, Mercedes-Benz SL and/or more exotic cars like the Ferrari F458, Aston Martin Vanquish or the McLaren MP4 12-C. In short, there will be a plethora of PR or press coverage of the C7. I’ll be most interested in Dan Neil’s review in the Wall Street Journal.

The rear of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is as dramatic as the front. It's the first Corvette since 1963 that doesn't feature two round taillights on each side.

The rear of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is as dramatic as the front. It’s the first Corvette since 1963 that doesn’t feature two round taillights on each side.

 

GM’s press release (below) says the C7 will go on sale in the third quarter of 2013. Prices have yet to be announced, but the base price shouldn’t be too much higher than the outgoing C6, which starts at $50,000.

This is a Motor Trend video featuring the new C7 with interviews with the designers and engineers. The color of the car in this video is outstanding and the car looks sharp, fresh and dramatic (great lighting helps too). This is just what a Stingray should be.

 

Here’s a video with some details of the Corvette’s all-new small block LT1 V8:


 

 

For many years, Todd "Evan" Bianco has written about cars and Los Angeles on his website acarisnotarefrigerator.com from his West Hollywood base.

Mr. Bianco's focuses on the car biz and cars as they exist with us here in WeHo and Los Angeles, not in Detroit.

He covers subjects as diverse as hybrid hype, the influence of the Asians in So Cal, trends, etc.

Mr. Bianco had a weekly radio show on Sirius Out-Q for a year, and appeared on The John McMullen Show on KNEWS AM 870 * 1140 * 1250 knewsradio.com.

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