Author Archives: Keith Cornett

Corvette Assembly Plant to Reopen Tours Starting October 14th

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Chevrolet announced on Wednesday that Bowling Green’s Corvette Assembly Plant will resume public tours of the facility beginning Monday, October 14th. The tours give Corvette enthusiasts and the general public an up-close opportunity to see how the all-new C7 Corvette Stingray is built. Plant tours were halted in September 2012 as GM started the process [...]

The Lingenfelter Collection Fall Open House is Saturday, October 12th

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One of our happy places, The Lingenfelter Collection, will be holding their annual fall open house coming up on Saturday, October 12th. Festivities will run from 10am to 5pm. Since October is breast cancer awareness month, proceeds from the event will go to the Shades of Pink Foundation which helps ease the financial burden of [...]

Corvette Funfest 2013 Delivers a Memorable Milestone Celebration

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Mid America Motorworks’ Corvette Funfest was held last week and by all accounts it was a huge success. Mid America tells us that Corvette enthusiasts from 42 states and 3 foreign countries converged in Effingham, IL for the celebration of milestones. Those milestones were the the 20th Annual Funfest, the 40th anniversary of Mid America [...]

Arizona County Official’s Red C5 Corvette Damaged in Crash

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Photo Credit: Lydia Guzman An accident involving a county government leader made some news earlier this month in Arizona. Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox’s red C5 Corvette convertible (with light oak top) is smiling a little sideways these days – with the front bumper knocked loose and hanging on by only one side and [...]

Edmunds Tests the C7 Corvette Stingray vs 2013 BMW M3 Coupe

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Edmunds.com continues its series of road tests pitting the 2014 Corvette Stingray up against some of the world’s best cars. This week, they’re comparing Chevy’s sports car to the 2013 BMW M3, which after a long run is making its farewell journey into the world of used performance cars. Numbers-wise, Edmunds reports the obvious. The [...]