With the huge success that the Corvette ZR1 has enjoyed since its return in 2009 many felt that Chevy would stop production of the Z06. Well those who thought that notion up were recently proven wrong in a big way as Chevy showed its commitment to the Corvette Z06. Chevy recently announced that later this summer the all new 2011 Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition will be made available. This special edition Vette is only going to go to 500 lucky individuals and it will of course bring all sorts of goodies with it.
The auction will be televised on Speed and if you are a Corvette fanatic you will not want to miss this piece of history when it hits the auction block. Though you may not be able to afford to bid on the first ever Corvette Carbon you can still get caught up in the thrill of all those who will be pushing the bid higher and higher.
Whoever does end up with Corvette Carbon number 01 will have a tough choice to make. Do they drive it around and enjoy all that is Corvette or do they simply make it into a show car and lovingly stare at it day after day? While the latter is probably best for retail purposes, driving it would be a lot more fun. 2011 Corvette Concepts with Carbon number 01
With the huge success that the Corvette ZR1 has enjoyed since its return in 2009 many felt that Chevy would stop production of the Z06. Well those who thought that notion up were recently proven wrong in a big way as Chevy showed its commitment to the Corvette Z06. Chevy recently announced that later this summer the all new 2011 Corvette Z06 Carbon Limited Edition will be made available. This special edition Vette is only going to go to 500 lucky individuals and it will of course bring all sorts of goodies with it.
The auction will be televised on Speed and if you are a Corvette fanatic you will not want to miss this piece of history when it hits the auction block. Though you may not be able to afford to bid on the first ever Corvette Carbon you can still get caught up in the thrill of all those who will be pushing the bid higher and higher.
Whoever does end up with Corvette Carbon number 01 will have a tough choice to make. Do they drive it around and enjoy all that is Corvette or do they simply make it into a show car and lovingly stare at it day after day? While the latter is probably best for retail purposes, driving it would be a lot more fun. 2011 Corvette Concepts with Carbon number 01
Astronaut Alan Shepard, a long time Corvette owner, was invited by then GM Chief Engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov to drive pre-production Corvette models. General Motors executives later gave Sheppard a 1972 model with a Bill Mitchell interior. Jim Rathmann, a Melbourne, Florida Chevrolet dealer and winner of the 1960 Indy 500, befriended astronauts Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Gordon Cooper.
Rathman convinced GM President Ed Cole to setup a program which supplied each astronaut with a pair of new cars each year. Most chose a family car for their wives and a Corvette for themselves. Alan Bean recalls Corvettes lined up in the parking lot outside the astronaut offices at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, and friendly races between Shepard and Grissom along the Florida beach roads and beaches themselves as local police turned a blind eye. Shepard, Grissom and Cooper even pulled each other on skis in the shallow water. The Mercury and later astronauts were unofficially tied to the Corvette and appeared in official photographs with their cars and with mock-ups of space vehicles such as the Lunar Module or Lunar Rover. Cooper talked of the races along Cocoa Beach in his eulogy of Shepard at the Johnson Space Center in 1998.
Corvette officially leave the GT1 class. In August, Corvette Racing will officially open the entrance to the GT2 class at Mid-Ohio ALMS race. The new GT2 car bodywork is inspired by the Corvette ZR1
