Each year Jeff donates his personal Corvette to the Jeff Gordon Children’s Foundation. The Corvette program has raised nearly $9 million for pediatric cancer research to find less toxic, more effective treatments for the No. 1 cause of death by disease for kids.
Here is a great video from Trailer World in Bowling Green Kentucky that shows the ease and perfect specs for a C8 Corvette Trailer that has a tilt and works great with the C8 Corvettes with a Front lift
This way if you want to trailer your C8 Corvette to the drag races, trips, on a vacation or keep the miles of it on a long haul somewhere before you set up and wreck shop driving your C8 on a track or around town at your final destination.
Per Trailer World Bowling Green Kentucky Video:
We had a local customer bring his new C8 Corvette by to load on an Aluma 8218 Tilt Bed. This new Corvette has the ability to raise the front end high enough to load without need the jump ramps to get started.
If you are wondering what is the difference between the 2020 C8 Corvette and the 2021 C8 Corvette Stingray models we have a list of the updates, differences, and add ons below.
NEW FOR 2021 C8 Corvette Stingray
Magnetic Selective Ride Control suspension available without Z51 (FE2)
Standard Wireless Apple CarPlay/Wireless Android Auto
Red Mist Metallic Tintcoat exterior color
Silver Flare Metallic exterior color
Sky Cool Gray/Yellow Strike interior color
New Full Length Dual Racing Stripe Package colors: Blue, Orange, Red and Yellow
Stinger Stripes in three colors: Carbon Flash/Edge Red, Carbon Flash/Edge Yellow and Carbon Flash/Midnight Silver
Driver mode on-screen visualization and new track digital tachometer
Standard Buckle To Drive, a safety technology that, when active, can prevent the driver from shifting the vehicle out of Park if the driver’s seat belt is not buckled for up to 20 seconds; this feature is designed to help remind all drivers to buckle up before driving
Also, per Chevrolet they break down everything from interior, to exterior, and engine of the current 2020 C8 Corvette Stingray Model vs. the 2021 C8 Corvette Stingray base model and z51 model packages.
Corvette has always represented iconic American design, performance, technical ingenuity and attainability. The 2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray retains carryover pricing – the same as the introductory model – with MSRP starting at $59,995 for the coupe and $67,495 for the convertible. Both models include destination freight charge.
“Our mission was to develop a new sports car, combining the successful attributes of Corvette with the performance and driving experience of mid-engine supercars,” said Tadge Juechter, Corvette executive chief engineer. “We are thrilled with the enthusiasm the mid-engine Corvette brought following its launch and are keeping it fresh with new content for the 2021 model.”
C8 Corvette ENGINE & CHASSIS: The next-generation LT2 is paired with Chevrolet’s first eight-speed dual-clutch transmission, which provides lightning-fast shifts and excellent power transfer.
Engine: 6.2L LT2 V-8 with Direct Injection, Variable Valve Timing and Active Fuel Management
Transmission: eight-speed dual-clutch with manual and automatic modes
Driver Mode Selector – six modes: Tour, Sport, Track, Weather, and MyMode and Z Mode customizable modes
NEW: Available Magnetic Selective Ride Control suspension without Z51 (FE2), which reads the road better, providing more precise data through suspension-mounted accelerometers
Available Z51 Performance Package: Z51 performance brakes, Z51 performance suspension (FE3), performance exhaust, performance final drive ratio, electronic limited-slip differential, Z51 rear spoiler, front splitter, 245/35ZR19 front and 305/30ZR20 rear summer-only, high-performance tires and heavy-duty cooling system
Z51 Performance (FE4) with Magnetic Selective Ride Control, includes Performance Traction Management
Front lift: adjustable height with memory
DESIGN: The Stingray’s exterior has a bold, futuristic expression with mid-engine exotic proportions, but it is still unmistakably Corvette.
Exterior
NEW: Red Mist Metallic Tintcoat exterior color
NEW: Silver Flare Metallic exterior color
NEW: Full Length Dual Racing Stripe Package colors: Blue, Orange, Red and Yellow
NEW: Stinger Stripe in three colors: Carbon Flash/Edge Red, Carbon Flash/Edge Yellow and Carbon Flash/Midnight Silver
Painted brake calipers: available in Black, Bright Red, Edge Red and Yellow
Interior
NEW: Sky Cool Gray/Yellow Strike interior color
GT1 bucket seats
Mulan leather seating surfaces with perforated inserts
Available GT2 bucket seats
Napa leather seating surfaces with perforated inserts
Napa leather seating surfaces with perforated sueded microfiber inserts
Two-tone
Available Competition Sport bucket seats
Performance textile
Napa leather seating surfaces with perforated inserts
Napa leather seating surfaces with perforated sueded microfiber inserts
Available heated and ventilated seats; power bolster and power lumbar
Available heated steering wheel
Available custom seat belts: Black, Orange, Natural, Tension Blue, Torch Red and Yellow
Available custom interior leather stitching: Adrenaline Red stitching on seats, instrument panel, doors and console; Yellow stitching on seats, instrument panel, doors and console
Available Sueded Microfiber-Wrapped Interior Package: headliner, visor, trim above windshield and rear window, and A-pillar trim in color-keyed sueded microfiber
Available head-up display – color with readouts for Tour, Sport and Track modes, vehicle speed, gear, engine rpm, shift lights, turn signals, high beam headlamps, turn-by-turn navigation, g-meter, speed limit and lap times
Available Bose Performance Series 14-speaker audio system
INFOTAINMENT & CONNECTIVITY: The Stingray benefits from GM’s new digital vehicle platform, an all-new electronic architecture that enables the adoption of the company’s next generation of technologies.
NEW: Standard Wireless Apple CarPlay/Wireless Android Auto
Chevrolet Infotainment 3 Plus system with 8-inch diagonal HD color touchscreen, AM/FM stereo, HD Radio® Bluetooth® audio streaming for two active devices, Apple CarPlay® and Android Auto™ compatibility, voice recognition and in-vehicle apps
Available Chevrolet Infotainment 3 Premium system with Navigation, includes Plus system features listed above, Connected Navigation, enhanced voice recognition, additional memory for in-vehicle apps and Performance Data Recorder
4G LTE Wi-Fi® Hotspot for up to seven devices
Standard HD Rear Vision Camera (1LT) and HD Front and Rear Vision Cameras (2LT/3LT)
Available Performance Data Recorder
Available wireless charging
SAFETY & SECURITY: An available suite of active safety features.
NEW: Standard Buckle To Drive, a safety technology that, when active, can prevent the driver from shifting the vehicle out of Park if the driver’s seat belt is not buckled for up to 20 seconds; this feature is designed to help remind all drivers to buckle up before driving
Air bags: four driver and passenger frontal and side-impact air bags with Passenger Sensing System
Available Rear Camera Mirror: rearview auto-dimming with full camera display (coupe and convertible)
Available Rear Cross Traffic Alert
Rear Park Assist
Available Side Blind Zone Alert
Teen Driver technology
Available theft-deterrent system: engine immobilizer and audible/visual alarm electrical, unauthorized entry, vehicle inclination sensor, vehicle interior movement sensor; activates horn
2021 CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY SPECIFICATIONS
EPA-ESTIMATED MPG
City
15
Highway
27
FUEL TANK CAPACITY
18.5 gallons / 70 liters
ENGINES
Type:
6.2L LT2 V-8 with Direct Injection, Variable Valve Timing and Active Fuel Management
Eight-speed dual-clutch with manual and automatic modes
Final drive ratio:
4.9:1
5.2:1 (with Z51 Performance Package)
CHASSIS & SUSPENSION
Suspensions:
Four-wheel independent
Magnetic Selective Ride Control (FE2)
Z51 Performance (FE3) (included and only available with Z51 Performance Package)
Z51 Performance (FE4) with Magnetic Selective Ride Control, includes Performance Traction Management
Steering Type:
Speed-sensitive magnetic power steering with variable ratio
19 x 8.5 front and 20 x 11 rear five-open-spoke wheels in Bright Silver-painted aluminum
19 x 8.5 front and 20 x 11 rear five-open-spoke wheels in Carbon Flash Metallic-painted aluminum with machined edge
19 x 8.5 front and 20 x 11 rear five-trident-spoke machined-face wheels in Sterling Silver-painted aluminum
19 x 8.5 front and 20 x 11 rear five-trident-spoke machined-face wheels in Spectra Gray-painted aluminum
Tire Size:
245/35ZR19 front and 305/30ZR20 rear, all-season, performance
245/35ZR19 front and 305/30ZR20 rear, high-performance, summer-only (with Z51 Performance Package)
General Motors and Chevrolet just announced a new colors to the 2021 C8 Corvette options. The two new color are called Red Mist Metallic Tintcoat and it does comes at an extra cost.
Along with Red Mist Metallic they added Silver Flare Metallic and a new interior color called Sky Cool Gray Strike Yellow.
Over on Corvette’s official Facebook page they just teased a new video showing the 2021 C8 Corvettes in new color options including four new combinations: black with red stripes, black with yellow stripes, blue with orange stripes, and white with blue stripes.
Here’s the video:
It’s time to earn some new racing stripes. Check back soon for news.
Also, per the Chevrolet Corvette website and landing page they say they are going to offer full length dual racing stripes or stinger stripes. The full length dual racing stripes enhance the appearance of your Corvette with available dual Racing Stripes that run from nose to tail. New colors available for 2021: Blue, Orange, Red and Yellow.
Or you can add bold available Stinger Stripes to the hood of your Corvette for a customized look. Available in Carbon Flash/Edge Red, Carbon Flash/Edge Yellow and Carbon Flash/Midnight Silver.
Here are a few examples of the full length racing stripes and the stinger stripes from their website.
Check out this video from Corvette Direct where he takes his C8 Corvette to the track to drag race two hellcats and a brand new 2020 Supra that had a tune, downpipe, and exhaust.
The C8 Corvette consistently ran low 11s and his C8 Corvette is stock other than Kooks header and Green Cats where he only gained about 5 horsepower anyway and mainly did it for the sound.
Check out this video from YouTuber (DCrump) at Freedom Chevrolet in San Antonio Texas that has two C8 Corvettes that are MSRP, $76280 with a $30k mark up to $107,277. We have discussed C8 Corvette mark ups before
The whole C8 Corvette mark up issue is a big topic. One one hand General Motors limited production to only 2,700 C8s thanks to the UAW strike and now this virus pandemic. And even without those issues there is one hardcore side that has the stance “I will never pay mark up”, “that’s ridiculous” “blah blah excuse why they won’t do it when they don’t really even have the money to do so”, “I can wait a year or two” (which is actually fine and a decent excuse at least).
Then on the other side there are people out there that understand supply and demand, capitalism, and if they mark it up and no one buys it then they just sit on it and maybe will have to come down.
However, there are people willing to pay C8 Corvette mark ups for many reasons.
What other mid engine car can you get even with a mark up at $100-$107k?
Have driven cars that are 120k plus that are used “supercars” (Mclaren, NSX, Ferrari, Porsche) and they don’t even come close to how good the New C8 Corvette is.
Even people paying mark up let’s say like one in the video that’s 107k, take it to an auction or flip it yourself for $110k-$125k after a few mods or not depending how the rest of C8 Corvette production goes this year and in 2021 until the 2022 Chevrolet Mid engine C8 Z06 comes out.
Watch this video, and then leave a comment what side are you on?
YouTuber, Brink of Speed went to a local Texas Chevy dealership, Classic Chevrolet in his home town and found more C8 Corvette Production cars hitting the dealer’s lot and found a C7R Callaway Corvette as well.
However, all 3 C8 Corvettes at this Texas Chevy dealer were all spoken for and that’s going to be what happens at least for a year per Rick Corvette Conti. Since C8 Corvette production got halted because of this virus and delayed because of the UAW strike only 2,700 were made and now all the 2020 orders are being finished and made in 3000 status and then the rest of the C8 Corvette orders for 2020 are turning into 2021 C8 Corvettes.
So in less someone backs out of their order or pays a mark up you aren’t going to be able to walk into a Chevy Dealer and just pick whatever C8 Corvette you want from their inventory for a good year and more like the summer of 2021 if we you are lucky.
Per Brink of Speed YouTube video below:
This Texas Chevrolet Dealership has THREE C8 CORVETTE’S! Hello everyone and welcome back to Brink of Speed. Today, I take you along with me to a Texas Chevrolet Dealership with three C8 Corvette’s at it. They have a Ceramic Matrix Gray, Torch Red, and Shadow Gray. All three are Z51 cars as well. Come on up and take a look at these beauty’s and see if they are something that you would like to place an order on with Rod Pitzer.