The Corvette made big waves when it changed from a front engine to a mid-engine layout, but the switch to a transaxle may have been even more consequential.
The C5 Corvette was the first all new Vette in over a decade. With its small block V8s, sleek design and serious performance, it showed that the Corvette was ready to take on the world's best. Now, 20 ...
Every performance legend has an origin story, and the Chevrolet Corvette GTR’s begins in an unassuming Troy, Michigan ...
Have you ever seen a car that was legitimately so stupid, absurd, and cool it's like time came to a standstill when you saw it? That's what happened to me and a lot of the Jalopnik staff here when we ...
Since a young age, Samuel has been surrounded by the automotive industry. Graduating in 2019 from the University of Pittsburgh with degrees in Journalism and Mass Communication, Samuel manages a ...
Although the C4 ZR1 paved the way for the current ZR1 and ZR1X, this regular production order code dates back to the C3 era ...
Welcome back to another installment of Corvette Week, this time looking at the fifth generation Corvette, in production from 1997 to 2004. We start off neck-deep in the 1990s, a time when tech was ...
View post: I Drove the 2026 Kia Sportage PHEV; Here’s My Honest Review Within Corvette’s long story, the C5 stands out as its own chapter. Built between 1997 and 2004, Chevrolet produced just over 248 ...
The Corvette has always been a performance car bargain, but some years have leaned more heavily to the performance side of the equation than others. Although America’s sports car has always had its ...
As the most radical and technologically advanced Corvette ever, the C5 took the world by storm when it was launched in March of 1997. It ushered in a whole new way to look at American supercars in ...
The WD Detailing crew didn’t have much history to share about this particular Corvette, but did note that it has been sitting for nearly 12 years. Given that the oldest C5s are only 27 years old, this ...
Back in April 2003, a man walked into a Chevrolet dealership with a dream: to own America's sports car. He signed the paperwork on a brand-new Corvette Coupe, finished in dazzling Torch Red over black ...