Review: 2014 Chevrolet C7 Corvette Stingray [w/video]

[Rob]

2014 Chevrolet C7 Corvette Stingray [w/video]

Seventh Time's A Charm

By Michael Harley
Autoblog.com

Nobody likes to wait - especially for one of the most highly anticipated all-new sports cars on the planet.

But the world waited five years for the details.

It was back in 2008 when rumors about a future all-new C7 Corvette first started swirling. However, it wasn't until early 2012 when the first heavily cloaked test mules were spotted in the wild. But even with physical prototypes running in the public eye, Chevy was able to keep its upcoming flagship under impressively tight wrap. Finally, at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show in January of this year, the automaker officially lifted the covers off the 2014 Chevrolet C7 Corvette Stingray and revealed its inner workings.

And then everyone waited half-a-year to drive it.

Yet all of that pent-up frustration, mental anguish and years of misguided speculation immediately vanished this week when I climbed behind the wheel and laid two fat strips of molten rubber down on the asphalt. The agonizing was so worth it.

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Pre-Production Respect

Quite an extensive writeup. Looks like excuses from the 'other guys' will get fewer and farther between, eh? I know the 911 is done being at the top of the list. It's nice, good build, high class but it's just not going to keep up with this Vette and hasn't been throughout the C6 days. Porsche either gets another frontline car to take the place of the 911 - and I DON'T mean an $850,000 hypercomplicated 918 (all 900 of them)- or they're just going to go on getting smoked. I could go on with this but I know there won't be much of a response, I'm just glad the Vette is getting undeniable respect worldwide.

Onward!