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Cross-country in a Corvette Stingray: Day Three
Follow Autoweek across the US in a 2014 Corvette
By: Rory Carroll on 8/26/2013
Day two of our cross-country Corvette trek ended in North Platte, Neb., where we encountered a couple of C2 Sting Rays in the parking lot of our Holiday Inn. We shot some photos and hit the sack around 1 a.m.
Day three would be the second-longest of the trip at around 14 hours. Not a short drive, but totally manageable.
We'd heard that Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter has said that the Stingray is capable of 40 mpg on the freeway. So, that morning -- over a particularly flat stretch of highway in Nebraska -- we slipped behind a semi and made careful use of our right foot to average 40.5 mpg over just more than 26 miles at 70 mph. Before we stopped feather-footing it, the average fuel mileage was still rising. Frankly, that's astounding.
Full Story: 2014 Corvette Stingray road trip photos and cross-country drive impressions - Autoweek
Follow Autoweek across the US in a 2014 Corvette
By: Rory Carroll on 8/26/2013
Day two of our cross-country Corvette trek ended in North Platte, Neb., where we encountered a couple of C2 Sting Rays in the parking lot of our Holiday Inn. We shot some photos and hit the sack around 1 a.m.
Day three would be the second-longest of the trip at around 14 hours. Not a short drive, but totally manageable.
We'd heard that Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter has said that the Stingray is capable of 40 mpg on the freeway. So, that morning -- over a particularly flat stretch of highway in Nebraska -- we slipped behind a semi and made careful use of our right foot to average 40.5 mpg over just more than 26 miles at 70 mph. Before we stopped feather-footing it, the average fuel mileage was still rising. Frankly, that's astounding.
Full Story: 2014 Corvette Stingray road trip photos and cross-country drive impressions - Autoweek
