QUESTION:I own a C5 Corvette and I need some help. I just became a victim of the dreaded broken shift cable. I actually had to manually shift the transmission linkage into Drive the other day just to ...
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.
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 ...
Structure is everything. Lessons learned from the C5, C6 and C7 Corvettes is that the stiffer the chassis, the better the suspension can be tuned for improved handling. The C1 to C4 chassis were fine ...
So, do you still think it's a C5 and 11/16ths?" asked Corvette assistant chief engineer Tadge Juechter in a half-joking, half-serious tone. We had just spent two days driving the newest Corvette—the ...
Imagine if you could significantly improve both the acceleration and fuel efficiency of your Corvette without even touching the engine. In theory, the approach is fairly simple: Divvy up the powerband ...
Daud Gonzalez is a lifelong car enthusiast and automotive writer with a specialty in modified and race-ready rides. He spends most of his time modifying his cars and ruining them in the process. He is ...
It was the first modern Corvette to challenge the world’s best sports cars on truly level ground, the first Corvette to take a class victory at Le Mans, and the last Corvette to feature those ...