This is absurd, but I think I want the new Corvette. And as I write I haven’t even seen it yet. You’re better placed in time than I as I commence writing this, on the Saturday before Sunday evening’s Great Reveal of the long-awaited C7. You, dear future reader, already know all about what I won’t begin to learn for a whole 24 hours. I feel like you’ve slipped through some secret fourth-dimensional portal, leaving me behind. Just one of…

At Sebring in 2007, Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Max Papis took their thundering C6.R to 1st in GT1 and 7th overall. I can’t wait to see the road racing edition of the new C7!
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