Tagged: jim perkins

C5 Corvettes / Corvette History / Corvette People

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Jim Perkins Tribute: R.I.P. Corvette Corporate Angel

After graduating from high school, Perkins took courses at Baylor then served three years in the Navy. After his discharge from the Navy, he took a low-level job, sorting parts at a Chevrolet warehouse, while completing his college courses. With his Navy experience and eventual degree, Perkins quickly rose through the ranks at Chevrolet in Sales & Service. In the mid-‘70s, he landed a peach-of-a-job working for then GM president, Pete Estes. That’s where Perkins learned the ropes of GM corporate life.

C5 Corvettes / Corvette Chassis / Corvette News & Opinions

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How Dave Hill Reinvented the C5 Corvette Chassis

Discover the story of the C5 Corvette chassis and how Dave Hill’s engineering leadership brought dramatic improvements in performance, suspension, and overall Corvette design. Learn why the C5 platform marked a major turning point in Corvette history and set a new benchmark for American sports cars.

C8 Articles / Corvette History

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The 2020 Mid-Engine C8 Chevrolet Corvette is HERE!!! – VIDEO

The waiting is finally over! The “pie-in-the-sky” dream of Zora Arkus-Duntov of a mid-engine high-performance sports car wearing a Corvette badge has arrived. The journey to the mid-engine C8 was long, very long.

The C7 Corvette debuted on January 13, 2013 and by the end of April 2013, Chevrolet announced pricing and hard details. By the third quarter of 2013 C7 deliveries began. Then on August 14, 2014, less than a year after C7 production began, Motor Trend announced online, “SCOOP! Mid-Engine Chevrolet Corvette is a Go”.

I said, “HUH?!?!? The C7 just came out. Come on, quit it with the mid-engine tease!

1995 Indy 500 Corvette Pace Car – The First “Designer” Indy 500 Corvette

C4 Corvettes / Corvette Indy 500 Pace Cars

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1995 Indy 500 Corvette Pace Car – The First “Designer” Indy 500 Corvette

By the time the ‘95 Corvette Indy Pace Car arrived, it was obvious that management let the designers have at it. These cars have to be seen in the daylight to be appreciated. The dark purple metallic paint on the upper portion looks like a lollipop. I don’t know the designer that came up with this design, but BRAVO! Since ‘95 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Cars have been, shall we say, brash, with the exception of the silver & black ‘08 Indy 500 Corvette Pace Car, which was a salute to the first 1978 Indy 500 Corvette Pace Car.