Mecum Auction Results Kissimmee 2014

232 Corvettes Changed Hands for a Total of $11,896,560 at the Mecum Kissimmee Auction 2014

WALWORTH, Wis. – Jan. 31, 2014 – The largest collector car auction in the world lived up to its moniker once again with Mecum’s Kissimmee, Fla., event, held Jan. 17-26, offering a grand total of 2,750 cars and more than 3,000 items of Road Art throughout the 10 days of heated bidding and hard-hammering sales. Auction sales reached a hefty $63,435,490 in total with 1,759 of the vehicles exchanging hands for a sell-through rate of 64 percent.

Ten Days And 3,000 Cars At Mecum Collector Car Auction In Kissimmee-Starts Today-January 17, 2014

WALWORTH, Wis. – Jan. 6, 2014 – Mecum Auctions will bring the world’s largest collector car auction to the Osceola Heritage Park grounds in Kissimmee, Fla., this Jan. 17-26 with 3,000 vehicles and 3,000 items of Road Art and memorabilia set to cross the auction block throughout the 10 days of hard-hammering action. The immense lineup includes everything from high-performance muscle cars to ‘50s era cars as well as vintage racers, European sports and exotics and of course an impressive and vast offering of Corvettes.

New Corvette C7.R Shares Tech with New Z06

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The new Corvette C7.R, which was codeveloped with the 2015 Corvette Z06, will compete in GT Le Mans class of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship. The C7.R will make its competition debut at the 52nd Rolex 24 At Daytona on Jan. 25-26. © General Motors

Corvette Z06: A Quick History of a Fast Car

2014-01-13

1963 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 in Race Trim  © General Motors

1963 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 © General Motors

DETROIT – The all-new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is the most capable in the history of the track-oriented model. The Z06 was first offered as an option package in 1963, directed at those who intended to use their Corvettes on a track.

Sixteen Seasons of Corvette Racing: 1999–2014

2014 Corvette Crossed Flag Logo © General Motors

Watch Jim Campbell, vice president of Performance Vehicles and Motorsports, give you an exclusive look at the newly-revealed 2014 Corvette C7.R racecar. It will (be) racing in the Tudor United Sportscar championship series. 

DETROIT – The interconnection of Chevrolet Corvette and motorsports stretches nearly six decades, beginning with the Corvette’s competitive debut in at the 12 Hours of Sebring, in 1956. By the time Briggs Cunningham entered three Corvettes in the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1960 – Corvette’s first appearance at the world’s most demanding race – the international racing community had taken notice of America’s sports car.

Chevrolet Sweeps 2014 NACTOY Awards

Chevrolet was the only brand to be recognized as this year's recipient of the prestigious 

North American Car and Truck of the Year awards.

Chevrolet sweeps the North American Car and Truck of the Year voting as the Silverado pickup (left) and the Corvette Stingray are voted the 2014 North American Truck and Car of the Year Monday, January 13, 2014 at the start of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. New General Motors CEO Mary Barra is pictured with the vehicles Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at the GM Renaissance Center Global Headquarters in Detroit.
(Photo by John F. Martin for Chevrolet) © General Motors

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DETROIT – The all-new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and Silverado 1500 are the 2014 North American Car and Truck of the Year.   

It is the first time Chevrolet has won both awards in the same year. The Silverado was last named Truck of the Year in 2007 and the Corvette was last named Car of the Year in 1998.

2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is Most Capable, Ever

Embargoed for Release: Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, 10:30 a.m. EST

(L to R) The all-new 2015 Corvette Z06 and 2014 Corvette C7.R race car were co-developed, and represent the closest link in modern times between Corvettes built for racing and the road, sharing unprecedented levels of engineering and components including chassis architecture, engine technologies, and aerodynamic strategies. © GM

• Enters supercar territory with race-proven design, advanced technologies and world-class performance 
• With track-focused Z07 performance package, 2015 Corvette Z06 delivers faster lap times than 2013 Corvette ZR1 
• First Corvette Z06 to offer supercharged engine, removable roof panel and available paddle-shift automatic transmission