Weekend Events July 27 - 28 2019

Saturday: Streetside Classics Cars & Coffee 614 E. Auto Center Dr, Suite 101, Mesa, 85204
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August 22 - Save the Date

We're hearing that the C-8 traveling show will be at Van Chevrolet in Scottsdale on August 22. No details yet on time, access, etc. but we'll keep you posted.

Penske Cars & Coffee 07-20-2019

A nice, if warm, morning at Penske yesterday. Some pictures below and lots more here.

Jay Leno's 1957 Corvette

I'm in Los Angeles this weekend and spent some time in Burbank yesterday at the semi-famous AeroBooks and AutoBooks store. Didn't run into Jay, but here's a bit of Corvette fun with the world's most car crazy star!

C8 Reveal Livestream Information

C8 Corvette Reveal Livestream Information

Are you wondering how you can see the Next Generation/C8 Mid-Engine Corvette? The C8 Corvette reveal can be watched live streaming on your computer on July 18.

As you know the late Zora Arkus-Duntov, the " father" (along with Harley Earl) of the Chevrolet Corvette, had a vision for a mid-engine Corvette and it is finally transpiring. Watch the C8 Corvette Reveal Livestream from the comfort of your own home. The C8 Corvette Reveal Livestream starts at 7:30 p.m. PDT/10:30 p.m. EDT on July 18 and can be accessed through media.chevrolet.com/nextgenCorvette. The streaming platform will also be available on Chevrolet’s social media channels.  “The stream will include Corvette video footage, a hosted pre-show, and the reveal presentation. It will be available for viewing across the globe, in all seven continents.”

Weekend Events - July 13 - 14, 2019

Saturday -  7:00 am to 9:30 am: Cars & Coffee at Alpio's at Troon. 10542 E. Jomax Rd., Scottsdale 85262
Saturday - Afternoon and evening: Rock & Roll Car Show at Pavillions - Indian Bend Road at the 101 in Scottsdale.

A Farewell to the Front-Engine Corvette on Route 66

Here's a great article from Hagerty celebrating our favorite cars!

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Corvettes & Coffee Pictures

Plenty of fun this warm July morning! We got together with our ACE friends at the Bashas in Litchfield Park at 8:00 and by 9:00 we were on the road for the traditional bit of spirited driving that characterizes most ACE functions. A well planned route gave us over 20 miles of running on a very deserted parkway through the desert. Rumor has it that some speed limits were broached.  Lunch at Bobby Q's just off the 17 and Dunlap wrapped up a terrific morning.

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Corvettes and Coffee - Saturday Litchfield Park

The new Corvettes and Coffee will be at the Bashas in Litchfield Park on Saturday (every first Saturday). It’s at the corner of Dysart Road and Camelback. We’re planning to be there at 8:00 and when it’s over go to lunch at Bobby Q on the 17. Morning meet up at 7:30 at the QT on 7th Street and the 101 for anyone interested and in town!

Corvettes to the Moon!

We've reached July and in a few weeks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. As we all know, Corvettes were the favorite car of the astronauts in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Here's a great video from Motor Trend with rockets, Corvettes and a great astronaut! This was filmed a few years ago, but is still fun to watch. Here's the description and the link.

In the Sixties, Chevy's star-spangled Corvette ruled as the undisputed car of choice for NASA's pioneering star voyagers. Now, nearly 46 years after his historic Apollo 7 flight, astronaut (and Corvette aficionado) Walt Cunningham joins host Arthur St. Antoine to revisit the shrines of America's space program in Chevy's latest and greatest ground rocket, the awesome, all-new 2014 C7 Vette. From the towering rocket gantries of Florida's Kennedy Space Center to the hallowed ground of Houston's Mission Control, Cunningham and St. Antoine return to NASA's glory days--also taking time to savor some classic Vettes from the star-struck Go-Go that was 1960s America.

And another video from the Top Gear guys.