The Seventh Generation Corvette has Arrived: The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray!

It’s the sports car that comes along every decade or so, and brings with it unprecedented innovation, provocative design, advancements in engineering, revolutionary development processes and intelligent technologies that break the paradigm. With years of experience, the time has come to unleash an all-new, world-challenging seventh version for a new sports car generation.

Introducing the 2014 Corvette Stingray. Nothing will be the same.

FAST FACTS

The Next Generation

• The all-new 2014 Corvette represents such a dramatic change that it deserved a new name — Stingray

• Corvette Stingray is designed and engineered for the new sports car generation and leverages all-new advancements in lightweight materials, electronics and engineering

• Corvette Stingray will deliver the fastest 0–60 acceleration, the most cornering grip, the most track capability, the best braking performance and the best fuel economy ever for a standard Corvette

• Corvette Stingray incorporates technologies and aerodynamics transferred from the track and the Corvette C6.R racing program

• Corvette Stingray offers three trim levels — 1LT, 2LT and 3LT — for easy ordering

Exterior

• Corvette Stingray has an all-new exterior design that’s technical, functional, sophisticated and elegant — and instantly recognizable as a Corvette

• Corvette Stingray offers new state-of-the-art HID Xenon (low and high beam) and LED lighting (DRL/ park/turn)

• Corvette Stingray incorporates race-proven aerodynamics for improved high-speed stability

• Every square inch of the Corvette Stingray exterior is designed for performance — all five air vents are highly functional and contribute to cooling or reduced lift.

Interior

• Corvette Stingray has a completely new, richly appointed interior design that’s driver-centric with real carbon-fiber, aluminum and hand-wrapped leather materials, custom amenities and two new seating options with magnesium frames for exceptional support

• Corvette Stingray provides a smaller 360mm steering wheel (unique to Corvette) for optimal feel during performance driving

• Corvette Stingray includes an advanced, tablet-inspired Chevrolet MyLink® infotainment system with two 8-inch display screens

• Corvette Stingray has a highly customizable instrument cluster and available Head-Up Display in color

Driving Experience

• Corvette Stingray is powered by a new LT1 small block 6.2-liter V8 engine that offers advanced technologies that include Direct Injection, Active Fuel Management™ and Continuously Variable Valve Timing

• Corvette Stingray has been designed with technologies that optimize any driving situation, including a Driver Mode Selector, Launch Control and 7-speed manual transmission with industry-unique Active Rev Matching

• Corvette Stingray is the most powerful standard Corvette ever with a GM-estimated 450 horsepower and 450 lb.-ft. of torque (final numbers will be released closer to start of production)

• Corvette Stingray will be the most fuel-efficient car on the market to offer 450 horsepower and achieve 0-60 mph in under 4 seconds (GM estimates)

• Corvette Stingray will achieve more than 1 g in cornering grip

• Corvette Stingray utilizes an all-new aluminum frame structure that’s lighter and stronger than the previous steel frame

• Corvette Stingray will deliver a perfect 50/50 weight distribution

A NEW CORVETTE STATEMENT 

The newly designed Corvette Stingray reflects high-speed stability and efficiency. It’s a prestigious statement of technology, functionality and driving mastery — and still instantly recognizable as the sports car innovator in the global automotive landscape.

***Courtesy of GM Confidential 

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