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AUTOS: Best Of The Web - Corvette Edition
Your weekly car-guy guide to the Internet celebrates the seventh generation.
Bob Golfen  |  Posted January 31, 2013   Phoenix, AZ
The various channels of cooling air through the front of a 2014 Corvette is shown in this Chevrolet rendering. (Illustration: Chevrolet)
This week, Best of the Web turns its sights on all things Corvette in honor of the seventh-generation of the Chevy sports car unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show.

Form, function
The designers of the 2014 Corvette Stingray discuss the creation of their “beautiful weapon” in this video from Chevrolet. Check out: Making Magic.

Mighty hype
Ah, simpler times. Here’s a General Motors’ promotional video touting the unparalleled greatness of the brand-new 1953 Corvette. Well, maybe not all that much has changed… Check out: The Greatest.

Future past
Another vintage Corvette video, this one introducing the Mako Shark concept car that led to the innovative C3 design for 1968. Check out the funky instrument panel, including space-age digital gauges. The pedals are really strange. Check out: Something Fishy.

Get your fix
True Corvette fanatics must read everything they can about their chosen obsession. So, here’s the website of Corvette Magazine. Check out: For the Obsessed.

Why ask why?
The brain experts of Psychology Today discuss why middle-age men buy Corvettes. Their conclusion? Let’s just say it proves the old adage: Money makes women horny. Check out: Bucket List Item.

Corvette cuties
And while we’re on the subject, here are 100 Sizzling Hot Corvette Girls, posted on the aptly named Ridelust website. Check out: Fast Times.

Major crisis
This hilarious commercial features the guy from that Psychology Today study. Check out: Hey, Baby.

Bob Golfen, Automotive Editor for SPEED.com, is a veteran auto writer based in Phoenix, Arizona, with a passion for collector cars, car culture and the automotive lifestyle. SPEED.com fans can email Bob Golfen at
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