First 2014 Corvette Stingray Sold for $1.1 Million at Barrett-Jackson

The 2014 Corvette, a brand new generation of the legendary sportscar that has taken the world by storm, was finally unveiled last Sunday (January 13th), after a long teasing process.

It’s only due to enter production in autumn, but the C7 Corvette Stingray is bound to achieve cult status.

The very first production model that will be wearing a vehicle Identification Number (VIN) ending in 0001 was pre-sold at the at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale sale in Arizona.

The new Corvette is only supposed to cost a few hundred dollars more than the old one. So, do you guys want to know how much the very first one cost? $1,100,000. That’s $1.1 million George Washingtons.

The guy who wanted the first Stingray that badly is Corvette collector Richard Hendrick, who also owns a NASCAR team. The proceeds from the sale will go towards the Detroit College for Creative Studies.

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2014 Corvette Stingray on Vossen Wheels

Popular US custom wheels specialists Vossen have been busy with their global expansion. Their products have made it all the way to Japan this year, on display at the Tokyo Auto Salon.

And while we didn’t think that was news-worthy, this tickled our custom car bone. It’s the new Corvette... taken to the next level. Whenever a cult car comes out, tuners try to preview their future project, and Vossen has stuck a set of their custom wheels on it.

If we’re not mistaken the wheel fitted to the C7 Corvette Stingray are the VVSCV5. They’re supposed to be available in a 20-inch size. However, these seem to be bigger even than the factory size Chevy chose, so they’re about 20-inch in the front and 21-inch in the back.

The color combo chosen for the body is borrowed from the Vossen brand logo, which coincidentally looks just like the new flag logo for the ‘Vette.

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2014 Corvette C7 Stingray Looks Great in Blue

The very recently-revealed Chevy Corvette C7, which is reusing the ‘Stingray’ name has attracted a lot of attention, so we thought we`d give it a new lick of paint, to see what it looks like. We tried to make it blue, with yellow calipers - we`re not sure yellow calipers will eve be available, but they sure do look good on the blue car.

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