Suggested Weekend Reads
If you're looking for some interesting Corvette articles
If you’re looking for some reading material this weekend, here are some interesting Corvette online posts you might like to check out.
Tadge Tells All: 30 Years of Stories from the Corvette’s Chief Engineer, Part One
“At the center of the last three decades of the Corvette’s lows and highs—from having to save the program from near-cancellation and the unfortunate delay of the mid-engine layout to the C5’s resounding sales success and the debut of the 1064-horsepower C8 ZR1—was one man in particular: Tadge Juechter. Recently retired from his position as executive chief engineer of the Corvette from 2006 to 2024, Juechter has no shortage of Corvette stories to tell.”
Tadge Tells All: 30 Years of Stories from the Corvette’s Chief Engineer, Part One
Steven Cole Smith, Hagerty Media
Tadge Tells All, Part Two: How the C5 Z06 Came to Be, and Almost Didn’t
“Modern Corvettes are famous for their removable roof panels. The structure that held those panels on the C5 was made of magnesium, a very strong but very expensive material. Naturally, the $30K Corvette wouldn’t have such exotic construction—it would simply have a fixed roof.”
Grace Jarvis, Hagerty Media
Tadge Tells All, Part Three: C7 Yields to a Mid-Engine Revolution
““We cut our teeth on the C6 Z06 with aluminum structures, and we said ‘It’s gonna be aluminum. Aluminum for everything.’” From the off, Corvette designers were enthusiastic about approaching the C7’s styling differently, breaking with tradition when it came to long-standing features, such as the roof’s “halo,” instead giving the C7 a rear quarter window. The taillights, too, were a break from the traditional round units.”
Stefan Lombard, Hagerty Media