Chevrolet Unwraps the 2012 Corvette Daytona Prototype

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Just the Facts:
  • Chevrolet showed off its 2012 Corvette Daytona Prototype at the Daytona International Speedway.
  • It was built in collaboration with Pratt & Miller, Riley, Coyote and Dallara and will race in the Grand-Am series.
  • Some parts of the prototype are clearly Corvette-influenced — it features four rounded taillights, a split rear window and the unmistakable checkered-flag logo.

DAYTONA, Florida — Although it wasn't the unveiling of the long-anticipated C7 Corvette, Chevrolet did make a newsworthy Corvette move this week — it unwrapped the 2012 Corvette Daytona Prototype.

Chevrolet, Pratt & Miller, Riley, Coyote and Dallara all worked together to create this prototype, which will race in the Grand-Am series. Although it isn't directly related to the production Corvette, the Chevy sports car clearly influenced the racing prototype with its similar hood design, checkered-flag logo, split rear window, headlights and the familiar round taillights.

Four teams have announced that they will be running the new 2012 Corvette Daytona — Spirit of Daytona Racing, SunTrust Racing, GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing and Action Express Racing. Chevrolet hasn't detailed what kind of power plant sits under the rear split window, but it will likely be the same 500-horse 5.0-liter V8 that it ran in last year's series.

The prototype made a test run November 16 at the Daytona International Speedway, and will make its racing debut at the Grand-Am Road Racing Series Rolex 24 on January 26-29 in Daytona.

Inside Line says: A little Corvette news to tide enthusiasts over until the seventh-generation Corvette breaks cover.

Source: edmunds Inside Line

 

 

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The History of Car Logos, Revealed

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The instantly recognizable Chevrolet bow-tie emblem was created by General Motors and Chevrolet co-founder William C. Durant, but there are various stories as to how he came up with the logo. The long-accepted story is that he was inspired by the pattern on the wallpaper of a Parisian hotel. However, his daughter Margery said in her 1929 book, "My Father," that Durant, always doodling during meals, came up with the image "between the soup and the fried chicken one night." And Durant's wife, Catherine, told an interviewer that he had spotted the logo — possibly used for Coalettes, a refined fuel product from Southern Compressed Coal Co. — while reading the newspaper in a Virginia hotel room.

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