To your average person, these two C8 Corvettes look the same as they pull up against each other in a drag race. Sure, they’re ...

If you saw a C5 Corvette pulled up next to a C6 Corvette at a stop light, would you assume that a drag race would follow? And which vehicle would win? We'd have our money on the C6 Vette, but then ...

First and foremost, C5 designates the fifth-generation Corvette.Offered between the 1997 and 2004 model years, the front-engined sports car introduced the LS family of small-block V8 engines to ...

It’s a showdown of classic German muscle vs American power! The BMW 3er E30 V8 Cabrio faces off against the mighty Chevrolet ...

The result of his imagination is a JDM-style widebody C5 Corvette that sits low and grapples with furry. Perhaps the most eye-catching element of this build is the JDM-style tri-spoke wheels in white.

Beleaguered bean counters delayed the fifth-generation Corvette, or C5, again. ... A stock iron-block GT500 can’t hang with a c5 z06 at the drag strip unless all the stars align.

To demonstrate the power and speed of the Trail Rider electric skateboard, Gnarboards owner Joshua Tulberg has pitted his invention against a C5 Corvette in a series of drag races.

The Corvette team was miffed when we dubbed the new model a "C5 and 11/16ths" last February. Now that I've driven the C6, I'm convinced our description was accurate. The C6 feels much like the C5.

The 1997 Chevrolet C5 Corvette Really Pushed Our Buttons. ... and the new body boasts an excellent drag coefficient of 0.29—a useful improvement over the C4's 0.34 figure.

Small-block V-8 power had been a key component of each Corvette's personality since 1955. In keeping with the "all new" theme of the C5, the 1997 Vette was home to GM's brand-new Gen III V-8, a 5. ...

Remember how we said the C5 Corvette has a lot in common with later C6 and C7s? Well, ... Oh, if drag racing is your thing, then new axles should be even higher on your to-do list. See All 31 Photos.

Three possible formats for the C5 Corvette were created. ... Hill wanted a coefficient of drag of .29, the lowest of any production car at that time, so he had to lean on designer John Cafaro.