The new GTO was based on Monaro coupe of GM's Australian Holden brand and arrived in the states with the Corvette's LS1 5.7-liter, 350-hp engine, which was upgraded in 2005 to the new Corvette C6 ...

Instead, the Corvette team is opting to run a red, white, and blue tribute livery. The new colors are a salute to a C4-generation IMSA GTO Corvette run by Protofab Racing during the 1987 season.

Green Day have released a video for "Corvette Summer." In an homage to the original film, Mark Hamill has a cameo, as does Hannibal Buress. That's off the recently released Saviors album. You can see ...