What you missed from Barrett-Jackson’s biggest auction over the weekend

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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray at Barrett-Jackson

In case you happened to miss it, the 2013 edition the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, has come and gone. And, as usual, Autoblog was there in full force on the two biggest days of the event, Friday and Saturday.

Here are some of the most interesting statistics from the week-long event:
  • A total of 1,343 cars were sold
  • The $108,766,069 in gross sales is a 17% increase over 2012
  • 300,000 peak attendance
  • At $4.62 million, the 1966 Batmobile was the most expensive car sold
  • The first 2014 Corvette Stingray sent $1.1 million to charity
  • Each of the top 10 sales topped a million dollars
You can see the original Batmobile, the first 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray and GM CEO Dan Akerson's personal 1958 Corvette, along with all the other cars that we covered from Barrett-Jackson over the weekend, below. Enjoy!

What you missed from Barrett-Jackson's biggest auction over the weekend originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Corvette takes to the Big Apple to celebrate 60th anniversary of original launch

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C1 and C7 Corvette models pictured together in a studio

Exactly 60 years to the day that the automotive world first laid its eyes on Chevrolet Corvette, the newly introduced seventh-generation model is appearing in New York City to mark the historic date. Unveiled at the General Motors Motorama car show on January 17, 1953, the Corvette has since become an icon of the sports car world both in the US and around the globe.

The 2014 Corvette Stingray had its official debut this week at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, and we are sure it will end up being the most popular car for visitors to ogle. What's more, it was our top Editors' Choice, after all. For those of you who won't be able to see it in Detroit or New York, the new Corvette will be going on sale this fall.

Scroll down for a GM press release that contains some interesting facts about the Corvette, including its original starting price of just $3,498.

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Corvette takes to the Big Apple to celebrate 60th anniversary of original launch originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Take Two: Submit questions for Autoblog Podcast #306 LIVE, plus an interview w/GM’s LT1 chief engineer!

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Provided Hurricane Sandy is cooperative, Hurricane Sandy unfortunately thwarted our plans to record Episode #306 of the Autoblog Podcast on Monday night, so we're going to have a run at it again tonight. If you missed out on asking your question yesterday, you've got a second bite at the apple today.

The podcast will feature a pre-recorded interview with the Jordan Lee, chief engineer of General Motors' important new LT1 small-block V8. You can drop us your questions and comments regarding the rest of the week's news via our Q&A module below. Subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes if you haven't already done so, and if you want to take it all in live, tune in to our UStream (audio only) channel at 10:00 PM Eastern tonight.

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Take Two: Submit questions for Autoblog Podcast #306 LIVE, plus an interview w/GM's LT1 chief engineer! originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Submit questions for Autoblog Podcast #306 LIVE, plus an interview w/GM’s LT1 chief engineer!

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Provided Hurricane Sandy is cooperative, we record Episode #306 of the Autoblog Podcast tonight. The podcast will feature a pre-recorded interview with the Jordan Lee, chief engineer of General Motors' important new LT1 small-block V8. You can drop us your questions and comments regarding the rest of the week's news via our Q&A module below. Subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes if you haven't already done so, and if you want to take it all in live, tune in to our UStream (audio only) channel at 10:00 PM Eastern tonight.

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Submit questions for Autoblog Podcast #306 LIVE, plus an interview w/GM's LT1 chief engineer! originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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