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December 15, 2018

Ares Design’s 1964 Corvette Sting Ray

While the first entry on this list was a stunning Corvette, we needed to feature this one too. The Sting Ray has always been my favorite Corvette design, and this one takes it even further. Based in the legendary motoring center of Modena, Italy, Ares Design have taken the C2 and made it look…well, Italian. The car was stripped down to its chassis, with all panels being repaired and resprayed. The wheels have changed too, with new turbine ones fitted. The interior has been covered in bespoke burgundy leather, as have the new interior panels. There’s an Alpine 500W sound system with elegantly concealed speakers and an eight-inch subwoofer.

Fear not: the engine has also been given a staggering upgrade. There’s a new LS3 engine which produces 527 horsepower, along with a bevy of other wonderful mechanical upgrades. The suspension has been swapped with that of a C7, pop-up white LED headlamps have been installed, and the braking system has been modernized. The car is staggeringly expensive, of course, but it is one of the most gorgeous Sting Rays that I’ve ever seen.

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