Criswell Chevrolet’s Mike Furman delivers new Corvettes to his customers who come from all across the country to work with the nation’s top individual Corvette seller.
Mike had another great week as he fulfills the wishes of Corvette enthusiasts who are hankering for a new ride. This week we had a couple of cool color combos to look at with the common denominator being the Habanero interior which provides a bold and spicy look for the C8s. In addition to the pleasing delivery photos, Mike has also got a full slate of throwbacks and vintage photos to start your day off right! Scroll through them all and let us know your favorites this week!
You can see all of Mike’s posts and pictures through the week on his CorvetteFurman Facebook Page.
~I can remember like it was yesterday…December 15th, 2012 at 10pm I received a phone call at home from Mr Criswell. We had 92 New Corvettes on the ground, it was snowing and he was asking me my opinion on our last allocation for the C6 era. I asked him how many can we get? He answered probably up to 100 of the 2013 allocations and they would arrive the first week of March 2013. I said for him to grab every allocation he could as we will need them to garner our C7 allocation Fall of 2013. I walk in to the showroom the next morning and I ask Mr Criswell what was our allocation number that he agreed upon from GM? He told me 159! So that meant we would have 220 +/- new 2013 Corvettes on the ground come March 1st!
The back story is when I first started at Criswell Chevrolet August of 2009 they were averaging 70 Corvette deliveries per year. I had helped get it to 350 per year and by getting these allocations to end the C6 era it enabled us to take the next step with our yearly Corvette deliveries. From March 2013 to September 2013 (7 months) I sold 220 new Corvettes (plus many used Corvettes and other Chevrolet models) and in October 2013 I delivered 66 new Corvettes, all new 2014 Corvettes and away we went with The C7 era.
The pictures I included show me and the last three truckloads from Bowling Green, all 2013 60th Anniversary editions along with our over flow lot up at our Germantown building. Mr Criswell is an incredible businessman and I’m glad he had faith in me to move the needle. I’m glad I had the foresight to take these pictures. Enjoy.
~I’ve been around Corvettes for a long time, and I can honestly say this is one of the coolest things I’ve seen for fans: The Corvette Racing Fantasy Camp at NCM. This is the opportunity to go behind the scenes with the people who build and race the Z06 GT3.R. If you’ve ever wanted to go deeper into the engineering, strategy, and speed of real racing — this is it. Highly recommend.
https://www.motorsportspark.org/pratt-miller-fantasy-camp/
“To establish the sports car, you have to race it.”
~ Zora Arkus-Duntov.
~”Nassau, Bahamas Dec. 7th, 1956 Governors Trophy Race. Chevrolet sends three engineering race prepared 1957 Corvettes to introduce the new Rochester Fuel Injection along with the Bill Mitchell SR2 to compete against the #98 Carroll Shelby Ferrari and other great cars and famous drivers. Corvettes first international race outside the USA. Attended by Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell etc..” pic from Joe T.
~6:45am~Saturday 6/7/25…First two of several deliveries today. Rapid Blue Eray headed to Texas and Riptide Blue Z06 going to Northern California. Stay tuned for more.
~ C8 Deliveries for the week!
~Ashok M. of Rosedale, Maryland factory ordered his new and very first Corvette. His wife and son joined him for today’s delivery. Check out his Sebring Orange 2025 Corvette Convertible with Habanero Orange/Black interior. Equipment: stealth interior trim, CF painted Nacelles and body color top, front lift, contoured liner pkg, machined face forged aluminum wheels, low ear spoiler and more.
~Joseph and Teri J. of Houston, Texas have ordered from me in the past and this time I provided them two sight unseen trade in values and they shipped both cars up so that would clear the way to fly in and drive home to Texas by way of seeing the USA. Check out their new Rapid Blue 2025 Eray Convt. With Habanero /black interior. The Edge Orange full length stripes, Orange Calipers and blue seat belts really add great touches to make this Corvette a car show all by itself. Equipment: 3LZ, chrome badges, front lift, bright polished wheels, engine appearance pkg and much more. Two of the nicest folks have a stunning Eray to add to their collection.
~Amanda S. of Frederick, Maryland was referred to me by Matt, her boyfriend and a friend of mine from the Golf Club. Wednesday I provided her a sight unseen trade value and today she took delivery of her new 2025 Trax 2RS. Summit White with Black interior and Red accents on the inside.
~ This week’s Top 100 Corvette Barn finds and throwback pictures from around the globe!
Drive safely and enjoy the week.
Mike Furman
Criswell Chevrolet
Gaithersburg, MD
301-212-4420 desk direct (not a text line)
Off Fridays and Sundays
“I sell and ship Nationwide and have done so for 47+ years!
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CorvetteFurman.com
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Cigar Aficionado: The Legend of Mr. Corvette
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Mike can deliver new Corvettes at Criswell Chevrolet in Gaithersburg, MD or through the National Corvette Museum’s R8C delivery program. He can also deliver new Corvettes via covered transport direct to your door or a courtesy delivery to the Chevrolet dealer near you.
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