Everyones heard about it. It is the semi-secret supercharged corvette. It will be powered by a 'LS9' DOHC V8, and 600HP! Watch out, ferrari!
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06 Z06 already spanks ferarri all over.
Until you get to a corner. Or a braking point. Or a place where any modicum of style is needed. Then a Lada would beat the Corvette, let alone a Ferrari.
Corvette, indeed America, will never produce a sports car for as long as it takes them to invent corners.
Corvette, indeed America, will never produce a sports car for as long as it takes them to invent corners.
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You think that with that Corvette you'd beat a Ferrari F430? Hell no, maybe at a straight, but not on a track!
What more would you expect from a car with leaf spring(s). 
I remember Top Gear testing the new Mustang. The test drive route Hammond had planned was all straightaway, but he was worried at the last section: there was one corner.
I remember Top Gear testing the new Mustang. The test drive route Hammond had planned was all straightaway, but he was worried at the last section: there was one corner.
What, no push rods anymore?
http://www.track-challenge.com/main_e.asp
And check this too: http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=61673
There is a 7:40 time driven on the ring by a corvette but it was some prototype model which is "little" different than a production model.
And check this too: http://www.m5board.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=61673
There is a 7:40 time driven on the ring by a corvette but it was some prototype model which is "little" different than a production model.
Little different = a European or Japanese car with a corvette body 
Bet it doesn't leak oil....
American cars and corners don't mix, pure and simple, then again, they have little need to in their native lands.
That said, TG recently waxed lyrical about the "new" 'Vette, even so, American cars are normally as technologically refined as a barn door, something which I think could becoming a thing of the past though as more and more "yank tanks" are produced with, shock horror, rear independent suspension.
Dan,
That said, TG recently waxed lyrical about the "new" 'Vette, even so, American cars are normally as technologically refined as a barn door, something which I think could becoming a thing of the past though as more and more "yank tanks" are produced with, shock horror, rear independent suspension
.Dan,
The Z06 already can beat a ferrari F430. Try turning off the ferraris stability control and then they will be fairly evenly matched. Face it, the corvette kicks euro ass!
And smaller displacement too. The "LS9" suposedly will only be around 6 liters.
Don't even know if I can be bothered to explain to you why a Corvette will never be faster than a Ferrari in anything other than a straight line.
Sorry? Turning off the traction control will allow you to drive the car faster in a less restricted way
illepall
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