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Corvette Z06 - America's world-beater
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:41 pm
by mysteryboy
Normally American sports cars are a bit of a motoring joke, and you certainly wouldn't expect one to be challenging the big Italian marques as one of the fastest road cars around.
That's exactly what Chevrolet are doing with the Corvette Z06 though - and it looks like they might just succeed.
The Z06 packs an awesome punch which sees it vying with the likes of the Pagani Zonda and Lamborghini's Murcielago for the title of world's fastest production car.
Under the bonnet there's a 7l V8, pumping out 505bhp which will propel it to 62mph in just 3.9 seconds and on to a top speed of almost 200mph.
The secret to this stunning performance is the car's feather-light weight of just 1,418kg, made possible by the use of carbon fibre and balsa wood in the construction.
We're not so sure travelling at 200mph in a car made of balsa wood is the most appealing of ideas, but with all this performance at under £60,000, who are we to argue?
Not too bad for the money...
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:46 pm
by Tris
Unless it's different to any other American car, it's all well and good until you reach something called a corner!
Still, for 60k it's not bad at all.
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:17 am
by Si_GTi
Top Gear had the standard Z06 Corvette and by all acounts it cornered (or rather power-slid) round their test track really rather well for an American car, although as is typical of TG lately most of the driving was either up and down the runway or sideways into corners with lots of gas and lots of tyre smoke
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:00 am
by Babe RuthLess
Too bad it still looks like a 1980s supercar wannabe.
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:50 am
by polopowah
i think it looks sexy
but its missing a VW badge
-Ben-
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:55 pm
by mysteryboy
polopowah wrote:its missing a VW badge
-Ben-
wait for MM to whack one on...
Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:07 pm
by ModifiedMadness
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:29 am
by Tahrey1043
top shop!
though did anyone else notice...
The secret to this stunning performance is the car's feather-light weight of just 1,418kg, made possible by the use of a Peugeot 206 chassis and running gear, and balsa wood in the construction.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:11 pm
by Redline
Yup, a supercar with all the class and subtlety of a 6-pack of Budweiser and a pickup-truck with a gun rack.
It might be quick, but for £60k there's an awful lot of other cars I'd choose first.
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 6:02 pm
by SteB
I wouldnt call it a super car....
Evo absolutely love it tho, 4 1/2 stars.
Pub quiz knowledge: The ZO6's LS7 engine is the most powerful production 'small block' V8 ever built
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:12 pm
by Tris
And instantly it becomes so much better!
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:46 pm
by polopowah
Too Fudging right!
-Ben-
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:15 pm
by Tahrey1043
Redline wrote:Yup, a supercar with all the class and subtlety of a 6-pack of Budweiser and a pickup-truck with a gun rack.
Isn't that the entire point?
