Corvette C7 Z06

[brainhulk]

 

[KentState]

I will take either Torch Red or Cyber Grey please.

For price, I would expect $80k for the "stripper" version without the carbon fiber brakes. Overall, the Z51 model is at $65k and I don't feel the engine or other tweaks will push the price that far. The LSA for example is a $14k part when it was new. The LT4 may push at the most $18k retail.

 

[brainhulk]

I got dibs on white

 

[smackababy]

Isn't that what current z06's start at?
I would be VERY surprised if GM kept pricing the same.

The 2013 Z06s are right at $75k. I can't imagine them jumping $10k+

I am thinking maybe 77.5 for the base Z06.

 

[ultimatebob]

Clarkson will still hate it.

...well, he'll love it. But then he'll hate it. Per TG rules for hi-po American cars. Hell, most hi-po cars that aren't Italian (or English).

Unless it's a Merc. Then he'll love it even if it IS rubbish

 

[Pocatello]

Absolutely ridiculous in every good way possible. Bravo Chevy!!!

Me too, it's beast mode, the American way.

 

[phucheneh]

I'm disappointed to see the agressive carbon fiber aero parts go. Well...to be fair, they would've been gone soon after old men started driving these and accidentally ripping them off the car.

But what I really notice that I didn't the on the pics posted earlier...I go through those pics, and I'm like, 'pretty nice...pretty nice...' then the pic of the rear and 'GAAAAHHHH those emo/WCW-Sting/sad panda tail lights! Noooooo!'

 

[Ferzerp]

The downward part isn't taillight... It's vent-- specifically for the diff and transmission cooler ducts on the z51 model (technically 1 side functions on non z51 automatics).

 

[phucheneh]

I think I've already been told that, and you were probably the one that did the telling.

I think that function could've been executed any number of ways. But right now, it can be said to be part of the tail light design as a whole. It's a very 'running mascara' kinda look. If they just removed the black, it would be better.

I much prefer odd, out-of-place vents and scoops and stuff on this sort of car, as opposed to trying to integrate them into the 'look' of something else.

 

[Ferzerp]

To be fair, it's the same piece of material that goes around the taillights too I think a few places sell body color painted versions. It *is* weird that GM doesn't offer it since it's not like it's just plastic. They've spent the effort to paint them black to begin with. All the black bits are painted and not just black plastic.

 

[madoka]

1. I think it will look best in black to disguise all the distracting bits.

2. Can't wait to see the inevitable tests against the GT-R.

 

[Fenixgoon]

1. I think it will look best in black to disguise all the distracting bits.

2. Can't wait to see the inevitable tests against the GT-R.

GM claims it is faster than the current ZR1 around their test track, so I imagine it will punish damn near everything short of a $1 Million hypercar a la 918 Spyder.

 

[Skurge]

GM claims it is faster than the current ZR1 around their test track, so I imagine it will punish damn near everything short of a $1 Million hypercar a la 918 Spyder.

Well It may have trouble with this Nismo GTR. I'm not sure which I like more though. This or the Nismo GTR.

I would love to see this vs Nismo GTR vs 991 GT2. Even if the GT2 will prob cost twice as much.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

GM claims it is faster than the current ZR1 around their test track, so I imagine it will punish damn near everything short of a $1 Million hypercar a la 918 Spyder.

Not necessarily, the current ZR1 is beaten by quite a few cars on the top gear track probably in other circumstances as well but that's a convenient list to look at.

 

[MagickMan]

Those are just screwed up renders using c7 stingray interiors as a base because that's an automatic dash display/paddles with a manual shifter. They probably took an auto interior and shopped in a manual shifter for some baffling reason since there should be plenty of manual shots for them to start from. Both models have paddles. On the manuals they say rev match, and on the automatics they have the +/- like in this shot.


I wouldn't read anything in to an artist's mistake. That shot is neither an auto nor a manual. It's someone's mistaken mash up of both.

No. As with the regular Stingray, the paddles are for engaging and adjusting the rev matching system, the both have +/- on them.

 

[Ferzerp]

No. As with the regular Stingray, the paddles are for engaging and adjusting the rev matching system, the both have +/- on them.

Nope.

I should know. I have one. The paddles on the manual say "rev match". The paddles on the auto have the +/-. The manual never displays a "P" indicator on the dash like that one is. That's an automatic with a shifter photoshopped in for some inexplicable reason.

 

[MagickMan]

Nope.

I should know. I have one. The paddles on the manual say "rev match". The paddles on the auto have the +/-. The manual never displays a "P" indicator on the dash like that one is. That's an automatic with a shifter photoshopped in for some inexplicable reason.

Then the prototypes vary from the production cars, because the one I saw was like that.

 

[15fgdean64]

what a beast!

 

[madoka]

GM claims it is faster than the current ZR1 around their test track, so I imagine it will punish damn near everything short of a $1 Million hypercar a la 918 Spyder.

The GTR already beats the ZR1.

Top Gear Test Track Times:

GTR: 01:17.8
ZR1: 01:20.4

Nürburgring:

GTR: 7:08.69 (Nismo)
ZR1: 7:19.63

And there's going to be some significant upgrades coming up for the GTR by the time the C7 Z06 comes out.

 

[Ferzerp]

<cough> cherry picked ^^^^^^^^ <cough>

2. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 1:33.70 138 '08 647 / 1530 Randy Pobst
13. Nissan GT-R 1:36.30 135 '12 550 / 1736 Randy Pobst


I like how you compared a damp top gear lap to a dry one too.

 

[madoka]

<cough> cherry picked ^^^^^^^^ <cough>

2. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 1:33.70 138 '08 647 / 1530 Randy Pobst
13. Nissan GT-R 1:36.30 135 '12 550 / 1736 Randy Pobst


I like how you compared a damp top gear lap to a dry one too.

Cherry picked implies that there was another test what was dry, but that doesn't even exist. Maybe you should ask the Top Gear guys to do another test because you feel butthurt at the result?

BTW, I picked two completely different tests which everyone would recognize: Top Gear and Nurburgring. You cherry picked what you wanted and completely ignored the Nismo.

http://nurburgringlaptimes.com/lap-times/lap-times-top-100/

http://fastestlaps.com/tracks/top_gear_track.html

Face it, the Nurburgring is the de facto standard, and there's only two cars faster than the GTR: the Radical and the Porsche 918.

 

[foghorn67]

Cherry picked implies that there was another test what was dry, but that doesn't even exist. Maybe you should ask the Top Gear guys to do another test because you feel butthurt at the result?

BTW, I picked two completely different tests which everyone would recognize: Top Gear and Nurburgring. You cherry picked what you wanted and completely ignored the Nismo.

http://nurburgringlaptimes.com/lap-times/lap-times-top-100/

http://fastestlaps.com/tracks/top_gear_track.html

Face it, the Nurburgring is the de facto standard, and there's only two cars faster than the GTR: the Radical and the Porsche 918.

A Nismo edition that came out how many years later?

 

[smackababy]

Cherry picked implies that there was another test what was dry, but that doesn't even exist. Maybe you should ask the Top Gear guys to do another test because you feel butthurt at the result?

BTW, I picked two completely different tests which everyone would recognize: Top Gear and Nurburgring. You cherry picked what you wanted and completely ignored the Nismo.

http://nurburgringlaptimes.com/lap-times/lap-times-top-100/

http://fastestlaps.com/tracks/top_gear_track.html

Face it, the Nurburgring is the de facto standard, and there's only two cars faster than the GTR: the Radical and the Porsche 918.

And IIRC, they subtract additional time for the track being damp, so the real time ran should have been higher on the Top Gear track.

I also don't understand why people are so upset the GT-R beats the Vette. American superiority complex? The GT-R is an absolute beast of a machine, in every way imaginable. No shame in that beating you, especially if you're in the same price range. Now, if you're a million dollar+ car, well, you got some 'splaining to do.

 

[MixMasterTang]

And IIRC, they subtract additional time for the track being damp, so the real time ran should have been higher on the Top Gear track.

I also don't understand why people are so upset the GT-R beats the Vette. American superiority complex? The GT-R is an absolute beast of a machine, in every way imaginable. No shame in that beating you, especially if you're in the same price range. Now, if you're a million dollar+ car, well, you got some 'splaining to do.

I've never seen Top Gear subtract time for wet laps, they just mark it as damp or wet and leave it at that. Probably too hard to know what the real impact of the wetness did to the car.

 

[KentState]

A Nismo edition that came out how many years later?

The Nismo is pretty bad ass, but from a C&D article..

That is not to take anything away from this wicked GT-R, however, which ran around the Ring in 7 minutes 8.679 seconds when fitted with special track options the company will sell to whoever ponies up enough cash. (Nissan promises you’ll be able to own a GT-R like the lap car for less than $200,000.)

So the car isn't the same as the one you can currently buy in the dealership. Wonder what the options that total up to nearly $200k buy you.