New Corvette bursts onto the road after 9 years
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MrZ06
I love Texas Road House
I will have to wait until they come out with a Z06 C7. 450hp just doesn't cut it. Heres a good link with lots of info.
National Corvette Museum - 2014 Corvette
National Corvette Museum - 2014 Corvette
DEEKAYPEE8569
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You do realize that the Z06 is the C6 'vette; and the 2014 Stingray is the C7.....
CrashTest
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You mean they made the Vette fun to drive?
glhs837
Power with Control
Unlesss I'm mistaken, the ZO6 is a variant of the C6, like my SRT is a version of the Charger. C6 just indicates that the car is a sixth generation Corvette, any model year from 2006 to present, while the ZO6 indicates a certain set of options like engine and suspension and tires, for instance.
The 6 in ZO6 dosent have any connection to the 6 in C6, it's a code going back to the 60s to indicate the highest performing variant in the Corvette line. So there could very well be a ZO6 2014 Corvette
itsbob
I bowl overhand
No innovation, nothing new to see here..
Stealing other's ideas of design doesn't make a great NEW car.. just another marketing gimmick to get people to NEED to own the NEWEST model..
And the lemmings will be at their dealerships with their checkbooks open..
MrZ06
I love Texas Road House
Exactly, the Z06 is usually not available the first year of any new generation of corvette. I expect to see it available in the 2015 or 16 model.
MrZ06
I love Texas Road House
If your not having fun driving a vette then you must not be pushing it past 3K rpm. I can get to 60 in 3.3 seconds thats fun to me.
I have to admit that the performance numbers for Z1R and Z06 vettes are very good by any standard....Enzo's included. Very few production cars have 0-60 times like that and...and sub 12-second 1/4-mile times.
MrZ06
I love Texas Road House
Sub 12? I'm talking about sub 11 right off the showroom floor.
Utter bull####. The better drivers achieve mid 11s. As this compilation of the 26 fastest times shows:
Of course anything below 12 seconds is pretty remarkable for a production ride.
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MrZ06
I love Texas Road House
Um I think you are not fully I formed off all the corvette options currently available. I can walk into a Chevy dealer tomorrow and buy a 650 Hp z06 that will run low 11's all day long or high 10's with very good driver.
glhs837
Power with Control
I think you might be confusing whats possible with whats normal. What a great driver can do in November at MIR or Englishtown, that's not whats normal. Averages are just that.
CrashTest
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I've owned a couple of 11 sec factory cars and raced one of them at MIR. Took me about 25 runs over the course of 3 years before I saw my first 11 sec run in that car. A friend who'd made over 100 runs at MIR in his own 9 sec car, made about 5 runs in my 11 sec car but never saw an 11. The drag strip has a way of bringing dreamers back down to earth in a hurry.
Actually...that 11.5 average was for the best (top 26) documented Z06 1/4-mile times from various tracks including MIR. Straight from the Z06 owners forum.
Until MrZ06 posts a scan of one of his own time slips......
That. I raced a '66 Mustang for a couple years that was well built for the time and it was considered quite quick at 12.5 seconds.
That was at the 75/80 Dragway up in central MD and a long time ago. Panteras built like mine can and do break through the 12-second barrier and in to high 11s..but I won't risk busting the ZF tranny trying to drag race mine when a replacement tranny costs 7 or 8 grand.
glhs837
Power with Control
Actually...that 11.5 average was for the best (top 26) documented Z06 1/4-mile times from various tracks including MIR. Straight from the Z06 owners forum.
Until MrZ06 posts a scan of one of his own time slips......
We are agreeing. The average ZO6 owner wont really have any hope of hitting even mid 11s, it takes a skilled driver with a large negative DA to hit it. So, the way I always phrase it when talking about such things is that the car is capable od such and such, but that the average owner will most likely only ever see .3 to .5 slower.
Like my car, I know it is capable of pulling a high 12 time, if I hit MIR when it's under say 50 degrees and the DA is underwater, but other than those conditions, low 13s is the best I could reasonably expect.