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<blockquote data-quote="new22003" data-source="post: 1956043" data-attributes="member: 46263"><p><span style="color: #555a5f">Seems like may have comments on cars they have never owned, driven, or seen in person. You can’t get all your info from Top Gear. It’s a fun show but much of their info is, well, wrong. </span></p><p> <span style="color: #555a5f"></span></p><p><span style="color: #555a5f">"slow revving"</span></p><p><span style="color: #555a5f">Have you driven a Corvette regular or z06 or a Mustang Cobra. Slow revving is not a term used to describe them. They are fast revving, I think the problem Europeans have is the massive amount of power available just off idle. You just don’t need to rev the car but they will rev easily if you want too. You have more power at 2000 rpms than most cars have at 7000. Even corvettes in the 1960’s with solid cams were very fast revving. </span></p><p> <span style="color: #555a5f"></span></p><p><span style="color: #555a5f">"poor fuel mileage/ gas sucking v8" Again the corvette gets OUTSTANDING fuel mileage. The base 400 horsepower 6.0 liter Corvette gets 28 mpg, the 7.0 liter z06 gets 26 mpg. That’s much better than the 1.3 liter Mazda RX-8, better the 3.5 liter Nissan 350/fairlady. The z06 even gets the same fuel rating as the Honda 2.2 liter s2000 roadster. As a matter of fact it’s the only supercar not to incur a U.S. EPA </span><span style="color: #000000">gas-guzzler penalty.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">"poor handling" The C6 corvette took first place in the GT1 class at lemans beating the Aston Martin DB9r Another corvette also took 3rd place. By the way they have won it multiple times with multiple generations of Corvette including the last 3 years in a row. The Corvette also circled the Nurburgring faster than the Porsche gt3, Pagani Zonda, McLaren F1, </span><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="color: #000000">Jaguar XJ220, Lamborghini Murcielago LP640, Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari F430, Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale, and tons more. Remember this is a car that costs $70,000 U.S.D. Many of the cars it beats cost $200,000+ U.S.D.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000">“unsophisticated” The corvette has always been at the forefront of sophistication. It had fuel injection in 1957, fully independent suspension in 1963, 4 wheel disc brakes since 1965. The 1984 model with the z51 suspension was the first mass produced car to pull over 1 g on the skidpad. The new Corvette has composite carbon single transverse leaf with unequal length a-arms, balsa wood and aluminum floor, titanium suspension bits, aluminum frame, carbon fiber hood and fenders. The engine is mounted in front the transmission in the back of the car for optimum weight distribution (transmission not attached directly to engine). The engine itself is a modern marvel. Dry sump oil system, hollow valves, titanium connection rods, etc. The engines in Corvettes also respond extremely well to modifications. </span></p><p> <span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Here’s a fifth gear video on the z06. They tend to be better journalists than the people at top gear.</span></p><p><span style="color: #555a5f"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9bByWD4Oxs" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9bByWD4Oxs</span></u></a></span></p><p><span style="color: #555a5f"> </span></p><p><span style="color: #555a5f">Corvette running to 190+mph (305+ KPH) He starts accelerating at around 15 seconds in the video, in 15 more seconds hes at 140 mph, by 40 seconds he’s at 190 mph. </span></p><p><span style="color: #555a5f"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6EiNFiLhV0" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: #800080">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6EiNFiLhV0</span></u></a> </span></p><p></p><p>"quality" now the quality issue is just a joke when comparing supercars. Yeah your average chevy isnt as reliable as a honda but a Corvette is MUCH MUCH more relibale than a ferrari or lambo. There is a reason a ferrari is considered high mileage at 20,000 miles, there are tons of corvettes that run trouble free for 150,000 miles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="new22003, post: 1956043, member: 46263"] [COLOR=#555a5f]Seems like may have comments on cars they have never owned, driven, or seen in person. You can’t get all your info from Top Gear. It’s a fun show but much of their info is, well, wrong. "slow revving" Have you driven a Corvette regular or z06 or a Mustang Cobra. Slow revving is not a term used to describe them. They are fast revving, I think the problem Europeans have is the massive amount of power available just off idle. You just don’t need to rev the car but they will rev easily if you want too. You have more power at 2000 rpms than most cars have at 7000. Even corvettes in the 1960’s with solid cams were very fast revving. "poor fuel mileage/ gas sucking v8" Again the corvette gets OUTSTANDING fuel mileage. The base 400 horsepower 6.0 liter Corvette gets 28 mpg, the 7.0 liter z06 gets 26 mpg. That’s much better than the 1.3 liter Mazda RX-8, better the 3.5 liter Nissan 350/fairlady. The z06 even gets the same fuel rating as the Honda 2.2 liter s2000 roadster. As a matter of fact it’s the only supercar not to incur a U.S. EPA [/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]gas-guzzler penalty.[COLOR=#555a5f][/COLOR] "poor handling" The C6 corvette took first place in the GT1 class at lemans beating the Aston Martin DB9r Another corvette also took 3rd place. By the way they have won it multiple times with multiple generations of Corvette including the last 3 years in a row. The Corvette also circled the Nurburgring faster than the Porsche gt3, Pagani Zonda, McLaren F1, [/COLOR][FONT=Arial][COLOR=#000000]Jaguar XJ220, Lamborghini Murcielago LP640, Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferrari F430, Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale, and tons more. Remember this is a car that costs $70,000 U.S.D. Many of the cars it beats cost $200,000+ U.S.D.[/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#555a5f] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]“unsophisticated” The corvette has always been at the forefront of sophistication. It had fuel injection in 1957, fully independent suspension in 1963, 4 wheel disc brakes since 1965. The 1984 model with the z51 suspension was the first mass produced car to pull over 1 g on the skidpad. The new Corvette has composite carbon single transverse leaf with unequal length a-arms, balsa wood and aluminum floor, titanium suspension bits, aluminum frame, carbon fiber hood and fenders. The engine is mounted in front the transmission in the back of the car for optimum weight distribution (transmission not attached directly to engine). The engine itself is a modern marvel. Dry sump oil system, hollow valves, titanium connection rods, etc. The engines in Corvettes also respond extremely well to modifications. Here’s a fifth gear video on the z06. They tend to be better journalists than the people at top gear.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#555a5f][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9bByWD4Oxs"][U][COLOR=#800080]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9bByWD4Oxs[/COLOR][/U][/URL][/COLOR] [COLOR=#555a5f] Corvette running to 190+mph (305+ KPH) He starts accelerating at around 15 seconds in the video, in 15 more seconds hes at 140 mph, by 40 seconds he’s at 190 mph. [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6EiNFiLhV0"][U][COLOR=#800080]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6EiNFiLhV0[/COLOR][/U][/URL] [/COLOR] "quality" now the quality issue is just a joke when comparing supercars. Yeah your average chevy isnt as reliable as a honda but a Corvette is MUCH MUCH more relibale than a ferrari or lambo. There is a reason a ferrari is considered high mileage at 20,000 miles, there are tons of corvettes that run trouble free for 150,000 miles. [/QUOTE]
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