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This car is going to hurt a lot of feelings of those that own much more expensive cars.
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Corvette ZR1- 755 HP Damn
I think there was already a post on this but I couldn't find it so I'll put this one up.....now for my Canadian friends I don't think Kathleen Wynne, Zoolander or Climate Barbie will approve of a car that can consume so much fuel that it requires two fuel delivery systems.......take that EV's!
Sometimes, General Motors gets a car so very right. The 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has a spec sheet so good, we want to frame it. It’s quite simply the fastest, and most powerful road car Chevrolet has ever built. The numbers are 755 horsepower and 710 lb.-ft. of torque; Chevrolet engineers achieved those numbers fitting the ZR1’s LT5 6.2L V8 engine with a supercharger that’s 52 per cent larger than the one fitted to the current Z06. In fact, it rams so much air down the V8’s throat that it needs two fuel systems to feed it; the motor uses direct injection and supplemental port injection. It also wears a throttle body that’s a full*nine centimetres across its diameter.* Putting 755 horsepower to the ground requires proper rubber. A lot of it. And to that order, the ZR1 is fitted with steamroller-spec 335-section rear tires. The brakes are equally serious carbon ceramic units with six-piston calipers at the front. GM’s Magnetic Ride Control is fitted as standard. It’s also available with a seven-speed manual, or if you want to be less cool, an eight-speed automatic.* The aggressive bodywork features an obnoxious – but no doubt necessary – rear wing that GM claims is bolted directly to the chassis and not just the bodywork. But the real work has been done on the hood; the larger supercharger made the engine much taller than the cooking-grade unit and that caused an issue with hood height. GM’s solution was to simply make the supercharger cover look like part of the hood. Part of what looks like the hood is literally bolted to the supercharger, meaning it rumbles and shakes with the drivetrain. It’s a shaker hood!* The ZR1 will go on sale next spring as a 2019 model. It’s expected to cost somewhere in the low $100,000 range. |
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11-13-2017, 06:27 PM | #31 |
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Amazing. Low $100s, the Vette really is the last of the true performance bargains out there. Some of the closeout deals for the 2017 models I'm seeing right now are incredible. A dealership around here has brand new 2017 2LT Stingrays for $47,500 out the door. If I didn't love my Z4M so much I'd be buying one right now.
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11-13-2017, 06:37 PM | #32 | |
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It's shocking when you see where HP/torque and performance is going, I just bought a 96 993 Porsche. A great car at 285HP and I love the thing. Given up the Z4MC for it was a tough choice, and then I see for the same money I could get a GT350 demo with 500+HP, or a brand new Alfa 4C. You see what Chrysler is doing with HP, the Camaro's etc. Some of these cars are getting into Super car territory at a fraction of the price.....shit I remember when I was just getting into cars and I though 250HP was a lot. Where does it end? |
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11-13-2017, 06:48 PM | #33 |
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Monster power !
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11-13-2017, 06:52 PM | #34 | |
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Just my opinion, but if you've never driven an Alfa 4C, be prepared to be disappointed. I'm perhaps the biggest roadster lover on the planet, and was all prepared to sell the Z4M and buy a 4C Spider.....until I test drove one. I went in amped beyond belief, I wanted to love the car. After about 10-15 minutes of driving, I knew right away it wasn't the car for me. It wasn't 1/2 as fun to drive as my Z4M, and really didn't feel much quicker. The power/brakes all needed to be really pushed, whereas in the Z4M everything is instant. I hated the paddle shifter (well I hate ALL paddle shifters), and the carbon tub really protudes in on your left side so it's hard to get your left leg comfortable while driving. I was looking at the sticker price too thinking "$75k for this?!?". The motor is pretty much maxed out as it is, there's little room for improvement. I can go get an ESS kit for my Z4M for under $10k installed and just have a hoot! No point to get a 4C! I couldn't get out of the thing fast enough and back into my Z4M, there was absolutely nothing I liked about the car! |
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11-13-2017, 09:25 PM | #35 |
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Anyone remember when we thought that the muscle car was dead after the many smog laws and whatnot? These cars, and many others merely prove what can be done with new technology, and computers. The specs on this car are just amazing.
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this thing must be absolutely violent, the power in my ZL1 (100 less, and a fair bit heavier) is ridiculous and makes me giggle like an idiot every time i mash the skinny pedal, it a good time to be a car fan
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Man, talk about making it nasty. ~950lbs of downforce. Bring on the 'ring! Calling it...the King is Back.
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This is How the 2019 Corvette ZR1 Makes 950 Pounds of Downforce
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