ZR1: a flurry of rumors on the old ZR-1 mail list

Can't wait for the new C7 to be released

 

The MSRP is right. Official today: (Source: GM PR/Autoextremist.com)

I agree on the speculation, we are witnessing the end of another high-performance era. Wonder how many of the ZR1's will just be put away in storage.

I have heard the same about the C7. They are focusing on making the car smaller and lighter and will be using a smaller displacement V8, still an extension of the LS-series. Have not heard if turbo-or supercharging is in play or not, but I would not be suprised if a twin-turbo would be introduced at some point.

 

I saw an ad today selling the new car for $175k. Nice little profit.

 

It seems surprising to me that the C6 would only last for 5-6 model years. I guess Chevy is trying to adapt to the current environment. Imagine a Soltice-sized Corvette with a TT 3.5L V8 and about 400 hp. Depending on gearing, it would probably still get 30+ mpg highway.

 

I love all the folks who said and probably still say "Nobody will pay a hundred grand for a Corvette" or "GM missed its target market with the ZR1" and all that bull.

I don't really think this is the end of a performance era, though. I don't particularly think the cars are going to get much more powerful or anything like that anytime soon, but whether it's a V8 or an electric motor, there will be high performance vehicles like this as long as the market demands it. And it sure seems like the market won't stop demanding it anytime soon. Even with fuel efficiency, as long as they're producing pickup trucks and SUV's that get mpg in the low teens, they won't have any problem building vettes that get in the low twenties. The C6 can get damn near 30 mpg on the highway as it is, most family sedans can't say that.

 

it's still an American car

 

$175K!?

Sweet Jesus. Any higher, and you'd be wondering, "Why the hell didn't he just buy a GT2?"

 

Yes it is, and it still won LeMans 6 times

Now for the C7 I'd like to see a similair aluminum frame as on the Z06 w a full carbon fiber body and a nicer interior

Make it a small displacement V8, maybe even a hybrid, as long as it goes, sounds, & looks good I dont care if it runs on peanuts
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Amen!

I want a mini nuclear reactor in my next car. Not only would you not have to fill up ever, you could provide clean free power to the rest of the block when the car is parked at home

 

I think Stark Industries has these
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Yeah I thought of that when I was 6...(france has a big love for nukes) until I realized that radiations beside, you'd need something to generate some useful power out of all that heat...
Funnily some guys used nuclear power for cargo boats, maybe an idea to investigate further on freight trains too.... They could be damn fast crossing the US without ever needing to stop You read about it first on FChat

 

Coming from a guy named after a crappy asian TV....

 

Wes hould start buying up 06-09 Z06s, they are cheap & will likely be highly collectible as the last stand of the 427

I'll probably get 1 or 2 more

 

True, but not hard when your strongest competitor is just 1 team, and the rest of the cars aren't getting backed by the factory.

 

Nobody is stopping other teams from entering

Vettes also handed the Viper & Porsche teams their butts, and Porsche is no pushover

 

Only one team competes against them because everyone else knows they can't

 

exactly

 

According to the gentleman giving the presentation for the ZR1 at the Corvette tent at the 12 hours of sebring, the ZR1 may not have a long life but he said they will always do a Z06. Sorry, I don't remember his name but he was the guy doing the presentation to Will Cooksey and his wife for his retirement and introduced the special edition Vette.

 

Nothing is stopping the other teams except interest and money. Risi already tried to enter a MC12 and they weren't going to get any points. All the Viper teams were European teams in the FIA and were doing fantastic there so they had no reason to come here.

BTW, the Corvettes never handed any Porsche teams their butts because there were none in their GTS class. They handed the Saleens their butts though.

And speaking of the FIA GT, that series shows you just how much the C6R needs the factory to be truly successful. In that series where you don't get Chevrolet to supply you with parts, the MC12s and the DBR9s dominate the C6Rs in pretty much every single race.

The only series a C6R is really successful in is ALMS, and that's hardly an achievement when you're the only one running strong cars in your class. That's also why it's the most boring class in the whole series. At least Porsche is fighting Ferrari and Audi at the same time.

 

Audi won LeMans. Corvette has never won LeMans (except for its class..., but not this year). Today I read that Corvette will attempt to win LeMans in 2010.

 

Although it should be noted that that one team has bested them two years running now.