Corvette Is The Affordable Muscle Car

This affordable muscle car also has a six-speed manual transmission and four-wheel disc antilock brakes. The C6 features a long wheelbase (2686 mm), wide track (1577 mm front and 1542 mm rear), and a front-mounted engine, rear transaxle configuration. The automatic transmission offers up a more involving driving experience. According to GM, this is much better than such competitors as the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano (11 city / 15 highway); the Lamborghini Murcielago (8 city / 13 highway) and the Aston Martin V8 Vantage (12 city / 19 highway) may provide.

com content, comments, or advertising CorvetteActionCenter. On all models, steering has also been revised for improved feel. Owners of the new C6 return the Chevrolet Corvette sports car to the top of the Sports Car category in the Auto Pacific 2006 Vehicle Satisfaction Award with a decisive class-winning performance for 2006. The ZR1 takes the next step and uses forced induction by means of a new Eaton 4-lobe supercharger mounted on a revised 6.

The Corvette ZR1 is basically the fastest, most powerful, production corvette in history. Also, the 2008 Corvette convertible has some astounding features like the electronic keyless ignition system that allows you to just start the engine with just a push of a button. The supercharger’s torque will just liquefy the rear tires. Even Al Gore can't complain about the Z06's carbon footprint, as the EPA rates fuel mileage at 16 mpg city and 26 mpg highway.

The sixth-generation Corvette Convertible features an optional power-operated soft top, a feature that last appeared on the car in 1962. The GM small-block V-8 is America's most popular and most successful production-based racing engine. The first forced-induction factory Corvette will use a supercharger and intercooler to force feed the 6. It receives a round of cosmetic upgrades this year, but its interior continues to be plagued by large gaps and cheap-looking plastics.

The heart of the C6. During 1990, the premium ZR-1 recorded 3,044 sales. Hot rodding owes a big debt to the Corvette; it was responsible for almost all of the higher performance parts ever to come from Chevrolet.

The tapered rear deck and fascia improve high-speed performance. Engine oil is usually carried in a deep pan that hangs on the bottom of the engine, but a dry-sump system uses a shallow pan and an external oil reservoir. 2-liter supercharged small-block engine, the Corvette ZR1 will feature a top speed of 205 mph (330 km/h) while maintaining an estimated fuel economy of impressive 14 mpg city / 20 mpg highway driving.

GM currently produces both pushrod V8’s (for its performance cars) and DOHC V8’s (for their luxury cars) and will continue to do so into the future. The current Corvette offers the performance of an all-out exotic at a third to a quarter of the price. Exterior mods include a honey comb grille in the lower front air intake and between its pair of dual tailpipes, a Z06 rear spoiler perched out back, and unique 5-spoke alloy wheels in Competition Grey. The reduced dimensions were in response to criticism that the fifth-generation Corvette looked too wide—the new body gives the impression of a much sleeker, faster car.

For five decades we bought Chevy’s because of affordable horsepower and for all the toys you can get for them, now it seems that Chevy is trying to go the way exotic car makers when. The problem comes in with the LS9's supercharger system and its related plumbing. Everything is sensed through the steering wheel. Optional on '08 Coupe and Convertible models is a new, two-mode performance exhaust system.