Showing posts with label 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Review. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Review

    When the seventh-generation Corvette was released in early 2014, it was a pretty big deal, considering that every other Car & Driver magazine cover for about a year had a Corvette on the cover and in the first month of sales, Chevy sold over 2200 units, which is quite impressive. I know that there's a stereotype about having a Corvette being a mid-life-crisis car, but it's actually a scientific fact. Studies show that in 2012, 46% of Corvette buyers were 55 or older, which is quite ironic. I honestly couldn't care less about the sales figures or the Corvette itself, but there is a new "Z06" model, and it has 650 hp. That's more than a Dodge Viper, which has an 8.4 liter V10 (the largest production engine available). I am so glad that they've ditched the old 7.0 liter V8 in the previous Z06 (but they've put in the new Camaro Z/28). But the new Z06 "only" has a supercharged 6.2 liter V8 that rockets this classic American sports icon to 60 mph in about 3.5 seconds. Not a whole lot faster than the previous model, but still beats the BMW M6. The interior is what Chevy calls "drive-focused," which doesn't really mean anything, but is a nice interior nonetheless. 

Here's the link to the Chevrolet site:
http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette-z06-supercar.html