New Z06 tested by Carlos Lago - MT

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[Great White Drake]

Car and driver reported a 0-60 of 3 seconds flat with the auto and 11.1 1/4 mile. GM is absolutely killing it right now.

The Vette always put up good numbers but was always described as a "handful" to drive. This new vette sounds like its a lot more fun to drive on the edge.

 

[Turk]

Car and driver reported a 0-60 of 3 seconds flat with the auto and 11.1 1/4 mile. GM is absolutely killing it right now.

The Vette always put up good numbers but was always described as a "handful" to drive. This new vette sounds like its a lot more fun to drive on the edge.

That's a 0.3 improvement, with an auto, over a 10 year period. Hardly killing it IMO.

 

[Great White Drake]

That's a 0.3 improvement, with an auto, over a 10 year period. Hardly killing it IMO.

The vette is much more than a one trick pony.

I'm speaking in overall terms. A much better car to drive on the edge, better interior, better fit/finish. What are you referring to with the .3 anyway? This is a heavier car too.

I should add, I did say GM is killing it I meant as a whole company. Look at GM cars from 10-15 years ago and they don't even compare. Now look at a early 2000's GM compare to the early 90's, the gap in quality is a lot closer in that decade compared to this last one.

 

[Turk]

The vette is much more than a one trick pony.

I'm speaking in overall terms. A much better car to drive on the edge, better interior, better fit/finish. What are you referring to with the .3 anyway? This is a heavier car too.

I should add, I did say GM is killing it I meant as a whole company. Look at GM cars from 10-15 years ago and they don't even compare. Now look at a early 2000's GM compare to the early 90's, the gap in quality is a lot closer in that decade compared to this last one.

Yes, I agree, but you seem to be forgetting how great a car the C6Z06 was/is. My point is that yes, the c7Z is putting up great numbers, but it's not anything special when compared to its predecessor. The .3 is referring to the fact that an auto c7z is only 3 tenths faster in the 1/4 mile than the outgoing manual model. If the C6Z came in an auto, they may even be dead even.

And to your second point....Really? The jump from GM cars in the early 90s to early 2000s was much larger than this current jump. We are talking about comparing TPI corvettes to a C5Z06. A jump in performance doesn't get any better than that.

 

[YoushallgoFo]

well at least all those german cars have nice interiors.

the performance game belongs to gm. that is all.

 

[Great White Drake]

Yes, I agree, but you seem to be forgetting how great a car the C6Z06 was/is. My point is that yes, the c7Z is putting up great numbers, but it's not anything special when compared to its predecessor. The .3 is referring to the fact that an auto c7z is only 3 tenths faster in the 1/4 mile than the outgoing manual model. If the C6Z came in an auto, they may even be dead even.

And to your second point....Really? The jump from GM cars in the early 90s to early 2000s was much larger than this current jump. We are talking about comparing TPI corvettes to a C5Z06. A jump in performance doesn't get any better than that.

The c6z was a great car. But I'm making a macro observation. You keep trying to make this a micro one. GM's lineup as a whole, is killing it compared to 10 years ago.

I'm not talking about 1 car in 1 specific test. Agsin, the vette is worthy of much more than being compared as a 1 trick pony. Wanna talk about braking/handling fit/finish? Of course not, as that's where the biggest differences are in the vette from today compared to a decade ago.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I feel like every domestic manufacturer is killing what they did 10 years ago though. without a doubt....

ford... chrysler... gm. no doubt. leaps and bounds over what they did 10 years ago.

 

[Great White Drake]

I will concede that as well^^

 

[YoushallgoFo]

The 2014 Chevrolet SS is only is a little better than the 2004 Impala SS idk what you guys are talking about.

 

[Jean Ralphio]

the performance game belongs to gm. that is all.

 

[Mook]

2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 first drive | Autoweek

The car’s limits are so high, we need a solid amount of time just to come to terms mentally with its aero-enhanced grip levels. Take your Z06 to the track and prepare for the intimidation factor as you work up to speed, especially on a circuit as fast and blind as Road Atlanta. But the 50/50 weight-distributed chassis is exceptionally stable, meaning in most cases the driver is the biggest performance limiter. Regardless of what aero package you have, the car’s overall handling and tire breakaway characteristics are similar; only the total amount of grip changes significantly. The Z06 delivers a very neutral balance straight out of the box without sliding into frustrating moments of plowing understeer, yet neither does it snap into breath-sucking moments of rear-end mayhem.

Despite the high heat and being driven hard already for many laps, and riding on tires with a fair amount of running on them, the lap timer flashes 1 minute, 29.8 seconds as Pilgrim crosses the line. Info pulled from the onboard -- and must-have for track drivers -- Cosworth-developed Performance Data Recorder’s telemetry shows a 1.5 lateral-g spike. Consider: a Camaro Z/28.R’s pole-position time at Road Atlanta for October’s IMSA Continental Tire Challenge Series race was 1:31.6 -- and the Z06’s lap time puts it within three seconds of the slowest qualifier, an Audi R8 LMS, in this year’s Petit Le Mans’ GT Daytona class at the same circuit.

 

[TCG Member 5219]

2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 first drive | Autoweek

And yet most of those cars will end up in the hands of collectors and blue hairs. All that tech and aero will do nice sitting in the wind as the cars waste away weekend after sunny weekend at the local car show. Then years later get sold to 30 something's that couldn't afford them when they were new.

 

[Bru]

Yes, I agree, but you seem to be forgetting how great a car the C6Z06 was/is. My point is that yes, the c7Z is putting up great numbers, but it's not anything special when compared to its predecessor. The .3 is referring to the fact that an auto c7z is only 3 tenths faster in the 1/4 mile than the outgoing manual model. If the C6Z came in an auto, they may even be dead even.

And to your second point....Really? The jump from GM cars in the early 90s to early 2000s was much larger than this current jump. We are talking about comparing TPI corvettes to a C5Z06. A jump in performance doesn't get any better than that.

I dunno. Three tenths of a second on essentially the street is pretty impressive when the car is already extremely quick, and especially with rear-wheel drive. Curious to see what it's going to do on a sticky dragstrip.

 

[Turk]

I dunno. Three tenths of a second on essentially the street is pretty impressive when the car is already extremely quick, and especially with rear-wheel drive. Curious to see what it's going to do on a sticky dragstrip.

Maybe I'm expecting too much. The C5Z was a great car, and the C6Z pretty much knocked a full second off that 1/4 mile time.

 

[jason05gt]

Rick, it sounds like the car is faster but more importantly easier to drive at the limits. The c6 z was a handful, so it sounds like the C7 z is taking a more German approach in being balanced at the limit. For the normal joe, that's a big thing.

 

[Xfirez51]

Reading the AW article, it appears that the Z06 is a great car to drive to Home Depot and then just take it straight to the track to rip off a few laps.
I applaud GM.

 

[P40E]

I would like to see base z06 model testing . And also seeing automatic track times vs manual .

 

[nos4blood70]

It's weird listening to a GM V8 going through gears so quickly. I dig it.

 

[HellPIG]

I think I'll get one.....in the somewhat near future......