THe new Corvette
 

One of my friends took delivery this week and he brought it out to the plant for me to ogle, He got the LT3 with the z51 package. The picture I am posting is from the Chevy website. I didn't have my camera handy.
Anyhow, this is a seriously nice car. In person the rearend doesn't look as much like the Camaro as it does in pictures. The front and side view make you stare. Really sharp.
The interior was a full step up from the last Vette I rode in. Not Lambo or Ferrari quality, but this car went out the door fully loaded for 1/3rd the cost of either.
And I didn't see any compromise in the quality. Lots of carbon fiber. The roof is perfect.
I looked it over carefully and didn't see anything out of place.

Performance..It's very fast. It's a flappy paddle, so I didn't drive. But he had it to 124 in the length of the building. It's as fast, probably faster actually than my Lamborghini. The brakes seemed kind of harsh though. Overall I give this car very high marks. I'm probably going to get one.

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saw the car in person last week.... look very damn cool, MUCH better than the images. I was surprised... Ill get one next year, possibly 3rd quarter... want the super charger :thumbsup

Great performance for the price :2 cents:

Usually I am not a huge fan of Corvettes, but that is a beautiful car.... Corvettes look more like exotic cars than American muscle cars.

wait until you see that model in person... it will blow you away.. I was stunned ...

hrm,,,,,,,,,will mine be requiring an aftermarket exhaust............

My dad gets his next month. Just in time for the snow to fall.

Funny you would mention that.. The fellow that owns this car does aftermarket carbon and molded intake stuff for Vettes. We make parts for him and he has a whole list of things we are going to produce for the new model. One of them is a large stainless steel oval exhaust like Lambo did on the 640. We are making the prototypes for that next week.

Sweet looking ride indeed

haven't seen one yet , but seems like they have a winner on their hands :thumbsup

I just saw a review of it on the /Drive channel the other day. Looks pretty sweet for an American car, but that rear end... couldn't they have done it a bit better? Every other angle is sweet, but that ass...

It was my first opinion when I saw it. Looks like a Camaro. But in person it looks a lot better.
Of course that's subjective, but I was not a fan before I saw it.

I'm seeing some design cues from the Aston Martin Vanquish.


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I hope he got a different color than that fairy fucking blue.

Damn, that is PORN :)
Lovely car!

No it's not. If you want performance, get a Tesla Model S.

so what year is your corolla

His blue is more like your shirt.

The irony is, Mark has always driven american muscle

I drive a 2013 Chevy Camaro 2SS/RS/1LE. It's fast and sticks to the road like crazy but it's nothing compared to a Tesla Model S. The one I really want is the Model S P85 but its about $80k. It is by far the fastest car I've ever driven and I promise you it's much faster than the fastest corvette.


I know... I like fast cars but I don't like small cars... one good thing though is that I promised myself that this one will (number 11) will be my last. Next one is a Tesla.

why would you even claim this? no it's not great performance for the price?

that really makes all your other claims of knowing shit(and there's a lot of em) bullshit.

no it's not a lot of perfomance because the tesla is.



i mean rly, how silly is this statement? very.

around here the price of a corolla is the same as a corvette in the states....lol.

Instead of promising, how about actually stating the stats....

Didnt you post a few weeks ago that you bought a Tesla ?:winkwink:

The Vette is faster and it brakes better.. You can find this information in a lot of places. I used Motortrend.


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hahahah, hell, i can run in a circle and create more g's than a tesla s.

What's amazing is those numbers are in the same range as the 1/2M$+ hypercars.
I only spent about 20 minutes in it yesterday, but in town it felt good, actually comfortable. I know I could spend more hours it it than I can in my Lambo.

Ive always liked corvettes and this is just adding to my desire.

No... I test drove a Model S, and fell in crazy lust with it. I did... things.... unspeakable... things...

ok maybe I shouldn't have said out-perform, but its still really close.

Tesla Model S top Speed : 0 to 60 mph in 4.2 Seconds, no gas.
Corvette Stingray 0 to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds. Lots of gas.


Saw that too. What's killer though is the emissions at 0.93 lbs/mile. Scary.


I've always liked the corvettes but have never owned one. I test drove a few. The price kept me away and so did the comfort level. Sexy and fun for sure but I was just never 100% sold on them.

yup and you guys always called me an asshole for driving a vette :2 cents:

mark, why do you portray yourself as a smart person when you always reveal yourself to fall for bullshit without ever even fact checking?



Tesla Motors implies that the Model S sedan effectively emits 176g of CO2 per mile driven, although we believe the power consumption estimate Tesla uses for these calculations ? 300 miles per 85 kWh consumed ? is unrealistic. Furthermore, unlike gasoline-powered vehicles, electric vehicles utilizing lithium-based batteries suffer charging inefficiencies of roughly 10% to 20% and often consume meaningful amounts of energy when they sit idle ? especially in cold weather.

If we incorporate charging and idle losses, using data provided by Model S owners, we calculate that the effective CO2 emissions of an average Model S are roughly 394 g per mile.

It gets worse: Other research shows the massive amounts of energy needed to create an 85 kWh lithium-ion battery results in effective CO2 emissions of 153g per mile over the life of a Model S battery, based on our assumptions.

When the CO2 emitted during the production of the battery pack are incorporated, we believe the total effective CO2 emissions of an 85 kWh Model S sedan are 547g per mile ? considerably more than a large SUV, such as a Jeep Grand Cherokee, which emits 443g per mile!


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keep saving up for your performance car.

In performance it's not close at all. This Corvette will destroy a tesla on every level. And that I will promise you.
Don't get me wrong. I like the idea of the tesla. I wish they would be a bit more creative and design their own body, rather than just electrify a lotus and an A-M. Also, look up battery life/distance in cold weather. It's not great. Even in normal warm weather you can't take them anywhere. A trip across the country would be epic. Drive 200 miles then charge over night.

If you want to get excited about the future of green automobiles..think hydrogen.

That wasn't me calling anyone an asshole for driving a Vette. I only call people that drive mini-vans and a percentage of pickup truck drivers assholes. And that's only because normally they drive like one.

i mean rly, a smart guy thinking an electric car emits zero c02.

lolololololololol

hah, driving an electric car in canada is even worse due to their grid's reliance on coal

For the same electricity generated, Canadian coal plants emit at least twice the GHGs as new natural gas plants and twenty-times more than the average of all of Canada’s other power sources. By not recognizing and internalizing the costs of carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere artificially hide the true costs of coal power.

The existing fleet of coal plants in Canada also emit large amounts of toxic and noxious gases, particularly sulphur dioxide and mercury. Indeed, coal plants emit over 60 per cent of the mercury emissions in the three heavily coal-reliant provinces, including over 75 per cent in Saskatchewan, where coal plants also emit over 85 per cent of sulphur dioxide emissions in the province.



Coal power is a big contributor to toxic air pollution and GHGs, and provinces that burn a lot of it — Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia — have the most polluting electricity systems in the country. These three coal-powered provinces alone emit the most GHGs per kilowatt-hour of electricity, with Alberta’s grid five-times more carbon-intensive than the national average.

you implied I only drove a vette because I couldn't get a lambo... yes I can't afford a lambo right now however I don't believe I would ever pick up an exotic , I can afford a Porsche but really I see them as well.... ugly little cars. heard nothing but nice things about porches just have no interest at all.

exotics just won't go where I like to drive, vettes will and by that I mean out in the woods on fire roads etc ... vettes will. you need to be careful though :winkwink:

what I really like about vettes is American muscle... a vette will drive around town all day without ever cracking 2K on the tach if you should choose and NEVER, EVER be lagging... I loves me some fucking torque :thumbsup

What's the on the road price in America - I don't understand the pricing with taxes etc? Starts from £61,495 in the UK ($99,437).

I bought a brand new Vette in 2002, damn thing was rattling by the time it had 7000 miles on it.

well, at least the good news was that all the shit that fell off did not rattle!