best sports car in last 50 years? Thats a little over the top I believe. Lets get real. I dont like Corvettes and I am giving it props for speed, you obviously love it to death, so do the same and lower your Godly image of it.

 

here you go guys, STIG COMPILATION!

http://rapidshare.de/files/22798564/...ation.avi.html

 

everybody chill out this is not the intentions i had when i wrote this thread..........i jst wanted to tell my story, im not attacking any cars or anything so if this thread is going to continue like this then lock it

 

Oops my bad... hehe i wrote "nice to know z06 drivers are cocky and arrogant"... but I 'ment to say arent cocky and arrogant.

 

^ that changes everything

 

i had a c5 for a few years when they were hot (a 2001 model in 2000). The dealer wanted 15K over sticker (this was in Los Angeles) so I ended up just having him order it from the factory for me. I had to wait like 3 months but i got it for msrp and it was equipped with the exact options I wanted.

 

^ I always choose my options and wait. Much better than get a car that has been sitting under the sun.

 

the z06 is so damn amazing... i wish i was double my age at 40 so i could afford one :]

 

Clarkson owns a Ford GT and loves it. The only problem he has is that it's always in the shop getting fixed and the other two host are allllways ragging on him about it!

 

For those who say that the interior of the C6 Z06 is cheap, keep in mind that lots of people say the same thing about the G35's interior. I've had the pleasure of driving a C6 Z06 for over an hour, and it is without doubt the best car I've ever driven. For $70K GM has built a car that is very competitive with the Porsche 997 TT that costs around $135K. I can't believe that any car enthusiast wouldn't fall in love with this car after a five minute test drive. The combination of nearly 500 lb/ft of torque in a less than 3100 lb car provides unreal acceleration, and unlike earlier iterations of the Vette this car handles with the best of them. To top it off, even when driven hard the C6 Z06 will give you decent gas mileage. On the highway the Z06 will give you around 25 MPG. If I recall correctly the tach on the Z was reading around 2K at 70MPH.

 

Fast1,

I'm a big fan of the Z06 myself. It is without a doubt, one of, if not the best performance bargain on the market today. And I agree with you wholeheatedly ref the interiors of our car and the Vette (I actually like the G interior, but...)

As for the mileage though, it's a bit of CAFE prostitution. The dreaded 1-4 shift has, since its intro, been the cursed plague that haunts every Vette owner, and 6th is just an EPA cog- so far overdriven that you need 400+ hp just to keep the thing from stalling on the highway (permit me some exaggeration, but you know what I mean- it such a huge overdrive that it doesn't seem connected to the same gearbox). Our close ratio box, and that in any German car, are more rewarding in that regard.

Something not yet mentioned however, is the relative light weight. The Vette is actually lighter than its forebearers, not a common thing, as well as being lighter than most monster power cars on the road. And it had remained steadfastly committed to a formula, which should also be applauded, (though I do think it's time to stop punching out the cylinders before they're the size of juice cans).

Back to the original post- very cool that a guy with 60% more power than the car next to him would offer such praise.

Cheers,
Derek

 

The dreaded 1-4 shift has, since its intro, been the cursed plague that haunts every Vette owner

It's only activated during leisurely driving. When racing it's by-passed. Of course if it's bothersome, you can install the CAGS elimator for $20. I'd rather pay the $20 than a couple thousand in gas guzzler taxes.

 

Can someone repost that list, and find out where the GT-R falls?? Again, why is that not tested?????!?!?!?!

 

Didn't R&T (historically a very unbiased publication) just state in their June or July issue that the C6 has finally licked Porsche after all these years of outright Deutschland domination in sports car manufacturing? To me that is heavy justification that the Corvette has finally (after about 60 years) become the true sports car that it always SHOULD HAVE been.

I'm not a domestic junkie at all. I'm usually import biased due to poor US manufacturing quality versus imports. But I can honestly say that the C6 is the first domestic car since I started driving 16 years ago that I can say (without fear of fit and finish woes) that I would be proud to own. Especially since it is an American sports car whose quality and performance are on par or exceed standards common to the rest of the world's best sports cars!

And yes, I agree that it can be said that the G35's interior can't even match the quality of my Gen 5 Honda Prelude's interior (a car that cost $10K less!)

BTW this is a great thread if everyone keeps their shirts on and their fists bound

 

I know at some point a lap is put in with the Koenigsegg CCX- do you have the vid for the completed lap? (what a mess of a very expensive car; couldn't believe the thing bouncing across the field- uhhhhhh).