C6 Z06 Production already begun?Edit: Delivery!
 

not the greatest telephoto @ 300mm, but still good enough to clearly see 6 2006 C6 Z06's ready for shipping of some sort... my guess is this is the pre-production run of Z's to ensure a higher initial quality once costomer deliveries begin.
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EDIT:
well, it looks like at least one of these is NOT for magazine testing purposes, or for pre-production.
it also further leads me to believe the truck shots are of cars for GM's top dogs' personal use (this one is not a lease, determined by the Licence plate config)
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Nice - just yesterday the biggest dealers in the US got told their builds are being pulled for production start next week I think...

p.s. Already started spreading the word... ;)

hehe, good :)

i dont think these ones' will hit the car crusher... since production starts in a week, perhaps this is more likely press cars, and exec. cars. they definately are all z06's

Can't wait to see reviews of them on car mags..........

That is beautiful. If I were there I'd have a hard time believing it wasn't my birthday.

Cool, we will finally see it tested :D I expect some nice numbers :twisted:

was the production of the z06 ever delayed or postponed, or is this production date what theyve been saying it would be?

no real delays... this 'delivery' seems to be more press-core cars, and executive cars, as costomer cars wont be available til september/october

There is a current contraint on the polished wheels, and I think there was on other - but 1LZ's can be built.. and supposedly will start rolling down the lin next week.

Unless the UAW goes on strike and screws it up for everyone.

i cant wait until i get to see MORE of these on the streets... one just isnt enough.

Sorry to hijack this thread, but I wanted to point out that the C6 Z06 wich is suppose to be bang for buck(I know it is when you compare with others), but the price increase isn't helping, for example the Z06 will cost around 115.000 Euro's in Holland(don't know how much in Belgium), but I guess it will depreciate faster then any other sportscar out there, and especially in Europe with our great taxes on engines displacement and power :P
Don't know when it will be available in Belgium, but I would like to get a testdrive and look what the Yanks have made :wink: , seems promising and as for the crappy interior you can go to interior tuning companies and have a leather and decent quality dashboard.
The reason I wanted to write this is because the car really has drawn my attention to its performance and muscle car looks and sound :)

Should make for an interesting review by JC in the fall season of Top Gear!

First off.. get the fuck out of the Muscle car forum and go bitch and whine on the F-car doormat... :)

Name the price of the next nearest competitor - remember - it needs to have 500hp, 190mph+ top end, full warrenty, dealer support world wide, lap the Nurburgrin in 7m42s - 0-60 in <4s, 1/4 mile in <12s, 60-0 in <105ft and weigh 3100lbs.

Please enlighten us. Oh and the car needs to be a daily drivable with Honda Accord gas mileage on the hiway, space for 2 full sets of golf clubs, CD / Radio /NAV and A/C.


Actually if you knew anything you would know that Corvettes maintain a prestige and value in Europe that is quite deserved. Like the Viper, people have been paying EXTRA just to import them.

Well - again, if you were blessed with an IQ above that of shower fungi youwould know that the new model is simply more of what the old model has been delivery for the last 5 years. :lol:

Again - had you not been alseep at the wheel since 2001, you would have know this has been true for 5 years now. :)

Oh and one more thing - don't let the door hit your sorry slow over-taxed boring euro-car arse on the way out :P

LMFAO, I was waiting for your as usual dumbass comments, don't you know how to read, or you just do that on purpose :roll:

READ THIS FOR A FACT, the US cars are getting better and better, but they will never reach the same overall level of their European counterparts, wich are real drivers cars :D

And you can say whatever you want and show us as much as worthless vids, the vette is still lightyears behind its rivals and it will never be able to catch up, because our passion for driving pleasure and history will always make us better carmakers and cardrivers :D

But you guys over there (not you RC45, as you are not an US citizen :P )
are better in other stuff, that's how it is, everybody is good at his own thing.


*Oohooh now, they are coming after me, go easy on me guys* :wink:

Blah blah blah fuckoff blah blah blah whatever blah blah blah sure blah blah sodoff blahdiddy blah dee blah


Blah blah blah sodoff blah blah blah sure blah blah blah uhuhh blah blah fuckoff blahdiddy blah dee blah

Blah blah blah pissoff blah blah blah really blah blah blah whatever blah blah fuckoff blahdiddy blah dee fucking blah


Blah blah blah blowme blah blah soddinghell blah blah blah pulease blah blah fuckit blahdiddy blah dee fucking blah blah.

Hey, that was my method, damn you, use your own :lol:

It seems you can't handle the truth, can you? :P

8)

Name the price of the next nearest competitor - remember - it needs to have 500hp, 190mph+ top end, full warrenty, dealer support world wide, lap the Nurburgrin in 7m42s - 0-60 in <4s, 1/4 mile in <12s, 60-0 in <105ft and weigh 3100lbs.

Please enlighten us. Oh and the car needs to be a daily drivable with Honda Accord gas mileage on the hiway, space for 2 full sets of golf clubs, CD / Radio /NAV and A/C.

You cannot handle the truth.

Just as I thought ***chirp chirp*** - the sound of crickets, instead of ***clickety click*** , the sound of key strokes as you post an asnwer to the above question.

:fist:

Pwned by your own arrogance. :roll: :twisted: :fist:

honda accord mileage? what mpg do you get on average in your z06?

ON the open road cruising - as I did on the last 2400 mile round trip I did 3 weeks ago - 27mpg.. - in a mellow mood you can get 29mpg.

That's about 8.5l/100km.

Yeah - yeah - yeah - so Accords can squeeze out 35mpg on a good day.... ;)

Urban cycle can be from 12mpg to 19mpg - all depends how you drive.

The C6 Z06 should be in the same range - it has missed gas-guzzler tax yet again :)

So I guess it didn't hurt u as much as those turbo car owners in this ever hiking oil prices ehh. It's 97cents a liter over here @ toronto today. :cry:

it totally depends on how you drive. my car is rated at 26 city, 37 highway. i get 35 city because i coast all the time. i know its illegal but whatever. downhill-coast; red light- coast; car brakes in front of you-coast; speeding- coast down to limit (if you feel like it :) ) basically, if im not on the gas, im coasting. my car is pretty much only in gear when i need it to be. anyways, my car isnt a z06 obviously, but im sure i would get much better than the posted mileage even for the z06. of course, id be much more inclined to wind a z06 out...

So your German? Like Porsches i guess? The C6 Z06 can take a gt3 around a track...heck it'll take the gt3 RS (which is suppost to be a street legal track car).

Lets wait for an independent test.

I can't stay onnline forever moron, unlike you I do have a social life.

And keep your pants on old man, don't want you to have a heart attack :lol:

And I say again, LEARN how to read, I think the texan sun got the best of you :roll:

Name the price of the next nearest competitor - remember - it needs to have 500hp, 190mph+ top end, full warrenty, dealer support world wide, lap the Nurburgring in 7m42s - 0-60 in <4s, 1/4 mile in <12s, 60-0 in <105ft and weigh 3100lbs.

In otherwords - be a PURE drivers car (with some extras thrown in to the bargain).

Please enlighten us. Oh and the car needs to be a daily drivable with Honda Accord gas mileage on the hiway, space for 2 full sets of golf clubs, CD / Radio /NAV and A/C.

And I say again, LEARN how to fucking READ. Your stupid tricks don't work on me :sleeping:

Read what jack fucker?

You came in here pissing on the floor - and got called out.

Now you can't even provide a valid answer.

Nothing you wrote is ground breaking - apart from your veiled claim that "it has drawn your attention".

The real point is the car has always been this way - you however refuse give credit.

Since you try to claim the high price means it is not really "bang for the buck" - am asking you to post the price of the next nearest competitor to more accurately evaluate your claim.

whats the estimated price in the US ???

No estimate - Manufacturers Recommended Retail Price is $65,500.00

Speedkiller, I have to agree with RC on the point that you're going about this rather arrogantly. To say that the US will never create a car on par with the Europeans is presumptuous.

You're also going to have to define driver's car if what the neww Z06 possesses isn't a mark of a driver's car. What is then?

A driver's car can be anything to anyone. A Conti GT is a driver's car if you like grand touring. My Neon is a driver's car if you're poor. The Z06 is damned fast, brakes damned well, and handles or it wouldn't have gotten the 7.42. The Carrera S is around that price, a little more, but what was its ring time? Around 8.00?

Just as I thought ***chirp chirp*** - the sound of crickets, instead of ***clickety click*** , the sound of key strokes as Speedkillar posts an asnwer to the above question.

I think what it comes down to is that he has too much pride, and can't admit that *insert his favorite car maker here* doesn't make a car anywhere near the value of the c6 z06.
If you ask someone who designed the Ford GT, they will say that the modena is a heck of a car, even though the GT can take it. If you ask them about the ENZO, they will say its a heck of a car, even if the GT can't take it.

Competitors respect each others cars....that is why it is called competition. These people compete, they don't got to war with eachother. When was the last time you heard of the company Lamborghini saying that everyone makes inferior cars to their?
Just admit that the Z06 deserves respect for the category it is in (a super fast low costing car).

97 cents??????? WTF are you complaining about? It's half our price...

^^^^^^^Are you all fucking stupid dickheads, damnnn.

READ CAREFULLY:

1) Me like C6 Z06 verry much

2)C6 Z06 is no more "real" bang for buck when compared too C5 Z06

3)C6 Z06 is good vehikle( :lol: ) but never achieve level of Euro rivals


You understand maybe this... :roll: :fist:

god damn.. 27mpg.. and you have 385hp on tap..
i get about 22mpg in my RAV4 goin from Boston to New York.. if i was real leanient on the throttle i could probably get 25-26.. but thats with a inline-4!

No - you are - the car is the same as it has always been - only 100hp more, which is on a par with every other car it has been competing against since 2001.

In other words - the C5 Z06 was on a par with the cars of it's day - just the same as the C6 Z06 is on a par with cars of it's day. But funny how people would not give credit in the past.


Personally I would prefer it if you didn't like it - we don't need arseholes like you to be ambassadors for Corvette :fist:

We (Vette family members) have been around for 52 years without the need for your kind of haters - we can survive the next 52 without you :) :fist: - but thanks for the offer ;)

Bullshit. You are just too stupid to realize the price increase from $51,000 to $65,000 is STILL on a par with it's performance peers.

Use you mind :

The C5 Z06 competed against Vipers GTS-R, Ferrari 360CS, the Y2K Mustang SVT Cobra, Porker GT2, Porker GT3, Porker 911TT, Lamborghini Diable and Gallardo etc etc etc

Price check - aisles 5 - Speedkillar - go compare the price of the then $51,XXX C5 Z06 vs every other one of those cars.

Come back and tell us the answer. Many people are waiting to see your answer.

Now lets see the about the C6 Z06:

The C6 Z06 competes against Viper SRT/10, the upcoming Viper Coupe, Ford GT, Ferrari 430 and upcoming 430CS, Porker GT2, Porker GT3, Porker 911TT, Lamborghini Murci and Gallardo etc etc etc

Price check - aisles 6 - Speedkillar - go compare the price of the $65,500 C6 Z06 vs every other one of those cars.

Come back and tell us the answer. Many people are waiting to see your answer.

Truth be known you are so out of your depth in this debate I will destroy your every thought, let alone actual comments you post. ;) :P :lol: (if only because I have a lot more Vette related research at my finger tips :P)

Who gives a shit what you think or say, the truth is played out every weekend on the street and on the tracks as people take their cars to track days, amateur races and semi pro events.

And that is with street cars... let's not even talk about what happens every time Corvette race cars show up :)

Just as I thought ***chirp chirp*** - the sound of crickets, instead of ***clickety click*** , the sound of key strokes as you posts an answer to the above question. :)

Please share with us the price PROOF that the C6 Z06 is not the greatest bargain sports car around.

:)

Is it a game between Speedkillar and RC ?? :|
Anyway, as I already said, I am sure the C6 Z06 will be a great car and I would be disappointed if the mags reviews are not good !!

Yep - and now that I have 420hp on tap the fuel mileage is still the same... ;)

Nah - we'd rather recruit 100 Viper drivers than have him cross to our side... ;)

We're all prepared for the magazines to praise the speed, power and handling of the new Z06 - but then in the follow on paragraph they will say that even though it's equal or better to any sports car in the world, that it is not refined enough or luxurious enough or not enough hp/l or not built well enough or not reliable enough etc etc etc.

:)

And that's ok - because many thousands of people will buy them even though they know these facts :)

Seems to me, that makes it as true of a drivers car as Lambo and Ferrari - as many people bought those through the years even though for many years, Ferrari's and Lambos had reputations for low reliability and high maintenance. (funny how that is a "character" of an Italian car - but a flaw in an Amercian car ;))

Anyway - I better go off to gather a couple answers for Speedkillars next reply... ;) :P

:lol:

Let me put some gasoline on the fire

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It's all about that tall 6th gear.

I still get over 25 mpg with my 485 RWHP.

Exactly - considering we strive for an ideal air/fuel ratio - and we have a static engine size - and the engine is just a great noisy pump, we have a constant rate of gasoline we send through the engine for each revolution... ;)

So anytime you can turn fewer revs, the less fuel you burn. I am guessing this little detail is completely overlooked by the super-high-rpm-lovign crowd... :)

I mean even a Honda S2000 turning a 9,000 rpm sucks gas like a Lamborghini... :P

Long live the torquey large cubic inch engine that can idle at 70mph. :)

Here here! :clap:

- So the car is still the same, just 100hp more, wow, basically they are charging ppl 14000$ more.
Don't think so, the only similarities the C6 Z06 shares with the C5 Z06 is its crappy interior.
And what on 'par', its still not at the same level as its Euro rivals. So who says I am giving it credit? I'm not, just saying that the new model is a more serious contender than the outgoing model.

- And what's up with the "we", :lol: , what an idiot, like you and the rest of the barn yard made cars fanboys own the company. Don't think so, I'll like and dislike whatever I want moron.

- And you are stupid for thinking/wishing that it is on par with its Euro rivals, prizewise yes, but you get what you pay for. And you pay for a car made of plastic and a 20th century engine and a crappy interior PERIOD

- To tell you the truth, it is you who is out of "depth", for dreaming that the Z06 will ever be on par with its superior rivals, though it is the better car in the US, and there is where it ends.

- 'The truth is played out every weekend on the streets...' (only during the weekend ha :lol: ) I would feel really sorry for you if you believe this crap you wrote yourself. Really, its really sad :cry: :lol:

- What is this fascination with crickets? That is probably what you heard a lot during your childhood, poor fellow.

- And to end this, yes it is the "greatest bargain" sports car around, but like I said, you get what pay for.

I'll try to illustrate this statement with a simple for you to understand example.
Lets take chocolate cookies for example, you go to the shop and you got 5$, You look at the shelf and see the cookies you like, but damn, they are 8$, the second choice costs 4$ so you buy them.
The end result will be practically the same, you'll become fatter, it is how you experience the whole cookie eating that is worth the 4 extra dollars of the first choice wich is tastier.

(So you'll start defending your 4$ brand, 'cause that is the only thing you will be able to buy or handle :P )

Again you are wrong.

The C5 Z06 ran with and at times soundly beat it's performance rivals the F360, F360CS, Cobra R, Viper GTS-R, P911TT, GT2 and GT3.

Please post any proof that disprove this accurate statement.

BTW - what the fuck would you know? You have driven none of those cars, driven against none of them and witnessed no duels between them.

I have done a number of the above, so am basing my FACTUAL opinion on personal experience, witnessed accounts and statements by owners of all of the above.

The C5 Z06 was on an equal footing with the performance peers of it's day and many times has proven on any day a race could go to any of those cars. :)

You are wrong - and many are witnessing your stupid claims to the contrary.

So by definition the new car si MORE OF THE SAME. You need to become familiar with popular English sayings if you want to debate in English. The C5 Z06 is an equal to it's peers - so is the C6 Z06.

"We" is the family of Corvette enthusiasts form all over the world - yes - that's right, there are fans of the car and it's history in Europe, Japan, Australia the Middle East etc etc - the family that has the LONGEST history of any single car model production and support. That's correct - The Corvette is the longest continuous produced sports car - PERIOD.

A couple things

1st: the car is CHEAPER than it's rivals. You may want to go review the competitors with 500hp.

2nd: the car has been made of fibreglass from day one for a reason - it is the way it is made. But had you ben an auto enthusiast you would have known this.

3rd: Every major production car in existence today has deformable plastic front and rear 15mph bumpers.

Again you proudly display your ignorance everytime you click the submit button.

Name the Euro cars that lap the Nurburgring under 7m42s. Please enlighten us.

Then quote the prices of those cars.

Next up - speak to all those people who tae their C5 Z06's to track days in the UK and Germany - then ask them where and how their cars fair on the track.

You might want to ask some people in the know about this one. The car is the track peer of many of your "sainted" Euro sports cars. In case you don't know their names I will tell you what they are : F360, F360CS, P911TT. GT3 etc etc.

Time and time again, the car has proven to be as good as the rest of it's peers. You are basing your opinion and statements on ??? What?

I see personal attacks instead of providing counter points. The car is on a par with it's peers. What are you basing your biased opinion on?

I guess again you are needing to study up on the English language if you want to debate in English. The significance of the crickets is that in the dead of night all you hear is crickets chirping - so, had you had half the education you claim to have you would be aware that in literature it is not unusual for an author to use the cricket to signify a period of silent anticipation.

Then why did you say it is not a bargain?

BTW - what do you drive again? I mean the way you act you would swear you are a millionaire and have five Porkers and a couple F-Cars and 3 Lambos parked outside - and that it is beneath you, as a car enthusiast to appreciate that you don't have to be a rich to have a 0-60 in 4sec, 12s 1/4 mile, 7m56s Nurburgring capable, 60-0 in 105ft, 1G+ slalom capable, 175mph car.

Sounds to me like you are a jealous hater - just because you have been raised to believe that to enjoy such performance you need to be of a certain social standing and position in the community and of significant wealth.

So I drive a 4 cylinder piss slow zero handling generic Ford Contour just like what you have - but then I can also drive my F360CS, P911TT equivalent Z06 anytime I want.

You enjoy your hating envious jealous outlook - I'll just enjoy my ride - and realise it is not the fastest car in the world, but it can sure hold it's own against the rest - in a straight line or on a road course. :)

That's the part you hate :)

Read the above paragraph you wannabe "rich" person. :) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA -- it seems we got to the root of the issue.... you are impressed by the "rich and famous" :P

What do you drive again?

To get back on topic - we know for a fact based on price alone, the C6 Z06 is simply more of what the C5 Z06 has been since 2001. :)

Add to the price of the C6 Z06 the 7m42s Nurburgring time, suddenly you see that the car is definately the equal of it's peer - in fact, it may just soundly beat some of them.

And all this for $65,500 :)

Seems liek even mor eof a bargain than the C5 Z06 was ;) -- Now if only they could have done something abuot the looks of the car... I give it 100% for pricing, 100% for performance and only an 85% for looks. :)

i give it 100% for looks. just one question though - does an engine require more fuel and more air as the engine climbs the rpm range? or is it the same amount of gas and air no matter the rpm. basically im asking if fuel consumption is linear function of rpm or if its exponential. thank you, and have a nice day... 8)

Damn, you're just hopeless, the same attitude when defending your god Bushy boy :roll:

And WTF I care what you witnessed, PROOF is what is important here, not what you saw or heard, please take a camera with you next time when a stock vette runs against a stock Euro rival, and it better not be dragracing all the time.
I can sense a bitterness in your post that clearly shows you're a jealous cheap ass prick.
And about the 'cricket' part, I was reffering to the silence during your childhood anytime you asked your parents something :mrgreen:

Anyway, I stand by my opinions and I shall ignore the rest of the crap you wrote :D

I guess the 1000 or so Z06's running around Europe that were imported at great expense are also owned "by bushy fans" - you are such a clueless fanboy.

Yes - you are the fanboy - by definitoin - you aimlessly defend stuff you only aspire to take pictures of, let alone drive/ride or own. :P

How could I possibly witness every trackday event in the USA or Europe? :P

What you should do is go and start talking to and asking around about what the GT3. 911 and F360, F360CS etc boys have witnessed when C5 Z06's share the track with them. You may be surprised to find that they will give th car the credit it is due and confirm that it is easily an equal to them on the track - and that as always driver plays a huge roll in the outcome, but that "just because it is not a Eurocar" does not mean it is far more capable than you believe it to be.

Grow up kid,.

You are wrong.

Bitter? Jealous? Why would I be? I have no need to be - unlike you that is "impressed and awed by fancy watches, cars , houses and boats" and thinks "that is the only way to enjoy life - so I should just dream of having it - because getting what you can afford is "low class"" - as I say, unlike you, I am getting on with my life, having a blast and daily drive what I can afford - and with confidence I know it is a lhell of a lot more car than you will ever aspire to "own" while dream of "rich peoples" toys :)

That's what differentiates men from kids - youngun.. :P you are still impressed by wealth - good luck to you :)

I seldom needed to ask them - I was reading at age 3 or so, and would research anything that piqued my interest - I had a library card when I was 5 :P

You are wrong.

You have been proven wrong.

You are a wannabe snob and still haven't told us waht super-performing car you daily drive.

I mean the way you are defending these cars you would swear I was claiming my car beat your EDO GT2 around the Nurburgring or something.

When all I am saying is that I bought a used car for $38,000.00 that is capable of running and gunning with it's performance car peers of the day - as proven by the 7m56s 'Ring time.

And in the same vein, the C6 Z06 is more than capable of competing with it's performance car peers - proven after posting a 7m42s 'Ring time.

You seem to take offense to this accurate statement - and take even more offense to the fact that some of us are not "impressed" by displays of wealth and oppulance, and are content to get on with our lives.

It would seem that you have an aweful lot of growing up to do. :)

I guess the saying 'wiser with age' doesn't apply to you, are you suffering from Parkinson or something :P

Only a 1000 imported, hmm, that says it all :roll:

btw, love the comment "reading by the age of three" LMAO
I was reading at the age of 2 and 11 months, try to beat that chump :mrgreen:

And I like the 'impressed with rich and famous' BS, nice try, but keep on trying old man :D

I am a fan of all sportscars, but I like some brands more than others, it is as simple as that. And I like the Vette, but I stand by mine opinion when saying that the vette is not at the same OVERALL level as its Euro rivals.
That's why we ever vette we see isn't stock anymore, 'cause they get their ass kicked on the track by superior cars. :D

I wish you the best of luck and fun with your poor mans sports car.

Anyway, you're not worth my time, don't like extremists. :wink: