New Z06 catches fire
 

:shock:

http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=135291

It seems like just the rear caught. I wonder if they will total it or not, cuz that would be a mean engine and tranny swap into another car :twisted:

crap, wrong thread... mods, can you erase this post?

Theres a little cross on the right side that says delete :wink:

ups, on fire. i'm not sure if it makes sense to rebuild the car... i guess you'll be able to buy some vette parts on ebay soon...

brilliant build quality. 8)

This story has a number of versions, many of which make no sense.

The bottomline is that any modern car with remote oil reservoirs and a high pressure distributed oil cooling systems can catch fire in an instant.

Oh - havent a bunch of F-cars and Lambos been all burned up recently as well?

Looks like Jeremy Clarkson was wrong when he said it could "outrun the fuel that powers it" :lol:

Yeah.

Just like all of those Ferraris that burn up too, right?

No cars perfect, just unlucky maybe... wouldn't stop me from buyiing one if I had the coin :)

I guess they call it a "hot Corvette" for a reason. :lol:

Exactly, and all it takes is one guy forgetting to properly tighten up a union and thats it, hot oil on even hotter exhaust pipe, up she goes.

Not a matter of build quality IMO, that is the design in my eyes, this kind of thing is more a product of who has been working on the car!! :|

I hear about more Ferrari's literally melting onto the street more than I hear about Z06 blowin up ;)

Either way, damn that must suck.