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[StanAE86]

Corvette SS with 600+ bhp?

http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/foru...threadid=32930

[StanAE86]

Originally Posted by everso it's not true. not even close actually! the Z06 is beyond what GM should have been doing in the first place, and is the most they can do right now. Even 6 months ago, there was no sign of an "SS" as stated in that other forum.

Where did you hear that? I don't think the Z06 is off the mark, given that the new C6 performs at the same level as the old Z06. The new Z06 was being discussed almost before the old one went out. In order to keep up with the horsepower war, I would assume that a 500hp target mark is a must and not that excessive. The C5 Z06 was already the best bang for the buck, especially with the way it performed against cars twice and three times its price...the new Z06 doesn't strike me as all that off-the-mark?

Originally Posted by everso sometimes i wonder where people get their info from on forums like the one you posted.

"a VERY reliable source, (read into this... Works on VETTE Program at GM) "

I wonder if it's a research car that GM might be tinkering with...not necessarily something that will be coming to market?

[StanAE86]

Ahhh....right. That's what I think too...that maybe there's a test car somewhere, but that it may not actually get to market. Then in some future TV show they'll go "back" to 2005 when there was this one-off "SS" Corvette.

I read that the Corvette is actually a money maker for GM, but that everything else is crumbling. They definately need to spend some money and brainpower on the rest of the GM line or eventually, there will never be another Corvette. I do think that they need to have something like Corvette as a corporate image maker. Every manufacturer needs to have that flagship car that can be used as an image for the corporation. But they definately seem to be neglecting the rest of the line.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by StanAE86 ... given that the new C6 performs at the same level as the old Z06.

Don't kid yourself, they are not even close... in a straight line or around corners.

The C6 Hairdresser is still heavier and more BMW than the C5 Z06 - the point is that the C6 Z needed to be uber special to allow the car to go GT3 racing, GT racing and dominate the streets and club racing scene.

The day GM stick an SS label on a Corvette is the day they lose many loyal die hards.

The SS moniker is not what they make it out to be, and has no place on a Corvette - had the original SS stayed a Vette only applicable name then fine, but it didn't so it's not an option

[StanAE86]

Originally Posted by RC45 Originally Posted by StanAE86 ... given that the new C6 performs at the same level as the old Z06. Don't kid yourself, they are not even close... in a straight line or around corners.

That's what I thought was supposed to be the big deal with the new C6...that it was basically the old Z06? So, it's still a better bargain to get an older C5 Z06 than a new C6? I'd go with the C5 Z06 then....

[RC45]

^^ Nah - the C6 Coupe was never supposed to be "as good as" the C5 Z... it's just a 400hp hairdressers car -- in the same vein the C5 Coupe was a 350hp hairdressers car, and a BMW 330i is a girly hairdressers car

The C5 Z06 is now the greatest performance bargain the world has ever seen.

$30,000 entry price for a 0-60 is 4s, 12s 1/4 mile, 60-0 in 110ft, 1g+ , 175mph top end, 3100lb car that gets 29mpg on the freeway.

Nothing comes close to those performance per dollar numbers... nothing.