Originally Posted by MasterEvilAce

BUT IT HAS LEAF SPRINGS!!! WTF!


Chevy just ****ing owned everyone

Originally Posted by MissedShift

I can see the Top Gear now... They're going to have to go with a full out drift, or short shift at 4500rpm to get the lap times high enough for their liking...

Originally Posted by turbo96z28

well, they did praise the Ford GT. wonder how they'll rate the Vette???

Originally Posted by w00t_man

Yeah, i'm with MasterEvilAce. The world just got pwned by GM.

Oh, btw, Popluar Mechanics has it as the Performance Car of the Year. Guess that's good...doesnt say much though, given that they said the Ridgeline was the most "functional"...

Originally Posted by RussStang

I think it will be something along the lines of them complaining about how cheap the car's interior is, the leaf springs of course, the hard ride, the shift linkage, the road noise (now that much of the sound deadening is gone), and maybe if we are lucky they will remember to complain about pushrods this time.

Originally Posted by TurboDropTop

Sure you wont see a dozen of them zipping down the track every friday night at your local track, but you will still see a few of them occasionally, which is far more than you can say about its high pricetag competitors.

Originally Posted by White2kSS

http://www.4get2.com/c6z06.html

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"Chevy pulled out the obligatory Nürburgring Nordschleife lap times to make the point: With Jan Magnussen, winner of the 2004 and 2005 Le Mans 24 Hour, at the helm, the Z06 clocked a seven-minute, 42.99-second lap of the 13-mile Green Hell, 16 seconds faster than a Z51-equipped C6. Porsche’s $440,000, 604-hp Carrera GT, with a seven-minute, 32.44-second lap, is the only production car to have gone quicker. For perspective, Lamborghini’s $283,000, 580-hp Murciélago clocked in at seven minutes, 50 seconds, and the $452,000, 671-hp McLaren-Mercedes SLR at seven minutes, 52 seconds.


Thus Hill is being modest when he comments, “Our benchmark car was the Porsche 911 Turbo—that’s a car we purchased and have present whenever we’re doing an important assessment.” And then he can’t resist taking the expected swipe. “We also have a Viper, but we knew we were going to leave the Viper far behind,” he adds, fighting to suppress the hint of a mischievous schoolboy smile tugging at his mouth. The new, more powerful Viper GTS may prove Hill wrong, but he could to varying degrees add 911 Carrera S, Aston Martin DB9, Lamborghini Gallardo and Ferrari F430 to the hit list. The new 997-series 911 Turbo, like the Ford GT, should match up well with Z06, but even if these cars ultimately prove quicker, they likely won’t leave the Z06 “in the dust.” Those cars will also demand buyers dig far deeper into that offshore account."