hey GM may have gotten rid of the 4th gen, but at least we can buy a purple 50th anniversary corvette with magnetic shocks. That will show the 500hp viper and the 500hp Ford GT (GT40). Yep GM knows what their doing.

 

Good news, but any sources for that information????

 

Is he talking about the 98 Vettes they made with the yellow seats and rims.

this one http://www.indypacecars.com/photos/4vettes.jpg

 

Smell that folks?,... SARCASM. The 50th vette really doesn't offer much over the 49th, except the purple paint of course. There supposed to debut the C5 Z16 (BBC) later this year, that puppy is rumored at around 500HP.

 

This is the only purple special edition C5 ever made and it is a 1998 http://www.indypacecars.com/photos/4vettes.jpg


I think everyone can agree that the 50th annv. Vette should have got a power upgrade, a 375HP LS1 at least, and it wouldn't step on Z06 toes.

Oh well, I wouldn't have had the cash to get one any ways. hopefully the C6 engine won't let us down

 

Hopefully the new interior color will be available in more 'Vettes in the future.

 

The Magnetic Shock system is incredible.

The Viper costs what? $75,000+?
The GT will be over $100,000

The Vette, you can get that in the mid-$40,000's...

And performance isn't that far behind, and the C6 will change that.

 

danno has it right. I'm a die hard Chevrolet fan but the 50th anniversary red (looks like purple to me) was a dissapointment. I appreciate the fact that its a thousand time cheaper than the gt and viper, but you can only ride that so far. Anyways at least we won Le Mans, who else can say that.
I guess the viper and the GT can both say that but it was still awsome. They should have put a 427 like the C5-R and the lingenfelter in the 50th.

 

sounds good to me, 50th. was a big year, it should have got something. at least a CAI and cat back

 

If Vette owners cared that much about HP ratings, they'd all be driving ZO6's, especially those who opt for the less HP convertibles that cost 4 grand more.

 

GNs got a point.

I guess the magnetic shocks are just what the majority of the Corvette owners would want then (an adjustable <probably set to softer most of the time> suspension).

Oh and the Color is Anniversary Red. It looks like purple to me too .

 

The shocks wouldn't make up all the problems of the weight on the front end. Ford had the same problem when it stuffed the 429ci in the mustang, but that was built for drag racing, not trans am racing. The ZO6 has race car handeling right off the showroom, and I don't think Chevy wants to ruin that. Also there is no need for it. Chevy can make a 1000hp NA big block, but again, I will be curious to see how/if the handeling is affected with the added weight of a bb.

 

it is maroon, get your eyes checked

 

If you're implying that the 427 inside of the Corvette would throw off the handling, it wouldn't. The 427 used in Le Mans is a Bore and Stroke of the LS1 to 427 CI. The only thing that would throw the weight off that much would be whethere you used a resleeved LS1 427 block or an all iron 427 SB block. The resleeved weighs no more than the regular LS1. Same architecture.

 

I guess it sort of resembles purple...........it looks more maroon to me........
50th Corvette

The car has child seat hooks??? What the hell for? It must have a passenger side airbag over ride switch also I guess.........