Nick

our attention when compared to the 991 and 991GT3.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...163642134.html

ShakeNBake

All GM awesome marketing machine until someone drives it on a track/or compares it. I wonder why GM didn't push it to be part of the MT best drivers car comparo, it was in until a few days before the event....it was not the strongest field, and if the C7 won, it would have been one of the best possible marketing outcomes for it. Now I'm left to believe there is something wrong with it, or GM is not confident in it.

I can't help but think there is a "Made in America" handicap the media is giving it. I want it to be good, don't get me wrong.

tmg57

Set aside the C7's wrathful-dragonfly styling—which only the deranged won't like

Call me deranged

Code, you want code? In order to better calibrate the behavior of the various adaptive driving modes (weather, eco, tour, sport and track)—modulating no less than 12 vehicle systems including the electric steering and magnetic adaptive dampers—the Stingray Z51's 19- and 20-inch wheels (front/rear) are fitted with tiny temperature sensors, because warm tires behave differently than cold tires. But because these sensing thermocouples heat up more slowly than the air inside the tires, their signals go through a special temperature-estimating algorithm before they are processed by the driving-mode head office.

I thought electronic nannies are frowned on here?

And my mind was blown all over again. I'll spare you the history about GM design chief Bill Mitchell and his colleagues Zora Arkus-Duntov, Pete Brock and Larry Shinoda—part of the team at GM that created the C2 Sting Ray (1963-1967). This much about the C2 is indisputable: First, it is the perfect design, never surpassed in sophistication or aggression by any postwar sports car on either side of the Atlantic—not Ferrari, not Maserati, not Lamborghini, no way.

XKE? Maybe not super aggressive but sophistication?

frayed

For performance, yes. For the driving experience, Vettes have always paled by comparison to the then-current 911.

One of my employees had a C5 z06 and me the 997S launch car back in 2005. We traded for a day. Despite the fact that the vette would clobber the S, my dyed-in-the-wool vette friend came out of the porsche shaking with excitement. He couldn't believe how precise and accurate the car was, and proclaimed it a better car.

I'm sure the z06 version will be faster than the GT3, but more desirable? Using history as a guide it will not be.

Dr.Bill

Well, since it was built with help from our tax dollars, we might as well get the dividends!

For the price of the new GT3 you could buy two. That way when one broke, you would have a spare.

RobSpyder

Nope. Saw one today in the flesh. Heinous styling. Crude and vulgar lines, no subtlety or finesse. I have zero interest in this car regardless of performance specs.

SWO

Rumors leaking that MT did a test last week at LS with Randy Pobst with the the C7 vs. 991 S and a surprise F12 showing. Think a mini version of the "Best Drivers Car" test that made it out this week (Congrats C4S). The testing shown this week was from June.

It's supposedly to hit the subjective feel of the cars versus objective data argument head on. Looking forward to it - maybe 2-3 months out.

tmg57

You must be deranged...just like me.

-eztrader-

I just wish a 6 year old kid didnt design the exterior.

TRAKCAR

I honestly can't tell which one I'd have more worry free fun in during a day of flinging it around Sebring.. Lets start with test driving the one that costs half and comes with seats and a manual. I can always buy the one that costs double or wait for the triple priced RS

-eztrader-

Any chance the zo6 looks better? Facelift maybe?

Mike in CA

I'm pretty much on the same page.......

markow

as a grand tourer it is more a C4S/turbo competitor than a GT3 competitor. and styling-wise i'd take it over the turbo anytime. of course the GT3 is in a different class.
peter

FastLaneTurbo

Looks pretty good to me - an attractively compelling combination of bad-***, high tech and accessible pricing. I don't see any competitor on the planet delivering more styling and performance at the price.
IMHO Chevrolet's got a winner in the new Corvette - and as an American, I'm proud of the job they did.
Reminds me of the 1976 Chevrolet Dekon Monza for which Al Holbert traded in his 934 and won the AAGT Road Racing Championship.

Manifold

I'm seeing a steady stream of glowing reviews for the new Vette, just like we did for the new GT3. But the Vette is less than half the cost, and can be had manual.