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Written by Ollie Kew
We"ve been spoilt with new Corvette ZR1s of late. This week, a soft-top version of the new 755bhp mega-Vette was revealed, joining the equally outrageous coupe atop the Corvette range. Good for well over 200mph and dressed in aero that"d have a GT3 car cringing with embarrassment, it"s a worthy successor to the C6-gen Corvette ZR1.Revealed back in 2008, in (slightly) less power-crazed times, it developed 638bhp from a supercharged 6.2-litre V8 that poked its intercooler lid through a perspex window in the bonnet.Carbonfibre was chosen for the roof, bumpers and wings. Brakes were carbon-ceramic Brembos of the same size and specification as the Ferrari Enzo"s. America was taking its classic V8 sports car seriously. Sold for the UK equivalent of around 100,000, the C6 ZR1 offered monstrous performance for the money. Even nine years on, 0-62mph in 3.4 seconds, 205mph flat out and 7min 19sec around a certain German one-way toll road is mighty quick. And for just" a hundred grand? Besides a Nissan GT-R, few machines could stick it to the European supercar glitterati for such a relatively small price tag.
Date written: 1 Dec 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10152
We"ve been spoilt with new Corvette ZR1s of late. This week, a soft-top version of the new 755bhp mega-Vette was revealed, joining the equally outrageous coupe atop the Corvette range. Good for well over 200mph and dressed in aero that"d have a GT3 car cringing with embarrassment, it"s a worthy successor to the C6-gen Corvette ZR1.Revealed back in 2008, in (slightly) less power-crazed times, it developed 638bhp from a supercharged 6.2-litre V8 that poked its intercooler lid through a perspex window in the bonnet.Carbonfibre was chosen for the roof, bumpers and wings. Brakes were carbon-ceramic Brembos of the same size and specification as the Ferrari Enzo"s. America was taking its classic V8 sports car seriously. Sold for the UK equivalent of around 100,000, the C6 ZR1 offered monstrous performance for the money. Even nine years on, 0-62mph in 3.4 seconds, 205mph flat out and 7min 19sec around a certain German one-way toll road is mighty quick. And for just" a hundred grand? Besides a Nissan GT-R, few machines could stick it to the European supercar glitterati for such a relatively small price tag.
Date written: 1 Dec 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10152
