Comments on: Chevrolet builds 1.5 millionth Corvette

By: spg900

spg900 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:56:46 +0000

2 Wheeled – Do you not think the Europeans and Japanese could not build 7 liter engines (without the 1970’s technology) if they decided to go that route? Gas is too expensive there and all the gas-guzzler taxes mean that the manufacturers are forced to go small displacement. It just seems the brightest minds in the US seem go to NASA instead of the big 3. Or maybe, it’s just that the bean-counters have too much power.
Happy wheeling !

By: 2WheeledSpeed

2WheeledSpeed — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:33:52 +0000

Well, isn’t it the Viper and Corvette who hold the record at the Nurburgring? While high technology Nissan and Porsche fight it out for the number three spot?
http://www.leftlanenews.com/nissan-claims-new-nurburgring-lap-record-for-gt-r.html

“Winning is winning, whether it’s by an inch or a mile” You might not be impressed, but you’re still paying more money to lose…

By: spg900

spg900 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:08:49 +0000

2Wheeled – All your points are well taken but if the vette could whip my ass with a 4 litre… IWOULD be impressed.

By: 2WheeledSpeed

2WheeledSpeed — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:14:25 +0000

It definitely is a motorcycle, I was only kidding around about that. (Kawasaki Ninja ZX14)

I’m not really trying to defend the ‘Vette, the last time I thought they looked cool was in the 60s or 70s (Here come the ‘Vette worshippers to kill me! All between the ages of 40-69!). But maybe you can look at it another way, maybe GM can offer the ‘Vette for reasonably low prices (Compared to other super car competitors) because instead of focusing on packing the same amount of horsepower into 3 or 4 or 5 liters, they do it with 7. Or maybe they like the torque characteristics of a huge big block V8.
I’m no expert and I don’t know, just tossing those ideas out there for the sake of argument. But you know, when I’m driving my car and I get whipped at a stoplight race by a ‘Vette I’m not sitting there complaining “Well that didn’t count, too easy for him!”
Plus big blocks are part of American history ya know? Who wants a 4 liter ‘Vette?

By: spg900

spg900 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:00:15 +0000

2Wheeled Speed- I’m not trying to bash (well, maybe a little) but i am a tech nut. If you can get the performance you state from a 1.4 litre, now that’s impressive (unless it’s a 3 hundred pound motorcycle).You have to agree that it’s just TOO EASY to do it with 7 liters.

By: 2WheeledSpeed

2WheeledSpeed — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:45:50 +0000

And on another note, I agree with davebo that you shouldn’t bash a car because of it’s engine, if there was a perfect engine size/configuration for sports cars wouldn’t we have found it by now? I don’t care if it’s a 7 liter, a 4.3 liter, a 2.4 liter w/turbo, whatever. Fast is fast, different people just take different approaches to doing it and that’s what makes cars so damned interesting.

I mean if you REALLY want to start talking about vehicles with small engines humiliating vehicles with huge engines I know a 1.4 liter vehicle that only costs 12 grand that runs sub 10 second quarter mile times stock…

By: 2WheeledSpeed

2WheeledSpeed — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:35:56 +0000

“Attention Tax-Payers who are bailing us out, instead of selling our 1.5 millionth Corvette and perhaps even selling it at auction as a special buy, we’re sticking it in our personal museum so we can be so proud we’ve done something cool while our company goes bankrupt and we stick you with the bill”

Lovingly, GM

By: davebo

davebo — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:45:31 +0000

Why do people consider using a larger sized engine to be some sort of cheating? Sure the Ferrari F430 has a V8 that takes up only 4.3 liters compared to the Z06’s 7.0 liters. But it produces less torque, less horsepower, gets worse milage and the car weighs 16lbs more. Sounds like the “high schoolers” just need to grow up a little : P

But you’re right, the interiors stink. I’m just glad I got my Corvette at age 25 while I was young enough to appreciate it. I don’t see many of the 82% of older Corvette owners passing anyone on the highway or doing doughnuts in parking lots. The other Corvette owners around here don’t even have the decency to remove the top in nice weather.

By: RaineMan

RaineMan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:47:03 +0000

I thought they sold off like half of their “heritage” collection?

Though… if GM is taxpayer owned… let’s just go ask for the keys.

By: spg900

spg900 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:22:55 +0000

1c3d0g- Still not impressed that it takes a 7.0 litre engine to compete with the other big boys. Thats like being impressed by a senior playing against high schoolers. Their interiors need work too.

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:51:46 +0000

Awesome. The Corvette rules, you bastards! Anyone who’s pumping red blood in his body and has at least half a brain knows this.

By: Hyperion

Hyperion — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:31:40 +0000

I thought there were more total Corvettes than 1.5 million. Great news!

By: Rafa LL

Rafa LL — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:06:31 +0000

-Yawns-

By: andy

andy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:46:00 +0000

congrats Chevy, and congrats to the Bowling Green plant… A4, leaf springs are also lighter, and with you can use lighter anti-roll bars, and they are also positioned better on the car for lower center of gravity and wide mounting

By: zfenderguy

zfenderguy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:25:51 +0000

Looks like the 2 millionth Corvette will still be a C6, seeing how development is going. As previously stated, it will probably be Voltec powered and ahve a 0-60 time somewhere around 9 seconds though.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:49:30 +0000

Well done!

By: A4

A4 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:31:19 +0000

…well the pushrod has been proven to be some of the best technology when properly applied, and the C6 suspension is a double-wishbone setup both front and rear, and simply uses leaf springs as a secondary means to prevent body roll, so while it is a different style of technology, it isnt by any means inferior.

By: HoosierHero

HoosierHero — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:28:27 +0000

Beautiful picture of the corvettes!

By: hummah

hummah — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:20:02 +0000

I’m not a person who blindly loves domestic cars by any means, but you have to admit that the Corvette is a phenomenal car for the money. Nothing else in it’s class can deliver so much punch for so little cash. It does have pushrods and leaf-springs, and the rear bumper does appear to be made of tupperware- but for under $50K you can blow the doors off of foreign cars that cost twice as much.

By: Mutant@DCX

Mutant@DCX — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:57:44 +0000

C8 will be 4 door and electric, tree huggers rejoice

By: Mutant@DCX

Mutant@DCX — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:56:19 +0000

According to research by Specialty Equipment Market Association and Experian Automotive, as of 2009, there were approximately 750,000 Corvettes of all model years registered in the United States. Corvette owners were fairly equally distributed throughout the country, with the highest density in Michigan (3.47 per 1000 residents) and the lowest density in Utah, Mississippi, and Hawaii (1.66, 1.63, and 1.53 registrations per 1000 residents). 47% of them hold college degrees (significantly above the nationwide average of 27%), and 82% are between ages of 40 and 69 (median age being 53).

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:53:18 +0000

Yay… I guess.

By: A4

A4 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:40:52 +0000

it only took them 15 years to sell 500,000 when the atrocious C4 was out? I guess the mullet must have really been in style back then.

By: KarLoveBoy88

KarLoveBoy88 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:31:25 +0000

^Yea really. Who really cares

By: yarddog82abn

yarddog82abn — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:54:05 +0000

Congrats GM…

By: CADDY-V

CADDY-V — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:50:09 +0000

I’ll take a ZR1 thank you.