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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 10:41 PM
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Why didn't the Z06 come with the sports seats?....every (stock) picture of a Z has the lesser chairs......
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My guess would be that the sport seats would have added a little weight????????
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Maybe to match the non-power passenger seat since the sport seats have power adjustments. I assume the passenger seat is non-power to reduce weight.
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Weight reduction would be my guess too.
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Yup, It was mainly a weight reduction thing, but also it created that feeling of a track ready race car. The new ZO6 should have the same "comfy" seats as the other c6's.
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Cool, thanks for making sense.....
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