Future model C6s info
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Well, I have several close friends who work at GM, and here is what they tell me about the plans to increase sales of future C6 models:
1. Recognizing the popularity of the wide body they are coming out with a Super Grand Sport model featuring tandem rear wheels and rear fenders that bulge out another fifteen inches per side to envelope them.
2. Fender stripes will now be applied to all four fenders from the factory.
3. Not only will all engines be hand-built, but the new Bose radio will also be hand-built using vacuumn tubes.
4. "Corvette" lettering will not only emblazen the windshield, but the side windows, and rear window as well.
5. The car will be lower to the ground and feature roller skate wheels bolted direcly to the frame that will contact the road if the body leans more than 1/4 inch negotiating a turn, thus providing superior sports car handling.
6. Due to the overwhelming popularity of torque converter automatic transmission model Vettes, the Dyna-Flow transmission from 1953 Buicks will now become the only transmission offered. A large paddle shifter mounted off the side of the the steering column for easier access when negotiating curves will offer the choice of forward, reverse, park and neutral, so as not to overload the mental capacity and physical dexterity of most current drivers.
7. New paint choices will include black and white checkers to provide an alternative to taxi cab yellow, and powder puff pink as an alternative to Carlisle powder puff blue.
8. All lights will be blackened out, and a hand-held flashlight provided for anyone driving after curfew.
More details to follow .....
1. Recognizing the popularity of the wide body they are coming out with a Super Grand Sport model featuring tandem rear wheels and rear fenders that bulge out another fifteen inches per side to envelope them.
2. Fender stripes will now be applied to all four fenders from the factory.
3. Not only will all engines be hand-built, but the new Bose radio will also be hand-built using vacuumn tubes.
4. "Corvette" lettering will not only emblazen the windshield, but the side windows, and rear window as well.
5. The car will be lower to the ground and feature roller skate wheels bolted direcly to the frame that will contact the road if the body leans more than 1/4 inch negotiating a turn, thus providing superior sports car handling.
6. Due to the overwhelming popularity of torque converter automatic transmission model Vettes, the Dyna-Flow transmission from 1953 Buicks will now become the only transmission offered. A large paddle shifter mounted off the side of the the steering column for easier access when negotiating curves will offer the choice of forward, reverse, park and neutral, so as not to overload the mental capacity and physical dexterity of most current drivers.
7. New paint choices will include black and white checkers to provide an alternative to taxi cab yellow, and powder puff pink as an alternative to Carlisle powder puff blue.
8. All lights will be blackened out, and a hand-held flashlight provided for anyone driving after curfew.
More details to follow .....
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Burning Brakes
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With a steel frame they don't have to worry about rigidity. That concern is only with the z06 aluminum frame.
Burning Brakes
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From: Chesterfield Michigan
Well, I have several close friends who work at GM, and here is what they tell me about the plans to increase sales of future C6 models:
1. Recognizing the popularity of the wide body they are coming out with a Super Grand Sport model featuring tandem rear wheels and rear fenders that bulge out another fifteen inches per side to envelope them.
2. Fender stripes will now be applied to all four fenders from the factory.
3. Not only will all engines be hand-built, but the new Bose radio will also be hand-built using vacuumn tubes.
4. "Corvette" lettering will not only emblazen the windshield, but the side windows, and rear window as well.
5. The car will be lower to the ground and feature roller skate wheels bolted direcly to the frame that will contact the road if the body leans more than 1/4 inch negotiating a turn, thus providing superior sports car handling.
6. Due to the overwhelming popularity of torque converter automatic transmission model Vettes, the Dyna-Flow transmission from 1953 Buicks will now become the only transmission offered. A large paddle shifter mounted off the side of the the steering column for easier access when negotiating curves will offer the choice of forward, reverse, park and neutral, so as not to overload the mental capacity and physical dexterity of most current drivers.
7. New paint choices will include black and white checkers to provide an alternative to taxi cab yellow, and powder puff pink as an alternative to Carlisle powder puff blue.
8. All lights will be blackened out, and a hand-held flashlight provided for anyone driving after curfew.
More details to follow .....
1. Recognizing the popularity of the wide body they are coming out with a Super Grand Sport model featuring tandem rear wheels and rear fenders that bulge out another fifteen inches per side to envelope them.
2. Fender stripes will now be applied to all four fenders from the factory.
3. Not only will all engines be hand-built, but the new Bose radio will also be hand-built using vacuumn tubes.
4. "Corvette" lettering will not only emblazen the windshield, but the side windows, and rear window as well.
5. The car will be lower to the ground and feature roller skate wheels bolted direcly to the frame that will contact the road if the body leans more than 1/4 inch negotiating a turn, thus providing superior sports car handling.
6. Due to the overwhelming popularity of torque converter automatic transmission model Vettes, the Dyna-Flow transmission from 1953 Buicks will now become the only transmission offered. A large paddle shifter mounted off the side of the the steering column for easier access when negotiating curves will offer the choice of forward, reverse, park and neutral, so as not to overload the mental capacity and physical dexterity of most current drivers.
7. New paint choices will include black and white checkers to provide an alternative to taxi cab yellow, and powder puff pink as an alternative to Carlisle powder puff blue.
8. All lights will be blackened out, and a hand-held flashlight provided for anyone driving after curfew.
More details to follow .....
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GM thinks about a lot of things, but it seems like alienating people who have already bought their cars, is waaaay down the list. Unfortunately.
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Love the Base C6 and Grand Sport as well but I would like to see greater separation by power. Larger brakes and wide body of GS is cool but the engine and HP is the same. Like GS but I bought 2011 C6 narrow body with a few upgrades like NPP and J55 rather than GS largely because HP is the same. When GM gives GS a HP bump to justify the 5K plus cost I will buy one. Just saying!
Safety Car
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Well, I have several close friends who work at GM, and here is what they tell me about the plans to increase sales of future C6 models:
1. Recognizing the popularity of the wide body they are coming out with a Super Grand Sport model featuring tandem rear wheels and rear fenders that bulge out another fifteen inches per side to envelope them.
2. Fender stripes will now be applied to all four fenders from the factory.
3. Not only will all engines be hand-built, but the new Bose radio will also be hand-built using vacuumn tubes.
4. "Corvette" lettering will not only emblazen the windshield, but the side windows, and rear window as well.
5. The car will be lower to the ground and feature roller skate wheels bolted direcly to the frame that will contact the road if the body leans more than 1/4 inch negotiating a turn, thus providing superior sports car handling.
6. Due to the overwhelming popularity of torque converter automatic transmission model Vettes, the Dyna-Flow transmission from 1953 Buicks will now become the only transmission offered. A large paddle shifter mounted off the side of the the steering column for easier access when negotiating curves will offer the choice of forward, reverse, park and neutral, so as not to overload the mental capacity and physical dexterity of most current drivers.
7. New paint choices will include black and white checkers to provide an alternative to taxi cab yellow, and powder puff pink as an alternative to Carlisle powder puff blue.
8. All lights will be blackened out, and a hand-held flashlight provided for anyone driving after curfew.
More details to follow .....
1. Recognizing the popularity of the wide body they are coming out with a Super Grand Sport model featuring tandem rear wheels and rear fenders that bulge out another fifteen inches per side to envelope them.
2. Fender stripes will now be applied to all four fenders from the factory.
3. Not only will all engines be hand-built, but the new Bose radio will also be hand-built using vacuumn tubes.
4. "Corvette" lettering will not only emblazen the windshield, but the side windows, and rear window as well.
5. The car will be lower to the ground and feature roller skate wheels bolted direcly to the frame that will contact the road if the body leans more than 1/4 inch negotiating a turn, thus providing superior sports car handling.
6. Due to the overwhelming popularity of torque converter automatic transmission model Vettes, the Dyna-Flow transmission from 1953 Buicks will now become the only transmission offered. A large paddle shifter mounted off the side of the the steering column for easier access when negotiating curves will offer the choice of forward, reverse, park and neutral, so as not to overload the mental capacity and physical dexterity of most current drivers.
7. New paint choices will include black and white checkers to provide an alternative to taxi cab yellow, and powder puff pink as an alternative to Carlisle powder puff blue.
8. All lights will be blackened out, and a hand-held flashlight provided for anyone driving after curfew.
More details to follow .....
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If so I hope it's not the typical Corvette so-called special edition. I love Corvette and they make some great performance machines but decals, minor interior changes and a "celebrity" signature IMO do not make a special edition. Corvette should take a cue from Viper and issue a factory racer along the lines of the Viper ACR-X or the Competition Coupe. Now, if GM would make the Z06X Track Car Concept that would be a special edition.
