C6 performance scale
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I have an 06 vert and I love to drive the car. It's pure pleasure! I got to wondering about it's performance compared to other cars on the road. Of all cars where would you rate the c6. Top 1 per cent? Higher? Top .01 percent? I'm talking all cars on the road not just performance cars. Just food for thought!
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Not sure your criteria is clear enough. "All cars on the road" would include a Buick Roadmaster, Caprice Wagon, a 1962 Ford F100, etc. If you are talking about all comparable year models ('05 to '13), it would likely be in the top 1% for both 0-60, and 1/4 mile e.t., I am guessing. Would like to hear others opinions....
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C6 1/4 mile stock times by forum members.
Showroom Stock LS2 (2005 -2007)
12.215 @ 115.45 - LS1LT1 - 06 A6 - (1278)
12.235 @ 115.58 - 06C6FVR - 06 M6 Z51 - (333)
12.290 @ 114.29 - Proney - 07 M6 - (4500)
12.314 @ 114.82 - CYA Vett - 05 M6 F55 - (675)
12.422 @ 113.90 - DrRichie - 05 M6 Z51
Showroom Stock LS3 (2008 - 2013)
11.718 @ 119.94 - AndrewZPSU - 08 M6 - (2586)
11.806 @ 118.82 - Gmrulz - 08 A6 Z51, NPP - (3478)
11.974 @ 116.98 - Proney - 08 M6 Z51, NPP - (4652)
12.058 @ 122.05 - AndrewZPSU - 10 A6 NPP - (5051)
12.100 @ 115.19 - Odin - 09 A6 2.73 npp - (4325)
Showroom Stock LS3 Grand Sport (2010 - 2013)
12.319 @ 115.75 - Grand SportMan - 10 A6 - (5128)
12.374 @ 116.98 - Kuhnrod - 10 A6 - (6945)
12.461 @ 116.04 - SawBladz - 13 M6 - (6916)
12.499 @ 115.35 - Paristndude - 10 M6 - (6898)
12.559 @ 115.41 - Fastenuf - 11 A6 - (5269)
The C6 Z06 Fast List
1~~~~ 10.981 128.90 1.77 Jamie Furman~ 2006 details~~ thread
2~~~~ 11.025 127.25 1.70 Ranger ~~~~~ 2006 details~~ thread video
3~~~~ 11.177 127.08 1.79 walterm32~~~ 2008 details~~ thread
4~~~~ 11.242 122.38 1.68 Dr.Ron ~~~~~ 2006 details~~ thread
5~~~~ 11.311 122.89 1.80 BLU-BY-U ~~~ 2006 details~~ thread
The C6 ZR1 1/4 Mile Fast List
1~~~~ 10.664 132.92 1.68 Kyle Lemish ~~ 2009 details~~ thread video
2~~~~ 10.740 133.21 1.74 Kyle Lemish ~~ 2009 details~~ thread video
3~~~~ 10.794 132.21 1.80 jamie furman ~ 2009 details~~ thread
4~~~~ 10.851 129.89 1.70 racerns ~~~~~ 2009 details~~ thread video
5~~~~ 10.950 131.61 1.83 VY ZR1 ~~~~~ 2009 details
12.215 @ 115.45 - LS1LT1 - 06 A6 - (1278)
12.235 @ 115.58 - 06C6FVR - 06 M6 Z51 - (333)
12.290 @ 114.29 - Proney - 07 M6 - (4500)
12.314 @ 114.82 - CYA Vett - 05 M6 F55 - (675)
12.422 @ 113.90 - DrRichie - 05 M6 Z51
Showroom Stock LS3 (2008 - 2013)
11.718 @ 119.94 - AndrewZPSU - 08 M6 - (2586)
11.806 @ 118.82 - Gmrulz - 08 A6 Z51, NPP - (3478)
11.974 @ 116.98 - Proney - 08 M6 Z51, NPP - (4652)
12.058 @ 122.05 - AndrewZPSU - 10 A6 NPP - (5051)
12.100 @ 115.19 - Odin - 09 A6 2.73 npp - (4325)
Showroom Stock LS3 Grand Sport (2010 - 2013)
12.319 @ 115.75 - Grand SportMan - 10 A6 - (5128)
12.374 @ 116.98 - Kuhnrod - 10 A6 - (6945)
12.461 @ 116.04 - SawBladz - 13 M6 - (6916)
12.499 @ 115.35 - Paristndude - 10 M6 - (6898)
12.559 @ 115.41 - Fastenuf - 11 A6 - (5269)
The C6 Z06 Fast List
1~~~~ 10.981 128.90 1.77 Jamie Furman~ 2006 details~~ thread
2~~~~ 11.025 127.25 1.70 Ranger ~~~~~ 2006 details~~ thread video
3~~~~ 11.177 127.08 1.79 walterm32~~~ 2008 details~~ thread
4~~~~ 11.242 122.38 1.68 Dr.Ron ~~~~~ 2006 details~~ thread
5~~~~ 11.311 122.89 1.80 BLU-BY-U ~~~ 2006 details~~ thread
The C6 ZR1 1/4 Mile Fast List
1~~~~ 10.664 132.92 1.68 Kyle Lemish ~~ 2009 details~~ thread video
2~~~~ 10.740 133.21 1.74 Kyle Lemish ~~ 2009 details~~ thread video
3~~~~ 10.794 132.21 1.80 jamie furman ~ 2009 details~~ thread
4~~~~ 10.851 129.89 1.70 racerns ~~~~~ 2009 details~~ thread video
5~~~~ 10.950 131.61 1.83 VY ZR1 ~~~~~ 2009 details
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I have an 06 vert and I love to drive the car. It's pure pleasure! I got to wondering about it's performance compared to other cars on the road. Of all cars where would you rate the c6. Top 1 per cent? Higher? Top .01 percent? I'm talking all cars on the road not just performance cars. Just food for thought!
But this is so subjective, it it hard to put an exact percentage on, due to so many variations of the C6 too. LS2, LS3, LS7, LS9, verts, coupes, etc.
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I was talking all cars on the road. When I drive down the interstate, or any road, I wonder how many of the cars I meet have better performance? I guess, you might say, when I drive my Vet I just feel superior! To other cars that is! It's just part of the wonderful corvette experience!
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I was talking all cars on the road. When I drive down the interstate, or any road, I wonder how many of the cars I meet have better performance? I guess, you might say, when I drive my Vet I just feel superior! To other cars that is! It's just part of the wonderful corvette experience!
That fact alone is what makes me feel satisfied or, superior, if you will. Except for the better time to speed factor, I feel the same way on my Hayabusa. It has nine second quarter mile times with a similar top end (unrestricted). Very very few bikes or any other vehicles can match that although bikes are getting not so much faster these days but much quicker to speed than they used to be. Like the Hayabusa, our C6s are planted at speed, very very stable. I think that's what makes me feel good when I'm driving at speed. Cross NV or UT at a buck forty and you'll see what I mean. The Corvette may be a cheap car compared to some but figuring in the price to speed ratio, it just might be the true king of the road!
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The post number utilized to report the elapsed times in the thread in forum section C6 Tech from which these results were copied.
Here's a link to that thread:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...challenge.html
Here's a link to that thread:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...challenge.html
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When we say "top 1%", that means that the C6 is the highest performing car in every group of 100 cars. Sit on a crowded freeway and you can easily see 100 cars around you...how many are higher performance. Most are cars like Camrys, Accords and Sentras, not to mention the trucks. I would bet that the number is more like .1% or even better. We all tend to notice the one performance car that drives by, but we certainly do not notice the 100 or more regular cars that drive by.
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I find that cars will pull up beside me and then roar off! Guess they feel good that they blew a corvette away! I like what a previous poster said, you know you can best almost all cars on the road, but you don't need to prove it!
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