That's astonishing, ok I can get over the C7's looks now.
How fast ???
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Le Mans Master
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How fast ???
I assume most have read about the Z06 on the forums lead in page (home page) and it just amazes me the performance of this car. You can actually go buy a car with sub 11 second ability in stock form, incredible!!
Being as old as dirt I sure remember the 70's when the insurance companies put the kybosh on the horse power and wonder if that could be coming. I hope not but with the Z06, Hell Cat, and now the Shelby GT 350R flexing their muscle's I wonder??
In case you missed it
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...c7-stock-tire/
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Being as old as dirt I sure remember the 70's when the insurance companies put the kybosh on the horse power and wonder if that could be coming. I hope not but with the Z06, Hell Cat, and now the Shelby GT 350R flexing their muscle's I wonder??
In case you missed it
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...c7-stock-tire/
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While I am not old enough to remember the end of the original muscle car era, but it was not just the insurance companies that ended the hp wars, but also rising emissions standards coupled with fuel shortages and costs. After getting out of any high hp muscle car and into any newer car the advances in brake/tire/suspension technology is nothing short of amazing. The electronic "nannies" can save your butt from some pretty stipid decisions. There has to be a ceiling to everything, but I think speed will be the least of the mfr concerns when they decide enough is enough.
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While I am not old enough to remember the end of the original muscle car era, but it was not just the insurance companies that ended the hp wars, but also rising emissions standards coupled with fuel shortages and costs. After getting out of any high hp muscle car and into any newer car the advances in brake/tire/suspension technology is nothing short of amazing. The electronic "nannies" can save your butt from some pretty stipid decisions. There has to be a ceiling to everything, but I think speed will be the least of the mfr concerns when they decide enough is enough.
It will be the Goberment regulations that ends the hp we are now enjoying.
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While I am not old enough to remember the end of the original muscle car era, but it was not just the insurance companies that ended the hp wars, but also rising emissions standards coupled with fuel shortages and costs. After getting out of any high hp muscle car and into any newer car the advances in brake/tire/suspension technology is nothing short of amazing. The electronic "nannies" can save your butt from some pretty stipid decisions. There has to be a ceiling to everything, but I think speed will be the least of the mfr concerns when they decide enough is enough.
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Its amazing for sure!
However, the price of these things is a bit staggering also...
How much is honestly enough?....I had my 2008 Corvette right at 700 HP ....realized quickly that no one really needs that much HP unless they are tracking it weekly.
The cost was minimal to get it to that point....
I can imagine dropping 70k -90k for a car like that and then asking myself 3 months after purchase....why did I do this?
However, the price of these things is a bit staggering also...
How much is honestly enough?....I had my 2008 Corvette right at 700 HP ....realized quickly that no one really needs that much HP unless they are tracking it weekly.
The cost was minimal to get it to that point....
I can imagine dropping 70k -90k for a car like that and then asking myself 3 months after purchase....why did I do this?
Last edited by Cor430vette; Dec 17, 2015 at 08:54 PM.
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Obviously, every time they release a new one, it has to be more powerful than the old one. I always wonder how far it will go down the road considering we don't get limited by the use of fossil fuels, emissions, etc. Its just hard to believe they can make it more awesome than it already is!!
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But it's still fairly new, once the get the kinks out, I'll seriously look at trading up for one.
The way it's going though, I had better keep my C6 for now
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That was 225HP.
The 2016 v6 Mustang is 300HP and most parents would think twice about buying that.
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