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Old 05-04-2005, 07:19 PM
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Old 05-04-2005, 07:23 PM
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6 Speed Automatic w/ Paddle Shifter ...
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Old 05-04-2005, 08:52 PM
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When can you tell us?
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Old 05-04-2005, 09:22 PM
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Can you say if this new item is going to be on the Z06 or limited to the C6 only?

Thanks!
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Old 05-04-2005, 10:31 PM
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Yesterday just before I got off work I drove a 2006 C6 Corvette and don't get confused it wasn't the '06 C6 Z06 or the current C6 Corvette this was next years Corvette. As much as I would like to tell you the difference on the new vette I really can't, its part of my job not to say anything. But what I will tell you is that theres not a lot different but something interesting about the drivetrain and something never offered by GM before, just some food for you all to diejest

Daniel
GM has offered an auto with steering wheel button shifting before.
(Grand Prix GTP)

BUT,
GM has never offered a 6 SPEED automatic with steering wheel buttons.
Does the fact that there are SIX gears in the tranny make you refer to this as a GM first????

Or.............
are we talking an Sequential Manual Transmission (SMG) like on the BMW M3.

If ther is going to be a SMG in the 06 vette,
just post that there has never been an SMG in a GM vehicle before.
PLEASE.
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Old 05-04-2005, 11:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 427 C5
GM has offered an auto with steering wheel button shifting before.
(Grand Prix GTP)

BUT,
GM has never offered a 6 SPEED automatic with steering wheel buttons.
Does the fact that there are SIX gears in the tranny make you refer to this as a GM first????

Or.............
are we talking an Sequential Manual Transmission (SMG) like on the BMW M3.

If ther is going to be a SMG in the 06 vette,
just post that there has never been an SMG in a GM vehicle before.
PLEASE.
I'm sorry you will just have to wait until this fall, sorry guys

Daniel
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Old 05-05-2005, 12:52 AM
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Oh man. What a tease
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Old 05-05-2005, 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by DJCCorvette
I'm sorry you will just have to wait until this fall, sorry guys

Daniel
why untill fall, wouldnt the 06 specs be out much before that? so if anything new has to go in wouldnt they let us know by say max june time frame?
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Old 05-05-2005, 05:34 PM
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DJCVette ... don't think you can keep this kind of news to yourself. If your observation is correct ... the details/confirmation will be available by late summer from someother source.

Still ... don't get yourself fired by telling what you can't. Just leak info to us later on .... anonymously ... and we will remember you hinted at it first.

I'd guess its the SMG.
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No seriously, 4 wheel drive?
Naw, sequential shifter.
Yeah, sequential shifer. I'm hoping it's more like the BMW with a shifter in the center console rather than paddels behind or on the steering wheel.
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No, it's mid-engine v-12.
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Old 05-06-2005, 08:52 AM
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It's just the 6-speed slushbox automatic with the paddle shifters.
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"slushbox's" are taking over the world.

True manuals will not be around for much longer.
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the transmission will be turbo charged...
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Old 05-06-2005, 02:51 PM
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When can you tell us?



We will find out one way or another
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Old 05-06-2005, 03:52 PM
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They have photos of the paddle shifter over on www.digitalcorvettes.com

Paddle Shifter Pic 1


Paddle Shifter Pic 2

Paddle Shifter Pic 3

Paddle Shifter Pic 4

Paddle Shifter Pic 5
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Old 05-06-2005, 04:45 PM
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why does it have to be 2 + wheres the downshift?
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Old 05-06-2005, 04:55 PM
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Unless one is a / (divide) haha

Kinda fuzzy pics though.....

I'll bet the down shift is behind the steeringwheel, where you pull it paddle towards the wheel with your fingers.
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Old 05-06-2005, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by thebiggman
Biggman .... these photos show it in the new Z. Have not yet been released by GM to public ... have they? Looks like the secret is out early.
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Old 05-06-2005, 05:15 PM
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I think that could still be an LS2 C6, 2006 model.
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