I went from a 2011 GS to a 2016 Z06 so I can't directly speak GS to GS.

Let me say if you enjoy heated seats keep the 2012 as the heated seats in the C7 kinda suck. Many threads on that subject.

The auto A8 has issues and again many threads on that as well, so get a manual C7. For me this saved m3 3 grand as the Z06 has gas guzzler and the auto is like 1600 bucks.

Luckily the C7 GS comes with side skirts as the C7 seems to kick up way more grit and chips the paint. My GS never did that.

Now on to the things I like about my Z06. Color heads up display, front and rear cameras, styling, power over my GS, but of course I went from 436 to 650 , PDR to record driving but a gopro or other cameras have better quality. I used to get tons of attention in the GS, but this car really turns heads so get prepared to get more attention.

 

The ONLY negative I have found so far from going from 2012 grand sport to a 2017 grand sport is the cost of the brakes and rotors about five times the cost on the new car and that's if you can find the right size rotors aftermarket !

at this point I wish I had gotten to C7 package... and just replaced all four corners day one with aftermarket ...

May not matter to you ...but I do a bunch of track days and go through pads and rotors !!

as everyone else's said the cars are her night and day!!

it's a wonderful car !!

just did a 600 mile trip gas mileage and the four-cylinder mode work pretty good !!
25.6 mpg ..with stage 2 spoiler ..

 

here ya go 2 C6 cars and i still have "yellar" picture 2 is my son at summit point doing lunch laps ....

 

HUGE difference between C6 and C7! I owned a 2013 GS, 3LT, A6. Traded and ordered a 2016 Stingray Z51 convertible, A8, 3LT. The C7 is a ground up engineered re-design. There are only 2 or 3 small parts that are a carry over from C6 generation.

 

The C7 is a dream to drive with VVT. I think it pulls harder in 7th than my C6 did in 6. It's certainly close.

As I put it to my friends, the C7 is the first Corvette you dont make excuses for. It's a world class, well rounded performance sports car whereas the C6 was a good sports car with some quirks and a lot of power (for its time). Even my cheap 1LT interior is better than my C6's 4LT interior.

I don't know how to put it other than simply saying it's all around better car.

 

You should post this in the C6 section. I would be curious to see the responses there!

 

ugly rear tail lights.

 

How is the ride for just being a street driver comparison.. Like back and butt issues for longer drives 300 + miles or more????

 

I've only driven mine 300 miles, but I'd have to agree with the overwhelming auto journalist consensus that the new seats are a HUGE improvement, and the 100% power adjustability helps quite a bit.

Car & Driver's dissection and analysis:

http://www.caranddriver.com/features...ements-feature

 

There is more interior room in the C6 (especially on the passenger side), and the seat bottom is flatter, which is more comfortable for some. I don't have a problem with it, so it is very comfortable for me, but Mr.owc6 finds the C6 more comfortable in general.

The seat backs are comparable. They adjust to much the same range.

I've done several multi-thousand mile trips in both, and I prefer the C7 overall, but Mr.owc6 prefers the C6. I think he just likes the raw feeling that the C6 provides.

 

Too many sharp angles...
Looks like a Transformer...
Ugly rear end...
A hundred and sumptin more pounds...

 

Sounds like a bunch of BS stuff you told yourself to justify not having one.

 

As an owner of multiple C6s, and having a ton of C7 seat time, I say keep your C6 and wait for the C8.

GM only gave the C7 $250M of the $900M that the Corvette team requested for the redesign. It shows.
Why fully invest in the C7 if GM refused to?

 

You must try to keep up with the thread.

I'm a proud owner of a beautiful C7. CF member Village Idiot and I were doing a parody of what C6 owners say about the C7, hence my remarks about what is commonly said about the new Corvette.

Happy New Year!

 

And, ignore posts like this one above from C7 owners that are obviously, and desperately, defending their personal car/choices.
Fan Boy insecurity make them incapable of giving you an honest and unbiased opinion.

 

You were dead on, so much so that if one did not have time to keep up with the whole thread, it would be identified as the exact type of response a sour C6 owner would provide.

OMG how many times do we have to kick you off this forum for spewing that BS.Bye bye now.

 

Yeah, I probably used to say some of those things myself when I drove a C6 and the new ones first came out.

But like many of us here, the design grew on me and I came to appreciate the overall scheme of the C7 along with its greater capabilities over anything previous to it. I'm lovin' it.

 

You really are a glutton for punishment and a master of repetition. Your tired and bitter message has no credibility here. Why do you persist?

 

I have a 2008 C6 and a 2017 C7. All though, overall, I prefer the C7, the only major advantages of the C7 are the usable navigation system and the backup camera. Other advantages are more subtle (like the more precise steering). The C7 has 30 HP more but is heavier so I don't know that that the acceleration is better. The seats are more comfortable but the seating space is reduced, particularly on the passenger side. I traded a high mileage C5 for the C7 and that was a good move. I doubt that I would trade a low mileage C6 for a C7.

 

I've been around cars for 40 years, I've owned 45+ different models from M Benz, BMW Porsche, Saab, Volvo, Lexus, etc., I was in the car business retail and wholesale from 1983-1991, I've been getting 2-3 car magazines monthly via subscription for 35 years; i.e., while I don't consider myself an expert by any means, I've carefully watched car design and development now for the better part of four decades.

That being said, I can't ever recall experiencing a design overhaul as compelling as the C6-C7 transformation over that ten year span. What amazed me the most was that GM made a car that was already about the best sports car I had ever driven (my 2007 C6) SO much better.

Somewhere else in this thread it says that the C7 won't be much faster implying that the increased curb weight offsets the bhp increase. The C7 feels considerably faster than that to me, I assume it's due to the broader torque curve (more torque @ lower revs) and the improved transmissions. The performance gains are substantial in acceleration, and more notably in handling prowess. The C7 utterly smokes the C6 on the track. A 2014 C7 Z51 stock Stingray clocked within .2 seconds of a 2011 C6 Z06 on Car & Driver's Lightning Lap racecourse in VA, a four mile long course, that's a virtual tie.

The comment just above struck me as odd, if you really think the big advance in the C7 is the navigation and the back-up camera, your perception of what makes a car good are very different from mine. Those two items are minor side notes, hardly the major C6-C7 improvements I'd point out. To me the C7 has changed the game on the Corvette and elevated it to the next level entirely. It took a week with the car to fully grasp what all the automotive writers have been raving about for the past few years (I have yet to see hardly anything negative about the car, even the old UK version of Top Gear loved it and they have always HATED Corvettes).

So if you don't like the styling, I get it, but the newer car's improved performance, drivability, and overall sophistication are unassailable and rather obvious. After a week in one I'd never go back. I wish I preferred the C6's; they are relative bargains now : ).