LarryMJones

Call me when they decide to enter the modern world of performance cars with an automatic transmission option.
LJ

S3XPanther

Sounds a little trollish. The C7 is plenty modern, stick or auto.

Beaz

OK, talk to you in January when they announce that a DCT will be an option on the new ZO6.

sam90lx

I wont hold my breath on this one.

Stars_Fan

Caddylac10

I don't think he's trolling. I'm sure he talking about the Z because the base car already has an auto.

I would have to agree with him though. The Z needs a real auto. Not necessarily a DCT, but an 8 speed at the least.

GM should continue to offer a manual too, but the Z does need to get on board.

Paulchristian

Save the Stick...

JustinStrife

Call us when your Solstice sees more than a coat of wax and a local car show. :

rcallen484

A "real" automatic has to be at least an 8 speed? In a vehicle with a relatively flat torque curve at over 500 ft lbs?

Caddylac10

I'm not saying a 6 speed isn't legitimate. I'm just saying that there's got to be a way for a one of the largest auto makes in the world to engineer an 8 speed to handle the torque. Of course it will have to be modified and strengthened but why can't that be accomplished? It's going to a 2015 model we're taking about; how much longer is there going to be an excuse why it can't happen?

The Hydramatic in the ZL1 and V can already handle 550 lb-ft. Certainly 2015 technology can do more.

rcallen484

No, that is not what I meant at all. What I meant was that 8 speeds is NOT necessary when you have that powerful of an engine. Less gears, less weight and complexity. That is not an excuse, those are valid reasons to not have unnecessary gears.

musclecar6

I think what vette junkies are looking for, is an auto tranny, DCT etc, that will instantly shift up or down when selected with seamless rev matching like the BMW DCT/ Porsche PDK. They really don't give a hoot whether it's a 6 spd, 7spd, 8 spd, etc, they just want to play formula one on the street ( obviously not going at those speeds, but having fun at moderate speeds and occasionally running it thru the gears for a quick blast out in the middle of nowhere where it's safe to do it). I fall into that camp as although I have both a 6 spd manual GS and a CTS-V A6, I am ready to be done with shifting. It's been fun all these years, but enough already. Time to modernize and not endure the chore of shifting when I'm thru playing.

Skullbussa

There will be no SLUSHBOX AUTOMATIC offered on the Z06.

It's going to have a Dual-Clutch transmission and nothing else. This is a track car, not a boulevard cruiser.

S3XPanther

How do you know this?

ChucksZ06

Multispeed trans are for euro weenie cars with weak torque outputs and narrow power bands. If you want to shift all the time buy a car that needs such a transmission. The vette as it is configured will not benefit.

Notch

I think many people will find that this gets old very quickly. In no time at all they will just leave it in "drive" and be done with it.

Achmed

Honest question what is a "slushbox"? Where does the word come from, I've seen it used here a fair bit but never read an explanation.

On the Stingray, the auto shaves off a solid 0.4 seconds off of the quarter mile, so if it can do the same or similar to a Z06 I'm all in, regardless of whether its a "slush" anything

pietro c7

100% true

mark1107

Having daily drove my 07 Z06 for 50k miles in Los Angeles traffic for three years you can put a gun to my head but I won't drive another stick. Even after I bought a range rover as a daily driver and the Z as my weekend car, I'm so happy my 14 Stingray Z51 has an auto. If the Z only comes in manual forget about it! Plus I still have PTSD over the valves and warranty.

Beaz

Just wait