mirage2991

They are relocating the rear vents under the tail lights elsewhere as to not have the droopy transformer look???

CarBoy

Now you're dreaming.......but what a sweet dream it is....

Dave02C5

available only in M7.. FRC. SURPRISE!

Michael A

Opera lamps.

Michael

ALLANB

New z06 better have auto option. Vert option makes sense and would also hope it would come with removable roof panels like c7 base cars. Supercharged engine is fine or a 550 to 600 hp 7.0 litre fine too. And pretty much expected it will be wide body, bigger tires than base cars . How light it will be is unclear yet. If they add a supercharger it might be heavier than current base cars but of course with the huge increase in power a hundred or so pounds more is not going to mean much.
And would expect a ceramic break option and maybe a stripped down option like the new z28.

Michael A

Not likely. Doesn't fit the branding of a track car.

Michael

Jp23rockstar

The new c7 zo6 will have an auto option. It's already been discussed and mentioned about the upcoming 8sp auto transmission capable of up to 738lb/tq. Given the 635lb/tq rating of the zo6, it will be used to increase sales. I guarantee you the auto will be quicker than the manual at the drag and the road course. Technology marches on. Manual is going the way of the dinosaur.

dcbingaman

I agree. And it will NOT be a DCT.

Get over it, 20th Century Gear Rowers !!

Caddylac10

People are mincing words over the term "automatic." We are talking about an automated manual, a.k.a. paddle shifters. Whether its a DCT or an 8 speed tc, the shifts are performed the exact same way; pull the right paddle to upshift, pull the left paddle to downshift. I'm not sure what the confusion is for. The C7 already has paddles.

There isn't a more vaunted track car than the GT3, which only has a DCT; Porsche got rid of the manual. Branding the ultimate track car means being the fastest. That's why the GT3 has paddles. That's why the C7R has paddles. The Z06 and Viper are the only supercars in the world I can think of without paddles, not the other way around. Its fantastic that GM still offers a stick for those that want it but it won't be the fastest. There's no reason not offer both transmission options so buyers can pick what they prefer.

Dave02C5

I guess the ZR1 with the measly M6 can't beat anyone on the track..

autos don't belong on track cars.. btw, you're comparing cars to the corvette that are twice it's price - and slower.. automatics will melt down faster than pam andersons innocence on a road course.

Jp23rockstar

No one is saying that the m6 in the zr1 is terrible. It's just that an 8sp zf auto transmission would make the car quicker. The 991s has the pdk and it performs really well on the track. Go to the porsche website and check out the differences between the pdk and manual. The pdk is superior than the manual. As for being the 991s slower than the c7 z51 chalk that up to more power, better suspension, better tires than the 991s. Just imagine how much quicker the c7 would be with an auto transmission at the drag and the road course. Get ready for the stingray and Zo6 to have the new 8sp auto. It doesn't make you any less of a man to drive an auto instead of a manual.

JeffInDFW

Disagree.

But, I WILL agree with you that I have no problem with GM offering both transmissions. Girly men helping keep the sales numbers of Z06's up is a good thing.

As for the auto being faster. I do agree, it will be faster. Drag racing, and road course. But, I can get my wife pregnant faster by using artificial insemination OR, I can get involved and do it the old fashioned way which is a hell of a lot more fun. I am all about the driving experience. Why hike to the top of the mountain when you can just take a helicopter to the top? Why eat a steak dinner when you can be fed intraveniously? Both are much faster, more efficient.

Dave Schotz

Corvettes have trans temp issues with the manual trans! I will be very surprised to see a track capable z06 with an auto. Yes the 8speed is coming but not to the z06.

Maybe as a convertible option for all you softies! :p

Dave

Dave02C5

ABSOLUTELY!! but, faster? IDK with a good driver, but most of these guys are sub-par drivers so I understand where their lazy fascination with the automatic gearbox is coming from.

BeaZt

It's makes me a an even faster man at the drag strip, which is where the majority if my high speed runs will be. If it comes with a manual no problem but if it comes with an auto option I will go for it. Built autos are very common at the strip. If you want to have the most fun buy a manual, if you want to be faster get an auto.

Jp23rockstar

All those scenarios you told me are not related to cars. Go call all f1 race car drivers girly because they drive an auto lol.

Jp23rockstar

Exactly!

Stingray23

Wrong car. Get a mustang or camaro.

GNC7

I say its a rear wing that adjusts automatically and from inside the car.

BeaZt

No I like vettes and it's my money. tell the ones that don't track theirs at all to get something other than a vette.