The guys at GM have a different opinion. They may specialize in mass market meat, but they get dead serious when it comes to the
Corvette. For 2005 they boldly pushed "America's sports car" (a term to which
Ford and
Dodge probably don't endear) forward into its sixth generation, mostly by refining the design of the fifth generation that put Corvettes on the map.
Refinement, by the way, was a key reason it got there at all: the last Corvette was the first to have a solid structure, an absence of rattles and squeaks, a decent interior, a ride that treated its occupants with respect, etc. The new "C6" Corvette further evolved with its retuned suspension, lighter clutch, shorter and slicker shifter, and an engine that shot up to a nice, round 400 horsepower.
All good stuff, but none is the focus of this report. In case you missed the double-spoke wheels, what you see here is the Z06, the Corvette to end all Corvettes and maybe teach a lesson to all those snob cars whose first names end in "I".
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