Chevy Readying to Set New Performance Benchmark for Corvette

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https://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2022/11/chevy-readying-to-set-new-performance-benchmark-for-corvette/

[smk4565]

It's exciting if you like Corvettes and want more power in your Corvette.   Mark Ruess likes to talk about "you won't be able to imagine it" type performance, but the Pinanfarina Battista has 1800 hp and does 0-60 in 1.79 seconds, 0-120 mph in 4.4 seconds, the Bugatti Chiron does 275 mph, etc.  There are lots of stupid expensive performance cars out there that people buy then park in a garage and don't even use it.

[oldshurst442]

On 11/30/2022 at 6:45 PM, smk4565 said:

but the Pinanfarina Battista has 1800 hp and does 0-60 in 1.79 seconds, 0-120 mph in 4.4 seconds

Closer to 1900 HP, but who's counting?

The ONLY number that is important here to compare it to a possible Corvette variant is the actual dollar amount that it will take to put yourself into a Pininfarina Batista versus a Corvette.  One will need 2.2 million of those dollars to own the Battista.

On 11/30/2022 at 6:45 PM, smk4565 said:

the Bugatti Chiron does 275 mph,

The Bugati is even MORE costlier to obtain at a starting price of 3.3 million. 

Id say though, WHEN Corvette engineers bring out a factory engineered Corvette to rival those cars at 5% their price tag, then Mark Reuss has a pretty valid point, doncha think?

You are actually comparing the Corvette to those so you cant just sit here in front of your computer screen and tell me or anyone else that Mark Reuss aint wrong...

On 11/30/2022 at 6:45 PM, smk4565 said:

There are lots of stupid expensive performance cars out there that people buy then park in a garage and don't even use it.

Sure...and I find it soooooo phoquing funny you chose NOT to mention the one and only supercar that makes you giggle.

And this particular supercar costs 2 275 000 EUROS to buy.  Right smack dab in the middle of the price tags of the Battista and Chiron you mentioned.  Only one caveat though, the AMG CAN'T be sold in North America.  Didnt pass emission tests...  Engineering fail...

You are right though, garage queen all three will be.

Not so much with the Corvette. ANY Corvette. 

 

A hybrid is on its way and a full-on electric version will be out.  Both will be faster than the Z06.  A track focused Z06 will also come out.  This version ofn the Z06 is track ready, but not super track focused like how a 911 GT3 RS is.  This Z06 is exactly how the GT3 is.  Both are track ready but are GT cars to be DAILY DRIVEN.  The GT3 RS is hardcore track.  You know, the version that AMG wanted to defeat on the Nurburgring.  Porsche sells THAT version at 131 000 Euros.  Porschefiles race it and daily it.   Mercedes and AMG will sell NON-Americans because the AMG-One didnt pass emissions tests in North America, engineering fail, AMG will sell non-Americans this ONE at at STAGGERING 2.275 MILLION Euros.  Porsche gets you into that kind of performance for a mere 7% of the AMG-One's price tag.  And one WILL daily it. UNLIKE the AMG-One.  

PS: did I mention that the Porsche 911 GT3 RS is sold in Norh America?  Well it is!!!   It passes North American emissions tests. Unlike the AMG-One.

PSS:  The Corvette Z06, all 5.5 liters of flat plane crank, naturally aspirated V8 power, passes American AND European emissions tests. And to think that a faster MORE capable version of THAT car, like THE 911 GT3 RS WILL be offered soon.  This Z06 is like the more tame GT3 911.  And we saw how much more capable the Vette is to the regular 911 GT3...

So yeah, I wouldnt question the Corvette engineering team. They got it going on.

If I were you, Id start questioning the engineering decisions made over at Mercedes. Because lately, not so good. 

[smk4565]

11 hours ago, oldshurst442 said:

Closer to 1900 HP, but who's counting?

The ONLY number that is important here to compare it to a possible Corvette variant is the actual dollar amount that it will take to put yourself into a Pininfarina Batista versus a Corvette.  One will need 2.2 million of those dollars to own the Battista.

The Bugati is even MORE costlier to obtain at a starting price of 3.3 million. 

Id say though, WHEN Corvette engineers bring out a factory engineered Corvette to rival those cars at 5% their price tag, then Mark Reuss has a pretty valid point, doncha think?

You are actually comparing the Corvette to those so you cant just sit here in front of your computer screen and tell me or anyone else that Mark Reuss aint wrong...

Sure...and I find it soooooo phoquing funny you chose NOT to mention the one and only supercar that makes you giggle.

And this particular supercar costs 2 275 000 EUROS to buy.  Right smack dab in the middle of the price tags of the Battista and Chiron you mentioned.  Only one caveat though, the AMG CAN'T be sold in North America.  Didnt pass emission tests...  Engineering fail...

You are right though, garage queen all three will be.

Not so much with the Corvette. ANY Corvette. 

 

A hybrid is on its way and a full-on electric version will be out.  Both will be faster than the Z06.  A track focused Z06 will also come out.  This version ofn the Z06 is track ready, but not super track focused like how a 911 GT3 RS is.  This Z06 is exactly how the GT3 is.  Both are track ready but are GT cars to be DAILY DRIVEN.  The GT3 RS is hardcore track.  You know, the version that AMG wanted to defeat on the Nurburgring.  Porsche sells THAT version at 131 000 Euros.  Porschefiles race it and daily it.   Mercedes and AMG will sell NON-Americans because the AMG-One didnt pass emissions tests in North America, engineering fail, AMG will sell non-Americans this ONE at at STAGGERING 2.275 MILLION Euros.  Porsche gets you into that kind of performance for a mere 7% of the AMG-One's price tag.  And one WILL daily it. UNLIKE the AMG-One.  

PS: did I mention that the Porsche 911 GT3 RS is sold in Norh America?  Well it is!!!   It passes North American emissions tests. Unlike the AMG-One.

PSS:  The Corvette Z06, all 5.5 liters of flat plane crank, naturally aspirated V8 power, passes American AND European emissions tests. And to think that a faster MORE capable version of THAT car, like THE 911 GT3 RS WILL be offered soon.  This Z06 is like the more tame GT3 911.  And we saw how much more capable the Vette is to the regular 911 GT3...

So yeah, I wouldnt question the Corvette engineering team. They got it going on.

If I were you, Id start questioning the engineering decisions made over at Mercedes. Because lately, not so good. 

No matter what GM does with the Corvette, there will be faster cars out there.  Never will it be the quickest accelerating, highest top speed or fastest around a track.  So When Ruess says it will have unbelievable performance or however he phrased it, I will believe it, because whatever the ZR1 does will have already been done.  Unless the ZR1  has 3,000 horsepower does 0-60 in 1.5 seconds and has a top speed of 310 mph and does the Nurburgring under 6 minutes on road tires.  All this crazy stuff has been done.

The AMG One has the lap record at the Nurburgring, Hockenheinring and Red Bull Ring.  Engineering win to put an F1 engine into a road car.

So I go back to my original statement that there is no benchmark going to be set by the Corvette or the 911.  The ZR1 will just be the most Corvette you can get, the 911 GT2 RS (which is faster than the GT3 RS) will be the most 911 you can get.  So if you love Corvettes or love 911s and want peak Corvette or peak 911 then there you go, buy the $250,000 version that unlocks a little extra performance that you won't ever use unless you are a race car driver that goes to the track.  But the Corvette and 911 will never beat the AMG One on a track or the Bugatti, Rimec, Pininfarina, in a straight line.