2006 Corvette Z06

[Mystical112]

Chevrolet introduced the 2006 Corvette Z06 at the North American International Auto Show. It is the fastest, most powerful car ever offered by Chevrolet and General Motors. It is comprised of an unprecedented level of capability and technology, making it one of the greatest performance values on the market. And with an unmistakably muscular appearance, the ?06 Z06 has a visual attitude that always looks ready to demonstrate Corvette?s winning attitude to any challenger around the globe.

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It affordable also... $89,900 CDN...

[meamog]

That is indeed a nice looking car. I'd say it's nice running too, but I haven't had the pleasure of driving a Z06 Vette.

[Stokkolm]

So the 2005 Z06 was a C5 and this one is the C6?

[Doli]

i cant wait the 20+ years until i get my mid-life crisis to buy a corvette :)

always like them since i was a kid

[kombolcha]

am i alone on this...

i hate the corvette.. the new design looks like they ripped off a ferrarri for the front end.. its not the fastest thing on the street.. with that price tag, i'd rather buy a mustang cobra.

what is it about the corvette that makes people go bannanas? i don't get it.

[BigDaddy5]

So the 2005 Z06 was a C5 and this one is the C6?

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No, they were both C6, the 2006 though has a newer engine, and more horses, even with the new standard for measuring them.

@vice king: Off the line, there is nothing that can really compare with the Vette, without significant modifcations, at that price tag. 40-50grand for the base model, which alone can run around anything near that price tag. The new Z06, with it's higher price tag competes with muscle cars twice as expensive, and can even hang with the Viper, yet offer a smoother ride overall then the viper. The Viper was built from the ground up as a power car, the Vette was designed as a luxary sports car, which was evolved into a muscle car (just look at the 70's vette's numbers, through today's, they don't improve much until the mid-90's).

If I could afford a Z06, I would definitely buy one. As it is, I can't afford my '85 yet, gotta wait for graduation (it's paid off, but insurance for a student...)

[mufdvr3669]

am i alone on this...

i hate the corvette.. the new design looks like they ripped off a ferrarri for the front end.. its not the fastest thing on the street.. with that price tag, i'd rather buy a mustang cobra.

what is it about the corvette that makes people go bannanas? i don't get it.

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You're not alone but one of the few. True it's not the fastest thing but find me a car for cheaper that is faster. It's runs with Ferrari's and Porsche's that cost twice as much, a mustang cobra is hardly the fastest thing on the street. Other than the new lights I don't see as much in common with ferrari's as with previous corvette's, I would hardly call it ripping off ferrari for a front end, would that be such a bad thing anyway since ferrari's look nice. I've never been much of a corvette fan but if they keep producing car's like this I might become one in a few years.

[DreAming in DigITal]

am i alone on this...

i hate the corvette.. the new design looks like they ripped off a ferrarri for the front end.. its not the fastest thing on the street.. with that price tag, i'd rather buy a mustang cobra.

what is it about the corvette that makes people go bannanas? i don't get it.

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I'm not a big fan of either Corvettes or Mustangs...but this Corvette would suck a Mustang up and spit it out. I think it's a pretty sharp looking design, and considering it will run with Vipers, Ferrari, and other exotics the price tag isn't too bad. And it's only $65,000 USD....half the price of other cars at the same performance level. It's a 7.0 liter V8 and I think it ended up being a little lighter than last years model?

[10lbbass]

No, they were both C6, the 2006 though has a newer engine, and more horses, even with the new standard for measuring them.

@vice king:  Off the line, there is nothing that can really compare with the Vette, without significant modifcations, at that price tag.  40-50grand for the base model, which alone can run around anything near that price tag.  The new Z06, with it's higher price tag competes with muscle cars twice as expensive, and can even hang with the Viper, yet offer a smoother ride overall then the viper.  The Viper was built from the ground up as a power car, the Vette was designed as a luxary sports car, which was evolved into a muscle car (just look at the 70's vette's numbers, through today's, they don't improve much until the mid-90's). 

If I could afford a Z06, I would definitely buy one.  As it is, I can't afford my '85 yet, gotta wait for graduation (it's paid off, but insurance for a student...)

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:no: I have to disagree with that statement, look at any L88 corvete, they have much more HP than the newer ones and were designed to be a pure muscle car, granted they don't have the handling the newer ones have, but they certainly had the HP. If I could afford a '68 L88, I would buy it in a second, but they are going for around $250,000 and up depending on condition, but it would be hard to find one, as they only made a total of 216 from '67 thru '69. but I'd rather have that than a newer one. :D . plus it was made the year I was born, so maybe I'm a little partial to that year, and that was when they changed the body style to the newer sexier one. I've been obsessed with the L88 series even since I started to drive.

OT: Does anyone know what year they didn't make a corvette? I remember when I worked for a parts store, when things got slow, we would call other parts stores and ask for parts for that year, and would get "I don't have a listing for that year vette", and we would say "Are you telling me that I don't have a **** sitting in my driveway that needs an alternator, or whatever part. lol.

[brotherrabbit]

corvettes == ugly.

sorry. american design, american crap :|

tvr blows those out of the water anyway.

[~clean]

corvettes == ugly.

sorry. american design, american crap :|

tvr blows those out of the water anyway.

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Yeah would love a Sagaris and thats about the same money as this.

[BigDaddy5]

:no: I have to disagree with that statement, look at any L88 corvete, they have much more HP than the newer ones and were designed to be a pure muscle car, granted they don't have the handling the newer ones have, but they certainly had the HP. If I could afford a '68 L88, I would buy it in a second, but they are going for around $250,000 and up depending on condition, but it would be hard to find one, as they only made a total of 216 from '67 thru '69. but I'd rather have that than a newer one. :D . plus it was made the year I was born, so maybe I'm a little partial to that year, and that was when they changed the body style to the newer sexier one. I've been obsessed with the L88 series even since I started to drive.

OT: Does anyone know what year they didn't make a corvette? I remember when I worked for a parts store, when things got slow, we would call other parts stores and ask for parts for that year, and would get "I don't have a listing for that year vette", and we would say "Are you telling me that I don't have a **** sitting in my driveway that needs an alternator, or whatever part. lol.

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Yeah, I knew someone would call me out with the C2's. But look at the C1's first. They were more of a luxary car then a true sports car. The C2 stopped that for a while, but then with the C3 and the gas crisis, they went back to the luxary line. It wasn't until recent that they came back out with raw power. Now, they've never been a weak car by any means, just saying.

And for your quesiton, I believe your referring to the '83 corvette, which was indeed produced, just never sold due to the high number of problems. It was corrected, but not until late, and turned into the 84 model.

[rbet]

My dream car. Thanks for the heads up. :)

[VGVL]

what is it about the corvette that makes people go bannanas? i don't get it.

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Neither do I. The only reason I would want a Corvette is so I could drive recklessly without feeling guilty for beating the crap out of the car.

The headlights were blatantly ripped off Ferrari. While they look good on a Ferrari on a Chevy they look retarded.

[10lbbass]

Yeah, I knew someone would call me out with the C2's.  But look at the C1's first.  They were more of a luxary car then a true sports car.  The C2 stopped that for a while, but then with the C3 and the gas crisis, they went back to the luxary line.  It wasn't until recent that they came back out with raw power.  Now, they've never been a weak car by any means, just saying.

And for your quesiton, I believe your referring to the '83 corvette, which was indeed produced, just never sold due to the high number of problems.  It was corrected, but not until late, and turned into the 84 model.

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I would have to agree. You know your vette's, most people can't answer that question. :) And there is nobody that owns an '83 vette, except maybe someone you designed and/or built it. I wish I was that lucky :) . That would be worth a fortune.

[DreAming in DigITal]

Yeah would love a Sagaris and thats about the same money as this.

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The Sagaris is a beautiful car compared to the "American Crap" or whatever someone called it...but you can't buy them here in America (to my knowledge). Besides that there is about a $25,000 price difference and both do 0-60 in 3.7 seconds. I'm not saying I love the design or the car in general (not a corvette fan) but it packs more punch for the money...

[kevcart3]

National Corvette Museum, pretty close to where I live :cool:

[Bawx]

Vette: Hey, what's up?

Me: Ferrari? Is that you?

Vette: No, it's me, Corvette.

Me: Whoa.. you look.. different.

[AmericanConservative]

Beautiful - Ferrari competitor at a fraction of the cost.

I'd take this over some snobby Euro sports car.

And to the guy that rather have a Shelby Mustang...well, I'll take this and be the one laughing at you in my rear view miror.

Not to say I don't love the Shelby's, but its a different class.

[DreAming in DigITal]

/\ Does Calloway still make corvette packages?

[Darkluminaz34]

Gotta love the Pushrod OHV motor.. 2 valves per cylinder, displaces 7 liters but physically smaller than a 4.6 liter DOHC motor, gets better gas mileage than most v6's, has a big fat torque band that can be used anytime, about a thousand times more reliable than italian makes in the same class and it makes 505 hp. There is a version of the Corvette coming out at some point (so they say) called the blue devil and that is supposed to run over top of the Z06 performance wise.. I can't even imagine how fast the Ligenfelter version of this car would be!

[kak]

The car pushes around 440HP at the crank. Driver depending, it can pull 11.5s on the 1/4. Thats crazy for a stock car.

[xxkrnxstylezxx]

C6 Z06 = the monster

There's nothing to compare with it in its price range. Amazing, amazing car. I've seen it dyno 430rwhp/410 ft-lbs torque without even being broken in.

With a header and redline oil, 490rwhp/470 ft-lbs torque.

Not only does it have amazing power, it can actually handle. If i had the money, I'd buy this instantly.

[xxkrnxstylezxx]

The car pushes around 440HP at the crank. Driver depending, it can pull 11.5s on the 1/4. Thats crazy for a stock car.

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I think it's 505 HP crank

[BigDaddy5]

I would have to agree. You know your vette's, most people can't answer that question.  :) And there is nobody that owns an '83 vette, except maybe someone you designed and/or built it. I wish I was that lucky  :) . That would be worth a fortune.

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While I am a Vette enthusiast, the only reason I knew that was because it's my birthyear.

The year I was born was so important, that Chevy had to stop production of the car I was destined to own.