Thinner glass, a lighter battery and a titanium exhaust - Chevy was making a track car of the Corvette 20 years ago
Though the UK doesn’t get very much access to them, we now expect Stateside sports cars to be pretty good. The new Mustang looks like being one of the most exciting driver’s cars of 2024, the Camaro was brilliant right until the end, and the switch to an engine behind the driver has made the Corvette a true cut-price supercar.It could be argued that the tide began to turn with the C5 era of Corvette Z06.
Anyone who’s committed enough to import a car from overseas must be some kind of enthusiast - or why go to all the effort? - but this Z06 really does look like something special. It’s covered less than 50,000 miles in 20 years and is said to boast every last bit of documentation from new, even including the original window spec sheet from the dealer. If a 50th Anniversary Corvette pen and notepad won’t seal the deal, nothing will.
In 2024, the first Z06 of the 21st century looks like a fantastic sports car for those tired of the usual suspects. Yes, of course, it’s left-hand drive, but nobody seems too bothered about that when it’s a desirable old European sports car. Those that want to work around it will be able to. A C5 Corvette probably isn’t that big by modern standards. You might even go so far as to say it’s looking quite smart all these years later, though that might be the chicken wings talking.
Anyway, we’re getting distracted. The important points are a legendary American sports car that did justice to the name, not very much weight, a honking great V8 and a manual gearbox. For a useful amount less than £30k. Perhaps not quite as fun as
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