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Originally Posted by VelocityC6
Wrong, there are new Z06's starting at 60K, the GS's I've seen start in the lower-mid 50's. They are alot closer in price. If someone wants a softer ride, the shocks can be switched out for cheap.
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First of all suspensions are delicate and finicky things, simply swapping shocks for a softer ride is likely going to take a somewhat unsorted stock Z06 and make it pure misery. Also, I'm talking about sticker price, not rebated, out the door price tags. If I can get 15 grand off of a Z06 but will have to pay close to sticker for the GS then all that really tells me is that my assumption is correct, the GS is a better package.
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Originally Posted by VelocityC6
But that defeats the purpose of the Z06, it's rawer and more race-car like. I came from a modded Z51 and the differance between the two cars is night and day. To say the Z06 suspension is poor is a joke, yep it rides a bit harsher but it's superior to the Z51 I had before. It's not for everyone, some just want an automatic, the looks of a Z06, and could care less if there was 505hp or 250hp. For me and many others who bought a Z06, no way I would go back to anything short of a ZR1.
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That GM made the Z06 is fast as it is is admirable, but the old saying holds true....it isn't just how fast you go but rather how you go fast. In the transformation to Z06 the Vette's handling didn't get better, just faster, and there is a difference. The Z06 is the most poorly sorted of all existing Corvettes, that isn't a smear just fact.