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Originally Posted by VelocityC6
Lol, you can go ahead and continue to believe the Z06 is the worst handling. Clearly you haven't owned a couple C6 vettes to make a legit comparison as I have.
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So now having driven them isn't good enough, I must own one.
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Originally Posted by VelocityC6
Unfortunately with the GS you don't get the unique 427 ci LS7, you don't get the aluminum frame and the weight savings, you don't get to own a historic Corvette. It's the complete package that made the Z06 a supercar when it debuted.
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It's 20k cheaper on the sticker and presumably wont suffer from the same fussy handling that the Z06 does. I'm also trying to figure out why the Z06 is somehow super-historic and the GS isn't. GS is a better deal, no plainer way to state it.
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Originally Posted by VelocityC6
On the other hand the GS is a parts bin special in alot of ways, it's gets the LS3 shared among a host of GM products, it gets the widebody from the Z06/ZR1, it gets 98% of the suspension tuning the Z06 has (a little softer). No increase in HP, no weight savings in fact it's the heaviest vette). GM saw a chance to sell the widebody look without the performance, that is what a GS is.
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Would I like to have the performance of the Z06? Of course, Would I pay another 20k and suffer through the handling/nvh maladies the Z06 still suffers from for that? No. The ZR1 looks to be a result of understanding what went right and what went wrong with the Z06 package dynamically speaking. Obviously I haven't driven one yet, but it looks like the same lessons learned and applied to the ZR1 are being applied here.
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Originally Posted by Velocity
GS is being discounted already 5-7k off msrp.......perhaps that tells you something too. No 2006 Z06 was discounted like that a couple months into production, in fact most to all were market well over MSRP.
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Wow, way to try and spin this in your direction. Z06 never moved particularly well and could be had with huge rebates six months into production despite being touted as the bargain supercar of the new millenium. Further the used car market for the Z06 was surprisingly large surprisingly quickly. And all opf this occurred when the C6 was nearly hot of the presses, the basic design is much older now.
If I were ever to consider a Z06 Corvette it would be strictly for the 427ci mill and aluminum backbone, the suspension would be completely revised before the week was out.