2010 Corvette Grand Sport

[Ranger 75]

This is my next buy!


http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...leId=155766#31

[Andro]

Noice!

[SS/RS*ATX]

useful and collectible

[mlee]

Post #12598 Number 3 posted up some pics today...

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...37868&page=504

[zebra]

coupe with a manual gets a dry sump oil system!
awesome!

[Blownhotrodder]

Z06 with an LS3. Did I miss something?

[syr74]

Sounds like a better much better buy, and a better overall package, than the Z06. I like it.

[Tactical Z]

Originally Posted by Blownhotrodder

Z06 with an LS3. Did I miss something?

No...C6 with Z06 parts.

[VelocityC6]

Originally Posted by syr74

Sounds like a better much better buy, and a better overall package, than the Z06. I like it.

Pricing puts it near a Z06, much better buy how? No aluminum frame, no LS7, if you want the looks of a Z06 with a targa or auto the GS is a great option. I wouldn't go as far as saying the GS is a better package since for those who want higher performance the Z06 still offers more in that area.

[CamaroScotty]

You just need to buy it at a good dealership for the best price.

[mlee]

Originally Posted by CamaroScotty

You just need to buy it at a good dealership for the best price.

HMMMMM so how much under MSRP,,,

[syr74]

Originally Posted by VelocityC6

Pricing puts it near a Z06, much better buy how? No aluminum frame, no LS7, if you want the looks of a Z06 with a targa or auto the GS is a great option. I wouldn't go as far as saying the GS is a better package since for those who want higher performance the Z06 still offers more in that area.

There is a 20k difference between the Z06 and Grand Sport, that isn't pocket change. And, to be blunt, the Z06's suspension is a bit poorly sported still yet compared to other Vette's. If all out speed is the only concern and you have the 75k to burn the Z06 makes more sense, otherwise I think the GS makes more sense.

[VelocityC6]

Originally Posted by syr74

There is a 20k difference between the Z06 and Grand Sport, that isn't pocket change. And, to be blunt, the Z06's suspension is a bit poorly sported still yet compared to other Vette's. If all out speed is the only concern and you have the 75k to burn the Z06 makes more sense, otherwise I think the GS makes more sense.

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.

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.

[syr74]

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.

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.

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.

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.