Does anyone remember early 2009? Obama just opened Circular city are closed, Bernie Madoff pleaded guilty and I was in sixth grade looking for my first girlfriend. However, while all that was going on, General motive is ready to unleash his masterpiece: C6 Chevy Corvette ZR1. To me, it is The absolute pinnacle of Corvettesand now we have the chance to relive those early days through Latest Motorcycle week Classic review.
Like all MW EvaluateThis one starts with our hero John Davis standing outside a bronze car (remember when every car was bronze?) ZR1 Use your outside voice at all times. He gives the specs and highlights: 638 turbocharged horsepower, Adjustable suspension system And Brembo brakes. Folks, this is “as close to a street-legal Corvette race car as you can get.” Fortunately, Motorcycle week bring ZR1 take to a racetrack to push it to the limit. That’s right folks, they’re in the Roebling Racetrack in Bloomingdale, Georgia.
We even get something of a proto-Classic review IN Classic review. President Davis talks about all the other Corvettes they call the best of all time, since Corvette ZR1 1990. He then declared ZR1 2009 “Ultimate production Corvette.”
From there we go in The iconic hood window of the C6 ZR1, which everyone thought was hard to listen to at the time, but I really loved it. What an engine lies underneath it: a 6.2-liter turbocharged engine LS9 V8 produces 638 horsepower and 604 pound-feet of torque, all sent through a six-speed manual transmission. Put those together and you get a 0-60 time of 3.5 seconds. These numbers are strong today, that is 15 years ago they are almost out of this world. At that time, ZR1 apparently setting the record for the fastest lap around Roebling Road ever checked by Motorcycle week. It beats all high-end sports cars, and even Ferrari Enzo, for the crown. Despite all that power and performance, Davis said ZR1 by far the easiest high-performance car to drive. Impressive stuff.
Overall I’ve always loved the C6But ZR1 – for obvious reasons – has always been a huge favorite of mine. I’m just glad to see that THE John Davis Agree.
