2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Review
November 26, 2008
Corvette 2006 Z06
The Chevrolet Corvette is a sports car first manufactured by Chevrolet in 1953. It is built today exclusively at a General Motors (GM) assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S.A. Forget the 1960s. Now is the golden age of horsepower. With 500 horsepower, GM says the 2006 Chevrolet corvette is the fastest, most powerful car ever offered by the automaker. The car can zip from 0 to 60 miles per hour in less than four seconds and fly through the quarter mile in less than 12 seconds with a top speed of more than 190 mph on a racetrack. The 2006 Chevrolet corvette starts at affordable $65,000.
The 7.0 liter LS7 engine of 2006 Chevrolet corvette will produce at least 500 horsepower @ 6200 rpm & 475 pound feet of torque @ 4800 rpm. Passing its 7000 rpm redline through base Corvette six speed gearing, it can actually hits 60 mph within or actually less then 4 seconds. Magnesium and carbon fiber parts are used in the vehicle to help contain the total curb weight to decrease as much as 3150 pounds. This puts this new 2006 Z06 Chevrolet corvette’s weight 2 power ratio below both the GT’s 6.3 pounds/horsepower and the Viper’s 6.8. Aero tuning reduces total lift and balances the both front & rear lift coefficients while increasing the base Vette’s 0.28 drag coefficient to amazing 0.34
