2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport First Drive, Photos and Info
Some items are unique to the GS. The springs and anti-roll bars are tuned specifically for this model. GS version of the Z07 package does not include the transparent center section or covers of high ends of the Z06, like the GS just you do not need a lot of downforce. The grille design is unique, as inserts fender. To dress, you can choose between 10 exterior colors and flavors of various stripes, producing a large number of possible combinations. Layout "cup" alloy wheel C6 Grand Sport makes a turn, too.
You want to be unfair? Call it a special waste parts or Z06 Lite. Ahead. Then drive it. This is nothing more than some incremental improvement to make a quick car and imperceptibly faster. It is a great experience - the sweet nature of atmospheric V8 with its response to delight accelerator, and the particular focus of a track-day car. Everything in something that could drive daily.
2017 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport First Drive, Photos and Info
Without the Z07 package, the Grand Sport will corner at 1.05 g – a subtle improvement over a Z51 Stingray. With it, it'll match the Z06 at 1.2 g. You don't want just a subtle improvement. Spend the nearly $8,000 to option the Z07 package. The Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires alone are worth it, and the Brembo carbon-ceramic-matrix brakes are icing. Chevy says a GS will hit 60 mph in 3.6 seconds with this package, and come to a stop from that speed in under 100 feet.
All Chevy cars brought to the track were driving Z07-equipped, and all show the standard seven-speed manual (eight-speed car, which is also excellent, is an option). I got to dance with the bear after welded not my fingers blue grab handles Gavin GS. With the heat index so high, we were asked to heaven after two fast laps to preserve some aspect unspecified car. It was a good cadence: severe pounding several minutes in the GS, and a short time to reflect on his place in the pantheon of Corvette.
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So yes, it's better than a Z51, which is very good as it is. The GS starts at $ 66.445, which is no small chunk of change. It is a fixed increment $ 5,000 for a Stingray Z51 without additional options. The Z07 package adds an additional (take a breath here) $ 7,995, which is perhaps because neither sticky Michelin tires and brakes carbon-ceramic are cheap.
I bring up pricing, as you may want to know what the Grand Sport is like on the street. We spent a few hours in the charming, winding roads of Georgia, near AMP, and the takeaway was that the road is not the place to highlight the subtle charms of the SG Z07. Like a regular Z51 - a car in which I have accumulated hundreds of miles commuting and exercising both in public - it is fun, comfortable, and surprisingly practical. It is that from the driver's seat, the SG Z07 is very similar to a Z51 on the road, especially if the Z51 has the option MRC add that the significant additional enforcement measures. You will not be uncomfortable or dissatisfied in their GS Z07 on a long road trip, but will be more satisfied with the extra money that you have spent if the tour ends in a very technical circuit.
