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First Drive: 2008 Chevrolet Corvette

Posted May 28, 2007 4:47 PM

From Motor Trend:

These guys aren't letting up. The Corvette team is relentlessly chipping away at every reasonable argument a rational buyer can articulate for choosing some big-name, bucks-up, blue-blooded bahn-stormer over the crossed-flag cruise missile that Zora launched. This C6-1/2-generation Vette boasts more refinements and detail enhancements than one expects from a mid-cycle refresh of a supercar, but are they enough to steer the Porsche/BMW/Benz/Jag buyers into a Chevy store? To find out, we spirited a manual coupe and an automatic convertible away from the General's Milford Proving Ground for a romp across rural southeast Michigan.

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05/29/2007 5:06 AM

Yes dear that's nice...

But where can you do 190mph?

Maybe a smaller lighter engine to keep the acceleration...lose some top speed and gain better fuel conumption?

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05/30/2007 9:11 AM

'But where can you do 190mph?'

Come on up to Snetterton for a track day, you'll get close on the revet straight.

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