Showing posts with label Corvette. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Corvette. Show all posts
Monday, February 21, 2011
MotorTrend Pits the Corvette Z06, Shelby GT500 and Nissan GT-R Against Each Other
What weights ten tonnes and costs more than US$240,000? If you said, “a gold plated bulldozer”, you’d be close but no cigar. The answer is three sub-100k supercars: the Chevy Corvette Z06, Ford Shelby GT500 and Nissan GT-R. These three industry titans, with nameplates stretching as far back as the 1960s, were the recent subjects of an epic comparison test by MotorTrend. Here are three
Monday, January 17, 2011
VIDEO: Kawasaki ZX10 takes on Mazda RX-7 with Corvette V8 in Drift Challenge
Now here's something you don't see every day. Sent in by Carscoop reader Łukasz Ż, this enjoyable time-waster of the day pits a motorcycle against a rear-wheel drive sports car in an out of the ordinary drift challenge. In one corner we have Nick "Apex" Brocha of Icon Motorsports piloting a 2005 Kawasaki ZX10 with 175HP and an extended swingarm. In the other corner is professional racecar driver Jim Guthrie in a 1993 Mazda RX-7 powered by a 375HP Corvette V8 engine. The result? Follow the jump to find out.
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VIDEO: Kawasaki ZX10 takes on Mazda RX-7 with Corvette V8 in Drift Challenge
Now here's something you don't see every day. Sent in by Carscoop reader Łukasz Ż, this enjoyable time-waster of the day pits a motorcycle against a rear-wheel drive sports car in an out of the ordinary drift challenge. In one corner we have Nick "Apex" Brocha of Icon Motorsports piloting a 2005 Kawasaki ZX10 with 175HP and an extended swingarm. In the other corner is professional racecar driver Jim Guthrie in a 1993 Mazda RX-7 powered by a 375HP Corvette V8 engine. The result? Follow the jump to find out.
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Corvette C6.BlackforceOne, by German tuners Loma Performance
This is one Bada$$ vette....
Germans from Loma Performance have unveiled a tunned Corvette C6, with a particulary dark look and mean specs. Dubbed the “BlackForceOnce”, this mean machine is one of the best tunes we’ve seen this year, both when it comes to the design and the monster under the hood. With hopes that the name will spark no racism debate, we continue the article on the BlackForceOnce Corvette by Loma Performance…
The inspiration is not not a bad choice. I mean, Nike did it and no one pointed at them “You’re lame!”, did they? (I mean the Air Force 1 Nike sportsshoes, killers btw google them if you wish..). We don’t know if this one will carry any President (thought I’d like to see some of their faces at 200 mph), like the Air Force 1, but we know for sure anyone driving it will feel Royal. The base model Corvette C6 (hot trivia: Introduced in 2005, it is the first Corvette to contain exposed headlamps since the C1 generation, which was produced until 1962) was pumped and redisigned to becom a true Force One on wheels… a Black Force One!
Force One cause the engine was twin-turbocharged to gush out some 783 horsepower (794 PS), from the basic C6, out of which real engine-reaching power is 666 hp (675 PS). Coincidence or not, this makes the car even more interesting… You reach 62 mph / 100 kmh in 3.4 seconds, making it one hell of a fast car. Top speed 205 mph (330 km/h). But could the standard-body of the Corvette stand this fury? We don’t want to find out nor do we need too as Loma Performance offers in the BlackForceOne: carbon-ceramic discs on stock brakes, suspension, wheels, tires, exhaust and the entire drivetrain redone with newer better materials. Sport tires from Michelin Sport Cup that are 275/30R19 in front and 335/25R20 out back have been mounted on the BlackForceOne. They’re mounted on 10 x 19 and 12 x 20-inch shining black OZ Racing Ultraleggera HLT alloy wheels. More can be read in the Press Release, down after the Photo Gallery of the BlackForceOne.
The exterior is what you’d expect from some crazy Euros messing around with a Corvette. The car was widened from 179cm to more than two meters at the rear, to make it more Bat-mobile looking. You can choose from three matte paint finishes, all looking devilish though I must admit I prefer the black one. Take a look at the photo gallery and decide for yourself.
Price for all-included full-house extra-topping is a bit under 200K Euros. No comments here…
Well, till the C7 appears, this is probably the hottest Corvette on Earth. Only 25 C6.BlackForceOnes will be designed, so if you think you should have one contact the guys over at Loma Performance right away. The BlackForceOne debuts officialy at the Essen Motor Show.
Source (with more photos);
http://www.mibz.com/2732-corvette-c6-blackforceone-by-german-tuners-loma-performance.html
Germans from Loma Performance have unveiled a tunned Corvette C6, with a particulary dark look and mean specs. Dubbed the “BlackForceOnce”, this mean machine is one of the best tunes we’ve seen this year, both when it comes to the design and the monster under the hood. With hopes that the name will spark no racism debate, we continue the article on the BlackForceOnce Corvette by Loma Performance…The inspiration is not not a bad choice. I mean, Nike did it and no one pointed at them “You’re lame!”, did they? (I mean the Air Force 1 Nike sportsshoes, killers btw google them if you wish..). We don’t know if this one will carry any President (thought I’d like to see some of their faces at 200 mph), like the Air Force 1, but we know for sure anyone driving it will feel Royal. The base model Corvette C6 (hot trivia: Introduced in 2005, it is the first Corvette to contain exposed headlamps since the C1 generation, which was produced until 1962) was pumped and redisigned to becom a true Force One on wheels… a Black Force One!
Force One cause the engine was twin-turbocharged to gush out some 783 horsepower (794 PS), from the basic C6, out of which real engine-reaching power is 666 hp (675 PS). Coincidence or not, this makes the car even more interesting… You reach 62 mph / 100 kmh in 3.4 seconds, making it one hell of a fast car. Top speed 205 mph (330 km/h). But could the standard-body of the Corvette stand this fury? We don’t want to find out nor do we need too as Loma Performance offers in the BlackForceOne: carbon-ceramic discs on stock brakes, suspension, wheels, tires, exhaust and the entire drivetrain redone with newer better materials. Sport tires from Michelin Sport Cup that are 275/30R19 in front and 335/25R20 out back have been mounted on the BlackForceOne. They’re mounted on 10 x 19 and 12 x 20-inch shining black OZ Racing Ultraleggera HLT alloy wheels. More can be read in the Press Release, down after the Photo Gallery of the BlackForceOne.
The exterior is what you’d expect from some crazy Euros messing around with a Corvette. The car was widened from 179cm to more than two meters at the rear, to make it more Bat-mobile looking. You can choose from three matte paint finishes, all looking devilish though I must admit I prefer the black one. Take a look at the photo gallery and decide for yourself.
Price for all-included full-house extra-topping is a bit under 200K Euros. No comments here…
Well, till the C7 appears, this is probably the hottest Corvette on Earth. Only 25 C6.BlackForceOnes will be designed, so if you think you should have one contact the guys over at Loma Performance right away. The BlackForceOne debuts officialy at the Essen Motor Show.
Source (with more photos);
http://www.mibz.com/2732-corvette-c6-blackforceone-by-german-tuners-loma-performance.html
Monday, November 2, 2009
50th Anniversary Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept Official Details
General Motors has given us a futuristic vision of technology and design with the 50th Anniversary Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept. Celebrating 50 years since the debut of the original Corvette Stingray Racer Concept in 1959, the latest addition to GM’s long line of stylistic show cars was first displayed at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show before it starred as “Sideswipe” in the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.The overall idea of the 50th Anniversary Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept was to incorporate past design cues in a fully futuristic shape. Speaking specifically about the car, Ed Welburn, vice president of GM Global Design, said: "By giving my creative team the freedom to design no-holds-barred vision concepts, it helps them push boundaries and look at projects from different perspectives."
The 50th Anniversary Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept is at this point solely a design exercise, not foreshadowing a production vehicle, though talk of the upcoming C7 Corvette has been circulating for some time.
Some of the concept’s features we could envisage making into a production Corvette one day include its clamshell hood, scissor-style doors, ergonomic seats, rear-view camera with night vision enhancement, and a high performance hybrid powertrain.
This latter element comes with interactive touch controls inside the cabin to allow the driver to customize the power and efficiency of the car and then share it with friends via an in-car camera system and advanced telemetrics.
For a full run-down of the potential hybrid and other powertrain options for the next-gen Corvette, check out John Voelcker's article over at Green Car Reports.
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