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GM unveils quickest Corvette ever with ZR1X ‘hypercar’ going 0-60 mph in less than two seconds
https://www.cnbc.com ^ | Jun 17 2025 | Michael Wayland

Posted on 06/17/2025 9:30:59 AM PDT by Enterprise

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To: albie
Exactly what a divorced 55 year old should have
Or a 16yo w/ a new driving license. Gee, thanks, Dad!
41 posted on 06/17/2025 10:13:39 AM PDT by citizen (A transgender male competing against women may be male, but he's no man.)
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To: Enterprise

How many Gs of force does that exert on the human body?


42 posted on 06/17/2025 10:16:11 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: Enterprise

So a quarter-million-dollar hypercard can now finally compete with a grandmother on her way to the grocery store in her Tesla. Woo hoo.


43 posted on 06/17/2025 10:16:51 AM PDT by Teacher317
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To: Enterprise
I drive a very nice,well equipped diesel sedan. It's comfortable beyond words at 65mph on the Interstate. On a tank of fuel I've traveled 810 miles (at 65mph).

It has a six cylinder engine which generates 457 ft pounds of torque.When you push it it's really quick.

However,I simply can't imagine wanting a car like this 'Vette.

But if I was worth a billion I *would* want a Porsche Panamera V8.

44 posted on 06/17/2025 10:25:47 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Enterprise

The problem with having a car that can go from 0 to 60 in 2 seconds is it is liable to go from 60 to 0 in 1 second.


45 posted on 06/17/2025 10:25:59 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Mastador1

Reminds me of the time I was at an interstate rest stop, and all these old dudes in shorts, polo shirts (straining), and mostly white New Balance walkers came into the restroom and lined up.

The mystery was solved when I walked out and saw the dozen+ Corvettes lined up in the parking area, with more coming in.

That was the day I swore I’d never own a Corvette or New Balance shoes.


46 posted on 06/17/2025 10:39:41 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: Enterprise

My Maserati does 185.


47 posted on 06/17/2025 10:43:11 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
My Maserati does 185.

I actually pulled up to a Maserati a few months ago and noticed the license plate:

DOES185

48 posted on 06/17/2025 10:51:14 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: ShadowAce

Funny.


49 posted on 06/17/2025 10:53:47 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: The Duke

I had a boss that had a souped up Pontiac Grand Am back in the 1980’s. We used to fantasize about how fast we could drive to Disney World.

Fast forward a couple of months and we are having a company trip to WDW for a corporate training thing. Mostly just an excuse to have a company paid vacation. My wife and I drove with my boss. He decided to see just how fast he could get to Disney.

We went from north Fort Lauderdale to WDW - about 200 miles - in an hour and 40 minutes. I thought I was gonna die.


50 posted on 06/17/2025 11:02:44 AM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: Enterprise

Is still rather have a red 58 with white interior


51 posted on 06/17/2025 11:08:08 AM PDT by albie
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To: Enterprise

That is unreal. One should wear a neck collar when driving this ‘Vette.


52 posted on 06/17/2025 11:13:44 AM PDT by bort
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To: Enterprise

I don’t know what it is, but it’s not a Corvette. They managed to make it into another Euro looking car. You can’t tell if it’s a Lamborghini, a Ferrari, a McLaren, a Bugatti, or whatever.

The mid-engine people finally ruined it. It’s just another nothing car now.


53 posted on 06/17/2025 11:17:19 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI….)
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To: Red Badger; Chode; Salamander; Carriage Hill; SkyDancer; Lockbox; MtnClimber; Equine1952; ...

More proof that they all use the same Wind Tunnel.

Does it come in “Arrest Me Red” ???


54 posted on 06/17/2025 11:20:59 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! I’m a fraud, hypocrite & liar. I'm a member of Congress!! )
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To: Enterprise

Got the oil in my truck changed today at the Chevy dealership..

Told a sales lady I was going to get “liquored up”, then come back to test drive their new ‘vette.
(she knew I was joking)


55 posted on 06/17/2025 11:21:13 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Red Badger

Photos....

Work of art.

Happened to be watching the movie Play It As It Lays (1972) starring the lovely Tuesday Weld, from the Joan Didion novel. Weld drive a Corvette in many scenes.
Didion treated herself to a 1969 Corvette Stingray and often seen in it. Symbol of an exciting American car at that time.
Years later she admitted she much later bought a Volvo station wagon.
Although writing about the counterculture she ended up often writing for National Review.

https://www.facebook.com/corvettefurman/posts/joan-didions-1969-corvette-stingraydidion-was-prolificshe-was-a-novelist-an-essa/977201607767072/


56 posted on 06/17/2025 11:22:00 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Enterprise

I’ve never driven a fast car like that but how would you even control a vehicle at that acceleration?


57 posted on 06/17/2025 11:23:42 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Enterprise

Very useful car. Most streets are so full of potholes thanks to Government mismanagement that you’ll wreck your alignment in weeks. and, with interstates at 55-65mph in most places, you don’t exactly need a production racecar to travel.


58 posted on 06/17/2025 11:23:54 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Mastador1

“Riiiight, where ya gonna use it”

Reminds me when I use to live on Oahu. My client loaned me a really fancy, and fast, Porche. The guys in the office asked “how fast have you gotten that thing?”

They were not impressed when I said “35 miles per hour”

Anyone who knows Oahu knows that’s about all you can do on that island.


59 posted on 06/17/2025 11:25:28 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: DesertRhino
The mid-engine people finally ruined it. It’s just another nothing car now.

It is hard to articulate in words just how out-of-touch you are.

Customers have voted. The C8 Corvette is the biggest selling sports car in the US, by a large, large margin.

I've driven one, for about a week. It simply is an amazing driving car, yet still practical.

60 posted on 06/17/2025 11:27:00 AM PDT by Yossarian
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