Posted on 06/17/2025 9:30:59 AM PDT by Enterprise
How many Gs of force does that exert on the human body?
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.
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.
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.
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.
My Maserati does 185.
I actually pulled up to a Maserati a few months ago and noticed the license plate:
DOES185
Funny.
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.
Is still rather have a red 58 with white interior
That is unreal. One should wear a neck collar when driving this ‘Vette.
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.
More proof that they all use the same Wind Tunnel.
Does it come in “Arrest Me Red” ???
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)
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.
I’ve never driven a fast car like that but how would you even control a vehicle at that acceleration?
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.
“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.
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.
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