Friend of mine a big Corvette guy and has one of the few in Ottawa. I have a ‘16, 7M.
Visually, you get the sense of the width but I find it hides the track better than the difference between the C7 models.
Fit and finish was very good, continuing and improving on the C7 and the test drive of the car , with the roof off was amazingly vibration and squeak free.
Obviously, for those who have been lucky to experience it, the cold startup is hilarious and no video will ever do it justice. Your neighbour better like cars!
Got comfortable pretty quickly but the driving position felt different on the bum. In the C7 , you feel more like you are sliding in, and the C8 felt more like sitting on…if you know what I mean.
Just driving around , it just feels so tractable and the ride, in track mode , was damn reasonable.
Power delivery is so linear and intense, it almost has an electric car feel to it, just power everywhere and race car symphony everywhere! It is unlike anything you would expect from the U.S., and having driven a 458 a few times, it was pretty unbelievable to see the similarities, but also the differences. Personally, I think the C8 sounds better everywhere else except the last 500-600 revs compared to the 458. Stunner of a car.
Then I get in my car, the dreaded feeling we all get when you test drive something then hop back into your car, and you suddenly hate it lol. That’s when you know that your mind is made up. Except it didn’t happen.
Not sure why, as my friend offered to sell the car to me. I got in, drove the same roads, the same way, and felt that while the C8 was light years in many regards compared to the C7 , in certain ways it misses some marks. Bias? Possibly. Actually definitely as one would expect. But the manual transmission is a major aspect that makes the previous generation special. Power delivery possibly a little more violent, definitely scarier, and the shriek at redline is still iconic in a C7 Z06. I wasn’t blown away by the C8 power, and I think that reaction was always going to be expected by anyone who has the previous gen Z06. Maybe , and this could be a backhanded compliment, the car is so freaking well engineered that a few quirks, even by accident , lol, would give the Z06 more personality. It is too perfect, synthetic even.
C8 Z06, to me , is worthy of all accolades, and is a bargain even at crazy markups. I think the car appeals more to Porsche, Ferrari , European owners, just as much to the die hard Corvette fans. It crossed over like Ford was able to do with their last two GTs. The C7 did not move the needle for the ultra rich as much as this car will. And that may be the highest compliment on how great the car is. Well done Chevrolet.
As for me and my C7 Z06, I will continue to try and find something that may entice me away…but I may need another taste of my friend’s C8 Z06 to wipe away some more bias!
Visually, you get the sense of the width but I find it hides the track better than the difference between the C7 models.
Fit and finish was very good, continuing and improving on the C7 and the test drive of the car , with the roof off was amazingly vibration and squeak free.
Obviously, for those who have been lucky to experience it, the cold startup is hilarious and no video will ever do it justice. Your neighbour better like cars!
Got comfortable pretty quickly but the driving position felt different on the bum. In the C7 , you feel more like you are sliding in, and the C8 felt more like sitting on…if you know what I mean.
Just driving around , it just feels so tractable and the ride, in track mode , was damn reasonable.
Power delivery is so linear and intense, it almost has an electric car feel to it, just power everywhere and race car symphony everywhere! It is unlike anything you would expect from the U.S., and having driven a 458 a few times, it was pretty unbelievable to see the similarities, but also the differences. Personally, I think the C8 sounds better everywhere else except the last 500-600 revs compared to the 458. Stunner of a car.
Then I get in my car, the dreaded feeling we all get when you test drive something then hop back into your car, and you suddenly hate it lol. That’s when you know that your mind is made up. Except it didn’t happen.
Not sure why, as my friend offered to sell the car to me. I got in, drove the same roads, the same way, and felt that while the C8 was light years in many regards compared to the C7 , in certain ways it misses some marks. Bias? Possibly. Actually definitely as one would expect. But the manual transmission is a major aspect that makes the previous generation special. Power delivery possibly a little more violent, definitely scarier, and the shriek at redline is still iconic in a C7 Z06. I wasn’t blown away by the C8 power, and I think that reaction was always going to be expected by anyone who has the previous gen Z06. Maybe , and this could be a backhanded compliment, the car is so freaking well engineered that a few quirks, even by accident , lol, would give the Z06 more personality. It is too perfect, synthetic even.
C8 Z06, to me , is worthy of all accolades, and is a bargain even at crazy markups. I think the car appeals more to Porsche, Ferrari , European owners, just as much to the die hard Corvette fans. It crossed over like Ford was able to do with their last two GTs. The C7 did not move the needle for the ultra rich as much as this car will. And that may be the highest compliment on how great the car is. Well done Chevrolet.
As for me and my C7 Z06, I will continue to try and find something that may entice me away…but I may need another taste of my friend’s C8 Z06 to wipe away some more bias!
