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Originally Posted by defender
All this stuff about what you can do to a "lesser" Corvette for a fraction of the cost to equal or better the performance of the ZR1. That really isn't what it's all about!! It is a halo product for GM. It is about bragging rights and STOCK performance which competes head-to-head with the best that the Germans and the Eye-ties can muster - their own STOCK vehicles. It really is a battle between the manufacturers. NOT us! You can take a 40-year old piece of junk, put a cage in it, stuff a motor in it, and make it a 10-second car.
I saw the clip on this forum yesterday about somebody with a gajillion RWHP as he was driving it... on the highway! It was stupid. He couldn't hook it up to save his life.
The ZR1 is about package engineering. HP upgrade - but the upgraded tranny, axles, diff, suspension, brakes needed to support it in all conditions - not just a few straight line runs. If you do all of that to a C6Z, then you will have spent a LOT of money, voided your warranty, and have a "modded" `vette - and a LOT of people buying used DON'T want anyone else's mods - they want to mod it themselves. So, stock is usually a plus at trade-in time. Dealers won't give you squat for all the expensive mods.
So that, IMHO, is what the ZR1 is all about! Would I buy one? In a heartbeat! Can I afford to do it? No way. I'm hustling just to afford my C6Z - which I love dearly. I plan to keep it a loooong time! Until maybe someday I can afford a used, unmodded, non-tracked, ZR1!!!
To those who can pay the freight, have fun and I can't wait to see you on the road so that I can drool!!!!
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Well said. Same can be said about the C6Z06. You can mod a lesser vette but it will never be the complete factory package with 100k mile warranty of the factory car.
I am not crazy about the hood but overall I like the car and I can envision making it a future daily driver if the price doesn't get too outrageous. I am on a waiting list and hope to follow thru with a purchase in a couple of years.
