It's on!!!! Headed to the dealer and feel this out asap.

2017 Corvette Grand Sport Added to the Lineup

Hmmm this would be a great DD/track weapon.

EXCLUSIVE: Mid-Engine C8 Chevrolet Corvette First Photos! – News – Car and Driver

Looks like we can take it with much more than a grain of salt.

That article is from January 2015 :icon17:

Yeah but there's a moving prototype bruh. Not just sketches are parts bin junk put together as a pseudo concept. It's out and testing. That's sick. And there's just a lot more chatter. Real type chatter. I feels it in my bones.

C8 in 2018: The Latest on the Mid-Engine Chevrolet Corvette

http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars...t-first-drive/



Chevrolet hits it out of the park with the 2017 Corvette Grand Sport | Ars Technica

OMG!!!!

0-60mph 3.6sec
Quarter mi 11.8sec

Price:$66,500

Great find I like the white w/blue stripe. May start saving up...Nissan better wow me with the z35 & waiting to see if the new supra will be in these price range or I may turn to the darkside muaahhhmuaahhaa

https://youtu.be/fKk3PGWfPDI

Here's a test drive ad

that color tho...

you can get different colors......

2017 Corvette Grand Sport: Don

Just curious - why it has lower HP than Z06?

What is better on Grand Sport than the Z06 ??

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zo6 has a supercharger that produces 650hp, GS has bell and whistles and about 15k less and less problematic than the issue overheating zo6

They stopped production on the Z06 until they can fix the overheating problems.

Basically, GS with the Z07 pkg is the Z06 without the supercharger.

Suspension wise the Z06 and GS are the same as well as some Z06 Specific features. What's different is the Grand Sport has a standard corvette engine which makes it 200lbs lighter and not as front heavy. The GS has a different tune on the GS giving it +5HP/+10lb tq. But feels a lot different from the stingray based on how it's geared as well. So it feels like a naturally aspirated Z06 instead of a Stingray.

It's a better balanced car for the track and it's --$13,000 cheaper than a Z06.

All this I wrote are in the posted articles. Consider this post for you a early birthday gift. :tiphat:

I cant get a clear answer to when these come out. Does anyone know??

Any day now. Probably in August.

Until I sell my Z I guess it doesn't matter I guess lol

ive seen all over facebook they are starting to arrive i want one!

http://blog.caranddriver.com/wp-cont...01-876x535.jpg

QU=UNKNOWN_370;3524929]Suspension wise the Z06 and GS are the same as well as some Z06 Specific features. What's different is the Grand Sport has a standard corvette engine which makes it 200lbs lighter and not as front heavy. The GS has a different tune on the GS giving it +5HP/+10lb tq. But feels a lot different from the stingray based on how it's geared as well. So it feels like a naturally aspirated Z06 instead of a Stingray.

It's a better balanced car for the track and it's --$13,000 cheaper than a Z06.

All this I wrote are in the posted articles. Consider this post for you a early birthday gift. :tiphat:[/QUOTE]


It's not a tune that gives it the extra power. The motor and tune are the exact same as the standard stingray. The difference is the GS comes standard with the NPP exhaust. HP on the GS vs a stingray with NPP option equals the same HP rating.

You are right about the gearing though, which does improve butt dyno feel as well as track numbers.

http://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.corv...a984879d56.jpg

... DROOL ...

White is sexy:yum:

It's not a tune that gives it the extra power. The motor and tune are the exact same as the standard stingray. The difference is the GS comes standard with the NPP exhaust. HP on the GS vs a stingray with NPP option equals the same HP rating.

You are right about the gearing though, which does improve butt dyno feel as well as track numbers.[/QUOTE]

Wouldn't changing gears on a transmission be considered a tune?

It's not a tune that gives it the extra power. The motor and tune are the exact same as the standard stingray. The difference is the GS comes standard with the NPP exhaust. HP on the GS vs a stingray with NPP option equals the same HP rating.

You are right about the gearing though, which does improve butt dyno feel as well as track numbers.[/QUOTE]

Wouldn't changing gears on a transmission be considered a tune? N I thought the npp exhaust only puts out +5hp/+5tq. So I figured the extra +5tq came from the transmission tune.

Love the car, hate those "racing" stripes on the fenders.

I think those are decals on the fender, but I like them gives it character and appeal knowing its a GS.

Hooniverse on track.

https://youtu.be/mKEqNx9JnWo

I just learned DRM won't allow the vette to engine brake in the corvette. In my 7at I can engine brake!! Can you engine brake with SRM in the manual?

Yeah. :driving:

Just learned that my ex-coworker is having electrical gremlin troubles in his '16 vette. Told me he had it back to the dealer 6 times for different issues that still ain't fixed. :icon14:

Not a Grand Sport, went over to a friends place to BS, walked in garage and seen this - 2016 Z06, so far has 700 miles on it. Spent the evening helping put carbon fiber accents on the car, was drooling the entire time. http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...826_214637.jpg

Works fine for me

YewCorvette GS beats 911 CS2. Chevy keeps making more hits!!!

https://youtu.be/GbtoXMOiqtQ

Though it's slightly y off topic to this thread. I didn't think it worth the effort to make a new thread... yet!! Chevy hinted at 6.2litre DOHC engine for the ZR-1. NO hint of the rumored turbos.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news...v-8/ar-BBxRDVe

My experience about the c7; it's just too much of a car for where I live right now. Backroad carving is NOT what it was built for, sure it does it well but the Z is way more at home, maybe it has to do with dimensions but I feel like the c7 is built for states with long flat wide roads, I can't imaging how out of place a c7 would be at the dragon.

Not true. My car club is mostly Camaros and Vettes. Back when I had my 370z NISMO the Vettes (C7's) had no problem keeping up with my Z on tight canyon roads. And on the other end of the spectrum I never felt like I had to hold back because the Vette in front of me couldn't go fast enough. I can only imagine the new GS being even better. I know my current C6 GS is every bit as nimble as my Z was and obviously faster in a straight. I've auto-x a regular C6 Vette and will agree that it did not feel as nimble as the Z did. You really had to fight to get it to turn in and then on exit you would feel over rotated. The C7 vettes I've driven on canyon roads were no less nimble than my Z and just as confident inspiring. Of course the way a car feels is very dependent on the person driving it, but I've never felt the C7 (regular or Z51) was lacking in any way compared to the Z. I'm sure the new GS is even better

I guess it depends on the road, a cannyon road with long wide sweepers I can see how it makes sense there, but say a really tight backroad like 90% of roads in TN, its just too much of a car, the Z feels just right with its power/weight ratio and size. The c7 needs a really wide less curvy road to open it up and enjoy it. Probably depends a lot on tires too, the Z had continental DWs at that point and C7 had supersports

Man you have noooooo idea how wrong you are about that. I took my C7 to ZDayZ last year and my 370Z to ZDayZ the year before that. The C7 absolutely obliterates the Z in every way. It was more balanced/neutral in the turns on the Dragon where the Z would have a bit more understeer. Had much better brakes on the C7, though my Z only had base brakes. The magnetic ride suspension was fantastic on all the turns, elevation changes, and some of the rougher road surfaces. Didn't have any cooling issues like I did with the Z. All of this doesn't even take into account the glorious sound of the V8 roaring up the mountains with the Targa top off. Really hard to beat that.

It did take a little bit of time to adjust to the size of the C7 compared to the Z, but I got used to it in like a week. Once you get past that initial phase, it doesn't actually feel so big when you're hitting the back roads spiritedly. FYI I have a Z51 with the magnetic ride option. Had the same PSS tires on both cars, but obvioiusly in different sizes.

I don't know exactly where or how you drove a C7, but having owned both cars I would say you're absolutely wrong about the C7. I enjoy it more on backroads than I did the Z and it has no issues with tight backroads. I was able to open it up plenty on the dragon. It built so much more confidence in my driving that I consciously had to hold myself back because I was afraid to go any faster.

Of course a Z51 vette is better than a base model Z Einstein lol

I have koni shocks swift springs eibach sways a custom alignment a straight pipes, a Nismo muffler and an oil cooler. My mods are around $2,200 and fairly simple. Every thing you said about the Z I fixed. Dimensionally it's a better car. Stock performance the vette is a much better car. I drove a GS and it was AMAZING. But it STILL wasn't that kind of amazing that can pull me out of a Z. It's really hard finding a car at a reasonable price that can give you everything you're looking for.

I don't think it's fair to say HES WRONG. He just has a different opinion. As an owner you have accustomed yourself. He's based on a first impression. I can see how his first impression left him feeling that way though my experience was way more positive.

Better isn't always better. I still felt more connected to my Z on my first time driving a Z than my first time driving a vette. I never had to get used to a Z from the first ride.

When you desire something really bad, you adjust. When you don't get an awesome first impression. You don't.

You gotta get over your mustang mentality bruh.