CORVETTE INTEREST
Corvette FY once again solicited cars from manufacturers for an intense week of evaluating and testing for their annual 10 Best List. Their criteria is fairly straightforward and can be broken down with three words: expectations, assumptions and surprises. And the three rules for judging? A base price no higher than $71,000. These Corvettes must be on-sale no later than January of 2007 and the manufacturer must submit a model for Car and Driver's staff to evaluate.
The Chevrolet Corvette made the Car and Driver 2007 Top 10 Best Cars list. The review includes the usual chest pumping that are the hallmarks of any Corvette review: Chevy's pushrod driven V8 engine extracts copious power while composite body panels keep the car light. But the money quote is the summary:
This combination of heritage and sophistication gives the Corvettes a uniquely American blend of performance, swagger, and everyday livability — characteristics that are all amplified in the 505-hp Z06 version. And in one final bow to tradition, the Corvette delivers this virtue at a price vastly lower than any of its competitors.
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