Capt._Chaos
June 21st, 2008, 08:48
Courtesy of Yahoo! News
http://f3.yahoofs.com/ymg/autos_content_landing_pages__9/autos_content_landing_pages-406240728-1213895341.jpg?ymuaCk_CrckcKw.q 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Recently Chevrolet (http://autos.yahoo.com/chevrolet/) has announced the much-anticipated Corvette (http://autos.yahoo.com/chevrolet_corvette/) ZR1 will have a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $103,300, including the $850 destination charge. And in the current trend of higher gasoline prices, surprisingly the super Vette is able to check in with an estimated EPA fuel economy of 14 mpg city and 20 highway, not bad for a car that can rocket from 0-60 mph in just 3.4 seconds with a top speed of 205 mph.
About five years ago chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner had posed this question in a staff meeting: If GM could build the stellar-performing Corvette Z06 (http://autos.yahoo.com/chevrolet_corvette_z06_lz1/) for $59,995, what could the team do for $100,000? And so the Corvette Team, led by then-chief engineer Dave Hill and assistant chief engineer Tadge Juechter, began investigating a super Vette. Its internal name was Blue Devil, said to be in homage to Wagoner's alma mater, Duke. Thus the rumors started. Since then, Hill retired and Juechter is now chief engineer of the Corvette and Cadillac XLR (http://autos.yahoo.com/cadillac_xlr/).
Click Here (http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/590/2009-chevrolet-corvette-zr1;_ylc=X3oDMTE5aWEyOTV1BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwL XRvZGF5BHNsawMyMDA5LWNvcnZldHRl) to read the entire article & see photos.
http://f3.yahoofs.com/ymg/autos_content_landing_pages__9/autos_content_landing_pages-406240728-1213895341.jpg?ymuaCk_CrckcKw.q 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Recently Chevrolet (http://autos.yahoo.com/chevrolet/) has announced the much-anticipated Corvette (http://autos.yahoo.com/chevrolet_corvette/) ZR1 will have a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $103,300, including the $850 destination charge. And in the current trend of higher gasoline prices, surprisingly the super Vette is able to check in with an estimated EPA fuel economy of 14 mpg city and 20 highway, not bad for a car that can rocket from 0-60 mph in just 3.4 seconds with a top speed of 205 mph.
About five years ago chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner had posed this question in a staff meeting: If GM could build the stellar-performing Corvette Z06 (http://autos.yahoo.com/chevrolet_corvette_z06_lz1/) for $59,995, what could the team do for $100,000? And so the Corvette Team, led by then-chief engineer Dave Hill and assistant chief engineer Tadge Juechter, began investigating a super Vette. Its internal name was Blue Devil, said to be in homage to Wagoner's alma mater, Duke. Thus the rumors started. Since then, Hill retired and Juechter is now chief engineer of the Corvette and Cadillac XLR (http://autos.yahoo.com/cadillac_xlr/).
Click Here (http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/590/2009-chevrolet-corvette-zr1;_ylc=X3oDMTE5aWEyOTV1BF9TAzI3MTYxNDkEc2VjA2ZwL XRvZGF5BHNsawMyMDA5LWNvcnZldHRl) to read the entire article & see photos.