Left hand drive, 2008 red Chevrolet GMC, 2008 C6 Z06 litre 6 speed manual Chevy 7000cc petrol Coupe, en-route to Capesthorne Hall classic May car show, Cheshire, UK
Although the Corvette C6 was unveiled in 2004 and went on sale in the US in 2005, 'official' British imports of coupes and convertibles didn't begin until later in 2005. All cars were and continue to be left-hand drive which has acted as a deterrent to some potential buyers but it was hard to argue with the Vette's value proposition. These early cars were powered by a litre V8 engine with 400 bhp and 542 Nm of torque. An optional electronically controlled six-speed Paddle Shift automatic transmission was launched in 2006, when C6 prices started at a very modest £46,595. Also sold alongside the car was the Corvette Z06. Powered by a litre V8 engine with 505 bhp and 637 Nm of torque, the Z06 was, at the time, the most powerful passenger car ever produced by General Motors. It still undercut a Porsche 911 at just £59,895. In April 2007 a special edition Ron Fellows edition of the Z06 was launched with just six cars offered to UK buyers. Priced at £69,185, the Ron Fellows car featured the newly uprated 512bhp LS7 engine. Also arriving in Spring 2007 was the Victory Edition Corvette To celebrate the success of Corvette in the Le Mans 24-Hour event, a limited run of just 250 Victory Edition Corvette Coupes was produced, priced at £51,285 and featuring the 404bhp version of the LS2 V8. Paddle shift auto models were also offered at £53,685. The most significant change to the C6 'Vette came in 2008. The engine was uprated to LS3 specification, with litres in capacity for the standard car, boosting power to 434bhp. The interior was also treated to a slightly better quality finish. The astonishing supercharged ZR1 was also introduced. Priced at £109,000, the 640bhp ZR1 had the performance credentials to make many rivals supercars look rather silly. In the hands of test driver Jim Mero it also claimed the production car record at the Nürburgring with a lap time of just 7 minutes seconds. What You Get Ask any bunch of committed petrolheads to identi
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