C7 Z06....convertible.
 

I'm not sure if I like it or not, it's kind of like a 2 headed dog or something. Convertible Z06 just does not compute..



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I like it! I really like it!!

If the auto trans can be built to reliably handle 800+ ft/lb then I could even see myself in an auto.

do they all really list the HP/TQ figures in the car or is that a clever advertisement?

I think it looks pretty cool with the top down... It should just have no top...or a hard top. I dunno, the soft top, to me, kills the look of the car.

Looks great with the top down!

But with the top up.......ehhhhhhhhhhhhh not so much.

Man, I think I like it a lot

I would take it if someone gave it to me and trade it for the targa. Not a fan or convertibles at all. GM will sell more ZO6s with this option so it makes sense financially.

-Alex

Yes, plus to add to that a 8 speed auto is now available too. Many of the older customer base will now buy too that an auto will be available. You know us old farts really like our autos. lol

Well you know I love girl transmissions as well lol. It's a fair car, if Porsche can make the 911 Turbo a vert, why not a ZO6? 458 is a vert as well.

-Alex

Agreed!

Correct me if I'm wrong. . (I'm sure you will) if you purchase va convertible for a track car... you need to install a roll bar or have a part of the car able to act as a roll bar. Or as some European cars have, deployable rods in the pillar behind the driver?

Fordplay, I am 99% sure, you are right. Rollbars need to be installed if they are not provided factory for track use on convertibles.

-Alex

If I had the money I'd have one in a heartbeat. I'd probably pick this coupe but this one is awesome.

No f*ck GM posts yet? I'm impressed.

-Alex

Every track event I've been in require convertibles to have a roll bar. Tech will even make some guys get in with there helmets on to ensure the bar goes high enough above their head to work. I like the top down on the Z06, but I like the coupe more.

Fuck GM!!

Would look better if hardtop vert. I understand for weight savings the soft top.

Think I found my next car lol

Ok.. I'm correct then.. so what the fack?? It's an auto too right?? Don't call it a z06 then.. "we built the ultimate track corvette, then built this one for fake ass bitches to spend money on." Didn't GM just come out a year or two ago and say they were going to stop abusing the "SS" name because it's gotten cheap being used on everything? But yet now the Z06 name is cool to water down... call it the 427 or something. Don't fack the z06 name please

The watered down auto in this car is supposed to perform better than Porsches PDK system. That's GM's claim, if it performs even comparable, then it will absolutely be a better track car than the manual version. Manual transmissions are not the choice anymore if you want consistently fast runs anymore, whether it is for drag or around a circuit. It's not the 60s anymore. Oh, and this car is not a 427, it's a 6.2. This car is supposed to be faster than the ZR1, so um yeah...

-Alex

Lol what's wrong with them calling it a z06? Big whoop they added a convertible model and auto transmission. I don't see you complaining about chevy having a camaro zl1 model with automatic and convertible when it was originally a manual coupe *rolls eyes*

Oh wait c6 z06 shouldn't have been called z06 cause it was a hatch and not a frc like the original

Models change, trim level options change. It's not a big deal lol

I love it. Funny...vert AND an auto ha! I'll second what Josh said though...coupe, but I'd probably get the auto (surpringly) lol

Kinda wound up over a stupid badge/label aren't ya? Who gives a shit. A cool car, is a cool car. :happy175:

"What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."
--Juliet

I think its fucken cool, they did the 427 vert last year, only diff is the name cause a 376 vert would sound lame as fuck, and the addition of the bad ass auto. If I could afford one Id buy that exact car, blue auto etc. Its like a 25 year advancement on my ole heap of a mustang, almost same color, auto, vert etc.

Love the color. Personally, wouldn't get the rag top. Hell, I don't really like the targa tops lol

After Saturday's sunburn I can see why. :signs8:

You didn't see shit. You should've seen it sunday and Monday, holy shit. Now it's in flake mode, look like a god damn snake

:happy175: :happy175::happy175:

Haters going to hate. I wonder if there will be any sacrifices in performance between the convertible and hardtop. If not, that is def. an impressive car. But I will still buy the coupe.

Yeah, who makes a convertible performance car? Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mclaren and porche all are only hardtop coupes.


...oh wait....

Keep laughing. Monday morning when I got out of the shower I could've sworn my towels were made of fabric and not sandpaper

Now that is damn funny!

"IF" the auto performs. . I have said after driving a paddle shifter lambo, I'd drive a mustang with that setup, but American cars ate not close to that type of set up yet. If American auto could even be as good as BMW smg I'd consider it..
next. The difference Between the convertible track cars you mentioned and this? Roll bars.. All are 100% track legal, this is just selling a compromise for money.. is a mustang 2 still a mustang or a compromise? I'm sorry I believe that for some things heritage is important. If ford slapped a drop top and automatic in a new boss I'd be just as ticked.. is this a nice car? Yep. Just don't name it after a track weapon.

But Ford did slap a drop top and auto on the Cobras over there years. I didn't hear people bitching about that

A drop top on the shelby, yes. An auto ? No. But the shelby isn't a ford specified track weapon, from shelbys own words the car is designed to beat corvettes at the light.. that's been the job of the shelby mustangs. The boss or the cobra R never had a drop top or auto...

Even if this car's auto sucks, it will still eat and shit out whatever Ford throws at it. Sorry, just the facts.

-Alex

This forum has a serious problem with comparing corvettes to mustangs.

Haha seriously (well this one and every other Mustang forum). Would love to have a Corvette but can't afford one. Mustangs are simple, cheap to modify and look good when done properly. Corvettes are a completely different genre but everyone wants their Mustang to outperform them. Its awesome that some people are able to achieve that but that again takes a shit ton of money.

Anyway, I'm not a convertible guy but this one is freakin' sexy as hell. Especially in that blue.

Well if the Camaro wasnt so pathetic..