Hi bunnies, I'm really happy to see you all
on Mike's Carslife, I'm on board a Ford Shelby GT 500
with Jeremy who is driving and we go to Lausanne
to test and drive the new Corvette C7.
I do not know yet if we will try the Grand Sport model
I asked or not, the garage told me it will depend the
availability of the car. The difference between the normal
C7 (Stingray) and the Grand Sport is the frame
of the Z06 which is on the Grand Sport, the engine
remain identical with atmospheric 466 hp and then
the exterior finishes also of the Z06 on the Grand Sport
model and the standard semi-slick tires on the
Grand Sport, we will see. Both have 466ch, for the
gearbox, I do not know if it will be a manual or
automatic but it should be really nice.
We are also on board a Shelby GT 500 very powerful
and I will present it right after. Direction to Lausanne.
Here we are, we just arrived at the garage
Opel /Chevrolet, because now Chevrolet is with Opel,
there is no Chevrolet (Corvette) dealer.
So we saw a Corvette C7 Grand Sport here
and a C7 normal model "Stingray" behind.
We're going to do a walk around of the vehicles before
the drive test.
And here behind me, we find a corvette C7 Z06,
659hp, it consumes a little more but it starts to
be crazy, we are at a higher level there.
That's where we are, aboard the Corvette C7 Grand
Sport so it's cool, semi-slick tires, 466 hp the frame of
the Z06. Inside, compared to the Corvette C6, we can
see that they really took only few elements and they
made a new car when the new C7 came out,
we are really good in, it is well Europeanized. On the
other hand we have the automatic transmission,
I am not fan of automatic gearboxes, after we find a lot
today on all cars. We will see what it will be,
even if manual it would have been a little more sport,
we control a little better the car I think, but it will be very
nice so we go, we will try this and then
we will see the two impressions.
For the 466 hp, we feel them pass very well, it push.
That's what I call stupid cars because it's really,
starting I think 450 hp after all depends how power
come, but it's pushing hard, compared to mine that
makes 320 hp. Great, the direction is very accurate
and it brakes very strong we will go for a ride to confirm
that.
This dance !
So, I have test and drive the Jaguar F-Type R not long
time ago, it is 10 times more accurate, it really is the
black point of the Jaguar F-type R that I had already
tried with Jeremy. The braking is very strong, as strong
on one as on the other, the Jaguar was equipped
with ceramic brake so it brakes very hard too.
It pushes very well the power come well on the ground,
it pushes a little less than the Jaguar but we have
466 hp against 550 for the Jaguar is what makes
perhaps the difference. It is just as nice frankly,
after I think the Corvette is much more efficient at the
of the acceleration, we arrive better to handle
it but the Jaguar remains a bit above for me.
So I'm sorry, I have a problem with the camera, the twist
system broke, it moves a lot, I'm sorry but I can not help
it, I will change it after. So there Jeremy just tried
the car too, we are agree on one thing is that the
automatic transmission is not very good, in sports
version or track, when we brake it does not automatically
retrograde, neither put previous gear, if you touch to the
paddle you really have to stay with the paddle
it is a little bit a pity, and then it lacks a little bit of...
not torque because there is, but a little bit of watt, of
power again. I am talking always compared to the
Jaguar, it's a great car. I make the difficult man,
and I am talking compared to the Jaguar F-type R that
I tried not long ago and which play in the same yard.
Now we will try to find the road to go back because we
are a little bit lost…
Another thing that is very annoying is that we are much
too fast right away, we are often 20 to 30 km hour above
the limitations while we think to be at the right speed,
we can assume that it's well soundproofed but the
license has good value to be well soundproofed too.
All right, the drive test is finished of the Corvette C7
Grand Sport, in conclusion the line is very nice,
I like, a bit massive rear but it is an American car should
not forget it. The direction system is very good, direction
really perfect, the passage to the ground of power is
also very efficient, the automatic gearbox is the
big disappointment of this test, it is not very fast,
gear shifts are quite random according to the chosen
modes, retrograde alone or later it is a little bit annoying
so really black point. I would have liked to try it in
manual gearbox because it must be something else,
I think That the manual gearbox is really top, for
precision the automatic gearbox has 8-speed.
The frame is very good, the efficiency of the car is really
top. On the power level it lacks a bit, the torque is perfect
but level power up in the towers it would still deserve a
little more, still in comparison to the Jaguar which
develops 550 hp there we have a higher level for me.
For interior level finishes the C7, you could see it, it's also
very good, very well Europeanized we will not be at
Jaguar level either but we are very good.
To finish a very good car, very pleasant 466 hp we will
not complain, it works very well, a nice car and whoever
buys it will be really very happy at his steering wheel.
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