The Corvette plant closes tomorrow for 13 plus weeks. The closure is for plant upgrades in preparation for manufacturing 2018 models. GM is spending nearly $500 million to finish construction of the paint shop and another $400 million for other changes/upgrades.
The 2018 corvette is getting some changes also. Aside from the upcoming ZR1 (still unofficial) and the Carbon 65, the Corvette Stingray gets an upgraded standard wheel package that sees standard 19-inchers up front and 20-inchers out back and an upgraded heads-up display. There are also five new wheel choices and several new exterior and interior colors. The Magnetic Ride Control adaptive suspension is now optional without having to get the Z51 performance package.
The Performance Data Recorder was also upgraded and will record info for individual wheel speeds, suspension movements, intake air and ambient air temperatures, and yaw rate.
The best change is an almost non-change. Both the Stingray and Z06’s base prices
You may have heard about the new 2018 Camaro ZL1 1LE being able to lap Germany’s Nurburgring Nordschleife in 7:16:04 a few weeks back, making it the 14th fastest production car on the 12.9 mile-long circuit. It was big news, as it beat the 2011 Corvette Z06’s time of 7:22.68, the 2015 Ferrari 488 GTB (unofficial time, as Ferrari does not release times at the benchmark track) of 7:21.63, the 2012 ZR1’s time of 7:19.63 and the 2010 Porsche 911 GT2 RS’s time of 7:18.00.
The C7 Chevrolet Corvettes have never set an official time at the track. Chevrolet did try in the Z06 back in 2014, but rain stopped the effort and they never tried again.
Well German publication Sport Auto has decided that the time is right to let the Z06 have its time in the spot light. Sport Auto isn’t full of amateur drivers, as they frequently take cars to the Nurburgring [...]
