2008/2009 Corvette "SS"

[70gotboost]

I guess maybe it's me, but the name "Corvette SS" just does not sound right... Why not Corvette Stingray or something like that??

Am I just on my soap box today or are ya'll with me here??

http://www.automotive.com/future-cars/90/0609-2009-chevrolet-corvette-z07/index.html

[BC69]

I like it! And 650hp with more carbon fiber to lighten it up! :thumbsup:

As far as the name...seems they had the same thoughts...

This Corvette has been known within GM as the Blue Devil, after the mascot of GM CEO Rick Wagoner's alma mater, Duke, and also as the Sting Ray, Z07, and Z06.R, but product boss Bob Lutz recently confirmed the SS name you see here.


Tim

[Mecom Racer]

Should have been called the Grand Sport.

[XcYZ]

That's going to be an animal. One hell of a car.

I think ZL1 would have been a good name.

[MarkM66]

Is that old? I thought it's been confired that it will be called a ZR-1

http://www.motortrend.com/future/spied_vehicles/112_0709_chevrolet_corvette_zr1_spied

http://jalopnik.com/cars/detroit-auto-show/2009-corvette-zr+1-301413.php

http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=0&fID=0&tID=140958

[Rybar]

Damn 650hp! :wow: I don't care what they call it, but whoever said the musclcar and horspower wars were over in the 60's??? :lol: Vipers with 600hp, Mustangs with 500hp, even new Mercedes have 500-600hp! :hail:

[JayR]

I guess maybe it's me, but the name "Corvette SS" just does not sound right... Why not Corvette Stingray or something like that??

Am I just on my soap box today or are ya'll with me here??

http://www.automotive.com/future-cars/90/0609-2009-chevrolet-corvette-z07/index.html

Who cares what they call it?? It's going to rock! And the SS name obviously means a lot in Chevrolet history despite recent FWD SS models and the original car to get the SS designation was a Corvette racecar so there is rhyme to the reason if they even decide to use that name which nobody has even confirmed.

[ArisESQ]

Is that old? I thought it's been confired that it will be called a ZR-1

http://www.motortrend.com/future/spied_vehicles/112_0709_chevrolet_corvette_zr1_spied

http://jalopnik.com/cars/detroit-auto-show/2009-corvette-zr+1-301413.php

http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=0&fID=0&tID=140958


yea, thats what i thought too.

[CraigMorrison]

yea, thats what i thought too.

X2 - Should we start a pool?

[61Bubbletop]

X2 - Should we start a pool?

Can I get in on this?:unibrow:

[GvEman]

Awesome!! I love these new vettes.. a bad thing thoug... cant aford them, but hey not every body is supose to have one of those.

[COYBILT]

Its funny, I am having to work at it to beat some of these new corvettes and vipers. Just ten years ago if you built up a muscle car right you could stomp most of these cars at the time. It just shows the muscle car wars are back on but, not in the same sense they were in the 1960s

[J-440]

New musclecars eh? Your average musclecar pre-71 cost around $3700 and put out close to 400 horses (RWHP be damned). Any new musclecar today coming close to 400HP is gonna run you what...$40,000 after TTL, interest, etc. I'm pretty sure the average schmo back in 69 could afford a nice, fast musclecar back in the day. Those old hi-po Dodges, Stangs, and Cammy's weren't just for the well-to-do-folk (disregard the ZL-1's, BM's, HEMI Darts, and your AC Cobras).
What I'm saying is nowadays the average joe can't afford a factory musclecar so they build it themselves. Judging by the cars on this board, most of you could whip a $175,000 exotic for about 3/4 of the price you put into your rides. I like the idea of building something that's over 35 years old with your 2 bare hands and then proceed to kick the crap out of 98% of what comes off the assembly line...worldwide. Love the new Vette, but gimme an old 68 Stingray any day. Wait a minute...Barret-Jackson has'nt priced those out of my range too have they? Ya'll be cool.

[coolwelder62]

Who has the order form we can down load. That way I can order them in bulk. Do you want a car like this. yes But do you need a car like this,my wife says NO.