The Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Is The Z06's Track-Ready N/A Brother
Like the idea of the Corvette Z06? Don’t need quite as much as 650bhp? Chevrolet has just the car for you. It’s called the Grand Sport, and it’s festooned with track-friendly bits like beefy Brembo brakes, a retuned suspension system including magnetic ride control and new springs, and an electronic limited-slip differential.
Instead of a supercharged V8 like the Z06, the Grand Sport ‘makes do’ with the N/A, 6.2-litre LT1. It’s still good for 453bhp though, which will make the Grand Sport fast enough for most.
If you fancy making it more hardcore, you can option the GS with the Z07 performance pack. This includes carbon ceramic brakes, Michelin Sport Cup 2 tyres (replacing the Michelin Pilot Super Sports) and a carbonfibre aero package.
It certainly looks the part thanks to wider rear arches and a Z06-style front grille, and can be made more distinctive still if you order the Grand Sport Collector Edition with its Glen Gray Metallic paint and Tension Blue graphics. The only issue with that? While Chevy was at it, it also splashed a load of blue onto the seats…
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Now that looks HOT.
I could do without the blue seats. But what ever floats your boat
Waaah, it’s not a beige interior.
Those seats are very, very, very blue
I quite like the blue though
Laffy taffy blue
Is it me or it looks pretty much like a Z06
It is a Z06, except without supercharger and with 2 blue stripes… and cheaper
It does, and is supposed to. Like the C6 Grand Sport, you get the base engine LT1 but with Z06 body and other suspension bits bolted on. Plus that E-Diff. This will be a great track car because it wont suffer from the heat that the supercharger on the LT4 makes.
My thoughts exactly haha.
That Blue seats was the best idea they could have :D
I like it
Would you rather have a field of black interior? I think blue piping on the seats would have been enough but it’s a relief to not see a boring interior for a not-boring ‘Vette.
Looks sweet!