Big, Bold Beauty And Performance From The 2009 Chevy Corvette
The amazingly quick and magnificent 2009 Chevy Corvette — sometimes called the “C6″ in recognition of its six generations of life, so far — still sits atop the American 2-seater sports car landscape. Made of fiberglass — as it always has been — this highest of high-performing sports cars pays direct complement to a time when America was about automotive speed and power.
The sixth generation Corvette, true to form, continues to build on its promise, and Chevy has seen to it that its diehard – and quite often fanatic – supporters out in the market get exactly what they want in packages that have become increasingly sophisticated in all facets, including power and gas mileage, which is quite a feat, given how truly high performance various models can be.
The C6 — as this generation of car is sometimes known — hit the market back in 2005, rolling off its Bowling Green, Kentucky line fully ready to rumble no matter the various engine size or suspension rig-out. It’s also a technological adept and joyous to drive.
Chevy’s always tended to use what it learns from the development and ongoing maturation of the 2009 Chevy Corvette to develop other engines, sound-proofing characteristics and body changes to send them down the company lineup of cars, even down to its most pedestrian subcompact offerings.
The Corvette has never been one to hide away its engine performance in plain vanilla wrapped-V8 engines. There’s a 7 liter powerplant that puts the pedal to the metal with 435 horsepower and that’s not even the most powerful of the bunch. Still, the ‘Vette can dance with the big boy supercar exotics anytime it chooses, and at a price far less than those other models.
The ultra high-performance ‘ZR1′ model is the fastest and most powerful Corvette ever produced. A supercharged 6. 2 liter, 6-speed engine and transmission combination together produce over 635 screaming horses, giving the ZR1 a top speed of over 205 miles per hour, and still at a price considerably less than other cars boasting similar performance.
There’s no doubt that the 2009 Chevy Corvette is aces at just about anything it’s been made to do, which is go very fast, handle the road like it’s held to it by magnets and look extremely beautiful doing it. Even the so-called “entry level” models bring performance that’s off the charts and at a price that’s as attractive as is its fiberglass-clad body. At just over 105 grand, the ZR1 puts it all together, inspiring envy and want in every Corvette owner’s heart.
Andy Zain is the admin of Corvette Forums , a place where fans and owners can get the right information for tuning, customization and general discussions on anything about Chevy Corvette. Get the information you need when you visit Chevy Truck Forum
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