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  • This is the car I want. 1st it was the 02 ZO6. Then it was the 07 ZO6. Then I wanted to save money and go with the ls3 08. Now I want the 10 GS. It has the ZO6 look but I love how you can take the targa top off with still a hell of alot of power. I saw some on auto trader going for around 38k-43k. Still alot of money but alot of bang for your buck. Beautiful car. Now all I need to do is save 15k to put down. LOTTO PLEASE!!! Vette all the way.

  • Also, the annoying goofy-a** music that is playing from about 2:40 till the end of the video matches the commentator perfectly.

  • Wheels are not from the Z06. Talk slower, and maybe you would have caught that......

  • By the time I finished watching the video the audio was completely out of sync. lol

  • The camera can't keep up with his mouth! xD

  • Also, calm down guys. It doesn't matter what country you're from. What really matters is what color skin you have.

  • Motortrend purposely picks the worst presenters.

  • Why had GM killed the Gran Sport, this is suppose to be better than the Zr1! This was the top Corvette back in c4!

  • lol, he reminds me of steve from the office...

  • SLOW THE FUCK DOWN. I CANT KEEP UP

  • Blueball0120, here in canada for example a base costs $60,000 a grand sport $65,000 and a Z06 is $90,000 which is a huge jump in price, as in the USA I can get a grand sport for $53,000 just how I like it, thats cheaper than our base models

  • I priced the grand sport out at $77,000, then I saw a $12,000 discount, $65,000 i want one

  • @Brendon00000 Thats because its the best model of the grand sport. For $10,000 more you can get the Z06. The Base model is $56,000-$65,000.

  • the grand sport, Z06, and mustang are the only good american cars, every other destic car sucks

  • Dude take a breath and calm down

  • where is the test

  • AMG = Race Start, Corvette = Launch control

  • nice car....but this dude is coked up!! lmao

  • americans shudnt be too proud abt their cars coz there not so gud, i mean then the koreans and the chinese can also be proud of their cars

  • @vanmaarwijk stupid comment, and chinese cars suck major balls

  • @camaroman101 Your an idiot! AMG is not even Chinese car! It Mercedes! Its German you idiot! Do more research!

  • @Blueball0120 again, stupid comment. where the fuck am i talking about AMG?

  • @camaroman101 Down below. Why did you say Chinese cars suck when the person you commented on said nothing about that.

  • @Blueball0120 he said the chinese should be proud of their cars or something like that. a country that is known for making knock-offs of REAL cars should not be proud of anything they put out.

  • why is this dude talking so fast, does he want to finish his video before the vette owner catches him touching the car?

  • that should be a famous quote- more horsepower is always better!

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  • Bottom line is this.... +++++=GM!

  • The LS3 is one of the best N/A motors out there, with nothing more then a cam and headers you get near 500hp...and no change in reliabilty. Hopefully GM continues improving it and the corvette.

  • @SuperformanceMK3 they are! the next ls engine will be 5.5 L and make 440hp 420lbs ft of torque.

  • @Phenix88rene super charged or not?

  • @TheDodgeChallenger free breather man

    

  • @Phenix88rene cool thanks

  • @SuperformanceMK3 yeah they have an ls3 in gmpp called the hot cam or something and it has like 500 hp.

  • @SuperformanceMK3 cam and headers and you will be well over 500hp. The LS3 is slight underrated. It really makes about 445-450hp at the crank. Ive seen stock LS3 make 392 at the rear wheels. If you correct that for SAE brake horsepower its around 450.

  • Grand piece of junk.

  • i love vettes and stangs but unlike GM,ford has to take the stang to modification intelligence to make the stang fast,an entry level vette has a 3.9 time in 0-60,thats really fast for a stock car and for a car that cost only around 60k

  • @heartboy86 but it does also weigh a lot less so that helps too:)

  • Spinning tire is funner than a second in the Q-mile. Takes talent too.

  • does anyone else think this guy is super annoying. GREAT JOB MT yet another gay ass host

  • This guy sounds and looks like Steve Carell from the office

  • @s10eagles Now that you mention it, I agree! HAHA

  • They should change the front face of the Vette. It's old, boring and the headlights is ugly. Just take a look at the ferrari italia.

  • Three questions.. is the rear fender the same width as the z06? I know its fiberglass instead of carbon but it it the exact same " part"? Also, i heard that the stability kicks in even in comp mode, is there a way to turn it OFF completely..,meaning disable it? lastly, is the dual mode exhaust AT IDLE AND below 3k QUIETER than the n/a mode exhaust. thanks!

  • The Grand sport is about 20k less than a Z06, a set of Headers, an Ex pipe, cold air intake, and a Dyno tune will get you close to a Z06 performance at a huge savings, and you can have a convertible!

  • I really like how good corvette has gotten and is getting, keep it up.

  • Frank Markus = Soupy Sales

  • soupy

  • still better then the Gt 500

  • whats the point of this car?!

    its less powerfull then a regular Z06, its waaaaaay less powerfull then a ZR1...its made of spare parts because GM practically went tits up

    its not a car its a parts bin

  • i agree!

  • yea it may be less powerfull but its a convertible, thats nice in the sommer!

  • @MilitantOldLady  yeah but if you want a great performing car that looks great thats not as harsh as the z06 on the road and that's not too expensive this makes alot of sense especialy with the targa top

  • I agree with rocknrollman1234. The car is killer, but the host had WAY too much caffeine before they shot this vid...coke maybe?? ;)

  • is it a requirement to have grey hair before owning a new corvette? cause it sure seems that way...

  • @1flynlow I think every 18 to 34 yo American male right now would gladly own one of these babys! Its just a matter of affordability! Those who have the $ for this type of car generally tend to be a bit older... so what?

  • well i know that! im a 21 year old who would do awfull things for a corvette.. but im afraid that by the time i can afford one, i'll be just some old loser trying to pick up girls a third of my age in a new vette.

  • These gs models look really badass, but I thought the presenter was a bit over excited about them.

  • Thanks for the feedback on the launch control!

  • heritage package stripes reminds me of audi S series. i wish i had a job at GM that gave briefs of the kind of cars needed in the lineup. A PLM maybe? I have a few ideas! Everyone here loves corvettes... BUT, HOW BADASS WOULD A CORVETTE BE IF IT WAS SMALLER IN SIZE, AND IF THE MOTOR WAS SMALLER, SAME HP, BUT CAN REV TO 11K RPM???? DUUUUUUDE! I THINK THE ZR-1 SHOULD BE THE BASE MODEL'S PERFORMANCE NUMBERS... THEN BUILD FROM THERE.

  • then it would sound like a ferrari or something in that category, we like v-8 rumble, not weed eater wine!!

  • HOT!!

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  • i absolutely love this car!!! not just the grand sport, but the Z06 and ZR1 as well!!! stunning and terriffic cars

  • grand sport (436hp) is a great car for $55K but you have to consider the super awesome 5 passenger $58k CTS-V(556hp) as well. So now the grand sport seems overpriced.

  • but dude itsa vette!

  • Good man...Good man.

  • Thank you ;) gotta love them Corvette's gimme morning wood every time i hear one start up

  • Lol you gotta good name too. I own a Corvette and Camaro. Good man...Good man.

  • yea someday i plan on owning a Corvette LS2 ;)

  • HEY EVERYONE!

    mark all of Georgenfla's comments as spam. maybe he'll get deleted!!!!!!

  • only people who don't know much compare cars based soley on their brand and where they are made from...

    because they dunno anything else enough to make further comparison!!

  • 1G on stock?

  • how much does this guys job suck?

    im sorry it doesn't

  • HEY! Nobody listen to Georgenflammer! If you read his profile he clearly describes his homosexuality. Also he trash talks our American SuperCars, but he OWNS an IMPORT car tuner company. What a homo. He claims his four-bangers can beat OUR AMERICAN V8's. So how has his country, New Zealand, contributed to the car world? So he doesnt drive New Zealand cars he drives rice burners from Japan. O wait he cant buy NZ cars because they dont even make fucking cars!! What lazy fat asses!!

  • Now THAT'S a Corvette! What a great idea, if I had money for a brand new sports car I'd have a Grand Sport... :)

  • i love the eco boost engine in the corvette

  • That dude had too many gallons of coffee, jeez!

  • LOL, must be very strong coffee !!!

  • @gixxxer1000

    I liked him better that way, you didn't have to sit there waiting for a reporter to slowly get to the point.

  • @gixxxer1000  i think you are right lol

  • @gixxxer1000 HAHA! He sounds like Steve Carell!!!

  • My God you are an ignorant man. You come on here and insult america with generalzing stereotypes and remain ignorant to the facts of your own country. Obesity In new Zealand is rising at an alarming rate. For every person who lives there, 100 kg of butter is produced every year. You protest America and claim to hate it. why? Because that seems to be the trend in other countries, blaim America for everything? Do you even know why you hate America?

  • Other than a high obesity rate, and if that is the only case than you are pathetic. Hating people for how they are or what they look like. Thats how Hitler thought buddy. OH and about American cars being fat and slow, the corvette in the video above weighs 3200 pounds and goes 0-60 in 4 seconds flat. Not exactly slow.

  • dude this is a CORVETTE video, go put ur idealist comments on another video!

  • "What the fool cannot learn, he laughs at, thinking that by his laughter he shows superiority instead of a latent idiocy." - Marie Corelli

  • its nice to see american car company's finally putting quality in their cars. whos cares if its a little more pricier if its a better made car. goodwork gm badass car

  • name a car from New Zeland and i'll name an American car that can walk all over it's sorry but. Oh, wait New Zealand has never made any cars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D

  • @TheDodgeChallenger Aston Martin and TVR are both British cars, but very different. To say "New Zealand has never made a car" is grammatically incorrect. Maybe "no companies from New Zealand have ever made a note worthy car" is closer to what you were trying to say. If your grammar is a representative behind the types of people that buy "American Cars," you end up portraying the uneducated swine people have come to associate with Dodge, and American products. Aren't generalizations fun?

  • @rarejd I misspelled a few words big deal i was in a rush! If I was an "uneducated swine" I wouldn't get all A's my whole life.

  • @TheDodgeChallenger People get A's by taking easy classes too, A's don't prove intelligence.

    And I was referring to the image you portray by having misspelled words, and saying "New Zealand" hasn't made any cars, when if you really think about it, no country itself has ever made a car company. The sentence just doesn't make sense.

  • @rarejd I still don't really understand this point if new zealand has car makers than they are obviously not as good as american cars and european cars that almost everyone knows about.

  • @TheDodgeChallenger ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY THEY GAVE US THE MILLENS AND THAT IS ALOT BETTER THAN A CAR

  • @08si138 what the heck are you talkiing about?

  • @TheDodgeChallenger butt has two t's dumbass

  • @Mrstonester no crap people make spelling errors.

  • @TheDodgeChallenger ermmm? Pontiac GTO is just a re-badged NZ car... we'll start there :)

  • @frostbytey australinan car made by holden. that is like saying any american car is a puerto rican car.

  • @TheDodgeChallenger no but if the same exact car is just rebadged to make it look like a GTO... then obviously its not a true GTO. they could have at least gave it better suspension or something. an LS3 would have been nice too.

  • @TheDodgeChallenger Actually, i know the New Zealander who invented the Aquada, the Car-Boat. so it turns out your wrong, not only does New Zealand make a car, but that car is also a boat, I dont know many american cars that could beat that.

  • @KamKamalam my point was he was talking about how america sucks so bad and how new zealand is so much better. I just proved him wrong about my country sucking. I actually want to go and hunt in new zealand some day.

  • what is the cars top speed?

  • 195 MPH

  • hey please tell me what country you live in so i can tell you some reasons americas better than it.

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  • Interesting.

  • The car is nice, but it just seems to be a regular vett in z06 clothing. I had heard the zo6 is a great track car, but with the 505 ponies in it, I also heard it can be a little squirly in the corners. Perhaps the 6.2 with 435 hp will help that. All I'm saying is that for over 60 grand. it better be a great track day car.

  • Its easier to handle for sure, just slightly slower than the z06 around most tracks. I purchased my Grand Sport for 56k.

  • All of the stupid comments you can post out here will never make up for how happy I am that the United States has saved the world from domination by other countries not once, but twice. If not for us, you wouldn't even have the freedom to post to sites like this. Get a life. Can we get back to the purpose of this blog, which is to talk about cars?

  • 2010 Vettes come with LC? or is more of a TC with less power cut off? Anyone drive one yet by any chance? I think Chevy may be a little behind in that department. 0-60 in 3.6 w/LC. Now I know the ZR1 is claimed 3.3-3.5 in 09 of corse with the right conditions & all. Call it 3.5, I was hoping LC would get it down to 3.3-3.4 consistently :-( But I couldn't help but notice when he mentioned his 0-60 runs they showed him w/ a passenger. I wonder if those times were timed w/ a passenger in it!?

  • The US is made up of the brightest minds of all the world. Peoples from every nation. So you must be referring to every nation as fat lazy and stupid. The US will always be the #1 world leader because its freedoms and personal rights will keep it there. Even with its debt everyone recognizes it as the most desirable nation to live out of all. Learn to spell americans you freaking retard.

  • one, china does not own any american states, because u cant, and we might be in debt but we still are the most powerful country, and not all americans are fat and lazy, i am not a fat lazy american, and im postive i could kick your ass

  • till we nuke you

  • You still didn't answer my question Georgey boy. What are some of the great cars to have come out of New Zealand?

    And American's aren't "haters". The only thing we hate are people from other countries who envy everything that America is and everything it stands for. So you make blanket statements that we're all fat, lazy and stupid. Keep it up, it's still not going to change the fact that everyone laughs at your insignificant country whose only contribution to pop culture is maybe Keith Urban.

  • Could they have found worse music to play in the background? lol

  • Car has a shit stain on the front.

  • this guy needs speech classes

  • Better than fucking new zeland anyway... hahahaha!!! don't watch American car videos, watch NZ car videos instead! hahahahahaha! (and stick a kiwi up your ass!!!!)

  • again u dont know anything about the U.S. "seems like shitty third world country"? Ok, so who invented the first mass produced automobile, the computer, the internet, first went to the moon, and is home to companies like apple and microsoft? Seriously, visit NY or LA then spew your nonsense

  • Listen George, wishing I was gay is not going to make your dreams come true. Lets stick to talking about cars. YouTube is not the appropriate forum for you to air all your homo erotic fantasies for all to see.

    You still didn't answer my question. What are some of the great cars that have come out of New Zealand? I anxiously await your response:)

  • What the #1 activity in New Zealand, f*cking goats? You sound like a f*cking 12 year old who spends all day trying to provoke everyone on the internet. Go and spend more time and money making your girlie cars go faster. Real men drive V8s, fags like you spend 20K on a civic to catch up.

  • Honestly, I think this is stupid. So now the 75k Z06 costs 20k more for an aluminum chassis and LS7, but everything else is the same. I mean these cars blended way too well with one another in the 1st place but now this is just annoying. I'd be pissed if I owned a Z06, paid 20k more but am only getting about 5k worth of difference from the 55k GS Vette.

  • i know what i want for christmas now...

  • I'm not American but you sound quite arrogant.. I'm just saying..

  • Dude, your shitty third world country sounds badass.

  • wow. u know absolutely nothing of the states. go stay in southern california or new york for a couple weeks then u can make vast generalizations about my country.

  • Garbage!

  • Cant afford a ferrari? Get a vette!

  • the ignorance of this guy...man u got to be kidding me, i swear...but its alright, we respect freedom of speech. Now I take it, from reading your profile, that you live something of a successful life correct? But how can you verify such a thing, this lifestyle sounds way to luxurious. But who am I to judge, because unlike you, I am not a douche. So, if you dislike AMERICAN cars, then why would you comment on one? It really does not make sense. Oh please work on you English, it sounds horrible.

  • Your a retard,retard retard retard!That peice of junk is better then anything you own,RETARD!

  • I'm sitting here trying to think of all the great cars that have come out of New Zealand and I'm drawing a blank. You come from a country who's only real contribution to the planet are some pretty scenery shots from "Lord of the Rings". Don't be jealous of America because we rock so hard and our cars can perform as well as exotics at a fraction of the price:)

  • This car is so HOT!

  • haha, not as bad as the old ones...

  • ya. i cant stand the guy talking. but great car

  • annoying speaker! Nice car!

  • Awesome car. Dude in the video was annoying..

  • Boring

    Beautiful car, but why is the cameraman half a mile away on the track footage? No burnout? Driving like a granny?

    Watch Top Gear for how to review a car

  • They do it better, but hey...this is Motor Trend...not TG...

  • id be happy with this or the camaro z/28.

  • Frank Markus should rename himself stuttering stanley!

  • Now the ZO6 needs to ditch its 505-bhp 7.0 liter LS7 for the supercharged 556-bhp dry sump 6.2 liter LS9 from the Cadillac CTS-V and the adjustable suspension, of which is optional in the Base Corvette and standard in the ZR1, to stay relevant.

  • Not really - Z06 is all about lightweight focussed race car. This car doesn't have the aluminium frame, the carbon fiber, and is almost 200 pounds heavier- that's a whole passenger ;)

  • Have to admit, I like the twin gill slats up front.

  • FUCK, ofcourse this car would come out with everything I wanted on my C6. Now that I got rid of my C6 and got a GT500, I cant afford to go back.

  • Either this way is talking way too fast, or the video is sped up 50% to 75%.

  • yes it's true, but it is still 150% faster than a gtr :)

  • Looks exactly the same as the previous version to me.. But as the man says.. what else was to be expected.

  • THIS is the grand sport? wow i'm disappointed

  • Wow. I'd say that times are more than "kinda tough" at the General right now. If natural selection were left to do it's thing in the world auto industry, sad to say I think the General would be on the extreme end of the endangered species list right now if not actually extinct. I'd be really sorry to see that happen but if they keep making cars with friggen stripes on the guards and crap interiors, they're never going to sell enough cars on the world market to survive. Wake up GM...wake up!

  • how about a supersnake??

  • So gay, if you want a Z06 get the real thing. Whats the point of a sheep in wolfs clothing?

  • cheaper platform to modify put 20 grand in the drivetrain and have something that decimates even the zr-1

  • u can't beat the zr1 with a metal body

  • It's starting to look more and more like a Viper. I'd still prefer the Camero SS.

  • lol? that car with ugly interior but i guess it would be a decent car after we see some blowers being added to it.

    but honestly (IMO) camaro ss, i would wait out for a LOOONG time before i buy one.

    but i see what you mean

  • Yeah. I mean, the Camaro SS is what, 30-40k? Might be able to supercharge for 10k on top of that, and still be cheaper than the vette.

    Personally I like the camaro's looks but I'm going to wait for the convertible model.

  • but not as quick

  • Supercharged? Sure it would.