Vette Enough? Chevy Corvette Tested by Inside Line

FOLLOW-UP TEST BY EDMUNDS' INSIDE LINE:
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Followup/articleId=150590?tid=edm...

Kicking GM while it's enduring the bitter sting of bankruptcy seems so sophomoric. And so do the massive powerslides we've been doing in the company's 2009 Chevrolet Corvette, so let's begin this review on a positive note by discussing one of the Vette's finer points: Acceleration.

First thing you need to know: At wide-open throttle, the LS3 under the Corvette's hood does subtlety like Jessica Simpson does brains. That is to say, not so well — which is awesome, actually. Nailing the gas in this, the tamest of Vettes, is akin to unleashing a thousand pushrod-wielding Hulk Hogans on the car's rear tires. There's a blast of torque followed by a double underhook suplex of forward force. It's as impressive as it is surprising. This is, after all, only a base Corvette. But it's got motor.

The LS3 is possibly the best bargain in the world when it comes to eight cylinders arranged in a vee, and it defines the modern Corvette. In our hands it blasts this 3,275-pound coupe to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds (4.0 seconds with 1 foot rollout like on a drag strip). But it doesn't stop there. The quarter-mile is incinerated in 12.3 seconds at 116 mph. The trip from 100 to 120 mph takes 4 seconds flat — only 0.3 second slower than the often-drooled-over and far costlier Nissan GT-R. And the fun continues, according to Chevrolet, until 190 mph.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 2009
• Chevrolet
• Corvette
• muscle
• car
• 6.2-liter
• LS3
• V8
• engine
• auto
• motor
• Chevy
• GM
• race
• Edmunds
• Inside
• Line

[broloda]

I love the Corvette seats. I get tired of commentator always talking about how soft the seats are. They're great, not everyone wants to sit on cement seats all day. We live and drive in the real world.

[tekcraft]

@joust671 You just proved again you don't express your own opinion. You're regurgitating your mechanics opinion. Forget trying to sell people on your mechanic. We don't care about his opinion. If your mechanic told you to drive off a cliff to increase airspeed you would probably do it. All you have to offer us is hearsay...shame on you. Go learn something new. It's obvious cars are not your forte. Cheers.

[Barspin7]

Cyber grey

[R34GTRR35]

Chromies .lol

[SkylarkGSX]

Can anybody tell me what color this Vette is please? Thank you for your help.

[Enjoyification123]

@broloda Me 2, they keep you upright and planted while feeling very comftorable

[rw435]

@joust67 Your opinion is biased and unfounded. Stop wasting bandwidth, do us all a favor and floor your precious BMW into the thickest wall you can find.

[Css2life]

i personally love soft seats, if i were to get a vette i would never get a base model

[C6Roadster]

Get a life trolls :)

[joust671]

@tekcraft Your a complete idiot. Here's a mechanic who worked on thousand's of car's he's not a shade tree mechanic like you are. He knows the inner working's of a Vette from bumper to bumper. "all Vette yrs" I also already said people who I know that owned a Vette. Complaint's were from a "shake rattle and roll interior, a too heavy front end, crappy electronic's that are overpriced when need in repair, not a everyday driving car, should I keep going on. I think it's u who doesn't know jack !