Saturday, February 25, 2012

Welcome Back: 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

The ZR1 is sunbathing at the Top Gear Test Track,
the track will soon be raining pianos...


The interior of the Corvette ZR1

The Chevrolet Corvette (C6) ZR1 is brutally fast and it hailed as the flagship of the car that was once hailed as the king of American sports cars. In Top Gear (UK), the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 served as Jeremy Clarkson's car of choice on the presenters' USA Muscle Car Trip. Surely, that car caused too much trouble in Reno, Nevada, the Corvette ZR1 is definitely a favorite if you're a big fan of Jeremy Clarkson himself. At the Bonneville Salt Flats, Jeremy Clarkson's trial and error struggled the ZR1 to achieve the 170mph record set for this car and he did it in 176.5mph! When Clarkson drove the ZR1 in California, he loves it! It might have been a whole of a romance but on the Top Gear Test Track, let's be honest, it's difficult. Although it might have more firepower than the Audi R8 V10 on a straight line, the Corvette ZR1 (C6) is having a hard time catching up against the Audi R8 V10 on the corners.

What did Top Gear said about the ZR1? It's insanely vulgar, it's available only in left-hand drive, the luggage cover looks like a motel shower curtain, it's much too wide, and in the corners, it's a complete mad man. Despite the terrible danger, the ZR1 is more fun and you'd have to be bonkers to have one.

When The Stig drove the Corvette ZR1 round the track, it set a lap time of 1:20.4, about the same lap time as the Koenigseggisseggggnignigsegigisegggg CCX (without the Top Gear wing) but it's quicker than the Mercedes SLR McLaren, Ferrari 599, and the Audi R8 V10.

In Top Gear USA, the Corvette ZR1, as tested by Adam Ferrera, was lost to a drag race against the Ferrari 458 Italia, as tested by Tanner Foust. However, at the hands of The Stig, the ZR1 is quicker than the 458 on the Top Gear USA Test Track.

Think of this car is like when an Irish Bar Fight happened and this is one of my personal favorites on this game. I'm glad that this car is back on Forza Motorsport 4 and I have to be bonkers to drive one and that is why I should....

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