C6 Z06 caught?

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Rex Raider

Discussion Starter · Jun 29, 2004

DigitalCorvettes.com has shown this disguised Corvette just outside Tucson.

Could this be the next Z06?

Look at the fender flares!

Any Corvette in disguise at this point in the game surely has to be something new and upcoming!

More pictures HERE

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chadbarb99

· #2 · Jun 29, 2004

Ford GT KILLER!!??? Hopefully

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2002camaroz28

· #3 · Jun 29, 2004

It's got to be the Z06, hopefully we se some better spy pics soon.

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Sparta

· #4 · Jun 30, 2004

AWESOME! it looks great even under the camo

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amark329

· #5 · Jun 30, 2004

You'd think they'd only need camo for the fenders and sides but they have it over the whole front and back so maybe it has some new lines!! :woot2: Great pix.

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tgagneguam

· #6 · Jun 30, 2004

Cheers to astute auto enthusiasts!

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The Oatman

· #7 · Jun 30, 2004

Sure looks like the one I saw

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nightwave

· #8 · Jun 30, 2004

I think we're finally seeing the boat shop C6 on the road...cool! Wonder how much it's got, 500 or 625?

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gmwsag

· #9 · Jun 30, 2004

It needs more than 405 hp to tackle the big guys: Ford GT, and Dodge Viper. And hopefully it will, and an updated interior...

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giagastormer

· #10 · Jun 30, 2004

Originally posted by gmwsag@Jun 30 2004, 03:00 AM
It needs more than 405 hp to tackle the big guys: Ford GT, and Dodge Viper. And hopefully it will, and an updated interior...

what are you talking about, it needs an updated interior? The interior was redone along with the whole car for 05. Of course it will have more than 405 HP, thats what the current one has..................

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BigAls87Z28

· #11 · Jun 30, 2004

The Z06 is reported to push well over 500. Also weigh around 3k lbs, which is some 400lbs lighter then the Ford GT.

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rodd62

· #12 · Jun 30, 2004

anyone remember when the Z06 was suppose to have a cam-less engine...guess gm didnt get the technology working soon enough...

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Smilingoat

· #13 · Jun 30, 2004

cant wait to see it, im thinking of taking a trip to detroit if im not too busy in school next year. hope i see it, they have been saying it will differ MUCH MORE than the current base modle and Z06, internally and cosmetically.

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BigAls87Z28

· #14 · Jun 30, 2004

Originally posted by rodd62@Jun 30 2004, 05:03 AM
anyone remember when the Z06 was suppose to have a cam-less engine...guess gm didnt get the technology working soon enough...

No, GM has the technology. Its the money and lack of electrical power from the 12v system. When cars start going to a 42 volt system, the use of cam-less engines will be a lot easier to implement.

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mrfunji

· #15 · Jun 30, 2004

cam-less engines haven't emerged because of the electromagnetic interference caused the solenoid actuators on the valves. Althought I'm sure if there was a demand and a common 42-V architecture, research to solve this problem would pick up.

Hybrids suffer the same fate. Magnetic Field strength inside a hybrid vehicle are rumored to be pretty harmful. If I remember the website I saw that on I'll post that link.

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vanshmack

· #16 · Jun 30, 2004

Originally posted by mrfunji@Jun 30 2004, 08:23 AM
cam-less engines haven't emerged because of the electromagnetic interference caused the solenoid actuators on the valves. Althought I'm sure if there was a demand and a common 42-V architecture, research to solve this problem would pick up.

Hybrids suffer the same fate. Magnetic Field strength inside a hybrid vehicle are rumored to be pretty harmful. If I remember the website I saw that on I'll post that link.

Werd!

The other issue is that the solenoids are extremely noisy, so a camless engine would wind up sounding like an old diesel.

I'm sure they'll have this ironed out in the next few years. Who the hell needs VTEC when you can have infinitely variable valve timing!

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MikeB

· #17 · Jun 30, 2004

From the shape of the tailights, how do we know it's not a concept Camaro test mule?

... just being hopeful

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TaHoE

· #18 · Jun 30, 2004

Originally posted by MikeB@Jun 30 2004, 11:26 AM
From the shape of the tailights, how do we know it's not a concept Camaro test mule?

... just being hopeful

Because it's a Corvette. Get over it. You won't see Camaro mules for a while.

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nsap

· #19 · Jun 30, 2004

Originally posted by MikeB@Jun 30 2004, 10:26 AM
From the shape of the tailights, how do we know it's not a concept Camaro test mule?

... just being hopeful

There is no way we will see Camaro mules this early. WE probably won't see them until about 2006 :blink:

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geronimo66

· #20 · Jun 30, 2004

Yea that and we wont be seeing a Camaro in 2006...

Park a Z06 C6 and a Ford GT in a lot an see which one gets noticed. The GT will be the one that little kids point at with excitement, the one that a generation can look at and remember when America beat Ferrari, a car that stirs your soul before its even running. As good as the Z06 C6 will be, it still wont hold a candle to the GT, The Vette hasn't been a "head turner" in a very long time. Its styleing has gone from bold to bland in relation to its peers.

Don't get me wrong, it looks "nice", but in the segment that it's in "nice" isn't going to cut it. The Vette needs to be a punch in the face, not a slap on the wrist.

Power isn't everything....

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