The Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Is The Z06's Track-Ready N/A Brother
Like the idea of the Corvette Z06? Don’t need quite as much as 650bhp? Chevrolet has just the car for you. It’s called the Grand Sport, and it’s festooned with track-friendly bits like beefy Brembo brakes, a retuned suspension system including magnetic ride control and new springs, and an electronic limited-slip differential.
Instead of a supercharged V8 like the Z06, the Grand Sport ‘makes do’ with the N/A, 6.2-litre LT1. It’s still good for 453bhp though, which will make the Grand Sport fast enough for most.
If you fancy making it more hardcore, you can option the GS with the Z07 performance pack. This includes carbon ceramic brakes, Michelin Sport Cup 2 tyres (replacing the Michelin Pilot Super Sports) and a carbonfibre aero package.
It certainly looks the part thanks to wider rear arches and a Z06-style front grille, and can be made more distinctive still if you order the Grand Sport Collector Edition with its Glen Gray Metallic paint and Tension Blue graphics. The only issue with that? While Chevy was at it, it also splashed a load of blue onto the seats…
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I’m sorry, did a smurf explode in there? This is about as tasteless as this ricey trash
And I say this with all the love and appreciation for the chassis and the track-day-bro go fast bits. Fake CF trim isn’t helping much either.
This is what the Z06 should have been.
A naturally aspirated track car.
I can understand that GM wanted to up the performance, but the persona of the Z06 has always been naturally aspirated track warrior one step behind the ZR1.
I wish they would have found a few ways to make the GS lighter, since it’s running the LT1.
True, but now the Z06 is an amazing competitor. The ZR1 will be an even more impressive performance car!
Supercharged Z06 is quite alright.
Well said, I’ve always thought the same. Why not leave the supercharged version the ZR1, in the past the Z06 was just a bigger badder N/A engine.
No the grand sport is basically same as the base corvette, but the gs has upgrades
Blue, black, and American.
This is literally my spirit car.
Corvette Shmee Edition
I’m blue da ba dee da ba die…
I always said “I’m blue if I was green I would die”
for me it was (until 2014) “Im blue I can beat up a guy”
Love it! So weird it’s on C6 Cup wheels.
That is the color I am going to paint my Z, right there.
Mad outside, gorgeous inside.
whoa…
Love it