- Admin
- #1
From: http://www.sport1.de/coremedia/generator/www.sport1.de/Sportarten/Motorvision/Auto/News/Sonstige/Meldungen/Corvette__mel.html
Corvette C6 meets on Corvette C5
The American dream of the sports car goes into the sixth generation. The new one is the strongest series Corvette of all times.
While the Corvette is very successful in America with 35.000 permissions per year, annually only 1200 customers decide for the American sports car dream in Europe. Straight one in Germany hangs the Corvette still the call of the red light environment after. In addition sports car fans really do not notice the American V8-Monster as competition to Porsche and Co.. Not least therefore the current Corvette in the comparison to the C5 shrinks by 13.5 centimeters and is 2.5 centimeters narrower. Since the wheel base increased at the same time, the Corvette promises driving fun purely. More than ever the C6 is a genuine competitor for the Porsche 911.
Drive
The C6 with its LS2-Smallblock-V8 with 6 litres capacity carries 404 HP and thus for 60 HP out more than the C5. Thus the C6 is the strongest series Corvette of all times. After 4.2 seconds speed 100 is reached, the maximum speed amounts to 300 km/h. On our motorway test we had to break off however with Tacho 290. Otherwise the Americans quarterly mile values (approx. 400 m) measure. The Corvette masters in 12.6 seconds and reaches thereby 183 km/h. In addition also the low w-Wert of 0,28 contributes.
The power transmission takes over a six-course transmission. In order to bear the continuous stress at continuously high speeds, it is equipped with an additional radiator. The circuit required very much energy expenditure and the central position of the courses is somewhat undefined. After a few hours one got accustomed however to it. The C5 in the test is equipped with the straight four-course mechanism very popular in Europe. It promotes the cosy Cruisen, since one always untertourig on the way is. The C5 answers everyone steps on the pedal with a deep Donnergrollen and propulsion without end. Torque is even by nothing to replaced. That keeps in track on 100 takes with 4.7 seconds a half second longer, than in the C6. In practice this is hardly to be felt. With 274 Km/h is conclusion with the propulsion. This speed resembles however then rather the ride on a cannon ball. The body distorts itself, the folding headlights wackeln in the wind and transverse grooves becomes the natural enemy of the C5. Here one notices the difference to the new Corvette very clearly. The C6 does not lie like the proverbial board and Highspeedorgien is a problem.
Design
Optically the new Corvette in contrast to the C5 works already nearly delicate. Past are the times of the sharp-edged maximumism. One would remove the vehicle identification plates could the C6 smoothly as new creation from Maranello go through. The folding headlights disappeared and the xenon lights are under mandelfoermigen clear glass covers, which remind 360 Modena much of the Ferrari. Altogether the C6 seems to orient itself much at the European taste. Thus also here challenge at Porsche and Co. Remained the fat steep-sloping tail with the four individual taillights and the four thick final pipes, which are framed now by a diffuser.
The missing clarity remains likewise unchanged. Width of vehicle and lengthens can be only measured and it requires already some days, if not even weeks, until one receives a feeling for the size. With the C6 folds then already completely well, but in the C5 becomes fast overhauling of a truck in a motorway construction place the adventure.
Interior
In the interior a true quantum transition carries out itself. Here the C6 seems not only a generation over the C5, but at least three. The living room armchair of the old Corvette, which offer nevertheless amazingly much side stop, sporty variants yielded. Remained the extensive adjustment possibilities. While in the old person humans arrive over 1.90 meters so slowly at the borders of available space, the new place in covering and abundance offers. The entire cockpit, against surcharge also equipped with DVD navigation, works many high-quality than that the C5. nothing knarzt and knirscht, the buttons for the extensive functions of on board computer and CO is well attainable all and flows a breath of Hightech. In the C5 works against it all somewhat cheaply. The standard Headup display indicates the most important information with both models, like number of revolutions and speed. Particularly nicely it is with the old Corvette however, if the display jumps back with 200 to 0 and one is then with maximum speed according to Tacho with 74 Km/h on the left trace on the way.
The display of the C6 offers three different Designs, "Rennbahn1", "Rennbahn2" and "road", whereby with the two running attitudes also a g-Force-measurer is faded in, that indicates transverse acceleration in curves. Nice plaything.
Both Vetten together: The gigantic trunk. In the C6 Coupé offers over 600 litres reservoir. There so some sedan cannot keep up.
Chassis
In the C6 stretch three chassis control systems, ABS, ASR and Active handling an unobstrusive safety net, without spoiling for the driver the fun. In the chassis attitude "this system even Drifts permit sporty driving". Only, if it really comes to uncontrolled breaking out, electronics intervenes. Driving fun with safety net. The frontier quits itself at and with something exercise can early the most beautiful Drifts on the parquet be put.
Differently the C5. straight line the mechanism version is to be particularly enjoyed on wet roads with caution. If one gives too much gas, the tail in close curves abruptly and without announcement can develop an independent existence. Drift are here recommended only Koennern.
Drive into the Corvette C6
The C6 can really move everyone. It is completely everyday life suited. The V8 bollert unobstrusively, only under full load he roars vehement into the landscape. Despite the enormous capacity the engine is greedy after number of revolutions. Straight one in the upper speed range goes it vehement forward and zaubert a Grinsen in the face of the steering wheel. The Corvette is content with quicker pace with 12 to 13 litres of super on average on 100 kilometers. Full power motorway stages strike naturally with 25 to 30 litres to beech. Chassis, steering element and brakes feel now finally also into the Corvette sportwagenlike. Hard and directly it happens. Only the steering wheel could be somewhat smaller.
Drive into the Corvette C5
The C5 roars louder from its four final pipes. The chassis is straight at high speeds not much confidence-arousing. For the Cruisen the mechanism is suitable perfectly, only the course changes takes place sometimes somewhat without motivation and hard. Also the C5 is completely everyday life suited, but because of its size of straight in close large cities very habituation-needily. In consumption it lies in the everyday life enterprise on identical level with the C6. humans those in the traffic to really be noticeable wants, is well served with these Corvette.
Result
The difference between two directly following each other model rows was so large rarely. The C6 became finite a genuine and above all serious sports car. Finally not only power pure, but also the fitting technology. And for approximately 61,000 euro it is a genuine good deal. More favorably one cannot come at 400 HP packed in a sports car. To the comparison, the normal Porsche 911 with 325 HP costs already 75,000 euro.
Technical data:
Corvette C5 "50th anniversary": Achtzylinder v engine, capacity 5665 ccm, achievement 253 KW (344 HP) with 5400/min, max. Torque 483 Nm with 4200/min, length x broad x height of 4565 x 1869 x 1211 mm, unloaded weight 1458 kg, price 2002 65,500 euro
Corvette C6: Achtzylinder v engine, capacity 5967 ccm, achievement 297 KW (404 HP) with 6000/min, max. Torque 546 Nm with 4400/min, length x broad x height of 4435 x 1844 x 1246 mm, unloaded weight 1442 kg, price 61,650 euro
Christian Becker
Corvette C6 meets on Corvette C5
While the Corvette is very successful in America with 35.000 permissions per year, annually only 1200 customers decide for the American sports car dream in Europe. Straight one in Germany hangs the Corvette still the call of the red light environment after. In addition sports car fans really do not notice the American V8-Monster as competition to Porsche and Co.. Not least therefore the current Corvette in the comparison to the C5 shrinks by 13.5 centimeters and is 2.5 centimeters narrower. Since the wheel base increased at the same time, the Corvette promises driving fun purely. More than ever the C6 is a genuine competitor for the Porsche 911.
Drive
The C6 with its LS2-Smallblock-V8 with 6 litres capacity carries 404 HP and thus for 60 HP out more than the C5. Thus the C6 is the strongest series Corvette of all times. After 4.2 seconds speed 100 is reached, the maximum speed amounts to 300 km/h. On our motorway test we had to break off however with Tacho 290. Otherwise the Americans quarterly mile values (approx. 400 m) measure. The Corvette masters in 12.6 seconds and reaches thereby 183 km/h. In addition also the low w-Wert of 0,28 contributes.
The power transmission takes over a six-course transmission. In order to bear the continuous stress at continuously high speeds, it is equipped with an additional radiator. The circuit required very much energy expenditure and the central position of the courses is somewhat undefined. After a few hours one got accustomed however to it. The C5 in the test is equipped with the straight four-course mechanism very popular in Europe. It promotes the cosy Cruisen, since one always untertourig on the way is. The C5 answers everyone steps on the pedal with a deep Donnergrollen and propulsion without end. Torque is even by nothing to replaced. That keeps in track on 100 takes with 4.7 seconds a half second longer, than in the C6. In practice this is hardly to be felt. With 274 Km/h is conclusion with the propulsion. This speed resembles however then rather the ride on a cannon ball. The body distorts itself, the folding headlights wackeln in the wind and transverse grooves becomes the natural enemy of the C5. Here one notices the difference to the new Corvette very clearly. The C6 does not lie like the proverbial board and Highspeedorgien is a problem.
Design
Optically the new Corvette in contrast to the C5 works already nearly delicate. Past are the times of the sharp-edged maximumism. One would remove the vehicle identification plates could the C6 smoothly as new creation from Maranello go through. The folding headlights disappeared and the xenon lights are under mandelfoermigen clear glass covers, which remind 360 Modena much of the Ferrari. Altogether the C6 seems to orient itself much at the European taste. Thus also here challenge at Porsche and Co. Remained the fat steep-sloping tail with the four individual taillights and the four thick final pipes, which are framed now by a diffuser.
The missing clarity remains likewise unchanged. Width of vehicle and lengthens can be only measured and it requires already some days, if not even weeks, until one receives a feeling for the size. With the C6 folds then already completely well, but in the C5 becomes fast overhauling of a truck in a motorway construction place the adventure.
Interior
In the interior a true quantum transition carries out itself. Here the C6 seems not only a generation over the C5, but at least three. The living room armchair of the old Corvette, which offer nevertheless amazingly much side stop, sporty variants yielded. Remained the extensive adjustment possibilities. While in the old person humans arrive over 1.90 meters so slowly at the borders of available space, the new place in covering and abundance offers. The entire cockpit, against surcharge also equipped with DVD navigation, works many high-quality than that the C5. nothing knarzt and knirscht, the buttons for the extensive functions of on board computer and CO is well attainable all and flows a breath of Hightech. In the C5 works against it all somewhat cheaply. The standard Headup display indicates the most important information with both models, like number of revolutions and speed. Particularly nicely it is with the old Corvette however, if the display jumps back with 200 to 0 and one is then with maximum speed according to Tacho with 74 Km/h on the left trace on the way.
The display of the C6 offers three different Designs, "Rennbahn1", "Rennbahn2" and "road", whereby with the two running attitudes also a g-Force-measurer is faded in, that indicates transverse acceleration in curves. Nice plaything.
Both Vetten together: The gigantic trunk. In the C6 Coupé offers over 600 litres reservoir. There so some sedan cannot keep up.
Chassis
In the C6 stretch three chassis control systems, ABS, ASR and Active handling an unobstrusive safety net, without spoiling for the driver the fun. In the chassis attitude "this system even Drifts permit sporty driving". Only, if it really comes to uncontrolled breaking out, electronics intervenes. Driving fun with safety net. The frontier quits itself at and with something exercise can early the most beautiful Drifts on the parquet be put.
Differently the C5. straight line the mechanism version is to be particularly enjoyed on wet roads with caution. If one gives too much gas, the tail in close curves abruptly and without announcement can develop an independent existence. Drift are here recommended only Koennern.
Drive into the Corvette C6
The C6 can really move everyone. It is completely everyday life suited. The V8 bollert unobstrusively, only under full load he roars vehement into the landscape. Despite the enormous capacity the engine is greedy after number of revolutions. Straight one in the upper speed range goes it vehement forward and zaubert a Grinsen in the face of the steering wheel. The Corvette is content with quicker pace with 12 to 13 litres of super on average on 100 kilometers. Full power motorway stages strike naturally with 25 to 30 litres to beech. Chassis, steering element and brakes feel now finally also into the Corvette sportwagenlike. Hard and directly it happens. Only the steering wheel could be somewhat smaller.
Drive into the Corvette C5
The C5 roars louder from its four final pipes. The chassis is straight at high speeds not much confidence-arousing. For the Cruisen the mechanism is suitable perfectly, only the course changes takes place sometimes somewhat without motivation and hard. Also the C5 is completely everyday life suited, but because of its size of straight in close large cities very habituation-needily. In consumption it lies in the everyday life enterprise on identical level with the C6. humans those in the traffic to really be noticeable wants, is well served with these Corvette.
Result
The difference between two directly following each other model rows was so large rarely. The C6 became finite a genuine and above all serious sports car. Finally not only power pure, but also the fitting technology. And for approximately 61,000 euro it is a genuine good deal. More favorably one cannot come at 400 HP packed in a sports car. To the comparison, the normal Porsche 911 with 325 HP costs already 75,000 euro.
Technical data:
Corvette C5 "50th anniversary": Achtzylinder v engine, capacity 5665 ccm, achievement 253 KW (344 HP) with 5400/min, max. Torque 483 Nm with 4200/min, length x broad x height of 4565 x 1869 x 1211 mm, unloaded weight 1458 kg, price 2002 65,500 euro
Corvette C6: Achtzylinder v engine, capacity 5967 ccm, achievement 297 KW (404 HP) with 6000/min, max. Torque 546 Nm with 4400/min, length x broad x height of 4435 x 1844 x 1246 mm, unloaded weight 1442 kg, price 61,650 euro
Christian Becker