When you cut my finger, I bleed bow-tie red, ie: I'm so biased towards Corvettes it's unreal...but...then there's my self-appointed task as the keeper of the "Beacon of Reality".
Once again, we have the confusion between the word "fast" and the word "quick". Even our esteemed fearless leader, Rob, doesn't understand.
The Road and Track story says that Z06 was excluded because it isn't fast enough. That means the car's top speed is too low. Rob argues with the car's acceleration time, which admittedly is world class but is also irrlevant to the issue at hand. This is a dumb mistake but it is made often because people don't think about the meanings of the words "speed" and "acceleration".
The problem is the Z06's top speed is limited by gearing...a 3.42 axle and a close ratio six-speed trans...to about 172-176 mph. Past that in fifth and you're on the rev limiter. The car's engine is not powerful enough to go any faster in sixth gear because the engine is too far below it's power peak to overcome aerodynamic drag.
Viper and the AMG E55 may not have that problem---especially Viper with a 3.07 axle and 500hp.
While it seems unfair to exclude the Z06 from Road and Track's story, it's actually a good idea because when tested for top speed, the Z06 would be a looser and would look bad.
For some reason...R&T just doesn't like chevy's. But they sure like european cars!!
