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Stingray Returns With Styling à la Mode
By EZRA DYER
Published: November 15, 2013
New York Times
General Motors
While the Corvette’s 61-year history has included some spectacular cars, aspirations for the
2014 model are the highest yet. The Stingray badge evokes the beloved second generation.
Imagine, if you will, that an unnamed manufacturer just released an all-new sports car. It rockets from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 3.8 seconds, pulls more than one lateral g on the skid pad and has a carbon-fiber hood and roof. The interior includes dual high-resolution screens, top-quality materials and the option of racing seats. The manual transmission, with 7 forward speeds, will execute rev-matched downshifts, and it’s mounted at the rear of the car for optimal weight distribution.
Other serious performance hardware include a dry-sump oiling system (which keeps the engine lubricated during neck-straining cornering maneuvers), an electronically controlled differential and magnetic ride-control suspension. All of this is concealed beneath bodywork that’s thoroughly dripping in exotic, low-slung menace.
If Porsche made such a car, it would cost $125,000. If its fenders wore Ferrari badges, it would cost $200,000. But we’re talking about a Chevy with a starting price of $51,995. And this fact blows our minds just a little bit less because the car is a Corvette. Where that particular vehicle is concerned, we’ve come to expect outrageous returns on our dollar.
Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/a...gray-returns-with-styling-a-la-mode.html?_r=0
By EZRA DYER
Published: November 15, 2013
New York Times
General Motors
While the Corvette’s 61-year history has included some spectacular cars, aspirations for the
2014 model are the highest yet. The Stingray badge evokes the beloved second generation.
Imagine, if you will, that an unnamed manufacturer just released an all-new sports car. It rockets from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 3.8 seconds, pulls more than one lateral g on the skid pad and has a carbon-fiber hood and roof. The interior includes dual high-resolution screens, top-quality materials and the option of racing seats. The manual transmission, with 7 forward speeds, will execute rev-matched downshifts, and it’s mounted at the rear of the car for optimal weight distribution.
Other serious performance hardware include a dry-sump oiling system (which keeps the engine lubricated during neck-straining cornering maneuvers), an electronically controlled differential and magnetic ride-control suspension. All of this is concealed beneath bodywork that’s thoroughly dripping in exotic, low-slung menace.
If Porsche made such a car, it would cost $125,000. If its fenders wore Ferrari badges, it would cost $200,000. But we’re talking about a Chevy with a starting price of $51,995. And this fact blows our minds just a little bit less because the car is a Corvette. Where that particular vehicle is concerned, we’ve come to expect outrageous returns on our dollar.
Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/a...gray-returns-with-styling-a-la-mode.html?_r=0
