Corvette Z06 | Car Review | Top Gear
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- čas přidán 19. 11. 2009
- Jeremy takes the seven-litre monster that is the Corvette Z06 onto the Top Gear track. And while its no Ferrari, it does manage to set a seriously impressive time when its handed over to the the Stig.
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Love how Jeremy starts talking about fast food and Americans while he is sitting with half his gut pushing against the steering wheel.
If the Corvette was an Alfa Romeo he'd call it the best car ever
You know why? Because it would drive marvelous and there wouldn't be a bad steer ratios or bad suspension/ chassis setup and would drive perfectly, not reliable, just drive brilliantly.
Bad steering ratio's? Have you driven a Z06? And reliability, in an Alfa? Come on.
+Cut de Pie Fails Alfa Romeos are some of the most horribly engineered cars being made
Colds Still drive better than most cars.
Even in 2022 the Z06 looks fantastic. One of best bangs for the buck around.
A lot of the high end mid-late 2000’s performance cars from the US still look good to this day.
That Ferrari looked about 20 years older than Z06.
@@codyerickson3550 totally agreed. The Cobra R and the Trans Am WS6 are two of my favorite styled cars of all time.
@@nodo7575
20yrs older? Lol not a chance. But factually, the Ferrari was designed in the mid 90s and debuted as the F550 with a 5.5L quad cam V12, then upped to 5.75L after a refresh.
@@michaelangelo5783 It looks like it's from 1990 dude, get real.
As much as Jeremy disses the Corvette, I suspect he secretly admires it.
Oh you know he does lol
He says it in the American special
He said the c6 zr1 was one of the best cars he’d ever driven
He loves viper, so he hates corvette
Hammond. He's the American born, unfortunately, across the pond.
"Aluminum.... whatever that is."
Lol
It's the real word, before the British put another vowel into it.
@@exothermal.sprocket Aluminium does make more sense elements-wise... theres alot of "ium"s on the table... plus it's more fun to say 🤷♂️
@@frowlinian8175 And there's also elements that don't. Platinum. Molybdenum. Tantalum. Lanthanum. Besides a host of others that don't end with "um" or "ium".
@@exothermal.sprocket right, but that's why theres multiple spellings... and there are alot more ium's than um's: 78 out of 118 end in ium, 32 dont have either, 7 end in um (one of those is off by 1 but I cant be bothered to look through again... so those are ballpark numbers)... plus the discoverer couldnt decide what it was called so literature just picked one; Brits chose one to go with the rest (including it's original name), Americans went the other route... 100 years after the element was named. It wasnt until 1925 that the American Chemical Society changed from aluminium to aluminum; which is after the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry already established that "aluminium" was the correct name... but today both parties say both are perfectly acceptable; though in scientific communities the standard is aluminium it doesnt really matter. You're not going to get laughed off stage if you present a paper that call it "Aluminum".
I'm just pointing out that Brits didnt just add a vowel to be different; they did it to better standardize the periodic table and aluminum's discovery came at just the right time.
For examle; when you look at something like gold or lead; those have been known and named for centuries so people arent very likely to use their new latinized names so they didnt stick although their symbols did... newer elements didnt really have that luxury so they were fit in, Hence names like Einsteinium, Americium, Curium, etc that mean nothing at all other than "this thing I like+ium"... though um is also a Latin suffix that was acceptable so idfk, science just likes their standardization. I dont think they care what it actually is so long as everyone uses the same thing
@@exothermal.sprocket we created the language first.
I've had 2 Z06's and they are excellent daily drivers. They idle at 700RPM and the power is easy to control. Biggest complaint is that when accelerating at a pace typical of city driving it locks out 2nd and 3rd gear and makes you shift to 4th, but you can override that. Did I mention that a 1,300 mile road trip I averaged a little over 26 MPG
Did ye aye
They do tramline and with the width and the quality of roads here it's difficult to push properly
Easy to override the skip shift.
I’ve got an 07 and love it. Have to agree it’s not the best daily though. The MPG’s are baffling though. I’ve ran 600 mile road trips up and down CA while getting 32 mpg highway all day long. However, the car does whoop your ass after sitting in it for a while
@@95shagginwagon67 That's the beauty of having a very long top gear, isn't it? You can have your performance and your MPG too.
you can buy a Corvette, a diesel truck, a racing trailer and enough land and possibly make a small race track for the price of the ferrari
Ferrari is the perfect car for people with more money than brains
i dont think any car is worth ferrari money really. its a car, one split second decision and you got a pile of spare parts
Nicolas Broszky
I'd would never pay the money for one. Yeah
they look nice, are fairly speedy, make a nice engine noise, BUT, they are not reliable, parts a very expensive and must be imported from Italy, they are difficult to work on, so looks like my braincells are working fine, perhaps your are in question
walksnomore 😂😂😂😂 for real
And that's not even taking into account the ridiculous expense of maintaining a Ferrari over a Z06.
Jeremy Clarkson needs a commission for this. He single handedly (with the help of a full production team) sold me my 2007 Corvette Z06 from this review alone. Definitely the performance bargain of all time. It’s hard to beat. Even in stock form.
it's the same for every american muscle/supercar. (Some say Corvette/Viper is a muscle car, but by definition they are not). For example for the price of a Mustang GT you can maybe get a NOT M BMW 3-5 series, or to mention a proper sportcar, maybe a bone stock new Supra (but probably not)
Very hard to beat in stock form
@@Inferiis I'd say the Viper is a muscle car. The Vette is a sports car, but the Viper is a muscle car.
@@lordpumpkinhead265vettes amd viper are front engine supercars
Other then the recent ones Sir have you seen a better look then thus one?
2019 now and I still want one badly... they're about $30k now, so much car for the money
@@abualzuaree yea congrats man! Sounds awesome
Mifos I don't know that these will get that low any time soon. C5Zs have just now dipped below $20k and they are 20 years old. The oldest C6Zs are only 13 years old.
@@abualzuaree nice! I just picked up my first 08 C6Z! Has heads/cam and bolt ons! Block is a forged/sleeved/stroked 6.2 to a 7.0 427ci. She's built for boost, but I might sell it and just get a Z06 with the LS7 with heads/cam and boltons instead! Get compliments every time I drive it, enjoy it!
Ferruzzicati
He mentioned that its modified so no.
Ferruzzicati
Sure
2 seats ✔
V8 ✔
RWD ✔
Removable roof ✔
Manual ✔
Can buy used under $35k ✔
The math adds up
This car kicks ass
Except the z06 doesn't have a removable roof.
All corvettes kick ass tbh
@@battyman42069 especially the newer ones. Ever since the new Stingray, they REALLY are up there!
Bit biased. Profile pic?
And 7 liters!
The Corvette has a racing history behind it. A true example of the great American sports car.
@spudnic88You sure put a lot of thought into commenting don't you? What do you drive again?
@spudnic88 you're the type of person who still drives your mom's 92 Honda Civic and think that it's a Ferrari
@spudnic88 yeah Le Mans is trailer trash
sidefx996, he owns an Altima.
@@fnx333 How many 24 hourse of LeMans has covette won?
None
So yes, almost no important racing history
That vette will still be burning rubber when that ferarri is off to the shop getting 25K worth of normal wear and tear repairs. True rich mans vehicle.
$2500.00 oil change in the Italian Stallion......no thanks.
Joshua His point is still valid.
that is a fair point, and with that 7L LS V8 being nothing more than an overglorified truck engine, they are also more reliable and cheaper to fix and keep running. in fact, I once was at a car show where a GM engineer was talking about the engines in the new C7 corvettes, they warranty them up to 150K miles and said they have been tested up into 300K mile territory. show me a Ferarri with a similar warranty. most of them never crack 50K
Justin Noker Lol over glorified truck engine? AL block, titanium internals, hand built, weighs less than most 6cylinder engines. It’s a $25,000 engine to this day in Canada. The only thing is shares with a truck engine in the 16v OHV layout, which the C6.R and C7.R have proved is almost unbeatable.
Nah my Vette would be in the shop, getting heads and cam...
4 years with mine, makes me happy every time I drive it. Honestly is smoother than you'd imagine.
Is it reliable?
@@thearousedeunuch my only concern is the valve guide issue. Mine shouldn't be in the problem years, but I'm still going to check and replace the heads if necessary.
@@grimace2010 I see. It's good to know that these Corvettes were reliable. Back when I was younger and watched this video, I figured that lower quality was the reason why they were cheaper.
Driving my dads 2005 c6 was crazy. Felt so sticky and handled so well to the road. Even just doing a u turn it was smooth and driving around turns. He has a 2010 gt500 now that has great power and it’s smooth for daily driving but the corvette felt more nimble
On American roads it is brilliant as you don't have the width issue, interstate highways allow for smooth long distance road trips, fuel is cheap, radio stations are rubbish anyways so you don't need a good stereo and there are plenty of burger joints for you to pull over at along the way.
Lmao that Iraqi joke, we were so blessed to have this man on the air unfiltered for so long
That's not a man, that right there, is a genius
"7 litres of American friendly fire" sent me absolutely rolling considering the aforementioned Iraqi joke, good lord that's a level of meta that I'm sure most people won't have noticed
uh huh, the British took and held the port city of Basra by the way.
If Jeremy were about to make a review of a new Lada model, he would probably make a joke involving Ukraine.
Everyone hates corvettes until the second they're in one
Not everyone hates them but youre right about if they drove it theyd probably have to admit its a good car in many respects and for the price its great, I had a chance to drive a third gen one and it was really exciting, of course Top Gear is going to talk it down the BBC is a government owned broadcaster and of course the UK wants to sell more British and European cars over American ones
I won't say I hate the Corvette, but I find it to be overhyped. It's a fine car for one who knows how to handle it and they are a long-running classic. Though it's not my favorite sports car (my favorite is the RX-7), I wouldn't turn down a Corvette if I could afford one.
+Justin Rios Yep.
+Rex Holmes tin foil hats on boys!
***** tons of people i know hate american cars, my dad hates every car without a Porsche badge, and how does price/performance not matter..
I really REALLY wish Jeremy got a chance to review the C7 Corvette in this fashion on The Grand Tour (and eventually the C8) but no such thing ever came to pass. Seeing the C6 earn his respect in this video was just really something special. "It's quicker than a Zonda!" has echoed in my mind ever since the day this episode aired.
It's not as impressive anymore though. Car technology has come so far since then, the C6 Z06 was a real underdog then. Super cheap and super fast, was ahead of cars in it's class and out classing cars on the track it shouldn't have
@@R3AL-AIM If you couldn’t tell I was talking about living in the moment, I know it’s not that impressive anymore
"It's quicker than a Zonda!" Tom, when I heard Jeremy say that, I knew he was impressed, maybe even a little shocked; the crowd was when he told the lap time.
The Stig had a chance to drive the fastest cars in the world. If he had NOT spun the tires for so long in the beginning of the time trial (which Jeremy briefly mentions), he MAY have gone almost a whole second faster over all.
I thought in the past, when I saw this episode, they told him to do that on purpose so the car would post a slower time. If you watch the Stig in this portion, he hardly ever spins the tires for THAT LONG! It would have surpassed almost all the cars on the list. It also would be the only factory car under $100k to do it.
They don't like American cars. They also never gave the genV Viper ACR and honest try...because they knew it would destroy all the metro sexual machines they love.
@@cromBumny Richard does, but mainly muscle or anything with a high displacement V8 like the Demon
I previously owned the yellow one in the studio (from 6:58 on). I took it back to the dealership where I bought it for new tires one time, except their tire machine couldn't fit such wide wheels on -had to take it to a tire specialist. Another time I took it for it's MOT (UK annual vehicle inspection for those across the pond) and it was too wide to fit into the garage opening where the ramp was. Both true stories. UK garages just weren't ready for anything like this back in 2007.
Thats exhausting haha. Even here in the usa owning powerful cars gets easier and easier. Ordering stuff online is a breeze. Although mechanics seem to be getting worse and worse here
@@FindtheEdgeOfficial Yeah you gotta go to local small shops now or you can't really trust them. Big places love to tell you you have extra things wrong even if you had 0 problems with it before and they do it most to females. Happened to my buddies girlfriend twice and both times she took it to a smaller shop who confirmed that it was BS
"7 Liters of American friendly fire" I DIED LOLOLOLOL
Lol love it
The Americans do love a bit of friendly fire
@@karlwatson45 We unfortunately do, but we're "trying" to wean ourselves off of it
@@karlwatson45 when one parochial drops 95% of the ordinance, the stats are gonna be a bit skewed.
Whether you love it or hate it, you gotta give gm respect for how far the Corvette had come
Agree 👍
5:16 Just the way he said burger was hilarious
Sounded like a Texan. 😁😂🤣
Meanwhile in America, people drove these every day without any fuss. They're superb cars, good mpg's, no drama, smooth power delivery. A great car to pilot every day.
so you state that a 7 liter engine has good mpgs?
@@leemacc9043if i remember right it gets around 30 mpg highway and around 20 city or something. Its not a Prius no but it gets better mpg than a lot of way slower cars with smaller engines.
@@leemacc9043 Because of American gas prices which averaged 2.5$ per gallon until 2 years ago the 7 liter was not a problem. Plus it cost 60k usd and had 5 year 60k miles (100k kms) warranty from the factory by GM. Unbeatable deal
I like the Zed o six
AutomotiveVlog you and I both
Zee06
How about the new Zed ahhh one
Ugly
Zed's dead
Only Jeremy Clarkson could say how A,B,C,D,E,F on a car is amazing, then say say how the car still sucks.
thats just the top gear former. keeps you guessing whether a switcheroo is coming.
I like them to see how a c8 will suck.. its better than a ferrari and with that c8r exhaust
It’s really what makes him an excellent journalist
@@epicxelxl8324 You were talking about a c8 they were talking about something else
You can tell it really pained him to admit an American car was great. Not unique to Jeremy Clarkson, it is a British phenomena.
That laptime explains why the C6 Z06 is practically the best car for anyone. Tuners can get the LS engine to unheard power figures and drivers could even say that it handles way better than a Ferrari or Aston Martin. And the engine, who needs a V12 when a V8 produces the same hp.
Yes! Even the 1984 Corvette beat the others in a sloam course when tested. I have a 1984 and studied what It did when they tested it to the other competition.
If you've never heard an F1 V12 or a V12 from an Aston DBR9, or Pagani Zonda or Ferrari 812, please listen to a V12 and tell me it is a work of art.
V8's give you power, but V12's have an amazing feeling to them. I'm not dissing V8's in any way shape or form.
Well, it’s smoother, sounds better, and Ferrari and Aston V12 produce more power for their displacement
@@annonymously331 v12s are more luxurious for sure, and have their place, but bare in mind although the LS engine has more displacement it is MUCH lighter and physically smaller than your typical v12 (and even many DOHC v8s with less than two thirds of the displacement) The LS will get better fuel economy when crusing in 6th too :)
@@PG-20 The cure for any weak LS sound is proper exhaust tuning. Have you ever heard what those GT2 and GT1 cars used to sound like? They were MONSTROUS.
As a Mopar man, I absolutely love the Corvette and everything it stands for! I miss he C6 Z06 but the C7 Z06 is growing on me. So glad the boys are back on Amazon!
Why are Vettes being compared to Porsche, BMW, Aston, Jaguar, Mercedes? Because it's just that good. All of those are higher end makes, and we're talking about a Chevrolet competing with them. That's pretty damn good.
The performance competes. Not the interior design/quality, refinement, transmission does feel kinda tractory, clutch is kinda vague, but I still love this LS7 beast
@@nick-zc9xv 3LT improves the "appearance" of the interior but not the actual OVERALL fit/finish, button/control feel, material textures, etc.
There is a reason why a Corvette is tens of thousands cheaper than equivalent Porsche, Ferrari, BMW, Audi, etc.
@@sasazapadnik9335 It's still not in quite the same league, but Chevy really upped their game with the C7 interior. There are a couple minor issues, but everything is what it looks like now instead of being plastic that looks like other materials. If it looks like leather, aluminum, glass, or plastic, that's what it is, and the plastic isn't everywhere anymore.
@@Mr_Roboto I agree it came a long way, and it's impossible for them to be on-par with the "Europeans" while being so affordable, otherwise Porsche 911 and Nissan GT-R sales would plummet.
C6 Z06 is one of my favorite cars, and I'm a die-hard Euro fanboi
@@sasazapadnik9335 Wow, that's the worst reasoning ever. The Corvette Z06 CAN'T be on par with europeans while being affordable because it would cause the european sales to plummet? THAT'S WHAT CHEVROLET WANTS, WHY WOULDN'T THEY KEEP IT AFFORDABLE AND EAT ALL THE SALES?
That's called business you twit, companies don't care about OTHER companies' sales.
When Jeremy said "the gearbox feels like it came from a tractor" the first thing that came to mind was Ferruccio Lamborghini's Ferrari 250GT.
6:15 who else noticed the difference in the reflection of the cars on the ground
You can see when they edited it.
Good eye!
2019 and the Iraqi restaurants still gets me!
0-175 in 6th gear huh? my subaru has a 50/50 shot of stalling if i start it in second
It was fifth gear, and you can hit 198 in it, but he didn't have the room.
BesCanKeanRob2 Well, the Suby doesn't quite have the displacement to do that, plus throw in a turbo to spool and that would be why.
Lol
yojimbo so you can't drive. I can start in second in my 97 outback sport.
What can you do with a Impreza WRX STi?
hey Jeremy, that used "cheap plastic" was in reality just a part of an elaborate weight-saving strategy by Corvette engineers. engineering excellence, and all of that done to a price point that the ordinary mortal citizen can aspire to. isn't that truly a very skillful exercise of high-art greatness in the automotive engineering world!?? hahaha, i used clarkson's "skew all logics" the other way here , really, see how it works folks? greetings from herman the german.
CHUUMPASS lotus did the same shit but not criticism there
There are parts on some PORSHE 911s that are *plastic* to save weight. The hypocrisy of these cheeky Europeans who think their car companies never use cheap materials to save weight. Ha! 😉
I traded in my C7 Z51, for a C6 Z06, best move I've ever made! It's amazing! I love it!
I drive a C5 base with the F45 ride control system and I think it's very comfortable to drive. It's more comfortable than I would've expected from a car that handles as well as mine. I keep seeing people on either end of this spectrum and I haven't been able to figure out what factors are causing people to feel so strongly one way or the other. I DO hear a lot of bad things about the seats, but I haven't had any issues with mine.
Ultimately,
I think we're all a bit bias and we can't really hold that against each other. I'm an American and will likely buy American if I'm looking for a car. However, even if I wasn't American, I'd still buy the Vette simply because of the price tag and maintenance costs, lol. I don't think I'll ever be able to afford a Ferrari or justify one. I can't even justify a brand new Vette.
My C5 was only $13,900 with 67,000 miles on it and it's in almost pristine condition. It didn't even take a nibble out of my income.
Lastly, I prefer the aesthetics of the Vette.
6:15 am i the only one that sees it?
+RANDOMLETTERSBLAH -Drift Enemy- reverse reflection?
yup
Now how the hell did you spot that?!
+It's time for some fun RIGHT!
+Agerix Official That's clever.
Funny part is the corvette will last 200k+ miles and the ferarri will last maybe 75k
The power of Ls
until that LS7 drops a valve and then it's bye bye, lol
@@xP0STx and what kind of Corvette do you drive?
@@xP0STx Funny how spunic88 didn't come back with an answer
Absolutely silenced
If you notice at 1:55 the Corvette Z06 has a speedometer that reads up to 320 mph. I’m sure that’s an oversight by GM but kph isn’t shown to be anywhere on the instrumentation panel much like mph is here
believe you can switch it on the onboard computer.
The Z06 has been much refined over the years. I had a 2007 that I sold for the reasons Jeremy mentioned, then immediately regretted doing so. I got a 2012 just last month, and was completely unprepared for the difference. The car rides quieter, is far more refined than my '07, and is, for some reason, much more powerful. True, my '07 was a 2LZ car, whereas my '12 is a 3LZ car, with a much better interior, but the bottom line is that the breed has been continuously improved. If Jeremy were to take a drive in the 3LZ 2012 Z06, he might find many more positives than he did in the previous car. Now, if I could just get some traction off the line.....
For everyone that is hating on the American corvette. you say it is garbage and unreliable but look at these other cars no super car is long lasting... but the corvette does a pretty damn good job not needing anything these LS motors are amazing and strong . second for the price I can buy one and have a corvette and live in a dream world without the price of a Ferrari and lambo but still keep up. the slightly above average guy can afford one I don't need to be a multimillionaire to buy one but I can still enjoy what I have a have it kick ass. now yes if I had the money to buy the Porsche gt3 I would but you would be nuts if you think I wouldn't also own a corvette. every car company has there ups and downs yea a corvette is like a mustang in the supercar world way more people have them but it is a monster and very capable and you can do so much to it. not the Ferrari and lambo and porsches or handcrafted pieces of art absolutely amazing but come on is this the car you want to beat up on and kick it's ass or would you rather spend alittle less and also have a corvette beef it up and kick some ass if corvette isn't your thing go with the gtr or z28 bmw m3 but thinking the corvette is crap because it is mass produced is insane and saying the motor sucks really do some research this LS motors are amazing and now the LT motors even more solid that's what the corvette and Camaros had and they were tanks enjoy what other companies make watch each company beat other companies and wait until your favorite company comes out with something nicer
Yea! Great Explantion! It's called a VETTETOPIA LIFE!😎
No one has ever said the Corvette is unreliable, unless they have no idea what they are talking about. The Corvette is one of the most reliable cars in the world, and the C5 Corvette was known for nearing a million miles of usage.
@Steven SalcidoYeah there is? There's actually tons. You have access to all the information in the world, use Google... dummy
@Steven Salcido 2006 Ford F-250 1.2 million miles
2006 Chevy silverado 3500 super duty 1.22 million miles
1991 chevy s1500 1.29 million miles
1993 Lincoln Town Car 1.3 million miles
1963 Plymouth Fury 1.62 million miles
first result www.hotcars.com/15-cars-with-the-highest-mileage-ever-recorded/
The problem is that the history of the Corvette is it being an unrefined sportscar- it's a dog and always has been. The C8 is bringing it into new territory, however it is absolutely rife with QC issues across the board that will take years for GM to iron out (engine, trans, brakes, interior quality, electrical, list goes on). People love to advertise it as a $62k car but the basic features you should be getting with that car put it at $72-75k bare minimum... the $62k model is stripped down so badly that you shouldn't even be considering to buy one if that's your budget ceiling. GM is the bar none the WORST manufacturer in the US for service... so good luck with that if you're not patient. If I want a pure sportscar I'd be taking a Porsche over a Corvette any day of the week.
0-175 MPH in one gear!!!! That is impressive, no matter what car you compare it to.
"Not the most sophisticated handling in the world....but there's so much brute force, it just doesn't matter"...."Converted most of the rear tyres into smoke".
So basically, Jeremy, it's like one of those AMGs you loooove.
Beating cars like the Zonda, F430...im proud of America on this one!!!
Eric Cruz Piñero lets be honest a corvette is nowhere near as refined or elegant as any European car. Heck! Aston Martins are *way* batter
@@user-rr7ov9dz1i well, look at the price of a vette and a freakin Zonda, course the Zonda is more refined
@@tykedopwnz even a Golf is more refined.
@@user-rr7ov9dz1i are they 100000£ worth of more refined? Also what’s refinement worth if a muscle car with 50 year old engine still beats your supercar around the track? Also Aston’s are literal garbage. Like they won’t last quarter as much as this car.
@@sukhdevr3489 Yet its a boring souless ugly machine, cope harder fifa boy.
Corvettes are awesome, there's no doubt about it. It still remains one of my favorite American Cars. The ACR and the ZR1 are just so fun to drive. Its for the people that want to experience excitement while driving.
"system is showing the fast food icons" LOL
Yep, that's definitely one of our cars
This video is still fun to watch in this day and age! Well done.
Loved corvettes for such a long time, my ultimate dream car
But how many people use a Ferrari as their daily driver?
Billie
@@SchafdoggGTO
No shit
None.
They go up in flames if you even try that.
@@bicyclist2 a guy next to my office does it lmao
i dont care what anyone says corvettes are perfect cars love them and hope to own one one day
HorseRancher92 You dont care about what I have to say? :'(
dazz bog
i do care but if its negative i'll ignore and disagree , i didnt mean and disrespect by my comment sorry about that :)
HorseRancher92 agreed.
HorseRancher92 They are fun cars and the LS engines in the Corvette are very impressive.
Sean Roney
and easy to get more power out of those ls engines too
My shop and team took the LS7 out of a wrecked one and put it in my 2017 GMC Sierra 1500. Then took the 6.2 from that and put it in a 1979 Scottsdale suburban on 16" lift and 44" ground hawgs. Lifes been pretty sweet 2020
Jeremy Clarkson ripping up the track in a 'Vette never gets old.
Hah, he finally said "aluminum" correctly!! :P
Love how Jeremy loves the American cars, despite always bashing them.
Seracen finally valuing mr Davy
Seracen It's Aluminium.
+Seracen you are saying aluminium wromg. It sounds like you aren't properly educated.
Nope, the British way is technically correct. I'm American and even I realize that.
Actually, in America it's spelled aluminum. It's spelled differently here, so if you're in the US, aluminium is technically incorrect. Now, you're all properly educated. 😉
...Hes complaining it too wide?...Yet the 575M is wider...And hes complaining bout the steering wheel on the wrong side?.. The radio is rubbish?
Those are hilarious reasons to diss a car, Next he will complain bout the color...And that start, I like how the purposely mess up the start
well, nobody takes clarkson seriously (or any british car show for that matter) , it is basically just an entertainment show involving cars and the passion for it, all seen through the small lenses of british humor (can you say inferiority complex-driven?) ;) his job basically is to make fun of everything and find ways to throw some dirt at cars in a "brit-wit-manner", especially if it's American cars. i usually just look at the cars, and mute the show. greets from germany.
True, Top Gear is more of a comedy show, ANd much less a car show, Id rather they do the Specials like Bolivia and Afica, And just forget about the actual reviews, JC revies specially with his false and stupid information.
Dre Ray he hates American stuff
He should probably make his own right hand drive tooling for the Corvette, and put it in the plant.
classic corvette fan getting offended
complaints were tire noise and the stereo is rubbish, yep that justifies the 100,000 pound/200,00$ U.S. price difference.
and the ride and the gearbox and the low rev sound and the width and the trim level
Little things add up. You would except a used 1k car to have those things.
@@sukhdevr3489 they do add up, just not 200k, both issues could be solved for 4000$ or less, and the issue that the car is too wide can't be solved,but Lamborghini and Ferrari seem to never get that complaint with their cars that are just as wide but X3 times more expensive, Vroom Vroom
@@denmalski I think it's too much of a muscle car and not enough of a GT car to live with. That's why everyone likes Vanquish's and SL55s.
@@sukhdevr3489 it's performance is above all muscle cars and is equal to cars X3 more expensive + I can find a local Chevy dealer everywhere but there is no local Lambo/Ferrari/Bugatti dealer anywhere, so Bang for your buck Vette wins hands down, and the ZO6 is not even the top Vette at that time, ZR1 was, so you can more bang for your buck
Say what you want about it's handling and platform, but it outran a Zonda, Noble, Ferrari 430, Gallardo, and was one tenth of a second away from making the same time as a GT3 RS, which everyone says has incredible handling. What really happened, was the Corvette was actually great this time. and Jeremy had to find a reason to say it was horrible as he always does. But since it handles great, has a nice interior (finally), was faster on a track not just straights, he had to slip it all in, in the most bullshit form he could, saying it's not a "road car". I actually personally don't like corvettes. They're just not my favorite car, but I've ridden in them before and the suspension isn't that stiff, it's not that loud, the radio is fine, and who has ever complained about a SPORTS CAR being too loud, too low, and too wide? Biased bastard. I love Top Gear but i hate it when they do this. They rag on American cars all the time. I get it most of the time but the Corvette ZO6 is a great car. It didn't deserve it. WE FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT! come on. Give us some damn credit. lol
Dude, we got it right with the GT-40. Z06 is just another trophy in American cars' case.
TheTigerShark21
- implying the GT-40 was American, lol
TheFlyingPineapple You're right. the original was actually conceived by Erica Broadley of Lola cars. But they never actually built any that were worth owning at the time because he didn't have the money to go through with the project. Ford (an AMERICAN car company) bought out the design and hired people to finish and perfect it. Then installed a better engine and supplied all the money to have them built. Lola's version was just a concept. Ford is the one that actually built, and produced them for racing. The gt-40 is a collaboration car. All Lola supplied them with was a chassis. The rest of the car is American. So "lol" to you for implying otherwise. It was a 50/50 two part effort from both the UK and America. Both should be proud the car did so astonishingly well in its career. Some of the greatest cars ever built were a result of American power trains in British chassis's. (my favorite being the Shelby Cobra 427) I would personally like to see the bullshit rivalry stop so we could see what's next.
Forgive me for sounding ignorant, but all I know is that there is a Ford sticker on it which, to me makes it an American. But thanx for the extra info.
TheTigerShark21 It wasn't directed to you, it was to captain smart ass up there.
Buying a road car based on how fast it can lap the Nurburgring is like buying an office computer based on how well it can run video games.
Randal Graves yes but this show is based on performance cars.... sooo your comment is invalid
But the z06 is a performance sport car...
The only thing that matters is if it can run Crysis.
Except in the latter, it would mean you're getting a really really good computer.
Honestly the C6 and the new C8 are tied for my personal favourite designs for the Corvette, the C6 is so simple but a true work of American art
I don't get it. The C6 is corny looking. Those headlights have not aged well at all. Meanwhile I have trouble telling the difference between a C7 and C8 coming head on. Double speak?
@@Hey_Blinkin i think you might just be acoustic
@@swooby8824 I always thought I was electric 🤔
Corvette has improved over the years. I like them. Owned a few.
His opening statement was, in my opinion, very arrogant. The first 2 generations were very fast and could take turns very well. 3rd gen started well, but due to government regulations, killed all american performance until the mid 90s. Then American companies started to take off and now we have the C7 Z06 that is coming out that will embarrass all Euro makers out there. Again he is arrogant because he doesnt understand the history of what American companies had to deal with.
Guess what? Europe had to deal with shit too. High insurance and fuel prices in UK naturally affect their car market. Yugoslavia's car factories were bombed. Italy taxes engines over 2.0L (they even made 2.0 V8 Ferraris). Norway has high vehicle taxes. America enjoys low taxes, cheap fuel and industrial stability.
When Clarkson came to Las Vegas and drove all american cars he liked the Corvette best.
18 years after this car debuted and I still love it. Car and Driver coaxed one to a 3.4s 0-60 and a 11.7s 1/4 at 125mph, blistering fast for a manual car, especially at the time.
Admittedly, the car works 100x better in North America and the first year the rear suspension wasn’t setup right, but GM fixed it quickly and took away the snap oversteer.
I still see these cars all summer long here in Canada, and still love seeing and hearing them.
Did you wave at me? I was driving mine this summer :-) Cheers my fellow Canuck, these cars still rock!!!!
One of my all time favorite cars.
I wonder how Top Gear will respond to the new C7 Z06...
Also, was this particular review directed by Michael Bay? What's with all the explosions?
How will they respond to the C8 😂
What explosions? Not all fires are caused by explosions.
Ah back when the c7 was new
I drive mine almost every day. It's a very smooth car and is tame when you want it to be. Great car.
Awesome ZO6 ever . The Corvette Iconic Names
I wish people would stop bringing in the nationality argument
Corvette is brilliant car regardless where it was made ay least its priced reasonably unlike extortionate ferrari
But you see here's your problem, the Corvette being from America is the reason it's cheap, reliable, fast, and the steering wheel is on the correct side.
I really want to see Jeremy test a C8.
There is no better critic for the job!
And you just have to appreciate his driving skills.
This is why I loved TopGEAR 😂👏👌👌
What an amazing soundtrack. That defines the car.
My little sister bought an 06. On my birthday she came and gave it to me. I could not believe the torque!!! I could not get it out of 2nd gear on my back roads, and once got to 3rd, but at 90 plus. She picked it up for $23,000. they are around for that range with under 25k to 30 k. Good luck. Nice vette!!!
Still loving mine after 12 years.
Glad you are part of the Vette family! I sure am! 😎
Is the suspension as hard as this guy complains?
@@karimtemri1664 Clarkson has his opinions. I’ve never had any issues with mine. Short trips. Long trips. Love it.
This has been my dream car since i was 6 years old. Im 21 now. And i will buy this one day.
i have an 07 z06 and was my first brand new vette and my 3rd vette overall and still have the 07 today and had a supercharger added to it and i still ove this car like i bought it yesterday
“Aluminum, whatever that is”
🤣 One of the greatest shows ever created
I see shitloads of butthurt people around here that just hate this car! Well i am european and let me tell you something! You wont find in the whole damn world a better bang for the buck than the Corvette! You just can t. Its cheap its fast its fun to drive. Not expensive to run like the european counterparts. So get rekt haters. America is much more cost efficient than europe if we talk about cars. Look at the c7 stingray or the z06! Noone can beat that.
+Auras Secuianu Thank you! You are the only European I have ever seem point that out.
No European would ever make this statement either your a liar or a traitor. don't know which one is worse
ikybaiiki no sane human would call a someone a traitor just because they give credit where credit is due. As a Finn, name one non American car that's faster around a track than a Ferrari 430 for 60000£. Go on, I'll wait...
Nationalism is as irrational and cancerous as the social justice movement.
Porsches are the same as corvettes tho
This is a supercar. Hands down. This thing is spectacular to look at and so very fast!
c6 z06... and proper round tail lights... :) Damn fine run by Stig there too.
BEST video review of Jeremy :-)
I really love how he claims the steering wheel is on the wrong side and the new and British P1 is left hand drive.
You know you need to own a car when it can reduce Jeremy Clarkson to”I am a child.”
"It's quicker then a Zonda!",
No further questions your Honor.
The c6 Zo6 is probably the best bang for the buck car out there.
Absolutely not. Any experienced sportscar driver would buy a GT4 or even a base 911 over a z06. It's a sin to even think of comparing the two... and stomping the accelerator in a straight line is a mere tiny facet of driving a sportscar (yet encompasses the majority of Joe Shmoe's driving experience).
Top Gear mocks pretty much every nation and the type of Americans in the comments here seemingly only notice when it's poking fun at them lol
Love your CZcams name. lol
+bra Only because those stereotypes they make up get spread by Europeans much faster and are on every video about American cars.
That's because he actually has a default reaction to any car produced by Americans. He considers them all shit until proven otherwise, even if he has never seen them. He does not do that towards the cars of any other nation to my knowledge. And even when they make a good car, he lies about something (in this case the ride quality) to skew the review into a more negative light. Also seems to be much more "lead footed" in American cars.
Birki gts dude that's cause american cars are trash.
Then why are American cars a common sight in the top of nurburgring times?
For example, the Dodge viper ACR '17 (160000$) is only 1.6 seconds slower around it than an Aventador LP-750 (435000$).
its very interesting because jeremy loved the ZR1 on the road but not as much on the track and liked the Z06 on the track but not on the road
Corvette Z06:
Investment banker performance at a Burger King franchise owner price.
I bought my C6Z with 70,000 miles at 19; Two weeks after basic training. Multiple 500 mile trips, a few 1,300 mile trips, and one 2,000 mile trip (5 trips from London to Edinburg for my UK friends) back and forth straight through. Each time only stopping for fuel, I could not ask for a better car under $30,000 (I picked mine up for $27,000.) Being able to throw my girlfriends luggage in the massive back hatch, have her love the heated seats for 1,300 miles, and hit the track with it when we get to our destination, what more could I ask for.
here in April of 2022 and the '06 Z06 is still a $50,000 car....i'd have one, would you?
Everyone relax, the britts have always had a great sense of humor and love to razz us Americans. You guys take this to seriously sometimes. Know what the difference is between a britt and a yank haha. The British have good beer, bad food and bad jokes. Us yanks have bad beer good food and bad jokes.... Thats it folks but the real funny part is when we team together we kick ass hahaha. Now who cares which car is better on a track anyone who buys one gets free hot girls for life and that's what's really important anyways....
robert segade Its a mutual sign of affinity i think mate.
The Aussies are always ribbing the Brits too, at the end of the day i think we're all not too dissimilar.It's all good fun.
Nope bro, just Jeremy. Hammond gets no joy from that
+robert segade I agree with all your points except for the beer.....god British beer is horrible in my opinion
tbone0785 The stuff you call Beer, we call lager. And you can get that too!
Epic & Iconic Corvette, bucket list car!
This was the second youtube video i ever saw in 9th grade. The first was the srt 10 review. Loved this show even though he ragged on my favorite cars hes the best
The brits don't seem to understand the Corvette is both a daily driver and a track star. Same thing with muscle cars, they just don't get the concept.
+David Van corvettes aren't muscle cars
+G11B cant drive a v8 to work, i would be bankrupt. it costs the equivelant of 120 dollars to fill my c klass diesel mercedes up, thats 62 litres, and its affordable since the prices has dropped.
+G11B daily driver a 7.0 engine? the world is not USA only
+G11B The Brits don't understand that 99/100 cars won't ever see a track...it's all about how much fun you can have on the back country roads and daily driving. The roads here in America are much wider.
+ImSpruic lol!
I'm sure the Z06 is not the best daily driver there is but come on, I don't recall Jeremy bashing on the Ariel Atom for "not working on the road". And it sure as hell doesn't work on the road better than the Corvette.
Yeah, but the Ariel Atom is much faster round a track than the Vette, and it's cheaper too, so you can actually afford an Ariel for the track and a Lexus or something for everyday driving.
Frikgeek I don't know the situation in Europe but in north America a stingray (a vast improvement over the z06) is $5000 less then an Atom.
nota mack You're comparing the C7 stingray with the C6 Z06. Also, it's not a "vast improvement". It has less horsepower and much less torque. But it really is stupid to compare the base C7 to a high end C6, we'll just have to wait for the C7 Z06 and ZR1.
Btw you don't even need the 500 HP top of the line Atom to beat the stingray, a midrange model will do.
You're missing the point, the latest corvette, an overall better car, is cheaper then an atom in the USA. I'm not going to discuss performance and such, just a matter of prices
I have seen two or three other reviews saying the suspension was too soft in these cars and to put stiffer suspension on them to corner flatter. Think Jeremy is full of it.
Very good car. Actually very good on track. Plenty of power and torque dont have to shift a lot in traffic. Smooth and strong.
I love that Corvette Z06 it's one of my favourite cars!!!!
I'd take a Z06 over a Ferrari any damn day!
Why though? This is a big engine inside a plastic box. Ferraris are charismatic, Italian, beautiful and well-made cars.
Ikr
HeHoZy no
For sure
HeHoZy
Corvettes perform better than Ferrari's on the track.
I like Ferrari's, but c'mon, most people perfer the Ferrari for the badge.
I know this is from back in '06, when the US auto industry wasn't producing much to defend itself with, but the unfair and unwarranted comments about the car and the people of the nation where it's built are a little disgraceful.
I'm a us citizen and an avid Top Gear viewer , They do poke fun of the USA but they also poke fun of every nation including Britain. I enjoy this show very much and I like how they really do give unbiased opinions on cars. Don't let it get you bothered they really do not hate Americans.
It's a lot more loaded when they talk about the US, and the topics of discussion are much more important and controversial. I still like the show, but I wish they would keep their snarky comments towards the cars, where they're actually funny. I will admit that the "fast food icons" line was hilarious, though.
I do see your point, and I too agree the fast food icon bit was very funny! Take care
djdrauss629 I'm pretty sure Jeremy and James don't care for Americans at all. Richard is probably different.
European car industry is actually a bit of a joke really. Most of cars sold are little FWD shitboxes with tiny diesels and even the so called premim brands i.e BMW MB are mainly sold with 2 liter diesels or some other funny petrol engines. Imagine MB in US trying to sell new C class with 1.6 120hp (or so) petrol engine NO STANDARD EQUIPMENT and really nasty interior for 40 000$ - which isn't a lot actually, if you try a bit you can buy new VW Golf for that kind of money lol. 80 000 in Europe buys Audi A5 2.0/3.0 diesel BMW M235I 428i Alfa Romeo 1.8T all nice cars but in terms of speed not even comparable with vette.
On long drives I noticed center column becoming quite hot, it needs some high emissivity insulation.
One day I will have a "Zed O Six" in my driveway. I'll take mine in black or silver. Love this six gen design. It's the best ever. And that 7.0L LS7. Oh yea 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 ooorrr a blue ZR1 wouldn't be bad either. 😉
Loved the silence of everyone when the track time came in
9:23 the standard corvette did the same time as the 575
I've watched this video several times. I have to agree with Jeremy it's not for the daily commute and it's fast as hell.
The sixth gen Z06 accelerates better in fith gear than my polo 9n 1.2 does in first gear..
Love the vette. \m/
Going to third from 2nd at 90 with my 2007 z06 the rear gets loose
It is breath taking and hits 140+ so quick handles big speed very well and sounds like a NASA car
Chevy hit a home run with C6Z06
If the stig would have launch the car better it would have been a much quicker time. I think they didn't want the z06 to be any quicker. He never dumps the clutch like that.
I think he does multiple laps until he believes he can't get it any quicker... I suppose that just so happened to be the fastest run
The laps they show and the actual times are diffrent, they choose the best looking one to show and take the best time
@@foxy126pl6 So you're saying Top Gear wanted to show the Corvette sloppily spinning it's tires, as if that's a good thing for track time? We know it's not good, so they should not have put it in. 🤷♂️
@@Northanteus majority of people who watched top gear were not that much into cars actually, they uses this to make the lap look cool