Top 5 Exotic Cars That Are ACTUALLY CORVETTES!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 22. 06. 2024
- Everyone can recognize a Corvette- it's the most iconic American sports car of all time! But what if the reliable platform and naturally aspirated V8 was given a more exotic supercar exterior? These five wild performance cars all have one secret in common, hiding underneath the carbon fiber and Italian leather.
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Not just the V8 engines. The Corvette hydroformed aluminum chassis is among the lightest and strongest on the market. There's a reason people are building 1200+ hp Corvettes without having to reinforce the frames.
Sorry but which cars need reinforced Frames when putting big power in ? Old audi s2's or even supras dont reinforce their Frames
@@ozibit99 worked at a race shop for 2 months before cali laws made it illegal. audis and supras were regulars for rebuilds when over 700whp. at around 900 the supras needed rear subframe and connecting areas strengthened cause after a few hundred pulls at that kind of power they tend to collapse like e36 rear subs when driven with cracked mounts. i didnt work on the s2 but i saw 2 in getting front end worked on with a welder {assume it was strengthening weakened metal}
where as the corvettes are good to around 1700hp and 1 that i did the head work on was used as a super car road tripper that put over 130k on it at 1600ish in 3 years{3 tunes from 1100 to 1600}
@@ozibit99 that was 2014 so newer upgrades to aftermarket rear subs on the supras might be infinitely better and wont need strengthening. idk
my friend has a 240 with 1100 WHP no fancy chassis
Hydro formed?
Wait they use water to make the chassis?
This sort of reminds me of Duesenberg: you bought the rolling chassis and then took that to your coach builder to put a body of your choice on it. GM didn't actually make the bodies.
This was pretty common back in the day. Nice to see some carrying on the tradition.
I knew Gordon Tronson when I was a kid living in Napier NZ , He was friends with my Dad. Gordon is the builder of the twin engine , Quad supercharged T bucket , the 4 engined Econoline , and a quad engine Harley
Damn that Ares S1 roadster at 0:34 would have me sold. Of course for over half a million you could probably find a much better investment (or two) but what a schweeet lookin' ride. Crazy thing is that if Vette wanted to just make that body they could probably produce them for $70K a piece at 30 thousand units a year off their automated assembly line. Put in a manual and I am a buyer.......hell I'll get a second job to make the payments.
The Zagato stands way higher than the rest of this crowd. Pure class.
Totally agree!
Not to mention that Zagato is a coach builder who knows a thing or two about car design, overall proportions and elegance đ
So far ahead of the rest, it deserves it's own video.
Thanks Jimmy Jr, this was fun to watch.
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5:13 sorry no, there's so much more to get to 300MPH than an HP number. Aero, tires, cooling - This car MIGHT be able to reach 200 without rattling itself into dust, but no reality shows it going 300MPH.
Thank you. Decent video until I heard that stat. Then I started questioning if the video producer knows anything about carsâŠ
Tyres*
@@purploid American car, American spelling.
@@Dannerrrr Alright, Australian cities, Australian Pronunciation. Itâs not Meal-Born, itâs Mel-Bun
1. Ares S1 - 750hp (Italian)
2. Zagato Iso Rivolta GTZ - 660hp (Italian)
3. Equus Throwback - 1000+hp (?)
4. GT55C - 1300hp (American)
5. Umdasch Sportwagen Celero R-6.3 - 500+hp (Austrian)
6. Velar Kit - stock hp (American)
I like the first one you should and the bonus car you should. đđđđ
Love the video, and it has the best like/dislike ratio i have ever seen.
0:16 best exhaust note ever
I'm a car nutt and these were NEVA on my radar so thanks!
The last one looked awsum I really like it
I love this content
At 01:00 the car stands in swiss in zĂŒrich i saw this car at a Shopping trip it looks sooo nice it was placed right next to the parkhaus
Wow, that's pretty cool of GM.
You gotta include the Bertone Mantide. 1 of 1. I see it every now in then driving around the lakes region on NH.
Someone forgot the most famous Corvette powered Supercars! The MT900!!!
Incredible handling and super low drag. In some ways MT900 is tje ultimate Vette.
The ares s1 is beautiful
How do you leave out the Perana / Zagato Z One ?????
What bout the Gotham garage concept car? It was also build off of from the corvette
Im waiting on the aurelio kit car. They did some upgrade to the rear bumper making it looking great. And i hear it should cost around 40k since its a honda civic engine. Lol im watching them like a hawk.
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Yes this car is made in the Philippines
I know the first car from Supercar Blondie. It looks so good.
Honestly, the c8 is awesome looking
"Excessive, but that's the American way"
I think I'd want my Corvette to just look like a Corvette đ€·đŸââïž
Many of use donât want a car that looks like everyone elseâs.
Do you have any more information on the Aries S1 ? Price, availability, etc ?
I just read $600,000 USD
@@shadetreesupercar Thanks man.
I'd want the Z06 engine son the sound matches the look.
Isorivolta is at another level
Zagato Iso Rivolta đđđđ it's just un real.. I love it âđ..
Thereâs a c5 that has a 57 bel-air look thatâs around jasper Ga
Well I didn't see any calloway vettes and they made a 240mph called the sledgehammer..it should have been part of this video as part of the tuners in old lyme Kentucky
Callaway Corvettes are still Corvettes that look like Corvettes though.
5:10 That car will NOT go 300 mph. You would be lucky to go 150.
yeah, it's not just horsepower, aerodynamics comes into it. It's like hulls on boats: doesn't matter how much hp, the "hull" will only allow the boat to go x mph. Same as a body on a car: the wide flat nose will prevent it from going anywhere near 300. It would fly apart long before that due to pressure.
I don't know the exact figures but bugatti/veyron found it took 700 hp to do 200 mph. Then another 600 to do the next 64.
I came to the comments to see if anyone said this. Why in the world would that go 300mph when modern cars with more horsepower, a better power-to-weight ratio, improved aerodynamics, and superior technology are still struggling to do so?
@@canehdiansteve3455 haha great handle Canehdian.....have to be Canadian to get it hahahah
Only the Ares is of real interest to me. It looks reminiscent of Koenigsegg and this company created other nice concepts like a modernized Pantera based on a Huracan chassis. Ares is a compelling company and looking forward to their models.
01:13 Just a small correction, the Corvette is not a muscle car, but a sports car
Italians also loves Vettes cos they are reliable
Devel Sixteen, two corvette engines fused together allegedly making 5,000hp
Kewl..
These aren't corvettes. While they share components, they are changed enough that they are something else altogether.
Need to agree with that guys..
Some components sharing doesn't mean you are riding a Corvette anymore. As an engineering base though, the Corvette is a tremendous choice!
Some of them share more than others. If you use the drivetrain, frame, brakes, etc, then yeah, it's based on a corvette. If you just use the motor and trans only, then you're right. It isn't even close.
But you can see the ones that are....they just look like a styled up C7 others are completely different.
Very nice! But not good on logging roads!
LoL at guy shifting as announcer hollering each gear shift
You forgot the devel sixteen its also a c6 corvette thats why the makers of it claim it was being made for 15 years its also a c6 corvette and it also uses a vett engine for the 2000hp pack. In its 5000hp pack it uses a v16 but the 2000hp has a reworked ls engine. And its body is also based on the corvette did i also mention its interior is from a c8
They didn't forget it. This video was 9 months ago. The disappointing interior of the Devel 16 was only revealed recently.
The hidden cost of owning a Corvette is all the gold jewelry you have to buy. I kid
Lt and LS motors aren't referred to as small blocks. Small block Chevy refers to pre-LT/LS motors.
Yeah, thank you. When he said 6.3L small block I thought, wait, what'd you say? That ain't a small block.
3:44 Aren't they worried about that Hyundai lawsuit?
I feel like all I wanted was the ls or the LT because merica
I believe that Chevrolet have sold special tunes which will be later used for Z model corvettes to these manufacturers.
UmmmâŠno mention of the Factory 5 GTMâŠ.đ€
3:46 literally looks like an automation beamng car
The problem with the Corvette is that it is a gold mine for small brands that produce supercars, since you will surely sell them for 4-5 times more than what the c8 cost
Chevy has been moving Vetts to look more exotic. The new hard top convertible seems to have a more exotic look. I've also heard rumers about Chevy open up something overseas
Ares cost?
like 500k+
@@PLK123 That's really unfortunate and means their Pantera reincarnation is also in that ballpark if not more expensive. Guess the old adage, _"if it's fast and cheap it won't be good; if it's cheap and good, it won't be fast; if it's fast and good, it won't be cheap"_ still holds sway...
Ares sure raises my eyebrows. So let me see $120,000 for the c8 then how much for the body and all?
Why buy an expensive European knock off when you can just buy a c8 for peanuts & tune it to beat a Ferrari.
I said the same
I'll put it in another way...
Why put Ferrari money in a Ferrari, when you get the same or higher performance from a Z06 or ZR1?
Yeah, I know.. I heard you guys.. It's called "status" đ
Because the way the car looks is half what makes it desirable. You know, some people want something unique, NOT a cookie cutter design.
I bet you think the Mona Lisa is "just a picture of some homely chick"? and Frank Lloyd Wright was "just another house builder".
@@muskokamike127 Right on point with the car design Mike!
I admit, the design of a car is so important to me that what comes with it is almost (repeat : almost) not significant anymore. A beautiful car is always a car with PERSONALITY.
This is what is lacking today because of "pedestrian safety", "emissions" etc..
Cars are all designed in the same way (based on regulations) and therefore follow the same tasteless and bland no-identity pattern.
Cars in my garage? A 77' C3 next to a 97'Viper GTS. They haven't a million horsepower, but man oh man do they have PERSONALITY.
Who said "personality goes a long way" already?
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@@peterkater4292 Yessirree. We can laugh at the fins and stuff from the early 60's but those cars had style.
You are also 100% correct on new cars being cookie cutter. They all look aliike these days simply due to them having to do the same job and meet the same requirements.
Also new cars have to appeal to a wide audience so they make them as bland as possible. That is the problem with marketers running a car company: no passion.
715 vs stock 495...goes to show you just how great the LS engine is. That's nearly double.
The 3ngine is useally notbthe problem its the parts attached to it a crank and head and everything can take a lot but with right treatment even more i would like to know more of certain builds
âŠ.double??? Cmon pal its nearly 300 hp shy of double.. it makes 44% more power.. not bad but HALF as much extra power to be considered CLOSE to double.. its just math and Iâm a nerd
It's actually an LT engine and not an LS engine.
@@Dr.I.C.Spots247 I stand corrected!
Basically, some bastards have figured out how to make kit cars into million dollar one off's without anyone figuring it out.
Iâm surprised he didnât mention koenigsegg. The whole brand is based on the engine from a corvette
I thought they messed with Ford engines.
Where's the Miami Vice Ferrari Daytona Spyder?
What no moslers?
4:10 they claim 1000 hp on obvious stock manifolds, cats and cams from the sound? I don't think so.
It sounds like a bone stock C7
In fairness, so does GM with a 2.9 sec lie from a 495HP/3700lb that Dragy measures at 4.12/11.98 secs. 2.9 secs at 3700 lbs calculates to 650HP. Is GM so incompetent they don't know that HP is a result of a time to distance test?
@@FFE-js2zp They could be fudging the numbers, everyone's got an agenda. However, Zander13 was hitting 3.2 consistently. One run he hit 2.95. So......
@@riteousrighthand6144
The PDR uses OBD2 data. The Corvettes ECU is too slow to display a continuous speed readout, so obviously its "for entertainment only." Dragy is irrefutable and same run times are always 0.7 to 1.5 secs slower than the PDR says. The fastest stock C8 ever recorded in Dragy's database is 4.12 secs to 60. Thats stunningly fast for such a low HP, heavy car. Its a shame GM felt the need to defraud buyers to sell the car. Even sadder, C8 owners don't care, the new gen believes in "likes," not timers.
@@FFE-js2zp they went low-fi
Stop watch.
But, fair enough.
@@FFE-js2zp
Still spewing the lies I see...
Most of these look like GTA cars lmao
I like the gt55c best!
Where's the manual?
Itâs crazy the new zo6 has more power than this yet cost less and the new zr-1 has even more power while naturally aspirated than this car and cost less why would I buy worse for more thatâs buying a huyura with a v6 stock for 3.2million dollars or buying a zenvo tsr with a twin turbo for 1-2million which you gonna buy
Grotti Visione...
Yeah and Lotus Elise its just a Toyota Camry
4:26 that is the most hideous thing I ever seen in my life
"ordinary Corvette"
I have a Corvette. Its about as far from an exotic as money can buy.
Correct, and proudly so Sir!!
Your Corvette is definitely as enjoyable as an exotic and above all, is as reliable and reasonably serviceable as any exotic could ever dream of!
Wise choice đ No bells and whistles but a lot of car and fun for the money đșđČ
The zagato is the only worth while one
You're a car channel that called a Corvette a 'Muscle Car.' WTF?
i dont understand taking a corvette and putting a different body on it. corvettes look fantastic. like a c7 zr1 or z8 corvette look as good as or better than most super cars in my opinion. and everytime i see a c8 i do a double take thinking its some exotic car
..... well, they were.....
Funny i see Dutch license plates
Dude that is not A C8. That car came out before the C8. It has its own custom frame and uses a LS 3. Engine.
Not the eng8ne from the C8. Stop giving out wrong information
Suzuki or also known as Chevrolet has always supplied the best powerplants for most hypercar and supercar brands. this is nothing new.
the thumbnail's car is an ares not a corvette
Corvettes are sports cars, NOT muscle cars. FYI.
The Aries is the only car here to even be taken seriously and it's not really cheap, so it kind of defeats the purpose. The rest, including the Iso Rivolta are just plain kit car looking junkmobiles built on Vette underpinnings. No dice.
No one else gonna note that the corvette never was and never will be a muscle car. It was literally designed to be Americas sports car and it still is.
Why does ever you tuber have a lisp
Who could afford the rebody.
that went downhill real fast
4:24 - Designed by a 7 year old. . . or Jeremy Clarkson?
the Builder is a Kiwi that lives in Henderson Nevada , He has been on Counting Cars a few times . Check out Double Trouble by Tronson
God these cars are beuties tho
Ok Lamborghini = corvette
I'd take the original Corvette over any of those cars.
Well, it's all utter rubbish exept the Ares wich looks great, oh wait ! Doesn't it mean that they didn't HAVE to make the C8 ugly as FĂ€CK ??... and the IsoRivolta Zagato wich looks "classic" maybe(?) but very pretty and cool.
the wheels on that S3 LOOK UTTERLY STUPID
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That's crazy bro
I don't think the corvette is a muscle car.
So they won't go around corners then
the 3 UGLY exhaust yuck
zagato has the single worst website ive ever seen wow. definitely not suggesting one for dads kit car.