Sunday 13 June 2010

Chevrolet Corvette C6


The model Corvette from Chevrolet is a sports car produced form the year 1953 in six generations. The vehicles produced till now include from the series C1 to C6, where the C1 being the starting model and the C6 as the current model. The model cars from Chevrolet won the awards from the magazines like Motor Trend and Driver and Car and from the firms like Automotive Engineers Society.

The Corvette C6 car from the Chevrolet group is the sixth generation sports vehicle, released in the year 2005. It is the first vehicle to include head lamps exposed since the generation of C1, which was under production till 1962.

When compared with the fifth generation model C5, C6 is modified with the new body work exposed with head lamps, more passenger compartment, 6.0L engine and with the higher level of redefining. The C6 is shorter by 5.1 inches when compared with the C5 model and has the wheel base increment by 3 centimetres. The engine generates 298 Kilo Watts at the speed of 6000 rotations per minute and torque of 400 lb- ft at the speed of 4400 rotations per minute.

The features of the vehicle include:

• Computer Aided Gear Shifting(CAGS)
• Frames made up of Aluminium and steel
• Balsa wood floors
• Magnesium Alloy engine
• Carbon-ceramic brakes
• Large 275/35ZR18 tires in front and 325/30ZR19 tires in the rear.

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