Questa meraviglia mi provoca emozioni ormai dimenticate e scatena la mia immaginazione piu' di ogni altra auto sul globo. Forse esagero, e ci metto un IMHO, ma la trovo favolosa, fantastica, superba.

We have shown you the spyshots (AW, Oct. 18), now look at the above illu­stration and ask yourself whether the flared fenders, hood scoop and rear brake ducts might possibly represent the production version of Chevrolet?s 2006 Corvette Z06. Not convinced? Consider the alleged (more on that later) specs: 3130 pounds; dry-sump 7.0-liter V8 engine featuring forged crank, titanium connecting rods, 11.0:1 compression ratio; and producing at least 500 hp and 475 lb-ft of torque. If such Viper-nearing numbers are correct, the Z06 appears capable of supercar-like sub-four-second 0-to-60-mph runs on its way toward flirting with a similarly exotic-like 200-mph top speed. If you are having a problem swallowing any of this, it is likely because the car looks and sounds almost too good to be true. That is exactly what Houston-based software consultant Paul K. (he asks that his full name not be used) thought to himself when, in his words, he stumbled across a short list of mechanical details and a reasonably clear photograph of the new Z06 on a website for Corvette enthusiasts (it?s the one we based our illustration on). To help address his doubts, Mr. K., a C5 Z06 owner and enthusiast, turned to his fellow Corvette crazies and web forum regulars at Z06Vette.com. ?I figured if anybody knows if this is real, these guys will,? he said. ?I simply asked, ?Hey, is this old or new info?? Because at that point, [I figured] I?m probably going to have 10 people saying old news, welcome to last week, etc.? To the contrary, his forum post ignited debates over the photo?s validity, as other Z06 fans claimed it to be everything from dead-to-rights real to an early concept to an electronically manipulated image. Within hours the argument and photo spread across the web, surfacing at other Corvette enthusiast sites such as digitalcorvettes.com, vette-net.com, corvetteforum.com and gminsidenews.com . The arguments did not last long. Approximately 24 hours after Mr. K.?s original post (he claims not to remember where he first discovered the pic), General Motors contacted several website administrators to demand removal of its ?property? from their cyberspace. Mr. K. had, it appeared, unearthed the real deal. ?You get this e-mail from GM saying take it down, it?s our picture, right there... it?s real. Done.? GM, however, considered the matter far from over. On a Sunday evening five days after his original web posting, Mr. K. says he answered a knock on his door to discover two unfamiliar men standing outside his Texas home. The duo identified themselves as representatives of GM and its contracted security firm, Securitas Security Services, and according to Mr. K., demanded to know how he had come by GM?s copyrighted Z06 photo. His claim of part of the conversation: ?[One of them] said, ?GM has millions of dollars at its disposal, and we will not be afraid to use it to prove a point.?? Our call to Nick T. Chiros, one of the Securitas investigators, yielded a terse ?No comment.? GM?s concern stemmed from the premature dispersal of an image it presented to journalists on Nov. 9, the day our Corvette fan discovered the photo online. (In researching this story we found one site even had this photo up for the world to see on Nov. 8.) Roughly 50 media representatives, including one from this magazine, attended an event where they were given official Z06 pictures and specifications only after agreeing to an embargo of its publication.

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bene sappiamo cosa regalarti per la nuova release del pistone..

collettaaa

mi metto subito al lavoro 

porca trota ed anche orata che bella..........considerando che negli states costerà si e no 40.000 dollari c'è da mangiarsi le mani e chiedere a barn se ci affitta una delle navi con cui lavora lui.........

la z06 avrà 500 cv

che bestia, la voglio!!!

siamo in due , dai beppe ne importiamo qualcuna " parallelamente ? "

Che figata, addirittura un 7 litri 
Non credo ne venderanno tante in Europa 

bhe andrea , noi europei a volte siamo proprio dei coglioni....quasta qui è una bestia !!!
( oltretutto il motore dovrebbe essere la versione leggermente depotenziata di quello montato sulla saleen s 7.
prima di giugno , personalmente , pensavo che gli americani fossero degli stupidi a proporre motori così anacronostici e pachidermici ( dopotutto anche da loro la benzina comincia a costicchiare non poco.....carta di credito insegna , ma dopo avere guidato per 5200 km un grosso motorone a benzina con abbastanza cavallie tanta coppia ti assicuro che ho cambiato idea....)

bho... secondo me consuma meno della F550-575 etc, se e' quello che intendevi 

Se non la vendono e' piu' una questione culturale.... 

la z06 costicchia anche in usa, certo meno che qui ma costa.

tra parentesi, un mio amico si era interessato alla mustang ed era emerso che omologare privatamente un'auto venduta in usa alle norme europee costa una fortuna, perché ci sono decine di particolari che devono essere cambiati e che alla fin della fiera ti costano una fortuna riducendo al minimo il margine di guadagno sull'importazione. a quanto pare queste norme sono volute dalle case che impongono norme di omologazione così diverse proprio per scoraggiare l'importazione parallela. bastardi

Dicono che la mustang verrà importata quasi certamente in europa... o per lo meno in germania.. ufficialmente.

vero c'è gente che se la fa sotto per un 2200...tanto poi si paga sulla potenza..

Si ma io lo dico per i costi di gestione, hai idea di quanto ti consuma un 7litri 

mavari meno di un 3000 biturbo... ;-)