2020 C8 Corvettes are here

[Astock]

Originally Posted by 70 copo

Lynn,




A 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS ran the ring at 6:56.4

The 2020 C8 Z51 ran the ring at 7:29.9

It is not even close...but that sound!

Yeah, but for the first time, I can say the Vette looks better, and for half the price. I think it's a major home run, for once.
Shame it only comes in an automatic.

Lets see what happens when the Zo6 hits the ring, for less dough.

[GearheadSS]

Originally Posted by Astock

Yeah, but for the first time, I can say the Vette looks better, and for half the price. I think it's a major home run, for once.
Shame it only comes in an automatic.

Lets see what happens when the Zo6 hits the ring, for less dough.

I know everyone says it's an automatic but a dual clutch transmission is not an automatic in the traditional sense. It has no torque converter. It's a manual trans that requires no clutch input from the driver, no stick shift and has the ability to be put into automatic mode. It's a blast to drive in manual with the paddles though. It doesn't act like a traditional auto in automatic mode either. People that aren't used to a DCT will think something is wrong with it in the way that it takes off from a stop and drives in low gears.

After about 2 laps in it, I no longer cared that there was no traditional manual option.