Corvette Grand Sport

You've got to be kidding me

Two stars ? Get real. This is English cynicism at its finest.

The car looks a lot better than most of the crap Europeans put out these days, inside and out. And that 6.2 litre naturally aspirated V8 is probably a gem. No replacement for displacement, screw the 170 HP 1.4's, they are horrible.

[quote]... wide body, low nose and left-hand-drive layout makes it difficult to drive.[/quote]

This has to be the smug quote of the year. You're the ones driving on the wrong side of the road, so get off that high horse of yours.

The car looks absolutely amazing. And btw, please make up your mind about cars already... Yes, you're into Porsche territory cost-wise, but as you often say, Porsches are just too tame these days, packed with electronics. I thought you wanted sports cars that aim to kill you, so what's wrong with this one ?

P.S. I'm an European fed up with all the fake and sponsored car reviews.

By t0mkaten on 5 September, 2011, 11:24pm

Corvette Grand Sport

Useless then.

By johnbmwx6 on 6 September, 2011, 1:08pm

Useless?

Coming from someone with an X6 in their sig, that's rich! LOL!

By coladin on 6 September, 2011, 3:55pm

The car feels very "American"? What's that supposed to mean? Yes- its an American car and while I will fully disclose that I am an American I have spent a lifetime driving both Japanese and European cars and while the interiors of many American cars were indeed pretty bad in the 80's, 90's and even early 2000's I can guarantee that if you were to tear off the label of the vast majority of today's American cars and sit down in them you would never know the car was American. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that the overall fit and finish, quality, and value of the ranges coming from GM and Ford are now every bit as good, if not better than anything coming out of Europe or Japan. The fact that domestic big 3 sales are increasing at double-digit rates is further proof that what they are doing is working well.

But getting back to the review of the Corvette. It- perhaps more than any other sports car brand- is more true to its roots than probably any other sports car. You don't but cars like these because you want cushy heated seats, chilled cupholders or whatever else you might expect in a luxury car. This car is built for one purpose only- to go fast and do it pretty quickly.

Lastly, if I were someone in the UK and I wanted a car that was a bit more unusual I'd probably go for a Covette, seeing as how these are a rare sight over there.

By setharp4 on 6 September, 2011, 4:34pm

S3XY

Hot looking car. Corvette does this well.

By badboyrocco on 6 September, 2011, 4:49pm

Not at all bias then

I am amazed that every time I read a review of a Corvette they trot out the same old rubbish.
Serious thirst for fuel, untrue I average 23 mpg in mine mixed motoring, around 29mpg cursing on motorway.For a car with this performance that imho is good.
Sure blasting around a track this falls into single figures as do Porches, Ferraris. Lambos etc.

Taking into consideration the type of car they are, they are seriously cheap to run, servicing for the first 100,000 miles consists of just fluid changes costing £200 ish.
Far less than Porches, Ferraris etc

Looks are subjective but all the comments I receive, are very positive, everyone seems to love them, never received any negativity.

Its LH drive, its low and wide difficult to drive, thats not my experience, you soon get used to LH drive, have you considered you may be in the wrong job.

Its not at its best down narrow lanes, true, neither are Porsche, Audi R8, Lambo's, Ferraris, Rollers, Bentley's etc etc its not rocket science those cars are wide, the lanes are narrow never hear it said about the other cars though.
Cramped cockpit, its made to accommodate obese Americans you must be very large indeed. Good boot space too, especially in the coupe.
To sum up a iconic sports car, a fine GT with one of the worlds great engines(100 millionth small block V8 will roll off the line this year) doesn't cost a fortune to run and its different .

By redl1 on 7 September, 2011, 5:47pm

YMCA

Looks great, good engine BUT to be seen driving one of these in Britain you'll need to be listening to the village people, have plenty of hair gel and moisturise.

You'd look cool driving down highway 1 in the Florida Keys but here......... you'll look like a twat.

By noknok1 on 12 September, 2011, 5:15pm

yes!

raw untamed power staight to the back wheels. who needs computers to help them drive? someone who cant drive! this car is amazing! i s*** myself when i planted the foot in one of the standard C6's and my god i was impressed! id love a shot in this one! i preffered the dodge viper though!

By vRSgordon on 13 September, 2011, 1:04pm