Car and driver corvette long term test

Heres why sebring international raceway is the best place to test a new race car. For the first time since the very earliest days of the model, you cant get a manual transmission in a new corvette. After,000 miles, nissans midsize family sedan is easy to like but hard to love. Corvette in car and driver longterm test fleet blows engine. One car were not going to forget any time soon, though, is our long term 2015 chevrolet corvette stingray that car s horrid reliability was totally inexcusable, but just to be fair. Id assume chevys test driver has quite a few c8 laps under his belt while id assume the magazine tester of the porsche probably had just a few laps with the carrera s. Car and driver recently came out with an update on their long term test car a 7speed manual z51 coupe. Maybe car and driver should have headlined its long term wrap of the 2014 stingray beauty and the beast or maybe i love to hate you.

I noticed this last week when i was driving the car hard on a back road. Its compact yet relatively spacious, efficient yet fast, planted yet not at all jarring on realworld roadways. Unless gm made revisions to the motor and didnt advertise them. Car and driver gt350 long term test wrap up after 40k. Its as if the car has been out on the road for a model year or two. Discussion in shelby gt350 mustang started by mspeedster. Car and driver, one of the most influential automotive publications in the u. We drive our long term road test vehicles for a whole year so you can learn what its like to live with the vehicle. That appears to be the case with a manual z51 corvette loaned to car and driver magazine, which recently reported that the engine blew on their long term c7 at around 6,000 miles. Discussion in general automotive topics non 6th gen mustang started by sasuketr, may 4, 2016.

Car and driver currently has a 2014 c7 in its long term test garage, and while the rag has given the sports car high marks for its good looks and excellent driving dynamics, it has given them one. After 40,000 miles with the electrified pacifica, we find its gasoline sibling is superior, except for fuel economy. After its recommended breakin period, our 3436pound test car was. The above car and driver article was a 2017 mustang shelby gt350. But its worth mentioning that neither our longterm 2014 jaguar ftype. Why sebring is the best place to test a new race car. Read the latest updates in our long term road test of the 2014 chevrolet corvette stingray as our editors live with this car for a year. Road test editor robin warner, who joined me at carolina motorsports park, romped around the 2. Breakin miles completed, the grand sport in its initial testing achieved a zeroto60mph time of 3. Weve experienced little if any trouble with the later stingrays weve driven and want to think of our test car as a. Ryan briscoe spun out in the last few laps at sebring in 2019 to allow a corvette to take his place on the podium. That bed crapper of a car was a 2014 its first year of production and hopefully a very bad example, not a 2015. Car and driver gt350 long term test wrap up after 40k miles. A few annoyances emerge as our nissan altima hits 20,000 miles our nissan family sedan has been slow to reach 20,000 miles because, well, its slow.

Car and driver slams the mini cooper in latest longterm. The 2016 chevrolet camaro ss is one of the finest driver s cars in the world, but what was it like to live with one for a year. We might risk sounding like a broken record, but the everyday livability of this 460hp sports car astonishes time and time again. On paper, the c7 corvette stingray seems a lot like the c6 and the c5 before it. The aggressively styled fx50 s joins our long term fleet. The 2017 corvette grand sport proves reliable in its long term test, in contrast to an earlier c7 corvette. C7 engine blows in the car and driver longterm test car. That appears to be the case with a manual z51 corvette loaned to car and driver magazine, which recently reported that the engine blew on their longterm c7 at around 6,000 miles. Few sports cars can deliver on so many frontscurb appeal, sound quality, roadtrip ability, acceleration, you name itas well as the seventhgeneration corvette. Top gear loved their long term c6 corvette anandtech. The first two services in addition to the 500mile job on the corvette are covered as part of gms newcar warranty. Why the corvette z06 flunked motor trends big performance.

And we timed laps at grattan raceway outside of grand. I dont care what hennesseys test of a 2016 camaro vs a 2014 corvette say. Heres how it went down, according to general motors and everyone else. The c8 corvette is, without question, the most significant car of the year. Roadkill roadkill garage dirt every day hot rod garage adam carolla goes racing engine masters best driver s car week long road to monterey. Yes, its the only transmission available on the midengine corvette. Our friends over at car and driver concur, however after their long term 2014 stingray tester ran into trouble, with yes an engine blow out of the lt1 v8 power plant, this has caused a tiny bit of concern in the market and has quickly raised eyebrows at chevrolet headquarters. Discussion in shelby gt350 mustang started by mspeedster, jan 31. Car and driver weve been following both car and driver and as both sites have been keeping their readers regularly updated on the ins and outs of owning a 2014 corvette stingray. We tracktested it to scrutinize its performance capabilities. Car and driver loves their corvette stingray despite. With a proud history of safety innovation, its cars are now seen as a. Vehicles that started life as press cars will eventually end up in the used market but if one of them gains so much negative in this case attention as car and driver s former long term alfa. The chevrolet corvettes main rival, the porsche 911, is a car that its proponents say you can use every day.

The c8 is the first corvette to offer a dualclutch automatic, an eightspeed unit designed by tremec. Car and driver had many problems during the 21 months, 28,000 mile test. It also flunked out of motor trends heavily hyped best driver s car test. Car and driver c7 corvette long term wrap up litany of.

Roadkill roadkill garage dirt every day hot rod garage adam carolla goes racing engine masters best driver s car week long road to. Three months and 4,192 miles into our four seasons long term test of the 2019 hyundai veloster n, not one automobile staff member has copped to growing tired of it, or even beginning to find it. Highs supercar performance at an amazing price, comfortable on the road and incredible on the track, much improved interior quality. Hell, even the best of the best have a bad day sometimes. To purists, this may seem like an abandoning of principles. However, the z06 completely fulfills its mission to be a super corvette. The 2017 corvette grand sport proves reliable in its longterm test, in contrast to an earlier c7 corvette.

You know that we here at car and driver are not idle flatterers, our job being to find the faults for you in haste, before you have to live with them at leisure over 72 months of payments. After reading the june 2016 car and driver s long term test about the 2014 mini cooper s, that car is no longer on the short list. Driving our long term 2014 chevy corvette stingray in a blizzard. Learn more about the 2008 chevrolet corvette article. Road test editor robin warner, who joined me at carolina motorsports park, romped around. Most likely a long exposure with hdr and some post processing to enhance the results. The time was set by fivetime le mans class winner and corvette factory driver oliver gavin. When not at the test track, the corvette s interior. Discussion in general automotive topics non 6th gen. Longterm corvette test car blows engine after just 6k. Not an unreasonable expectation by any standard most would agree. Car and driver wraps up their long term test of a 2014. Based on what weve seen on various forums, with many owners bragging about how great their experience has been with their firstyear c7, it seems as though car and driver was just unlucky enough to get the exception, rather than the rule.