[align=center]New & Future Cars: Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
It is official: The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is a Monster! The final performance numbers are staggering.
By Mike Monticello•Photos by Jim Fets

September 2008

The final performance numbers for Chevrolets Corvette ZR1 are staggering (and the price aint bad either): Chevy says the LS9 6.2-liter supercharged V-8 pumps out 638 bhp and 604 lb.-ft. of torque. The company also claims the ZR1 will hit 60 mph in 3.4 seconds, 100 mph in 7.0 sec. and can run the quarter mile in 11.3 sec. at 131 mph. Top speed is 205 mph. The EPA estimated fuel economy of 14 mpg city/20 mpg highway is actually pretty good considering the level of performance were talking about — but the car will still carry a $1700 gas-guzzler tax on top of its $103,300 price tag. [/align][align=center]Please send your donations to KidSpace $ Thank You

Slideshow >>[/align]Only two options will be available: The first is a $10,000 uplevel interior package, which adds power-adjustable, heated and leather-trimmed sport seats, side airbags, Bose premium audio, a navigation system and Bluetooth connectivity. The second option is chrome wheels, for $2000. Production will have started by the time you read this; output is capped at 2000 cars per year.
GM engineer Jim Mero clocked a 7:26.4 lap around Germany's Nürburgring in a "bone-stock" ZR1, one of the fastest laps ever recorded by a production car.

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Ten things you did notknow about the[/align][align=center]Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and the LS9 engine.
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[/align][ol][*][align=center]There is roughly $1000 worth of a special clear coat that protects the carbon-fiber bodywork from ultra violet light. [/align][*][align=center]The Performance Build Center in Wixom, Michigan, will produce roughly 45 LS9 engines a week, and only employs 38 people, 25 of whom build engines. [/align][*][align=center]The Performance Build Center has an open house on August 14th. [/align][*][align=center]Each LS9 is built from start to finish by one engine builder. [/align][*][align=center]It takes just under 5 hours to assemble an engine. [/align][*][align=center]EPA mileage ratings of the ZR1 will be city/highway 14/20 mpg. [/align][*][align=center]The supercharger consumes about 70 horsepower, so the crankshaft actually transmits 708 bhp, but only 638 to the flywheel. [/align][*][align=center]For durability testing, the LS9 has seen over 6800 cumulative hours on a dyno. [/align][*][align=center]Just over 75 percent of the parts in an LS9 are carryover from other small blocks. There are only 100 new parts, of which 25 are just modified parts. [/align][*][align=center]The Eaton 4-lobe rotors are actually sections of an aluminum extrusion. The original extrusion is a single 200-ft. long piece. [/align][/ol][align=center]WoW only 2000 will be produced a year[/align][align=center]708 HP @ the crank WoW[/align][align=center]Can any member loan me $125K ?[/align][align=center]or a 50 year repayment schedule lol[/align][align=center]Thanks lol[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]EnJoy your dreams[/align][align=center][/align]

 

 

 

let me go pull out my Ford GT and see what you got then 'Space.... lol

 

 

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2009 Audi TTS - First Drive Review
Audi seeks to overcome the TT’s soft reputation with some hard horsepower.
BY RAY HUTTON
August 2008
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The Audi TT has been a great success. It was launched 10 years ago in Germany, and now 45,000 a year are made at Audi’s plant in Gyo˝ r, Hungary. That’s a big volume for a small coupe.
We liked the TT enough to make it a 10Best Car in its first and second years, but it has never made its mark as a proper sports car. Automotive writers snickered that the TT was a VW GTI in a sexy designer dress.
The second-generation TT appeared as a 2008 model. Bigger and built on its own steel and aluminum platform (in the interests of a more even weight distribution), it’s a bit more sporty but not in the same pure sense as the rear-drive Nissan 350Z, BMW Z4, or the Porsche Boxster and Cayman with which it overlaps in price.
It was launched with the 200-hp, 2.0-liter turbo four-cylinder from the GTI and the carry-over 3.2-liter V-6 delivering 250 horsepower. Both were available with the S tronic twin-clutch six-speed gearbox. Clearly, there were more variants to come, the most significant for the U.S. being the TTS you see here, which goes on sale in November. Available as a two-plus-two coupe or a two-seat roadster, the TTS makes 265 horsepower from a development of the direct-injection 2.0-liter turbo engine, has an improved Quattro four-wheel-drive system, and has magnetic adaptive shocks and 18-inch wheels as standard equipment.
With the paddle-shift S tronic, the TTS coupe has a claimed 0-to-60-mph time of 4.9 seconds, and the roadster is 0.2-second slower. Top speed is limited to 155 mph.
So, the TTS is competitive—comparable to a more expensive Porsche Cayman S—but the way in which it achieves its performance is disappointing.
The engine produces noticeable vibration through the pedals and significant turbo lag, making the car fussy to drive. And electronics interfere with rapid progress on a winding road. The original TT Quattro could be driven on the throttle, shifting the drive from the front to the rear as the wheels lost grip. Although its stability-control system has a sport mode, allowing a limited amount of tail slide, on slippery roads the electronic traction control intervenes before the benefits of four-wheel drive come into play. But the Delphi magnetic shocks play well with the car’s stiffer springs and anti-roll bars.
Overall, the most powerful TT can’t match a Porsche for poise. So the TTS is more of a sports car than the TT has ever been but not necessarily better for that.
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the two burgandy cars... i'd take that DBS on the right