مصر موتورز مجتمع السيارات - Corvette Racing C6.R & Production Corvette ZR1

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It’s been said, and a lot of times I’ve been one of them, that the worst thing about owning a Corvette is dealing with the stigma of being “a Corvette owner”. It’s a shame really that the stigma has to go with it, because the Vette is one hell of a performer, most definitely in their latest iterations. And they are real screamers both on the road and on the track

Race on Sunday, Sell on Monday,” is the old phrase, and Chevy says that literally in their press release. Just because it’s and old phrase doesn’t mean it’s not true

Corvette sales tracked directly to customer leads at ALMS races have doubled from 2005 to 2009. This proves what we have heard anecdotally from other Corvette owners: Watching production-based Corvettes win against legendary marques like BMW, Porsche and Ferrari, on legendary tracks like Sebring and Le Mans, makes Corvette all the more desirable,” says John Fitzpatrick, Chevrolet Performance Cars marketing manager

So there’s a clear reason why GM is doing this: To sell more Corvettes

That’s not altogether a bad thing (sure, it would be nicer if they were doing it solely to win races), and besides, that means that what works on the track on Sunday, does indeed make it into the Corvettes you and I can go and buy right off the showroom floor on Monday (hey Chris, about that raise

GM goes to great lengths to show the commonality between the Corvette Z06 and the Corvette Racing C6.R. And they’re not just blowing smoke here. The specs for the road-going Vette match the racer line by line, except for overall horsepower, where the street car actually has MORE