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Old 05-16-06, 04:44 PM
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Default Top Gear Reviews the Corvette Z06

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBG7e...earch=Z06%20C6
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Old 05-16-06, 05:24 PM
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The first thing that popped into my head was "damn that looks just like a Ferrari 575. Then what do you know. He parks the Z06 right next to one.

Very cool car, but for some reason I always get bored of them rather quickly(same with the Mustang).

Seems like Clarkson would only take it as a track car as he feels its not a good road car at all. "Would rather get bird flu". Harsh.

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I NEED a Z06 NOW!!

WOW! Just amazing

Thanks for sharing!
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Hmmm...the beginning of this reminds of me a Lexus commercial that I may have seen?
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What can you say about America's supercar. I love that damn thing. If the C6 is fun to drive i can only imagine what the zo6 is like
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Gotta love Corvettes for the bargains that they are. It's one of the best examples of American ingenuity.
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Old 05-17-06, 04:43 PM
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This is one of my fav cars, Clarkson can kiss my butt on this one.
 
Old 05-17-06, 05:11 PM
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Awesome car !! Great performance with good looks to boot I won't mind having one.
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Clarkson not considering it a good road car is probably true, but overall it was a very favorable
review. He just has to stick it to the Americans any way he can. I'm sure the Zonda or Enzo are
terrible road cars, but he probably doesn't mention it considering they are pure race bred.

The Z06 did a very quick time around the track too, beating out some very expensive cars.

The Z06 is a great car at any price.
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My next car for sure...
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Originally Posted by LexArazzo
Awesome car !! Great performance with good looks to boot I won't mind having one.
Very impressive....Put that on the list with the othe 42,000 other things I want...but, might push that one up the list a little.
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I made up my mind. The Zo6 will be the car i will trade the GS in for. So it will be the Goat, Z06 and Rav4 in my driveway.
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might have to change my sig.
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The track time was amazing!!!
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its funny though, i finally got to watch sunday's episode today and while he did love the z06 (its a z, not a ZED)... he did mention all those things that made it a terrible "on road" car, made fun of americans, etc etc. yet, when it came to the jag XK he reviewed later in the episode, he had just as many bad things to say about it as good yet he LOVED it. kinda partial, isn't he?
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