Congaman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te8Sd5jOwNg

Discuss......but remember that the Clio was driven by the famous Jean Ragnotti.

Doug411

One of those trying to make fun of Vettes. Yes Vettes are bigger and maybe heavier than that small car, but a better driver can do more precise slarom than that.

Isn't it funny? Europeans don't worry about sales of American cars in Europe, so they make fun of American cars and American in public, but it cannot be done in USA because then European importers will hurt.

C5 Frank

All that power sliding kills speed.. not to mention is that other car AWD? I think it is... Cool clip thanks for posting.

Congaman

You are kind of right....but still I've seen one or two american TV-shows were they made some serious fun of French people.....Maybe this is the come back from France.

Don't take it to seriously. The Z06 still came off as a winner even though the Renault was driven by a rally legend. Take the cars to a track or the strip and we all know what will happen.

Short-Throw

Very amusing.....Thanks!

WeaponsGradeTorque

Congaman,
I don't know about the French, but I do know that the people from Sweden I've met are all extremely nice people and not so bitter towards the US like the rest of Europe. It's nice to have friends.

American Power

Looked to me like the guy driving the Z was having so much fun power sliding through the cones that he wasn't trying to win.
Too bad I don't know what the hell the people were saying!
That's OK ,see who they ask for help when there's some sort of trouble????????

Jman34

I have to agree about the people from Sweden who I have met. My wife works for a Swedish company and travels there regularly. The people I have met are wonderful. I making my first trip in August maybe I'll see you around Congaman!

a2zpcwiz

The show host was saying that the Z06 driver was giving a show to everyone. Of course the Z06 would have won if the driver was not powersliding. Throughout the whole video, they were all saying how the Z06 was a power monster.

Congaman

Please PM me if you are coming over! I'd love to meet a fellow Corvette owner!!

bcmarly

Actually it was all in good fun. I speak French fluently and nobody was making fun of the vette. The announcer said the Cleo won but acknowledged that the driver of the vette did a 180.

Frenchican

I'll speak for all the French people of the world;

"why break tradition... we happily surrender!"

jfreez

That was great, I sent it to all my autocross budies.

It reminds me of our autocross races, we are all just in it for fun, so most of us would not be considered great drivers, except one.

and the one great driver has the worst car, its a 1985 volvo 240 wagon, NON-Turbo. But he is always within a second or two of my 95 Z28 and my friends lotus elise.

Maybe this video will give them hope that when I get my Z06 next month that the lotus will be able to keep up (yeah right)

ocnatv

That corvette looked like it was pissed off it had to do this test.

Toxic Z

At least they didn't burn the cars.. I thought that was what they do in France

C6400hp

Blah, who cares? A Honda Fit probably has a higher slalom speed than the Z06, that does not mean I want to own one or drive one on a roadcourse.

Icebourg

I asked four woman at work that I showed the video to and all picked the Vette as the hottest car!! That is good for me!!

I knew one guy in college that had some sort of Renault car.........never could get the right parts to make the car run.

Oh and the French dislike Americans very much, (my cousins went to France last year) even worse if you are in the armed forces.

allanlaw

Oh, who cares . . . let them eat snails.

Geoff17

That vidoe is a classic. It was all done in jest and actually rather respectful of the Z06-at least that was my take.

Now, of course, had the Z06 been driven by our own Congaman, assuming he started off in the correct gear [peals of laughter], he would have smoked that little Clio.

Dr.Ron

The Vette spent more time swinging the rear out then negotiating the cones.
It looked like the Vette won, NO?