MikeyTX

Drag racers may be. I'm not a waxer, I simply no longer want a third pedal in my daily driver.

GlennSullivan

I guess those that would use the car as a daily driver have a decision different from those, like myself who would not. I've driven my C6Z on 2 Hot Rod Power Tours and when heading out to the second in 2011 got stuck in a 3 hour traffic jam on route 80.

This remains in my mind as a time where I constantly wished I was sitting up high in my automatic SUV, so I get it for the DD folks.

As for drag racers, those interested in the fastest, most consistent times, will most likely choose the auto.

gthal

Yeah, not so much... if it is as capable as people expect then the auto should be close to a DCT in performance and as capable on a track too. Lots of manual cars are waxers too for the record and few of any variant see the track.

Manual for me but that's preference relative to engagement and feel. There will be people at the track faster than me in their auto and having as much fun. I'm not seeing the problem

But it's far more fun to listen to the chest thumping... justified or not It's interesting how many people measure the size of the e-peen based on their choice of transmission I measure the size of my e-peen based on lap time and it may, in fact, be smaller because I prefer the MT

2MFFZo6

Get what you want people...

Daekwan06

Honestly.. I'd want to drive both before deciding.

If the 8sp auto shifts as fast as some are predicting.. and can hold up to serious track duty.. then I'd prefer it over the 7sp manual. I've always owned a manual car.. but living in an area with the worst commute in the country and 24 hour traffic.. I can definitely appreciate the every day usability of an automatic.

PokerMunkee

At least the M7 is an option! What other super cars give you the option to row your own gears? Not many! Maybe just one, Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2. Any others? I guess a Porsche 911 has a M7, that might be about it.

gthal

Completely... it would be sad if the M7 wasn't an option... glad GM hasn't gone that way... yet... wait and see what the C8 brings. The way the world is going there won't be a manual option soon enough and maybe that might be the C8. We don't need to like it but it is going to happen and is happening already.

Velocity Driven

My wife expressed to me in the past that if our "then" C5 would have been automatic she would have driven it a lot more. The choice would be simple this time around. Automatic! It's about compromise. We both would still get what we want. Now, if on the other hand, I was the sole driver.............standard in a heart beat!!!!

Point being, there are many reasons why one would pick one option over the other. None of them are wrong.

ChucksZ06

A lot of you who want a manual have not driven a corvette with that kind of hp. That kind of power cannot be put to the ground with consistency by most drivers. I have a c5z with that power and first and second gear are useless with drag radials and you have to be very careful in 3rd. Power will be modulated much better with the auto in my opinion...that will be my choice for the first time since my '84.

camirocz

It will be much faster with a proper dct transmission and thats the one i d get.

05dsom

Anyone know who manufactures the 8L90E and how it compares to the ZF 8HP?

GlennSullivan

I believe all of the current batch of 8 speed autos are either ZF manufactured or ZF licensed. This was referenced in a recent Crains article.

05dsom

ok, thx

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CORVETTEZL1001

Automatic. It will outperform the manual.

groovyjay

This is a sad day for performance automotive world.



Lots of handicapped people must be dreaming of owning a C7 Z06...

For the people who still have control over their own limbs, keep rowing the gears with your right and waving with the left hand.

Z06 RB

I'm a manual guy for the Z06. I drove a Lambo with the paddle shift and felt that it was sluggish in it's response.

I want an auto in my H2, Suburban and the wife's Lexus, but in the Z its manual.

Dave02C5

1000% Thank God I'm not the only one that thinks this. I've been a truck driver for 10 years and you can NOT beat the control of a manual gearbox, they've been trying to put automatics in big rigs forever now too and they just never stick because you have ZERO control.

RedLS6

LOL, actually the results indicate it's a pretty good day for the performance auto world. I'm sure there'll be a manual option, so it'll also be a good day for those who prefer the slower trans.



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vegasredz062

I will test drive the auto , if its firm and crisp - I will get it. Been rowing gears for 20 years. Plus i am a drag racer and an auto at the strip is .5-.7 quicker vs rowing.