ivanjo11

Can you imagined the 911 most capable track car the GT3 Vert?

Is not going to happen.

LFZ

ok.....

SoonerSpeedFreak

Some people don't understand the freedom of choice. If it were up to me this forum would be called the "corvette, I can only bitch, and pick apart everything that is not what I have or like forum"

1985 Corvette

Yeah....guess all those guys and their roll racing vidos on the internet didn't get the memo the Z06 is meant for the track. New convertible looks amazing. The first 600hp+ droptop Vette. Love it.


Besides, With the Z06 it's still a street car first...coupe or vert, either one is going to be LOADED down with plushy stuff that is never ever meant to get near a track like a stereo, power-everything and sound deadening. The majority of people screaming for "race car for the street" still want a street car, not a race car. GM understands this, therefore, convertible Z06. I got tired of Ford and Chrysler having the only 600hp+ drop top cars anyway.

TTRotary

No. Porsche's most track capable car is the Carrera GT, not the GT3. And last time I checked, it has no roof. Come to think of it, neither do F1 or Indy race cars.

The Vert is not for me, but Props to GM for offering this. They learned their lesson with the 427 Vert.

BOBSZ06

So......no ZO7 vert!

ivanjo11

I am talking about the 911 family..

But those cars have a Carbon Fiber tub that you can remove the roof and don't loose any rigidity that is very different to a metal chassis that are less rigid.

TTRotary

Vette chief engineer stated long, long ago that the C7's frame meets all rigidity standards and that the roof is no long a significant part of the equation as regards chassis stiffness. The chassis material is irrelevant. The engineering is.

ivanjo11

Do you believe that?

In the case of the 911 look at the difference the roof makes is pretty dramatic

Porsche 911 Turbo 996: 27,000 Nm/deg
Porsche 911 Turbo 996 Convertible: 11,600 Nm/deg

That is a drop of more than 50%

NW-99SS

All of the OP's pictures show the Z07 package on the Blue vert

While I am not a big performance convertible guy, I totally understand why GM would want to do this - more sales = more opportunity to further market share = more revenue = more R&D for future Vette generations. It's a win-win even if the purists hate it (and they, like me, can buy all the coupe's we want - right!?).

Gorgeous Car!

Charlie M

This is the best news I have heard in a very long time. I am so glad I held off on that 2013 427 Convertible I was looking at. So glad they are calling it what it really is.

RPOZ51

I was really surprised that I had to read about this in 2 others places, before I saw anything about it here!!

TTRotary

There is nothing to believe. The engineering dictates both material and the design. Not the other way around. The 911 was designed as a passenger vehicle with a roof a long time ago, and it is still designed for that primary function, and it is designed to retain "911" appearance. The Carrera GT was designed with performance in mind and appearance second. The C7 chassis was designed specifically around not requiring reinforcement from the roof section, as has been stated for a year now. Don't take my word for it, but the chief engineer - you should probably listen to him...

Also, the 911 is irrelevant to the Corvette. One is a steel (flexy) monocoque structure, the other a space frame with a body shell bolted on. The Vette chassis should be compared to a d-sports racer or tube-frame race car, rather than a passenger transport automobile.

ivanjo11

Because the C7 frame does not need reinforcement does not mean that it does not losses rigidity. Maybe the C7 frame does not lose the amount of rigidity that a 911 chassis losses when you take the roof out.

991 frame is hybrid steel/aluminum not all steel.And by no means the 991 chassis is flexy is on of the stiffest out there.

skank

It would be interesting what the stiffness of the ZO6 coupe would be if it were a fixed roof. It would certainly be much higher than the vert. The roof panel levers might be more positive than we think especially if it's a cam style lever that stiffens the roof overall. The C6 ZO6 had a bolted and fixed lid. No doubt stiffer than a Lever, but by how much??

1BAD-LS1

I guess I need to cancel my deposit on a Z06 coupe.

SDLaw

Looks like I know I'll be keeping my C7 for about 2 years!! This thing is gorgeous.

05dsom

^^wrong...918

Da_Whistler

Sadly the track day monster and back road carver has been relegated to Blvd cruiser duty. I will state now that in Vert form with an auto trans will likely be the best seller. Disappointing but I like the C6Z and C5 FRC much better personally.

Stingray23

Just because they can, doesnt mean they should.