Author: Andy Zain
Title: An Introduction To The 2009 Chevy Corvette
Article: The awesome, blazing fast 2009 Chevy Corvette, also known as the C6 Corvette, still stands alone atop the American sports car performance scene. With a body composed of fiberglass and not metal of some sort, this two-seat high performance machine pays homage to a time in the nation’s history when open roads, smooth highways and high speeds were the norm.
This newest of Corvettes — the body style made its debut for the 2005 model year — continues apace and true to its lineage. Chevy has made sure that the fanatic owners of Corvettes everywhere get what they want and in the quantities they want it, as often as possible. Different V8 engines and suspension/transmission systems make sure the car can go very, very fast, hold the road very, very well and even deliver surprisingly good gas mileage, which is quite a feat.
From 2005 and onward — when the current Chevy Corvette made its debut — the ‘Vette has benefited from continuous tuning and tweaking by the car’s engineers, who every year turn out a model worthy of roll out from its Bowling Green, Kentucky plant. It’s truly innovative and a real gas, so to speak, to drive.
Chevy has always treated the Corvette — no matter the model year — as a test bed on which a number of technologies can be tried before trickling them further down the Chevy line. Engines, sound deadening materials, frame development and other improvements in Chevy cars have all come from the work done on the ‘Vette.
One thing’s for sure, and that’s that Corvette is never hesitant to put all it robust horsepower on display whenever possible. The vehicle offers a number of different V8 engines, including a 7 liter beast that delivers 435 screaming horses at the pavement level in normally-aspirated form. All that power gives many a 2009 Chevy Corvette the ability to go head-to-head with some truly fine exotic sports cars these days.
As an example, the newest beast in the stable is the ZR1, which uses supercharging to pull the 6. 2 liter V8 engine to over 635 horsepower and 205 miles per hour through a high-tech 6-speed transmission. Even with all that, it’s 105, 000 dollar pricetag comes in far below what other cars offering such performance would cost.
There’s no doubt that the 2009 Chevy Corvette is aces at just about anything it’s been made to do, which is go very fast, handle the road like it’s held to it by magnets and look extremely beautiful doing it. Even the so-called “entry level” models bring performance that’s off the charts and at a price that’s as attractive as is its fiberglass-clad body. At just over 105 grand, the ZR1 puts it all together, inspiring envy and want in every Corvette owner’s heart. Andy Zain is the admin of Corvette Forum , a place where fans and owners can get the right information for tuning, customization and general discussions on anything about Chevy Corvette. Get the information you need when you visit Chevy Forum
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