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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 12:05 PM
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Default Differences of C6-Zs between years?

Still shopping a used C6-Z and was wandering what the yearly differences are.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 09:24 PM
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price! sorry...i couldn't resist. Seriously though, go with the one with the best price/APR for financing and have at it with the Mods. No regrets. I was pricing an 06 when i was shopping and bought an 07 because i got a better interest rate, even though i paid 5K more for her. Over 6 years, i save a lot more.

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National Corvette mueseum has the specs for each year. 2006 is the lightest IIRC as later years start adding stuff.
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 10:54 PM
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The big things are.....06 to 07, 07 has more heat/sound deadner, different "z06" logo on headrest, no hatch pull-down. 08-09 has a new improved tranny that is not (shifts like ****)but has higher torque capacity. 09 has new wheels. The black 06's are the fastest
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Old Mar 17, 2009 | 02:07 PM
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Actually, I believe they added the hatch pull down in 2009 and also bluetooth (2LZ/3LZ).

They also changed the door sill plates in '09 to put a Z06 logo instead of "Corvette".

2009 models have the larger capacity dry sump from the ZR1.

My '08 tranny shifts fine. My friend's '08 JSB is also fine. It's only a small percentage of cars that are having the grinding issue.
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