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Feb 11, 2005 | 05:48 PM

rustylt1

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First Z06!

Posted on digitalcorvettes.com

First Z06 of the assembly line..

PDF of article here http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/data...ance_Press.pdf

Feb 11, 2005 | 06:08 PM

Gran Patron

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Damn!!! That color is Freakin Sweet. Looks mean but is does not have the chromies!!!!

Feb 11, 2005 | 06:23 PM

Transamula

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Beautiful

Feb 11, 2005 | 06:29 PM

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my best color ..... BTW i'll accept anyone behind it HUH

awesome ride man thanx alot

Feb 11, 2005 | 06:55 PM

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Wow...very nice to see the first production unit! Thanks DigitalCorvettes.com!

Feb 11, 2005 | 07:35 PM

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Nice nice..

Feb 11, 2005 | 11:07 PM

Red Shift

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Poor Viper. It had a good run

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Feb 11, 2005 | 11:23 PM

02WS6Bird

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That Vette Is Mine!!!

ok not really i wish

Feb 12, 2005 | 12:14 AM

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SRfastZ

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nice vette but why not put the CHROME RIMS on it

Feb 12, 2005 | 12:17 AM

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When do they come out for sale?

Feb 12, 2005 | 04:19 AM

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Black LT1

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that is one bad *** V8 ever.... do u guys got any videos by any chance?

Feb 12, 2005 | 04:27 AM

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Viper is going down. This is THE super car killer it is going to do what the C5 Z06 could not!!!!

Feb 12, 2005 | 09:59 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Black LT1

that is one bad *** V8 ever.... do u guys got any videos by any chance?

Click HERE for video

It is low resolution to keep the file size down for easy viewing.

Feb 12, 2005 | 11:55 AM

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doesn't look as good as the c5 to me at least in the back. It reminds me of a frog in that view.

Feb 12, 2005 | 08:12 PM

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Seans Ws6

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thats bad ***

Feb 12, 2005 | 08:14 PM

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Hey I've stood in that lot before. Corvette heaven is all I can say BTW there's 13.4inch's of rubber on the ground in the back.

Feb 13, 2005 | 12:57 AM

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I love the color. Blues are my favoite. Aren't the new rims Magniziem (spelling?)

That would explain the rim color if they are.

Feb 13, 2005 | 05:08 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Richiec77

I love the color. Blues are my favoite. Aren't the new rims Magniziem (spelling?)

That would explain the rim color if they are.

I know in a magazine i have:Car and Driver. Jan. issue.
They mention that the former steel parts of the C6 frame would be made from aluminum on the Z06, and a magnesium engine cradle replaces the aluminum one. Also the 'Roof structure' is now magnesium.

As for the rims from what i can find they're just Aluminum alloy rims (or whatever it's called), but if anyone else finds otherwise feel free to correct me.

Some other intresting stuff: Ceramic brakes (rotors) were planned for the Z06 but weren't used because of their cost, but will be a $4,000 upgrade once they fall to a cheap enough price to be marketed. From: Jan. issue of Motortrend.

Floor panels are made of balsa-wood sandwiched between layers of carbon fiber to increase strength and reduce weight. From: Jan. issue of Motortrend.

If you want to read up on it i'd request a January edition of Motortrend, they went into a lot more detail about weight savings and well...the car... than C&D did.

Hope this helps some of you guys out.
Anthony