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Good news for tyres: the Corvette ZR-1 will get a fancy traction control system in 2010. Of course, that's bad news for Real Men who like faintly terrifying moments of oversteer and inhale tyre smoke like it's pure oxygen.
For the rest of us, it means the ZR-1 has become a slightly more manageable
beast. It gets a proper launch control system, too - push
the throttle flush to the floor and computers (or Performance Traction
Management, as Chevy calls it) will sort the rest out for you. If there's grip,
it'll whack the power down. If not, it'll just dial out your clumsy input and
send less shove to the wheels.
So it operates like most other systems, only PTM has to work harder to contain the
ZR-1's enormous 6.2-litre supercharged V8. And 638bhp.
2010-model cars will also get side airbags and cost $109,530. With GM's future still a bit shady, we
don't know if you'll be able to import one officially. Our advice is to start
building some sort of rudimentary ark, so if it all goes wrong you can just
sail on over and pick it up yourself.
Now watch Jeremy thrash the lunatic ZR-1 in the boys' second big US trip:
Open Car Bar
What do you think?
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Robster commented on this article
at 05:28 pm on 23 June 2009
watch out new 700hp ford mustang
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Mikeado commented on this article
at 08:34 am on 24 June 2009
I'm not really sure I want TC in a muscle car. Doesn't it defeat the point a bit? The thing I've always loved about muscle cars is cocking about in them. And I'm sure you can set off without wheelspinning just by not wearing your iron boots for once. As for the launch control, that's probably just for drag racing against GT-Rs and 599s, where the argument thrown at the ZR1 is not being able to put the power down. I wouldn't spec this new option.
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Chillidude commented on this article
at 02:10 pm on 24 June 2009
I think the ZR1 should've had that all along. Even if its gonna bump up the price. All supercars nowadays have it, and with it, the ZR1, could humiliate other supercars costing more than double the price, even more!
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carguytom commented on this article
at 05:47 pm on 24 June 2009
i agree with chillidude.
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omnigear commented on this article
at 11:03 am on 03 October 2009
vetts was never a muscle car, its a sports car a camaro is a muscle car true story.
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