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Some cars are delicate, subtle instruments. Surgeons' scalpels, if you will. Some cars are 12-pound lump hammers. Now, which category do you think the Geiger Corvette falls into?
Ignore, if you can, that retina-melting lime green paintjob (which, we have to confess, we actually rather like). Focus instead on what's lurking under that louvred hood.
Geiger - the German pioneers responsible for the Martini-themed Hummer and the torquetastic Ford F-650 pickup - has taken the Corvette Z06's shabby 500bhp 7.0-litre V8 and bored it out to a far heathlier 7.6 litres. Oh, and added a pair of fat turbos for good measure.
The result? 890bhp and 694lb ft of torque. And the sort of acceleration more commonly associated with ground-to-air missiles.
Wisely, Geiger has beefed up the Vette's drivertrain to cope with all that power. There's now a heavy-duty, twin-disc clutch and a carbon fibre driveshaft. We're happy to hear that it gets adjustable coilover springs and bigger brakes, too.
And no true tuning job would be complete with a set of a giant wheels and a big body kit. Those big holes in the hood are fuctional, by the way: according to the Geiger press release, 'they guard against thermal indispositions of the turbo engine.'
Beware those thermal indispositions...
Now watch Clarkson thrash the Z06 back in 2006:
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What do you think?
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kingrocky commented on this article
at 12:53 pm on 22 May 2009
This car is just WOOOOOW! Don't you think? 890bhp and 694lb ft of torque. Is this not just phenomenal?
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AlKim commented on this article
at 02:30 pm on 22 May 2009
The Hummer and Ford are terrible, but this is not. The colour is pretty terrible, but the Corvette isn't exactly a low-profile car anyway. Give them a Viper, see what they can make out it.
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astons4eva commented on this article
at 03:45 pm on 22 May 2009
BEAST thats all i have to say
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lambosareforeva commented on this article
at 03:55 pm on 22 May 2009
this thing could kill anything out there unless they do a viper next or something. but lime green? maybe red but not lime. Lime Green basically says "Pull ME over! PLEASE!!!"
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ITMdesign commented on this article
at 03:57 pm on 22 May 2009
kriptonite green! that looks really good! and my god it must fly. though superman couldnt own one
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