Z51, Grand Sport, Z06, ZR1... I’ll take them all. For now, I’ll find my first Vette. Maybe a C5Z06. Keep the euros. I want mine in cross plane, 2 valve, in block cam, torque to snap a neck, sounding like a combination of a .50 Barrett and Metallica, swiggin some whiskey!!! 🇺🇸👍💪🥃
it was clearly the decade of the 7th generation of the Corvette. now, as we're about to enter the 2020s, the Corvette will up itself on all fronts once again and more than ever before with the all new mid engine architecture eighth generation. exciting and awesome times ! Merry Christmas America's Sportscar, and all followers and enthusiasts around the world.
@Skyler Allenson totally. The guy who wants the grand sport wants to track his car. Track a C8 on the regular. You're not doing much maintenance yourself. You'd be nervous to break something.
Good review! Bought a new 2019 Corvette Grand Sport, with a MANUAL TRANSMISSION, and it’s a great car! Huge power, fantastic handling, and with the magnetic ride control, the car goes from track stiff to smooth ride in an instant. My wife even asks when we can go for drives in the Corvette Grand Sport, and that rarely happens with my NSX. Buy a Corvette, if at all possible, life is short. Merry Christmas.
Chevrolet announced today it was able to lap a 2019 ZR1 equipped with the optional eight-speed auto and ZTK performance package around VIR in 2:37.25. That's 1.37 seconds quicker than the Ford GT's time, making the ZR1 the fastest production vehicle to ever lap the course.Jan 31, 2018.” I couldn’t find a more recent update.
the ZR1 was short changed at willow springs, why perform a hot lap doing drifts ? it definitely has a better time in it, and the potential to best all the cars that rank above it. btw. what does "euro spec" mean for the lambo and porsche ? I sense a little sandbagging. greetings from a german observer.
I agree my German friend!! I really like Randy Pobst, the zr1 driver but yes! The rallyesque driving in the corners and the very clear 3/4 throttle across the finish line tells a story!!!
One of the Z06s they tested had the rear caster out of alignment. See the retest after the caster was fixed. www.motortrend.com/cars/chevrolet/corvette/2015/2015-chevrolet-corvette-z06-track-retest/
Hmm well GM got some really good engineers at the moment but i dont think they will beat the Europeans. As a fan of american V8 engines ill give them a chance but i guess we just got to wait and see. :)
Dandre Davis LMAO great Xmas joke thanks for the laughs. That’s what you GM fans said when the 2019 ZR1 Porsche literally Embarrass that car on the track. I know The Ferrari FXXk Eve is not street legal but GM will never build a masterpiece like that car. Especially GM will never build anything close to Ferrari award winning V8
I was surprised to see the Corvette ZTK a full 2 seconds slower than the 911 GT2 RS and Mclaren 720S. Randy really talked up the Vette. The Vette is still a great car for the money 😕
@@rickintexas1584 www.caranddriver.com/features/a23319884/lightning-lap-times-historical-data/ This one doesn't say 2 seconds apart, I'll get the link of the video showing zr1 at 2:37.25
9:58 you contradict yourself when talking about the Z06. When talking about the grand sport, you say the Z06 is hard to control. When you all talking about the z06 at 9:58 you say its planted and easy to control.... hmmm
@@KamikazeSOF2 true but no matter what you compare it to, it being hard to control at speed won't change. In this they go from it " feeling planted" to " terrifying to drive at speed". Its honestly almost a completely different review on the same car. Or at least that's how it comes across to me.
I love Randy Pobst but after watching the last straightaway and listening to the engine I swear he let off just before the start/finish!! Also I know he loves his Volvos, so hmmm. Did The Rocket throw the race in the Corvette??!!
At 13:47 you can hear what wide open throttle sounds like in the car, and then a second before the finish line you hear what sounds like half throttle and then dubbed in v8 engine noise..... wtf
MotorTrend you guys are contradicting yourselves you say the Z06 is scary and tough to handle through the corners while reviewing the Grand Sport but you guys also said the Grand Sport needs more power? Then you guys turn around praise the Z06 handling make up your mind!!
I wish I had half the driving ability of Mr. Probst. Along with everyone else who buys this car. Because when you don't. You end up on UA-cam crashing your Corvette or you don't. Or simply, you get passed on the x-way by someone driving a pickup truck at 75 mph. While your driving 65, grey haired, and thinking I could beat you, if I had the experience to drive this car, but don't, but have the bank account to do so.!
@@andersonjukebox8315 lmao yeah but that's how it sounds. Why is he talking about 12 year olds... lol no need. Its just an add reference. Not a good selling point.. "hey 12 year olds love this car" !
Farewell C7 Corvette! You was a great car! Have a great retirement!
Dream Cars you was ?
Z51, Grand Sport, Z06, ZR1... I’ll take them all. For now, I’ll find my first Vette. Maybe a C5Z06. Keep the euros. I want mine in cross plane, 2 valve, in block cam, torque to snap a neck, sounding like a combination of a .50 Barrett and Metallica, swiggin some whiskey!!!
🇺🇸👍💪🥃
crodrc51able ew
You will not regresa hacia g a c5z06
Awesome. God bless America and Chevy corvette.
it was clearly the decade of the 7th generation of the Corvette.
now, as we're about to enter the 2020s, the Corvette will up itself on all fronts once again and more than ever before with the all new mid engine architecture eighth generation.
exciting and awesome times !
Merry Christmas America's Sportscar, and all followers and enthusiasts around the world.
*We need Jason back on MT*
We need Motortrend back
No they don’t
I'll take the 2017 Grand Sport and track it 100 times a year, thank you :)
I can't stop having enough fun with my 2018 Grand Sport. Love that car.
@@ozzstars_cars I have a 991.1 GT3 - want to swap? lol
David Stevenson Not for the price and maintenance. You wouldn’t feel guilty about beating on a GS C7 at an all day track session.
@Skyler Allenson totally. The guy who wants the grand sport wants to track his car. Track a C8 on the regular. You're not doing much maintenance yourself. You'd be nervous to break something.
Grand Sport makes a fantastic track car! Not too much power and light weight!
This is such a great group of Presenters! They do have one of the best jobs out there.
Thank goodness for Carwow and throttle house and the straight pipes channels that actually mean something
Bring on the C8! Corvette is going to completely own the performance car market. 🇺🇸
This video was a great Christmas present, thank you Motor Trend!
Good review! Bought a new 2019 Corvette Grand Sport, with a MANUAL TRANSMISSION, and it’s a great car! Huge power, fantastic handling, and with the magnetic ride control, the car goes from track stiff to smooth ride in an instant. My wife even asks when we can go for drives in the Corvette Grand Sport, and that rarely happens with my NSX. Buy a Corvette, if at all possible, life is short. Merry Christmas.
genericdenizen1 tf you capitalize manual transmission
Can we talk about how that Ford GT was ALMOST beaten by the Corvette ZR1?
I don't think this zr1 was doing okay. It lost to several that it has readily beaten at VIR.
@@brunodemelo4997 Wait, at VIR? what is VIR?
Chevrolet announced today it was able to lap a 2019 ZR1 equipped with the optional eight-speed auto and ZTK performance package around VIR in 2:37.25. That's 1.37 seconds quicker than the Ford GT's time, making the ZR1 the fastest production vehicle to ever lap the course.Jan 31, 2018.” I couldn’t find a more recent update.
@@sonicloud7774 Virginia international raceway.
The lap at 12:30 was some of the cleanest graphics,best positioned footage I have seen
Big👍👍👍👍thank you.
the ZR1 was short changed at willow springs, why perform a hot lap doing drifts ? it definitely has a better time in it, and the potential to best all the cars that rank above it.
btw. what does "euro spec" mean for the lambo and porsche ?
I sense a little sandbagging.
greetings from a german observer.
I agree my German friend!! I really like Randy Pobst, the zr1 driver but yes! The rallyesque driving in the corners and the very clear 3/4 throttle across the finish line tells a story!!!
Corvette is the best car ever made
Good old MotorTrend, miss those times. The C7 was without a shadow of a doubt one of the best cars of the dying V8 breed.
The super rare 85 corvette with crossfire injection, rather than the TPI injection they all left the factory with.
Happy birthday Zora Arkus-Duntov, born on Christmas Day, 1909!
Corvettes dad!
Bruh
Why does Editor fear the Z06 while another loves it? Y’all contradictory.
One of the Z06s they tested had the rear caster out of alignment. See the retest after the caster was fixed. www.motortrend.com/cars/chevrolet/corvette/2015/2015-chevrolet-corvette-z06-track-retest/
This is so cool. I pay for MOTD and don’t get all the content. Thanks for the gift.
The Z06 and ZR1 are some of the best sounding cars of all time
Merry Christmas MT, thanks for the Corvette montage.
Please bring back Jason Camissa and Lago
I love corvettes !
I wanna know more about that high revving big inch naturally aspirated motor
Did they partially develop a replacement for the ls7?
I can't wait for you to test the C8 😍
Feliz navidaddd, regala suscriptores jajaja, abrazo!
Corvette Christmas isnt complete without the C6 ZR1.
an 1985 vette came with the tuned port injection. Guess you are talking about a 1984 corvette.
That test ZR1 is just wicked lookin...I have a similar spec z06 z07 and I love er, but the Zr1 and C8 Z06 are callin me
Just waiting for the mid engine Z06 and ZR1 to BLOW the European exotics out the water, especially Ferraris and Lamborghinis
ditto. USA! USA! USA!
Hmm well GM got some really good engineers at the moment but i dont think they will beat the Europeans.
As a fan of american V8 engines ill give them a chance but i guess we just got to wait and see. :)
Dandre Davis LMAO great Xmas joke thanks for the laughs. That’s what you GM fans said when the 2019 ZR1 Porsche literally Embarrass that car on the track. I know The Ferrari FXXk Eve is not street legal but GM will never build a masterpiece like that car. Especially GM will never build anything close to Ferrari award winning V8
Ok,but I'm sure the new ZR1 will OBLITERATE the 992 GT2RS
You mean that Honda Nsx withe a Chevy logo?
Leroy II
Yea. Umm, Cleetus started this idea so they could copy it
@@nickmccain6598 his is way cooler
@@nickmccain6598 this episode is from 2014 bro. How long you think Leroy has been around?
more like OG Leroy, that episode is much older than cleetus's build
@@furthurondown I did not know that. That copier cleetus
Title should read MotorTrend's Favorite C7 Corvettes!
I was surprised to see the Corvette ZTK a full 2 seconds slower than the 911 GT2 RS and Mclaren 720S. Randy really talked up the Vette. The Vette is still a great car for the money 😕
Zr1 was a full 2 seconds FASTER than the McLaren 720s at VIR....
Can't think of a good name - Seriously? That is awesome. Can you share a link to this information?
@@rickintexas1584 www.caranddriver.com/features/a23319884/lightning-lap-times-historical-data/
This one doesn't say 2 seconds apart, I'll get the link of the video showing zr1 at 2:37.25
@@rickintexas1584 ua-cam.com/video/PiqNKcMEXf4/v-deo.html
@@trashbandit2449 - Sweet! Thanks for the links and the info. I drive a Porsche Panamera, but I love that a Chevy did so well.
The C7 was the first proper car to compete with the Europeans... The C8 will blow them away.
Since 1953
9:58 you contradict yourself when talking about the Z06. When talking about the grand sport, you say the Z06 is hard to control. When you all talking about the z06 at 9:58 you say its planted and easy to control.... hmmm
Johnny Turbo exactly. They always praise the Z06 and then something happened where they always bash the handling. I never understood that.
@@KamikazeSOF2 true but no matter what you compare it to, it being hard to control at speed won't change. In this they go from it " feeling planted" to " terrifying to drive at speed". Its honestly almost a completely different review on the same car.
Or at least that's how it comes across to me.
Johnny Turbo Facts. I remember having this same confusion when the two videos were originally filmed
@@colewilson164 yup, verrrrryyyy interesting
This happens through every generation of Corvette. They get all happy cause of a new car and then when it starts to age they totally bash it.
Leroy Junior!!
*gunshots*
"OK?!"
WE NEED THE ADAM SANDLER BACK
We need motortrend back
hope to get a C7 in a couple of years! Busy abusing a C5 at the moment
I love Randy Pobst but after watching the last straightaway and listening to the engine I swear he let off just before the start/finish!! Also I know he loves his Volvos, so hmmm. Did The Rocket throw the race in the Corvette??!!
Behind every great C7 is a BMW, Porsche or Ferrari, behind every great C8 is a McLaren, Ferrari, Lamborghini! Welcome to supercar territory!
How the tables have turned. Foreign cars are only better in a straight line? Welcome...to The Twilight Zone.
At 13:47 you can hear what wide open throttle sounds like in the car, and then a second before the finish line you hear what sounds like half throttle and then dubbed in v8 engine noise..... wtf
MotorTrend you guys are contradicting yourselves you say the Z06 is scary and tough to handle through the corners while reviewing the Grand Sport but you guys also said the Grand Sport needs more power? Then you guys turn around praise the Z06 handling make up your mind!!
For Christmas why don't you cheap skates give us a full episode of roadkill
Leroy better be in this video
Original Vette cart
85 had TPI, FYI.
Those track numbers couldn’t of been accurate for the Zr1 beat everything but the GT2RS on VIR
Where is the new C8 corvette
Wanna have lamborghini zion he a lengendary car!
Thumbs down for starting off with Freiburger
Time to track the C8
👍👍
You need to challenge Leroy (Cletus and Cars). You have some work ahead of you though.
Where’s world’s greatest drag race 9?
no one cares we want to see the next worlds greatest drag race
I wish I had half the driving ability of Mr. Probst. Along with everyone else who buys this car. Because when you don't. You end up on UA-cam crashing your Corvette or you don't. Or simply, you get passed on the x-way by someone driving a pickup truck at 75 mph. While your driving 65, grey haired, and thinking I could beat you, if I had the experience to drive this car, but don't, but have the bank account to do so.!
It’s just the power
10:00
5:08 "all the 12 year olds love this" ummmmmm WTF? Creepy!
They mean that this is a car a dorky 12 year old would love cause of how it looks and sounds. Not that it's a white windowless van lmao
@@andersonjukebox8315 lmao yeah but that's how it sounds. Why is he talking about 12 year olds... lol no need. Its just an add reference. Not a good selling point.. "hey 12 year olds love this car" !
This video is so contradictory. Typical motor trend
First
Pretty sure cletus started that trend. Still love roadkill though.
Trevor438 No way. The vette kart was well before Cleetus. It even pre-dates Roakill itself.
Nope. Vette Cart was the original.
It’s too bad @Cleetus McFarland invented the vette cart. #Leroy
These guys did this a long time ago before I heard of Cleetus
I have audi r8 v10 plus
Wackkkkkkkkk
Wack
Ugliest Corvette ever made
I have audi r8 v10 plus
You're a kid. So it's a matchbox car, yeah? Hot wheels?
@@philonetic Nah mate, a poster.
Who do you think you are impressing with your sad little lies?