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      10-21-2019, 11:51 AM   #1099
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Originally Posted by erictrainer View Post
Came across this real interesting article... it certainly provides perspective and context. A couple of thoughts the first being Corvettes have a manual uptake of more than 25%... that's a lot! Especially considering 25% are a about 55k cars!!! Having one transmission is certainly more profitable, but the question is how many more people would now buy it because it has a manual? Would that be enough to offset? I mean I believe at that point it would be the highest performing car offered with a manual, dollar for dollar and in absolute terms of it manages to out track a GT3... now that's a compelling argument right there!

Anyway read up... curious to hear some thoughts


https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2019...l-c8-corvette/
They just tested the 992S and the Z51 C8 and the 911 on a less sticky tire had it by 1.1 seconds per lap and was faster in the quarter mile, braking, figure 8...you name it it was faster than the C8. I think they’re going to need a lot more to make it compete with a GT3/RS which were awfully close in lap times with the last gen C7 despite about 250 less hp.
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