2006 Corvette Z06

Im starting to get into new skool corvettes in a big way at the moment. Just look at the specs on this: Top speed of 198mph, 0-60mph - 3.7 seconds , 505bhp and 16/26mpg from a 7.0 engine!! Incredible stuff!! It also retails for $65,800 which is about £40,000!! What a bargain when you consider this will go neck and neck with a Ferrari F430 and has a little bit more top end!! Incredible - I want one

More info here:

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drive...icleId=107094#6

incrediable car, serious although it has leaf springs on the rear

Are you sure about that? We're not talking about a Ford Capri or a 1970s Corvette here mate

its true they have leaf springs on the back

Factual evidence and a link please....

just looked it up top gear lie they said the 06 one had tuned rear leaf springs !!!!!


Rear suspension independent, short/long arm double wishbone, cast aluminum control arms, transverse-mounted composite leaf spring, monotube shock absorbers, anti-roll bar

unless i was pissed whilst watching it found it hard to beleave at the time, unless they said it handeld liek ti had leaf springs

ahahaha

just looked further into it they use both not in the convetional way though

Leaf Springs on the Corvette

The C6 Corvette's rear suspension.The Corvette suspension has unequal length double wishbones, or A-arms, for all four wheels, and half-shafts in place of a solid rear axle. This allows independent articulation for each wheel. A-arms are considered the ideal arrangement for performance cars because they keep the wheel perpendicular to the road, regardless of chassis movement. All modern Ferraris use this system.

Traditionally, a coil spring is mounted between the chassis and each lower A-arm. The coil compresses in proportion to the spring rate when the A-arm rises, and it is this resistance against compression that suspends the car.

GM has equipped the Corvette with two one-piece fiberglass composite leaf springs in place of coils. They run transversely across the width of the car, mounted in two places equidistant from the centerline. Each end is bolted to the bottom of an A-arm such that when the A-arm rises, the leaf pulls it down, again in proportion to a known spring rate. In this way, four coils are replaced with two leaf springs.

Because both coils and leafs in these configurations act only as simple springs and are not required to stabilize the wheels, their function is almost identical.

Those dont look like no leaf springs like I had on the back of me capri brudda

so i was sort of right!!!!!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvette_leaf_springs

This is a Z06 not a C6

ohhh

whats the difference with the Z06 to the Z6?

z06 must have the same setup
http://www.westcoastcorvette.com/pc-42-24-...ng-package.aspx

This Corvette might be smaller than previous iterations, but it still feels big from behind the steering wheel. This is a car that demands concentration: the steering is light, not terribly feelsome or linear off-centre, and the transition from neutral to either understeer or
oversteer can happen very quickly. The suspension – a transverse leaf spring at either end – is very stiff, and the ride correspondingly unyielding with a crudeness in its reactions, even on these mainly smooth French roads.


taken from - http://www.autocarmag.com/FirstDrive_Summary.asp?RT=218587