C7 Corvette Z06 Hugs A Tree

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We’ve noticed before there’s some magical connection between Ford Mustangs and trees, but in a viral video we see a C7 Corvette Z06 drawn to one like a moth to the flame. Some people don’t seem to understand what happened, even though it’s perfectly obvious the American sports car either wanted hug a tree or believes itself to be a beaver.

Yet another street takeover has turned deadly.

Either way, the result is disastrous, which is completely predictable. But the short video clip starts innocently enough with matching white C7 Corvettes cruising down a city street. At first the one on the left leads the other.

But when the second sports car catches up it seems the first driver panics. Maybe he wasn’t paying attention and the emergence of the other ‘Vette startled him or he didn’t want to “get beat” by being passed?

We might never know what was going through the driver’s mind. But we do know he suddenly goes for it. That’s when the Z06 oversteers left. When this happens in a high-powered front-engine, rear-wheel-drive car, the worst thing you can do is slam on the brakes.

So of course the driver slams on his brakes, as you can clearly see. Things immediately go from bad, the Chevy pulling to the left, to worse, the sports car going over the curb and hitting a tree in the island.

The result, as you can clearly see, is devastating. The front end of the C7 Z06 is smashed into a thousand pieces, the radiator is probably toast, and hot coolant instantly vaporizes in the air. Likely the high-powered performance car is totaled.

To the uninitiated, the whole crash plays out like an optical illusion. After all, the average person’s experience is slamming on the brakes in their Nissan Rogue, so they can’t even begin to understand weight transference or the virtues of throttle steering.

Check out the video for yourself.

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