Yahoo Autos 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible Drops Its Top Ahead Of New York Auto Show
General Motors has pulled the wraps off its 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible, a few days ahead of its world debut next week at the New York Auto Show, but just in time for some spring-weekend dreaming about top-down driving.
Top-down driving with 625 horsepower, that is.
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The all-new Z06 drop top will feature the same powertrain as the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 coupe, with a supercharged 6.2-liter LT4 V-8 engine that will be able to meter out "at least 625 horsepower and 635 lb-ft of torque." It will be offered up with a seven-speed manual gearbox, but it will also be available with the new eight-speed automatic transmission, which, Chevy has said, shifts faster than Porsche's PDK gearbox.
It will be interesting to see how Corvette purists view the idea of a Z06 with a convertible roof. And to counter what they might say, it's worth pointing out what chief engineer Tadge Juechter pointed out to us when we took our first drive in the 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible: that the roof (and even roll hoop) aren't structurally necessary. The C7 Corvette was conceived, designed, and engineered as an open-top car, and the Z06, even with the greater forces, vibration, and torque that its body might be subjected to [ehem].
