I'm willing to have shitty interior for the exterior looks of the C6 Corvette. Now days, you can get a C6 for about $20,000 to $30,000, which is a steal.
@@alig.20 Yes it did, but not by that much. However, the rest of the car cannot be compared to the 2005 base model.... it's so much better in every single way.
@@Firemarioflower The main thing they hated was the cars interior, and some badged and sewed logos do not change anything. Im a Corvette enthusiast, this does not justify Jezzas idea being changed.
Corvettes have been built with lightweight materials for years, it saves weight, keeps them fast and surprisingly fuel efficient. You can get 28 mpg on the highway with that Vette.
@@GuninGames yeah but In america vettes are much easier to find then an nsx. Like I love my Japanese cars but it’s tough to buy one when where I live (the south) a mustang and Miata are similarly priced.
@@GuninGames who the fuck is going shell out $100k for a car from the 90's? the nsx exhaust sounds amazing and would be an awesome platform if it was more accessible, but its more of a collectors car so there's no comparison.
i like how they bash leaf springs...a transverse leaf spring reduces deflection and acts as an anti roll bar, while being lighter than conventional springs and, lowers the center of gravity, and has much better wear characteristics. the way its implemented in the corvette is rather ingenious...
It has a lot more in common with F1 flexure suspension spring systems then leaf springs. Ignorant show for ignorant people... yet very entertaining. Engineers will just scoff at the ridiculous judgement from self proclaimed "experts".
@@taunokekkonen5733 The reason why leaf springs never caught on is because they're a design and tuning nightmare. Once you get them designed to where they work very well on your car, its great, and you can just keep using them on the future models, as long as the platform doesn't change, or the weight of the car doesn't drastically change. All the advantages mentioned above are unique to the corvette and what makes it easy for the engineers for that car to make it so low and light. The car doesn't have big shock towers like every other car, which is lighter and reduces parts in the frame and makes its construction less complicated. The corvettes frame, especially the c7, is very elegant. The reason why leaf springs are a design and tuning nightmare is because of the way they function. A conventional coil spring has a stiffness dictated by the material and thickness of the wire used to make the coils. It has a pretty linear stiffness throughout the deflection of the spring - that is to say, as the spring is compressed, you won't really see much of a change in stiffness. This is nice when trying to tune the ride rates/wheel rates, stiffness front to back and so on of your car. A lot of different coil springs exist, with different rates, that are easy to change out, and they all will have predictable stiffness throughout the springs travel. A leaf spring, in this case, a transverse spring being a slab of material laying across from one lower wishbone to another, is basically a custom piece to try to mimic what the coil springs do. This is fine, as all materials have stiffnesses or spring rates, except generally if you take a slab of material and bend it, as it deforms, the spring rate can change, which could make for some interesting driving dynamics. Now of course, generally if you stay in the elastic region of deformation, the rate/stiffness should stay pretty linear, and so you can expect a pretty linear increase in stiffness as the spring deforms, but it won't act exactly like how a coil spring will in how predictable it is. This is why a lot of care has to be taken in design the shape an cross section of the leaf spring to make sure it does act like a coil spring would. That is why if you look at a corvettes leaf springs, they get thinner and thicker and wider and more slender as you go from one side to the other, and coming up with that shape to get it to do what you want is not a strait forward task. Then when GM goes out to test the prototype cars, they might want to test a few different rates. Changing the leaf springs on that car means dropping the subframes and the rest of the suspension with it which is a pain, and your changing one custom spring for another, so you have to be sure that one of them is going to work. Its a nightmare, which is why it never caught on. I would not want to design them for a new car I was building. But once you have them, just keep using them as its a great setup.
@@samschegan1376 Thanks to modern computers however, you can do 90% of the design of the spring before you even need to test it on a car or even manufacture a spring. I am sure GM did that already with the C6 and even the C5. The reason why it still doesnt catch on is the same however: money. How many suppliers are out there that produce a carbon fiber leaf spring? I bet you can count them with one hand. A traditional coil spring is FAR cheaper and modern car manufacturers like to cheap out on the most rediculous parts (Mercedes using non-oil-resistant rubber seals in their dry sumps, which lead to catastrophic engine failures in their AMG engines).
SvenTviking Why didn’t everybody else figure out magnetic ride in those 60 years? America was behind...but now they really have left ahead in performance for the money.
@@markevans658 If you meant "your country's finest produced sports car", in 2020 America will have the C8 Corvette and the Tesla Roadster 2.0, freaking behemoths for the price, the C8 Corvette will have under 3 secs 0-60 for $60K and the Tesla Roadster under 2 secs 0-60, 600 mile range and 250+ mile top speed for $200K
The reason American cars are so cheaply made is to keep the cost down. Instead of paying almost $200k on a exotic super car I get a vette with almost the same performance for a 3rd of the price. I own a 2009 c6 with 60k miles and I've had barely any problems with it. It's a great car. Now since the c7 is out the quality is has gotten way better for almost the same price as it always has been. So it's now defiantly worth the value
Yeah, but if you just cared about performance wouldn't an Ariel Atom or a Caterham be even better? And before you say you can't use a track-day car every day, I'd say you can't use the Vette every day either. It's just not very enjoyable to drive when you're not on a track. This is of course talking about the C6, the C7 is better built, but it's also more expensive. When you count in import tax it's almost as much as a mid-range F-type and the F-type is a much better car.
@frikgeek you can use a vette as an everyday car and alot of people dont actually care about the interior they want raw performance and as for that drag race it was either staged or at half throttle and leaf springs well they are much simpler and they have been reworked they are much better they are at the same time ainto roll bars and they can be fitted lower for better center of gravity you honestly dont know much about cars do you?
I'm here from 2029 and can tell you, between the C6 and the C8... both chassis flex like a cheap disposable plate, both have rubber bits that deteriorate like a vampire at the hint of sunlight, and both have interiors that wad themselves up like shrinky dinks in the heat. Not to mention they both squeak and rattle like an old haunted house.
Man I've never been into corvettes, thought the c6 looks cheap and tacky. But the c7 improved it heaps, first corvette that I could like. And now with the c8 mid engine... jesus it looks incredible. Interior quality and design in the c8 looks ages ahead of the c6.
Even the earliest C6's (like this '05) do 0-60 in sub 5, can go 186 mph, avoid the gas guzzler tax, have solid reliability and go for ~$20,000. Probably the best sports car bargain of our time.
3:10 I’m genuinely impressed by the Honda NSX. Easily upstaging the Porsche 911 Caerra and Chevrolet Corvette C6. The Honda NSX 290hp V6 engine was always underrated in power
I was driving my Corvette one day, and the front right tire was CLEARLY out of balance. I pulled over, examined the tire and found a hairpin stuck in the tread. That thing weighed less than an ounce, but it was clear as day from the driver's seat. This is a race car, its not intended to be comfortable, or practical and as far as the plastic interior, it DOES cost 20k LESS than a base 911, which ALSO has a plastic interior.
And they're composite leaf springs, so they'll never rust, and they weigh nothing. It's actually a really innovative idea for a car that you're selling for $44,000. Every other company sold competing sports cars for $60,000 t $100,000, even in 2005 money.
They build Leave Springs in their Cars, not because they are stupid. They build it for a very good Reason. Elektro Magnetic Ride Hide for Ferrari xD How long will they life ?? What do yo do when it dont work anymore? Where do you go? What when you drive the Car at the Limit, and the System failure ?? Like Berger in Estoril 1993.
@@ImInLoveWithBulla in my experience problems start when owner's don't understand the term "periodic service" or the sentence: "you should change ____, this one is going to fail soon". Then they get pissed that it's a scam and that the part's alright, and later get towed because that part failed and the engine broke. And last time I checked usual maintenance bill for 2 year/50k km (or 60k kms, depends on the car) was around 300 to 500 euro.
12 or 13 years from new I still own this LS3 c6 z51 manual...awesome ..i put 137k miles on it before ordering up my c8 z51..the well run daily drive corvette has been utterly dependable and reliable...zero to sixty in 4 seconds top speed of 190 mph...pulls 1 .0 lateral g s
I own a 07 C6 and I just adore their dry humor and sarcasm. The C6 is a phenomenal bargain for what one pays for it. I think even though the review was quite dated, it was humorous and fun. folks gotta' lighten up a little
YEAH!!! It's the perfect and most recognizable Corvette along with the C5, as well as the most affordable version when it was new. I dislike the C8 and it was a shame how everything became a bit square with the C7, allthough I like that gen too.
exactly. The 2005 corvette did 0-60 in the low 4's with a good driver. Greatest thing about a corvette, you can spend a total of $3000 on 3.90 rear gears, an upgraded cam and tuning, and slightly stickier tires, and you'll be reliably putting down 450 horsepower to the road and do 0-60 in the 3.7 range.
Easier to launch, lighter, better gearing, all keep the NSX ahead. Sum total of parts. Its not just down to power. That was why the NSX did so well. Good driver behind the wheel of the vette may be able to do better but the vette truly is a car that demands a better class of driver
I own this car, the clutch is pretty standard, don't understand why he thinks its too stiff. The shifts are also super easy....It does ride ruff tho but I like feeling planted and stable.
I agree with you, the C3 C4 and C6 use a pair of transverse leaf springs on the front and rear as an anti-roll bar. If you think about its not that bad , it actually produces less unsprung weight.
I’ve had a wide variety of cars: two Boxsters (both 986), a GT500, two M3s (e90, f80), an Audi S4, VW GTI, Miata, and my dad had and let me borrow all the time a 911 and S55 AMG. I just bought a 2007 base 6-speed Corvette the other day and I’m addicted to it. It’s so fun and such a great bargain. Got mine super clean with very low miles for $24k. It may be my favorite car so far, despite being 17 years old. Just feels “right”. The sound at wide open throttle is intoxicating and the engine just has gobs of torque and never feels held back. The 400hp Ls2 isn’t that impressive on paper but it’s underrated from the factory and only has to move 3200lbs of car.
I'm kind of annoyed top gear didn't bother to do their research about the 'leaf spring suspension'. For one, it's transversely mounted and two. It's actually a hybrid suspension that gives near 'true' IDS for a fraction of the cost. Their comments were ignorant at best and dishonest at worst.
@@sutherlandA1 So? The ancient Babylonians used wheels. Sabers existed in the 1400s, and were used heavily well into the 1800s. Was the saber out of date simply because it was 400 years old? Just because it's older tech doesn't mean its bad. The transverse leaf spring is extremely reliable and very affordable while still offering good performance. If the corvette had a multilink in the rear and would cost and extra $2,000, everyone would complain.
Top Gear/Grand Tour can be summed up as "Ignorant at best and Offensive at Worst." They are not an actual car program. They just make comedy and entertainment using cars as a background.
It's funny how whenever Top Gear makes fun of any other countries cars no one complains but as soon as an American car gets made fun of the video gets lots of dislikes and there are Americans in the comments that take it seriously, don't realise it's all jokes and get defensive
I’m lucky enough to own an Acura NSX and a Corvette, and I know from actual experience that the Corvette completely crushes it, and just about everything else too. Buy a Corvette, you will love it.
0:40 the line shoulda been: “it’s not the usual American enormous saloon with the engine out of a battleship. This has always been a purpose built sports car…. with the engine out of a battleship”
This didn’t age well did it lad ? Corvettes roasting just about everything around the world… this was just a base c6 , just an appetizer….. the grand sport and zo6 models have the performance of beating lambos, porches , and Ferraris for a fraction of the cost….. probably drives a Jaguar 😂
I have an 06 c6 vette. I go around Sharp corners at about 60 mph on civilian roads. Corvettes are bang for buck. And you definitely get every penny's worth. Everyone listen: if you want a super car experience/feel without going bankrupt, get a corvette
edward carballo the tvr&nsx are really lightweight, the NSX was aimed to be lightweight, and the TVR is just a chassis, a body, big engine and a load of glue
@@ducksouponline7420 The NSX is not a fast car the corvette c6 base witch this car was is faster 0-60 then a Lamborghini Gallardo Spider of this generation
I hate when these European guys review American cars (especially) Corvettes, they always over exaggerate everything they can. Vettes may not have the tip top interiors, but they kick ass where it counts...the track.
If Richard thinks that the ride is rough in that C^, he should take a ride in my 1984 with the Z-5 package. You can feel the paint when you roll over it. I've got an 84, and a 2000 and there is a remarkable difference between the 2 of them
VIETNAMESE SUSPENSION. Burst into laughter after awkward embarrassment at my homelands tacky, flimsy, (though fast) interpretation of a sports car. Greatly appreciated as always gentlemen.
What they dont say is that its competing against cars that cost nearly twice as much. To make a fair comparison they should compare it to a boxster. Nor do they mention the fact that the vette isnt subect 2 snap over steer unlike the NSX or the P cars and that it starts every time u put the key in it.
Brits act like every car they build is this industry is pure luxury. Why haven't their cars' electrics still not improved to where they work worth a damn?
C6 Corvette was one of the best handling cars ever made in the z06 zr1 trim. In those days Porsche was celebrating coming 20seconds off Corvettes nurburgring times lol.
neoblackcyptron the Aston Martin Valkyrie. Designed by legendary F1 aerodynamicist Adrian newey. Naturally aspirated 6.0 V12 putting out 1160hp revving to 11,500. 1 to 1 power to weight ratio. Significantly more downforce than weight. The most radical and likely fastest road car ever made.
Lmao. The vette does NOT have traditional leaf spring rear suspension. It has IRS with a sideways leaf acting as a sway bar basically. Describing it as ancient leaf spring technology is completely misrepresenting it. These guys are idiots. Also... How did a 220 hp Nsx beat a 400 hp vette that weighs close to the same. That guy can't drive or it was staged. Nothing against the Nsx, but in a drag race it would be at a huge disadvantage.
the nsx they use is a type r i think which has 290 bhp and over 200kg lighter than the basic corvette. Also, all manual nsx has a ridiculously close ratio gear box which helps the initial acceleration a lot. The mr layout definitely guarantees a traction advantage for the nsx off the line as well. It is not entirely impossible if the nsx to be faster in a short drag race.
it also has a lot to do with gear ratio, gear change speed, and, most important of all, if the driver got a good start since both of them are manual. A good start in a manual car in a short drag race beats everything. Go home and learn more about cars man.
I love the ride and the clutch is not as heavy as they make it seem… the shift on the other hand.. is 100% accurate lol along with changing zip codes from one gear to another
As a (c4) corvette owner, what they're saying is pretty accurate. Yes I do drive one and they are fun, but do you think Corvettes are cheap because GM is just being nice? No. For years, I think American car manufacturers have gotten away with stuff like this because the tasteless meat heads that only care about the engine, horsepower and numbers can easily be distracted from the rest of the car. So they can get away with skimping on the build quality and refinement because no one thinks about it. Is a Porsche, Ferrari or Aston Martin more expensive? Yeah. But as they say, "You get what you pay for". And honestly I think that most Americans are so used to shit, they don't really know what shit is any more. That goes for cars, movies, food, etc. I'm not trying to stereotype, it's just an observation.
The price....it's all reflective in the price. You cannot compare the price of a 40k car (2005 Corvette) vs. the likes of a 100-200k car. Per quality of interior/materials. Go compare it the a 50k Porsche Boxster from 2005.....a car that is full of plastic....and delivers nothing close to the performance of the Corvette from the same model year. The only thing that American manufacturers have gotten away with is offering an alternative that is actually better, in many respects. Btw, SAE awarded the Corvette "Car of the Century"....alongside the Mercedes S500. To me, "build quality" = purpose + durability. In that case, it's the others that fail...miserably.
This video is from 09 but they drove a pre-2008 Vette. The 2008 was the first year for the 6.2 Liter V8 LS3 engine putting down 420 RWHP. And whats more if you watch a documentary 3 parter they did, Clarkson actually fell in love with his Vette he drove to Bonneville.
Matija Graho You just noticed? Regardless of bias, It's more for the comedy. You cant take these guys seriously when you got Clarkson bashing every American car when he's got a FordGT
+Kupidzheart im sorry but the saleen is not a great car.. im not saying i have a better car but i did some digging on it and found out it was listed as one of the "100 worst cars" list by people who review cars for a living. i still would love to drive one but i think the gt40 and dodge viper are much more rounded vehicles.
@@IronThunderLyrics well, for one, the suspension is softer and more comfortable than they give it credit for. For two, I didn't see anyone take a corner properly in that whole video. It's not that hard to do in a car that can pull a full G in the corner.
Iron Thunder Plus the clutch isn’t tough to push in, the Tremec 6-speed, while maybe not Honda-slick, is completely fine. The throws are a tad long but it isn’t tough to row by any means. These cars get 30 mpg on the highway, are super reliable (often go 300k or more with regular maintenance), handle great (high limits, doesn’t do the best job of letting you know where they are though. Plus once reached, things get squirrelly real quick from my experience). This is a base model with the super bad tires and softest suspension. Just a tire switch would knock a good 2 sec off that time. Plus they weren’t even trying to do a clean lap.
First off the TVR is pure expensive junk, the NSX cannot beat the Vette in a drag and the 911i is way more money. The Brits just do not seem to get value in a car ! The Corvette is the least costly car here by far and is also the least expensive to keep on the road over time I own a 911 and love it, but I am also tired of the bashing the Vette gets from these guys.
I recall TVRs being pretty cheap tbh. That was sort of their point, they were sort of sold as faux racing cars for the road. They're not really usable day to day because they're a bit too brutal. A Corvette could be used day to day, it actually has charisma and a soul unlike the 911 and its faster than the NSX.
Look, this is the Jezza Hamster and Jams version of Top Gear. The moment you see those three on screen you know they're at least distorting reality and at the most outright lying. This is the problem with Top Gear and Grand Tour, they're not car shows but silly entertainment for idiots who think these three assholes are any kind of authority on cars when everything they've ever made is a lie.
Zack May the crappy cars from that era were new and usually cheap because they rushed to get them to market there were still plenty quality cars from that era ( I’m not sure if they were as good as American cars in their prime)
I hate how Jeremy and Richard always say oh well "WE" already have a corvette "WE" give them a Merc and look what they do with it." Ummmm those are German. Youre brittish. You cant claim everything built in europe. That would be like if we claimed everything built in mexico and canada. not that wed want to.
Obviously I know thats what he meant. But Europe is a continent . With many different countries races and cultures. He cant claim german engineered things anymore then china can claim Japanese engineering.
if you argue like that neither can germans claim those things. the only people who can claim the porsche 911 are the people who designed and built the 911, which is not "the germans" but a small group of engineers and workers
Really? Really? I dont see that I was arguing like that at all. I was simply saying that Europe is not a country and many times on this show when comparing American cars he speaks of Europe as a whole rather then his own countries cars.
Miles Comparetto Well, it comes to how do you understand word "American". In some languages "America" is continent, in others, its country.. So he might be comparing american continent cars to european cars, why does this make you mad at all? Why cant he compare european cars to american, and has to compare only british cars..
I was talking about Vipers and Corvettes, not that boat heavy mustang. Vipers can easily pull more than 1 G when driven right. But not even Jeremy Clarkson can tame the Viper, It's a beast.
they are talking about sports cars not supercars. Different category man. Koniegsegg, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc.. thats the GT's class. And it does pretty well against its European rivals !
+rhyso oberding Of course it would, Americans don't understand speed and are horrible at driving. The Europeans gave us The sublime Aston Vanquish, and this story excuse of a car is our top offering, enough said
I don't blame you. And yeah, the mid engine cars have really good weight distribution normally pretty close to 50/50. Most cars that really handle well are front engine with the weight more near the front. It gives your steering a bigger effect during a slide. That's why porsches were so scary originally. All the weight was in the back. Great for turn in, but the second you'd lose grip you were gone. If you knew it was coming you could hold it, but no one is perfect, one mistake is all it takes.
jo23bulls Vinny Aleaga Well, the gt3 was 0.4 sec slower. And i bet about 1 mio. $ that it is actual faster. Look at the (w), it was wet when they drove the gt3.
At 65,000 miles I bought my 2006 for $23,000 in 2022. The ride isn’t at all harsh like they say in the video. Coming from a nd1 Miata, 2 series, frs, and wrx I’d say this is easily the most fun car I’ve ever owned.
You do know that if he had the exact same driving experience in a TVR, he'd be calling it the greatest car in the world, and "that's how a hairy chested man's car should drive".
Do you know that Jeremy Clarkson and others said that they love this car and challenger with Cadillac??? Do you know that Jezza bought for gt 18 years ago? Do you know that they love Ford??? They are just being HONEST with their review.
This car aged amazing, especially the Z06 and ZR1, Jeremy in the America road trip video went as far as calling the ZR1 a masterpiece, which is something you don’t hear him say a lot
Where'd they find a working TVR?
+Jake Barbaro lol it only did the 1/4 mile so it really didnt need to work for long ;)
+iBoostHD
They smell of canoes, and communism.
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For about three hours... until they break down...
***** comparing reliability of a newer car to an older car that fair...
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A car from 1988 with only 10k miles uh oh...
I'm willing to have shitty interior for the exterior looks of the C6 Corvette. Now days, you can get a C6 for about $20,000 to $30,000, which is a steal.
Genes Corvettes are the best car in the world plus the new one that's coming out in 2018 has 800 HP
That’s still unattainable for many youth consumers
@SP You get an LS, if you have an LS you win the end.
I’d get a vette, but I am still not old enough
YES! I'll be getting mine very soon, hopefully.
Few years later and Jeremy loves his corvette in US road trip
That was a corvette ZR1
@@zodiacforest3004 interior doesnt change.
@@alig.20 Yes it did, but not by that much. However, the rest of the car cannot be compared to the 2005 base model.... it's so much better in every single way.
@@Firemarioflower The main thing they hated was the cars interior, and some badged and sewed logos do not change anything. Im a Corvette enthusiast, this does not justify Jezzas idea being changed.
Corvettes have been built with lightweight materials for years, it saves weight, keeps them fast and surprisingly fuel efficient. You can get 28 mpg on the highway with that Vette.
Nobody buys a corvette for fuel efficiency though. 😂
Wow, 12 yrs ago. Wonder you still use this account?
@@GuninGames yeah but In america vettes are much easier to find then an nsx. Like I love my Japanese cars but it’s tough to buy one when where I live (the south) a mustang and Miata are similarly priced.
@@GuninGames and overpriced you are giving your money to these speculating assholes who deserver the rope
@@GuninGames Liking specific car just because someone said so isn't exactly something I'd call "wising up"
@@GuninGames who the fuck is going shell out $100k for a car from the 90's? the nsx exhaust sounds amazing and would be an awesome platform if it was more accessible, but its more of a collectors car so there's no comparison.
love how they glance over the fact that a base vette beat a gt3.
jo23bulls And around a track was slower than 4 door saloon car with less power
jo23bulls Which was in the wet, therefore it didn't beat it.
jo23bulls lol that was in the wet and if the track is wet the stig says a car will be 4s slower.If it's very wet then 6s.
+jo23bulls its not a gt3 though, is it?
thats not a gt3?
i like how they bash leaf springs...a transverse leaf spring reduces deflection and acts as an anti roll bar, while being lighter than conventional springs and, lowers the center of gravity, and has much better wear characteristics. the way its implemented in the corvette is rather ingenious...
Right, I mean seriously do they think its the same tech as a truck!?
That's why leaf springs have caught on?
It has a lot more in common with F1 flexure suspension spring systems then leaf springs. Ignorant show for ignorant people... yet very entertaining. Engineers will just scoff at the ridiculous judgement from self proclaimed "experts".
@@taunokekkonen5733 The reason why leaf springs never caught on is because they're a design and tuning nightmare. Once you get them designed to where they work very well on your car, its great, and you can just keep using them on the future models, as long as the platform doesn't change, or the weight of the car doesn't drastically change. All the advantages mentioned above are unique to the corvette and what makes it easy for the engineers for that car to make it so low and light. The car doesn't have big shock towers like every other car, which is lighter and reduces parts in the frame and makes its construction less complicated. The corvettes frame, especially the c7, is very elegant. The reason why leaf springs are a design and tuning nightmare is because of the way they function. A conventional coil spring has a stiffness dictated by the material and thickness of the wire used to make the coils. It has a pretty linear stiffness throughout the deflection of the spring - that is to say, as the spring is compressed, you won't really see much of a change in stiffness. This is nice when trying to tune the ride rates/wheel rates, stiffness front to back and so on of your car. A lot of different coil springs exist, with different rates, that are easy to change out, and they all will have predictable stiffness throughout the springs travel. A leaf spring, in this case, a transverse spring being a slab of material laying across from one lower wishbone to another, is basically a custom piece to try to mimic what the coil springs do. This is fine, as all materials have stiffnesses or spring rates, except generally if you take a slab of material and bend it, as it deforms, the spring rate can change, which could make for some interesting driving dynamics. Now of course, generally if you stay in the elastic region of deformation, the rate/stiffness should stay pretty linear, and so you can expect a pretty linear increase in stiffness as the spring deforms, but it won't act exactly like how a coil spring will in how predictable it is. This is why a lot of care has to be taken in design the shape an cross section of the leaf spring to make sure it does act like a coil spring would. That is why if you look at a corvettes leaf springs, they get thinner and thicker and wider and more slender as you go from one side to the other, and coming up with that shape to get it to do what you want is not a strait forward task. Then when GM goes out to test the prototype cars, they might want to test a few different rates. Changing the leaf springs on that car means dropping the subframes and the rest of the suspension with it which is a pain, and your changing one custom spring for another, so you have to be sure that one of them is going to work. Its a nightmare, which is why it never caught on. I would not want to design them for a new car I was building. But once you have them, just keep using them as its a great setup.
@@samschegan1376 Thanks to modern computers however, you can do 90% of the design of the spring before you even need to test it on a car or even manufacture a spring. I am sure GM did that already with the C6 and even the C5. The reason why it still doesnt catch on is the same however: money. How many suppliers are out there that produce a carbon fiber leaf spring? I bet you can count them with one hand. A traditional coil spring is FAR cheaper and modern car manufacturers like to cheap out on the most rediculous parts (Mercedes using non-oil-resistant rubber seals in their dry sumps, which lead to catastrophic engine failures in their AMG engines).
Couple years go by, and GM patents magnetic ride suspension...
1st customer...
Ferrari
About 60 yrs after everybody else got independent coil spring suspension.
SvenTviking Why didn’t everybody else figure out magnetic ride in those 60 years? America was behind...but now they really have left ahead in performance for the money.
SvenTviking Just out of curiosity, what’s your cars finest currently produced sports car?
@@markevans658 If you meant "your country's finest produced sports car", in 2020 America will have the C8 Corvette and the Tesla Roadster 2.0, freaking behemoths for the price, the C8 Corvette will have under 3 secs 0-60 for $60K and the Tesla Roadster under 2 secs 0-60, 600 mile range and 250+ mile top speed for $200K
Summ1t I know what my country (America) has. I’m wondering what Sven’s country has. Based on the name I’m guessing not much.
The reason American cars are so cheaply made is to keep the cost down. Instead of paying almost $200k on a exotic super car I get a vette with almost the same performance for a 3rd of the price. I own a 2009 c6 with 60k miles and I've had barely any problems with it. It's a great car. Now since the c7 is out the quality is has gotten way better for almost the same price as it always has been. So it's now defiantly worth the value
MOST UNORTHODOX!!!!!!!
Yeah, but if you just cared about performance wouldn't an Ariel Atom or a Caterham be even better? And before you say you can't use a track-day car every day, I'd say you can't use the Vette every day either. It's just not very enjoyable to drive when you're not on a track.
This is of course talking about the C6, the C7 is better built, but it's also more expensive. When you count in import tax it's almost as much as a mid-range F-type and the F-type is a much better car.
@frikgeek you can use a vette as an everyday car and alot of people dont actually care about the interior they want raw performance and as for that drag race it was either staged or at half throttle and leaf springs well they are much simpler and they have been reworked they are much better they are at the same time ainto roll bars and they can be fitted lower for better center of gravity you honestly dont know much about cars do you?
i would still take a c6 in any flavor over any c7
the c6's will be worth big money in 50 years, the c7's won't be
micheal bithi yeah I could give two shits about the interior materials
Who’s here in 2019 seeing that it’s almost 10 years
I'm here, looking at an 07 corvette and trying to find out all I can about them
how big of a difference is the C8 now from this?
I'm here from 2029 and can tell you, between the C6 and the C8... both chassis flex like a cheap disposable plate, both have rubber bits that deteriorate like a vampire at the hint of sunlight, and both have interiors that wad themselves up like shrinky dinks in the heat. Not to mention they both squeak and rattle like an old haunted house.
@@tim7527 I own a 2008 base coupe M6 F55 and still love it.
Man I've never been into corvettes, thought the c6 looks cheap and tacky. But the c7 improved it heaps, first corvette that I could like. And now with the c8 mid engine... jesus it looks incredible.
Interior quality and design in the c8 looks ages ahead of the c6.
Even the earliest C6's (like this '05) do 0-60 in sub 5, can go 186 mph, avoid the gas guzzler tax, have solid reliability and go for ~$20,000. Probably the best sports car bargain of our time.
10 years later, me, a 22 year old is buying one for 20k 😂 definitely an amazing bargain
@@anthonykf99 me, 18. Got one for 21k
@@MrZRUclips congrats bro!
More like sub 4
Thanks bother this comment helped me decide to buy one slightly before the pandemic!
Thank god for that unbiased review...
Yup! Not biased at all....
Who said it was supposed to be unbiased?
They are haters.
You do realise that Richard Hammond loves American cars
mclste But a C6 doesn't lose to an NSX. The NSX is a mid-13s car and the C6 is a Mid-high 12s car.
3:10 I’m genuinely impressed by the Honda NSX. Easily upstaging the Porsche 911 Caerra and Chevrolet Corvette C6. The Honda NSX 290hp V6 engine was always underrated in power
I think the Corvette had a terrible launch. It only weighs 200 pounds more than the NSX and has extra 110hp so something isn't right.
@@davewilson2559 Agreed. It probably should've come second. It wouldn't touch the TVR but realistically it should monster the 911 and the NSX.
Why is tvr so fast
@@mishanya9495 Very light and makes good power
@@davewilson2559 I thought the same thing
I was driving my Corvette one day, and the front right tire was CLEARLY out of balance. I pulled over, examined the tire and found a hairpin stuck in the tread. That thing weighed less than an ounce, but it was clear as day from the driver's seat. This is a race car, its not intended to be comfortable, or practical and as far as the plastic interior, it DOES cost 20k LESS than a base 911, which ALSO has a plastic interior.
Not bad at all for a 2005 Model Corvette the first of the C6 Generation and a base car nonetheless.
Only leaf springs :S Oh and electro magnetic ride control shocks which Ferrari purchased the patent designs from GM and use still today.
And they're composite leaf springs, so they'll never rust, and they weigh nothing. It's actually a really innovative idea for a car that you're selling for $44,000. Every other company sold competing sports cars for $60,000 t $100,000, even in 2005 money.
Ferraris anyways suck,unreliable not too thrilling as Merican and English cars! Corvette and vantages for life 🤘🏿
@@BrownAbrahamic112 😂
They build Leave Springs in their Cars, not because they are stupid.
They build it for a very good Reason.
Elektro Magnetic Ride Hide for Ferrari xD
How long will they life ??
What do yo do when it dont work anymore? Where do you go?
What when you drive the Car at the Limit, and the System failure ??
Like Berger in Estoril 1993.
@BEST The advent of the Wheel pre dates leaf springs. So why negate a feature for sake of the period or function when it does the job?
The Corvette is the poor man's sport car., may have cheap interior but still a lot of bang for a lot of less bucks.
“I can push the rear. That means the build quality is atrocious. Now excuse me while I get my BMW towed to the dealer for another engine rebuild.”
Only a N63 or an improperly serviced one could need a rebuild
Andrew W.C.
Brits typically push sheep from the rear?
Random41 “as long as you drop them off at the dealership every month and spend 3,000 dollars on it, it’s totally reliable!”
@@ImInLoveWithBulla if you work as a taxi, then yeah, otherwise no
@@ImInLoveWithBulla in my experience problems start when owner's don't understand the term "periodic service" or the sentence: "you should change ____, this one is going to fail soon". Then they get pissed that it's a scam and that the part's alright, and later get towed because that part failed and the engine broke. And last time I checked usual maintenance bill for 2 year/50k km (or 60k kms, depends on the car) was around 300 to 500 euro.
"I'd rather have a TVR over a Corvette"... said no one ever
A school chum of mine, he with a TVR me with a C6, have this debate every time we meet to drink ale.
Said no one ever? I would, I'd definitely love to have TVR, especially the Sagaris.
I'd take most any other sports car over a vette.
I would and I'm American...
I definitely would. At least it has personality.
alright there is something wrong with that. the nsx cannot beat a corvette in the straight line. as much as i like the nsx.
I was just about to put that comment.
Yeah, he launch or shift the Corvette properly...
He also almost lost in veyron against a mclaren f1. Don't get me wrong the f1 is one of my favorite cars but, that should've have happened.
Mid engine means you launch way better.
@@defyyourlogic487 that's not entirely true. The Mclaren F1 was very fast and a decent weight, while the Veyron was very powerful but much heavier.
First Corvette I ever saw as a kid and still my favourite one
12 or 13 years from new I still own this LS3 c6 z51 manual...awesome ..i put 137k miles on it before ordering up my c8 z51..the well run daily drive corvette has been utterly dependable and reliable...zero to sixty in 4 seconds top speed of 190 mph...pulls 1 .0 lateral g s
I own a 07 C6 and I just adore their dry humor and sarcasm. The C6 is a phenomenal bargain for what one pays for it.
I think even though the review was quite dated, it was humorous and fun.
folks gotta' lighten up a little
C6 is my favorite gen. So clean yet aggressive.
YEAH!!! It's the perfect and most recognizable Corvette along with the C5, as well as the most affordable version when it was new. I dislike the C8 and it was a shame how everything became a bit square with the C7, allthough I like that gen too.
I just got this exact car and am ecstatic! Not bragging i just still in shock and haven't told anyone lol
Congrats bro! I got a black supercharged C6 and I’ve loved every second of that bad boy 😈
"..from the colonies."
Love it.
Says it all right there.
never change clarkson, never change
Whos colonies?? 😆
lol
It's a 996 Carrera, no wonder it was so far behind, it didn't have anywhere near 400hp.
My thoughts exactly ... putting a 3l engine against a 6l engine is somewhat ... unfair.
Really doubt a 290 horsepower, 5 second 0-60 NSX can beat a vette but ya know
exactly. The 2005 corvette did 0-60 in the low 4's with a good driver. Greatest thing about a corvette, you can spend a total of $3000 on 3.90 rear gears, an upgraded cam and tuning, and slightly stickier tires, and you'll be reliably putting down 450 horsepower to the road and do 0-60 in the 3.7 range.
Awd
In what world is a 1st gen. NSX awd? Not this one.
Easier to launch, lighter, better gearing, all keep the NSX ahead. Sum total of parts. Its not just down to power. That was why the NSX did so well. Good driver behind the wheel of the vette may be able to do better but the vette truly is a car that demands a better class of driver
High five second 0-60 times with the stick. Six seconds with the detuned automatic NSX.
That song... Can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm starting to miss the 2000s :(
What’s the song?
@@yesterday._ the strokes - reptila
@@carlosguzman17 thank you
Love that classic Top Gear thing: "... to make it better at going around corners." *shows cars being bad at going around corners*
I own this car, the clutch is pretty standard, don't understand why he thinks its too stiff. The shifts are also super easy....It does ride ruff tho but I like feeling planted and stable.
Probably has the strength of a hamster
I agree with you, the C3 C4 and C6 use a pair of transverse leaf springs on the front and rear as an anti-roll bar. If you think about its not that bad , it actually produces less unsprung weight.
Does this guy forget that the C5 and C6 corvette have multiple Le Mans 24h wins?
What has this to do with the road car?
The lemans car has nothing to do with the road car
Are the le mans cars offroad cars or what? they share the basics together and that makes sport and comfort.
@@aminensr4166 Google corvette Le Mans wins. Then come back and edit your comment with a correction
@@austingriff5905 googled list of le mans 24h winners and didn't see any American thing 🤔
I’ve had a wide variety of cars: two Boxsters (both 986), a GT500, two M3s (e90, f80), an Audi S4, VW GTI, Miata, and my dad had and let me borrow all the time a 911 and S55 AMG. I just bought a 2007 base 6-speed Corvette the other day and I’m addicted to it. It’s so fun and such a great bargain. Got mine super clean with very low miles for $24k. It may be my favorite car so far, despite being 17 years old. Just feels “right”. The sound at wide open throttle is intoxicating and the engine just has gobs of torque and never feels held back. The 400hp Ls2 isn’t that impressive on paper but it’s underrated from the factory and only has to move 3200lbs of car.
The car is 17 years old, genius.
"It may only have leaf springs underneath...but so did Charlton Heston's chariot...and look at the fun he had."
- Richard Hammond
I have a Calloway C7.
It’ll post a time up there with the cars that cost a million dollars. Lol
2:30 😂 This is Richard Hammond's best video yet.😂🤣😂
6:02
Not long after this, Jeremy Clarkson would have the audacity to fall in love with the ZO6 incarnation of this generation
I'm kind of annoyed top gear didn't bother to do their research about the 'leaf spring suspension'. For one, it's transversely mounted and two. It's actually a hybrid suspension that gives near 'true' IDS for a fraction of the cost. Their comments were ignorant at best and dishonest at worst.
Yea it's top gear it's more of a comedy show you're not supposed to take it seriously
The model T had transverse leaf springs as did most early horseless carriages
@@sutherlandA1 So?
The ancient Babylonians used wheels.
Sabers existed in the 1400s, and were used heavily well into the 1800s. Was the saber out of date simply because it was 400 years old?
Just because it's older tech doesn't mean its bad. The transverse leaf spring is extremely reliable and very affordable while still offering good performance. If the corvette had a multilink in the rear and would cost and extra $2,000, everyone would complain.
Top Gear/Grand Tour can be summed up as "Ignorant at best and Offensive at Worst."
They are not an actual car program. They just make comedy and entertainment using cars as a background.
Fast forward to 2018 and the Corvette is an absolute BEAST. Oh! how the times have changed!
It was a beast then
The great AMERICA Car used to be Corvette. Now it's Tesla
The Corvettes, are among the best vehicles to turn into a race car, that I know of. Relatively cheap, but lots of potential.
It's funny how whenever Top Gear makes fun of any other countries cars no one complains but as soon as an American car gets made fun of the video gets lots of dislikes and there are Americans in the comments that take it seriously, don't realise it's all jokes and get defensive
And that’s the reason why they don’t like Americans lol
Americans can give it but not take it
or maybe because there werent enough of those jokes
Difference between funny joke, and unfair biased commentary.
I’m lucky enough to own an Acura NSX and a Corvette, and I know from actual experience that the Corvette completely crushes it, and just about everything else too. Buy a Corvette, you will love it.
0:40 the line shoulda been:
“it’s not the usual American enormous saloon with the engine out of a battleship. This has always been a purpose built sports car…. with the engine out of a battleship”
"This seems to happen every time we test a car from the colonies." Did he really say that??
But they own us.
Why are we criticizing them?
Are this our last words?
They will send the secret agents?
@@Felipe_ID wat
@@Felipe_ID They don't...own us
@@arctic_crims0n673 yes they are
by now you should know that top gear mocks every country, including britain
Dear Top Gear UK guys; when are you going to put a video about the C7 Corvette??
they did
This didn’t age well did it lad ? Corvettes roasting just about everything around the world… this was just a base c6 , just an appetizer….. the grand sport and zo6 models have the performance of beating lambos, porches , and Ferraris for a fraction of the cost….. probably drives a Jaguar 😂
The first year corvette was bad.
following years were MUCH better.
*****
?
*****
I don't play racing games.
I use the assetto corsa simulator.
*****
It's VERY realistic, so it not be your cup of tea.
also, it's in a per-release stage, so only 20 tacks and about 25 cars.
*****
Well then Assetto Corsa is the shit 4 you.
***** Agreed! The LS 3 is way better then the LS 2.
I drive an '85 C4 and I couldn't be happier with it
They loved the new C7 Stingray though. That was really fun to watch :)
"Vietnamese Suspension"
i lost it
I have an 06 c6 vette. I go around Sharp corners at about 60 mph on civilian roads. Corvettes are bang for buck. And you definitely get every penny's worth. Everyone listen: if you want a super car experience/feel without going bankrupt, get a corvette
Vette lost that drag race? Did the guy only half throttle it?
edward carballo the tvr&nsx are really lightweight, the NSX was aimed to be lightweight, and the TVR is just a chassis, a body, big engine and a load of glue
Learn about the other cars and what they are capable of, Americans aren’t good at everything
mclste you are clueless
@@ducksouponline7420 The NSX is not a fast car the corvette c6 base witch this car was is faster 0-60 then a Lamborghini Gallardo Spider of this generation
@@stanleysimmonsreactions9056 that is false
I hate when these European guys review American cars (especially) Corvettes, they always over exaggerate everything they can. Vettes may not have the tip top interiors, but they kick ass where it counts...the track.
exactly
Paul Williams right on bro
Vetteman Vettious your right about that but the C7s interior is outstanding and fast and light,loud and awesome looking :)
I love the C7 interior, but still prefer the exterior lines of the C6, especially a vert with the top down. The rear is near perfect.
that's the point, they are especially terrible on a track ... thanks to the ancient technology and general cheapishness.
If Richard thinks that the ride is rough in that C^, he should take a ride in my 1984 with the Z-5 package. You can feel the paint when you roll over it. I've got an 84, and a 2000 and there is a remarkable difference between the 2 of them
If that's the performance they got stock, imagine if they supercharged it, added sway bars and a proper wing
Just imagine the time a C6 ZO6 would put up if the base model beat a gt3
They lapped it a few years later and it went 1:22,4
VIETNAMESE SUSPENSION. Burst into laughter after awkward embarrassment at my homelands tacky, flimsy, (though fast) interpretation of a sports car. Greatly appreciated as always gentlemen.
What they dont say is that its competing against cars that cost nearly twice as much. To make a fair comparison they should compare it to a boxster. Nor do they mention the fact that the vette isnt subect 2 snap over steer unlike the NSX or the P cars and that it starts every time u put the key in it.
Gotta love the Vettes absolute blast C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 nothing like it God Blass the States..
Let’s goooo love my c6. Just need to surpercharger 😊
Corvette was still the best looking!
Brits act like every car they build is this industry is pure luxury. Why haven't their cars' electrics still not improved to where they work worth a damn?
pontiacGXPfan they make overpriced unreliable trash. They follow the commercials with that fancy British accent but they’re not fooling me
ethan s at least these so called unreliable cars can go round corners
Foreign cars are expensive in America because of the tariffs and taxes designed to try protect the big 3 from imports
C6 Corvette was one of the best handling cars ever made in the z06 zr1 trim. In those days Porsche was celebrating coming 20seconds off Corvettes nurburgring times lol.
"Suspension technology lifted from the old testament"
xD
Britain has no locus standi to criticize American muscle. Now the c8 corvette is going to blow everything out of its way.
If it's as cheaply made as every other generation it'll blow by everything but the service department.
neoblackcyptron Valkyrie disagrees
@@AdamSmith-vb7ss Who or what is valkyrie? Is that a new British car?
neoblackcyptron the Aston Martin Valkyrie. Designed by legendary F1 aerodynamicist Adrian newey. Naturally aspirated 6.0 V12 putting out 1160hp revving to 11,500. 1 to 1 power to weight ratio. Significantly more downforce than weight. The most radical and likely fastest road car ever made.
@@AdamSmith-vb7ss You're comparing a 60k car to a $3 million one
I have a C6 and I love it ❤
same base 2005 black with 1SB package. Just got mine in October 2024 with 50k miles can wait to maintain it for the next guy hahahah jk.
"This is their greatest offering"😂😂ACR? GT? ZR1?
This video is from 2009..... And was recorded before the 2008 LS3 C6 debuted.. So at the time it was recorded, "This was our greatest offering."
Viper?
@@allis-chalmersb-10 viper had 100 more HP for 05
Lmao. The vette does NOT have traditional leaf spring rear suspension. It has IRS with a sideways leaf acting as a sway bar basically. Describing it as ancient leaf spring technology is completely misrepresenting it. These guys are idiots. Also... How did a 220 hp Nsx beat a 400 hp vette that weighs close to the same. That guy can't drive or it was staged. Nothing against the Nsx, but in a drag race it would be at a huge disadvantage.
the nsx they use is a type r i think which has 290 bhp and over 200kg lighter than the basic corvette. Also, all manual nsx has a ridiculously close ratio gear box which helps the initial acceleration a lot. The mr layout definitely guarantees a traction advantage for the nsx off the line as well. It is not entirely impossible if the nsx to be faster in a short drag race.
Go google NSX before u say shit son, NSX's body is made of aluminium and it has 276hp, not 220hp
it also has a lot to do with gear ratio, gear change speed, and, most important of all, if the driver got a good start since both of them are manual. A good start in a manual car in a short drag race beats everything. Go home and learn more about cars man.
Its sad that a Japanese "god" among cars almost lost to a base model nail salon Corvette LOL
Mr Anderson cause it was produced so long time ago with power restrictions so naturally yeah
I love the ride and the clutch is not as heavy as they make it seem… the shift on the other hand.. is 100% accurate lol along with changing zip codes from one gear to another
Almost as fast round as a Gallardo 👀
As a (c4) corvette owner, what they're saying is pretty accurate. Yes I do drive one and they are fun, but do you think Corvettes are cheap because GM is just being nice? No. For years, I think American car manufacturers have gotten away with stuff like this because the tasteless meat heads that only care about the engine, horsepower and numbers can easily be distracted from the rest of the car. So they can get away with skimping on the build quality and refinement because no one thinks about it. Is a Porsche, Ferrari or Aston Martin more expensive? Yeah. But as they say, "You get what you pay for". And honestly I think that most Americans are so used to shit, they don't really know what shit is any more. That goes for cars, movies, food, etc. I'm not trying to stereotype, it's just an observation.
'Murica. Going fast in straight lines.
The price....it's all reflective in the price. You cannot compare the price of a 40k car (2005 Corvette) vs. the likes of a 100-200k car. Per quality of interior/materials. Go compare it the a 50k Porsche Boxster from 2005.....a car that is full of plastic....and delivers nothing close to the performance of the Corvette from the same model year. The only thing that American manufacturers have gotten away with is offering an alternative that is actually better, in many respects. Btw, SAE awarded the Corvette "Car of the Century"....alongside the Mercedes S500. To me, "build quality" = purpose + durability. In that case, it's the others that fail...miserably.
no arguments there
May as well compare it to the ZR1 then if you are going to go that route, and the new ZR1 will eat that 911 right up.
BEBNC1 agreed but euro car elitists don’t learn.
This video is from 09 but they drove a pre-2008 Vette. The 2008 was the first year for the 6.2 Liter V8 LS3 engine putting down 420 RWHP. And whats more if you watch a documentary 3 parter they did, Clarkson actually fell in love with his Vette he drove to Bonneville.
Top Gear is so biased and im from EU
Matija Graho You just noticed? Regardless of bias, It's more for the comedy. You cant take these guys seriously when you got Clarkson bashing every American car when he's got a FordGT
Moses Cen He even had a z06 vette
Ryan Bacarella really?
Matija Graho Hammond is actually loving American cars...
LIE
IMO, the Ford GT is the pinnacle of american sports/super cars.
+LUNITIC WILL saleen s7 is solid also
+Kupidzheart im sorry but the saleen is not a great car.. im not saying i have a better car but i did some digging on it and found out it was listed as one of the "100 worst cars" list by people who review cars for a living. i still would love to drive one but i think the gt40 and dodge viper are much more rounded vehicles.
+Ejmin Khosrovian it's pretty much a corvette for the most part. Shelby series 1 was kind of decent.
+LUNITIC WILL well it's definitely the better american sportscar.
When it beats the Corvette at an endurance race, maybe
As a corvette owner, ill clearly say that this review was very ridiculous
i know this is 3 years old but how ?
@@IronThunderLyrics he's the owner that's y he say
@@SundeepBhattdcyphatheredeemer yeah but why is the video ridiculous ?
@@IronThunderLyrics well, for one, the suspension is softer and more comfortable than they give it credit for. For two, I didn't see anyone take a corner properly in that whole video. It's not that hard to do in a car that can pull a full G in the corner.
Iron Thunder Plus the clutch isn’t tough to push in, the Tremec 6-speed, while maybe not Honda-slick, is completely fine. The throws are a tad long but it isn’t tough to row by any means.
These cars get 30 mpg on the highway, are super reliable (often go 300k or more with regular maintenance), handle great (high limits, doesn’t do the best job of letting you know where they are though. Plus once reached, things get squirrelly real quick from my experience).
This is a base model with the super bad tires and softest suspension. Just a tire switch would knock a good 2 sec off that time. Plus they weren’t even trying to do a clean lap.
First off the TVR is pure expensive junk, the NSX cannot beat the Vette in a drag and the 911i is way more money. The Brits just do not seem to get value
in a car ! The Corvette is the least costly car here by far and is also the least expensive to keep on the road over time
I own a 911 and love it, but I am also tired of the bashing the Vette gets from these guys.
I recall TVRs being pretty cheap tbh. That was sort of their point, they were sort of sold as faux racing cars for the road. They're not really usable day to day because they're a bit too brutal.
A Corvette could be used day to day, it actually has charisma and a soul unlike the 911 and its faster than the NSX.
Look, this is the Jezza Hamster and Jams version of Top Gear. The moment you see those three on screen you know they're at least distorting reality and at the most outright lying. This is the problem with Top Gear and Grand Tour, they're not car shows but silly entertainment for idiots who think these three assholes are any kind of authority on cars when everything they've ever made is a lie.
have you driven a TVR.Why don't you tell me what the price of the TVR is.
Pointing out flaws is not bashing. Besides top gear is a show with humour. So Americans aren't really the target audience
best corvette ever, im seeing after 11 yrs ago
Want to hear a joke...
British Leyland.
Just like Chrysler from 1974-1982 and 2006 to pretty much present... or GM from 1974 to 2009... or Ford from 1974 to about 2003.
@@Bartonovich52 still more realiable than a British car
Bartonovich52 fairly accurate timeline actually
@@Bartonovich52 Ford GT
Zack May the crappy cars from that era were new and usually cheap because they rushed to get them to market there were still plenty quality cars from that era ( I’m not sure if they were as good as American cars in their prime)
I hate how Jeremy and Richard always say oh well "WE" already have a corvette "WE" give them a Merc and look what they do with it." Ummmm those are German. Youre brittish. You cant claim everything built in europe. That would be like if we claimed everything built in mexico and canada. not that wed want to.
he was talking about "we the europeans". are they european? yes they are. do we have 911s in europe? yes we do.
Obviously I know thats what he meant. But Europe is a continent . With many different countries races and cultures. He cant claim german engineered things anymore then china can claim Japanese engineering.
if you argue like that neither can germans claim those things. the only people who can claim the porsche 911 are the people who designed and built the 911, which is not "the germans" but a small group of engineers and workers
Really? Really? I dont see that I was arguing like that at all. I was simply saying that Europe is not a country and many times on this show when comparing American cars he speaks of Europe as a whole rather then his own countries cars.
Miles Comparetto Well, it comes to how do you understand word "American". In some languages "America" is continent, in others, its country.. So he might be comparing american continent cars to european cars, why does this make you mad at all? Why cant he compare european cars to american, and has to compare only british cars..
As an American, American cars never had the best interiors in the late 90s and early 2000s, especially General Motors, but I do like Corvette.
Lmao at “unbiased”.
this video is old . jeremy like the zo6 and zr1
I was talking about Vipers and Corvettes, not that boat heavy mustang. Vipers can easily pull more than 1 G when driven right. But not even Jeremy Clarkson can tame the Viper, It's a beast.
2:37 yep hes a princess
The highest ranked American car is the Ford GT though
Shhhh. Don't remind them how bad they got spanked the GT, they might cry.
CurrencyENT yea the gt was the fastest track car for like 7 years after it came out in like 2005
Colds Was killing it back in the 60's too.
they are talking about sports cars not supercars. Different category man. Koniegsegg, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc.. thats the GT's class. And it does pretty well against its European rivals !
udbhav agarwal No. This is the GT's class.
5:46 plastic corvettes are amazing
I love this car so much because of 🇺🇸an power
Don't ask a Brit to review American made sports and muscle cars. They don't get it.
This was filmed in 2005, before the ZR1 and even the Z06 were even out yet.
Let's have an American drive that Vette then redo the drag race.
I'd feel bad for everyone else.
Super Kyle That won't work. This this particular Vette is a manual.
Super Kyle lol it would probably do even worse
+rhyso oberding Of course it would, Americans don't understand speed and are horrible at driving. The Europeans gave us The sublime Aston Vanquish, and this story excuse of a car is our top offering, enough said
+Kostadin Pantev I know what you mean there....:D LMFAO
Clunky, but the Ferrari and Lamborghini's are fire hazards.
I'm seeing plenty of comments saying "IT'S FASTER THAN THE 911 GT3" but you lot seem to forget, that car set its time when it was chucking it down
After all these years they're still bitter we threw their tea in the harbor.
The Brits are still bitter about us kicking them out of our country.
But you still speak their language ;)
I don't blame you. And yeah, the mid engine cars have really good weight distribution normally pretty close to 50/50. Most cars that really handle well are front engine with the weight more near the front. It gives your steering a bigger effect during a slide. That's why porsches were so scary originally. All the weight was in the back. Great for turn in, but the second you'd lose grip you were gone. If you knew it was coming you could hold it, but no one is perfect, one mistake is all it takes.
Holy hell what a biased review.
Its because he isnt american that makes him unable to switch gears with ease with his euro strength
jo23bulls Vinny Aleaga
Well, the gt3 was 0.4 sec slower. And i bet about 1 mio. $ that it is actual faster. Look at the (w), it was wet when they drove the gt3.
I was thinking that too, about the gear changes. Americans and Canadians only!
+Vinny Aleaga Since when does an american even know how to switch gears by himself?
Are they even aware of the existence of the gearbox?
gatorgaming11 Knows that Americans are superior at shifting gears.
@@Stryke607 Really gonna bash a country that's grown up using four speeds In muscle cars? GoOd OnE
At 65,000 miles I bought my 2006 for $23,000 in 2022. The ride isn’t at all harsh like they say in the video. Coming from a nd1 Miata, 2 series, frs, and wrx I’d say this is easily the most fun car I’ve ever owned.
The OEM runflats the car came with were brutal.
@@PURENT I’ve only had Michelins, I never experienced the owm tire
You do know that if he had the exact same driving experience in a TVR, he'd be calling it the greatest car in the world, and "that's how a hairy chested man's car should drive".
Do you know that Jeremy Clarkson and others said that they love this car and challenger with Cadillac???
Do you know that Jezza bought for gt 18 years ago?
Do you know that they love Ford???
They are just being HONEST with their review.
This car aged amazing, especially the Z06 and ZR1, Jeremy in the America road trip video went as far as calling the ZR1 a masterpiece, which is something you don’t hear him say a lot
This isn’t a ZR-1 or a Z06 though