Our 2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 delivered 40,000 miles of fun:
During our first weekend with the eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, we headed to an unlikely destination. With the trunk loaded with shotguns, a bin of hunting gear on the passenger's seat, the frunk and remaining cargo space filled with Costco supplies and barley pops, we headed to northern Michigan for the opening of turkey-hunting season.
Michigan's northernmost highways are empty at night. When the odometer rolled past 500 miles and the engine computer unlocked the last 2000 rpm of shove, it was time to press the long-travel gas pedal and let the 495-hp 6.2-liter V-8 drink deeply. Blink and the eight-speed dual-clutch automatic drops down a few gears, followed by firm, assertive upshifts.
The last mile to the hunting cabin is a rocky, rutted two-track. Before the trip, we removed the track-only cooling ducts for the rear brakes, and with help from the optional front-axle lift, the Corvette made the journey unscathed, cementing the notion that this is more than a mere sports car. It is a mid-engine multitool.
While some believed we should have kept the price tag south of seventy large by sticking with the base 1LT trim and adding just the essential go-fast goodies, such as magnetorheological dampers and the Z51 Performance package , we knew we'd be living with the Corvette day to day for 40,000 miles.
When the 1500-mile break-in period was complete, we headed to the test track. The 3665-pound Corvette leapt to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds and pummeled the quarter-mile in 11.2 seconds at 122 mph. That ties the 755-hp 2019 Corvette ZR1 to 60 and is just a half-second behind it at the quarter-mile stripe. The ZR1's large 13-mph trap-speed advantage shows that the mid-engine car is more efficient at putting down power from a standing start.
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