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Recently, we looked at the 2017 Corvette Grand Sport and loved what we saw. The Grand Sport’s roots date back to 1963, when five of the racers were built by the car’s first Chief Engineer, Zora Arkus-Duntov.
The original Grand Sport race cars were made just before a corporate order halted all Motorsports involvement.
They never competed officially, but were sent to race car drivers privately. The 2017 builds on that legacy.
“The racing DNA of the original Grand Sport race cars is in the 2017 model, adding greater dimensions of capability and driver involvement to the Corvette?s award-winning architecture, for a purer driving experience,” said Harlan Charles, Corvette Product Marketing Manager.
The 2017 Grand Sport?s lightweight architecture, aerodynamics package, enhanced cooling package, electronic limited-slip differential, and Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires offer a Chevrolet-estimated 1.05g in cornering capability ? and up to 1.2g with the available Z07 package, which includes Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires. The Grand Sport has an estimated 0-60 time of 3.6 seconds and a quarter-mile time of 11.8 seconds at 118 mph, with the available Z07 performance package and eight-speed automatic transmission.
Furthermore, the Grand Sport employs a Brembo carbon ceramic package from the Corvette Z06 for an estimated 60-0 distance of less than 100 feet with the available Z07 package.
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