From the March 1971 Issue of Car and Driver
TESTED
"Heigh ho, Lance. This is Rob. You know, Rob, I met you over at Samantha's during the Tactile Encounter session. I had on the purple Yv...
That is why tires are designed specifically for the Corvette — N44 nylon cord — good for sustained 140 mph driving and they are used on no other American car. Duntov knows it is against th...
"Maybe for street engine I make mistake — aluminum heads are expensive and that weight doesn't matter on the street." But he's not going to compromise the performance just to take money ou...
Two different close-ratio 4-speeds are available on the Corvette, the normal one which Duntov says is plenty good enough for any kind of street use, and the M22, known as the "rock crusher...
TESTED
Steering gets plenty quick at 140 mph. And the suspension, which felt like flint on Sunset Strip, is supple, almost loose. In this high-velocity never-neverland all your senses need...
Corvette coupes (they all have a removable roof section) and convertibles (see sidebar "C6 Convertible") come in three forms: base, F55 (add about $1700) with adjustable magnetorheological ...
Efficiency isn't just confined to the heatÂer. You find sprinklings of it all around the interior. The backs of the comfortable bucket seats, for example, which recline in small increment...