Each year the Motor Authority editors place our butts in a slew of new luxury and performance cars. We drive them on the road and on the track. We treat them like we own them and like we stole them. This year we whittled down a particularly strong class of candidates to five finalists: the Audi RS 5, BMW M5, Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, Ford Mustang GT...
Best Car To Buy 2019 is the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.
We were overwhelmed by the ZR1's prodigious power—755 supercharged horses will do that—but found it even more capable on the track and perfectly livable on the street. It's a missile pointed relentlessly forward, and it's capable of amazing speed in skilled hands.The ZR1 starts from the an excellent base car. The C7-generation is the best-driving Corvette yet, and the upgrades made for the ZR1 only heap goodness on top of that. It starts under the hood where Chevy installs the LT5 6.
All of that comes together in a car that can best supercars that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars more. The performance numbers are astronomical: a 212-mph top speed, 0-60 mph in 2.85 seconds, a 10.6-second quarter mile, and 0-100 mph in 6.0 seconds.The torque from the LT5 V-8 comes on like a hammer when pushed hard, but the engine will stay in the background with a light throttle foot. There's so much torque that shifting the tight and positive 7-speed gearbox is rarely necessary.
What's more, the ZR1 isn't the handful on a track we expected. Its limits are as high as the driver has talent, but it will also make any driver feel like a hero behind the wheel. The ZR1's stability is in evidence in every turn. You can place it precisely, drive it hard at high speed, then switch direction without fear of the tires giving up grip.Given its track prowess, the ZR1 had to show some competence on the street to take the award and it obliged.
The ZR1 is a usable supercar that you can drive regularly, not just take to track days or rub with a diaper. And you won't find any car that can put up its
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