The Chevrolet Corvette is a coupé with 2 doors and a front mounted powerplant which supplies the power to the rear wheels.
It is part of Chevrolet's C6 range of cars.
Power is produced by an overhead valve, 6.2 litre naturally aspirated 8 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that provides power and torque figures of 436 bhp (442 PS/325 kW) at 5900 rpm and 580 N·m (428 lb·ft/59.1 kgm) at 4600 rpm respectively.
The engine supplies its power through to the wheels via a 6 speed manual 'box.
The quoted kerb weight is 1459 kg.
Full specs
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| Carrosserie | |||
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| Carrosserie | 2 seater fixed-head coupé | ||
| Nombre de portes | 2 | ||
| Designer | |||
| Dimensions et poids | |||
| Empattement | 2685 | 105.7 | |
| Voies AV | |||
| Voies AR | |||
| Longueur | 4435 | 174.6 | |
| Largeur | 1844 | 72.6 | |
| Hauteur | 1244 | 49 | |
| Garde au sol | |||
| 1.65 | |||
| Poids avec pleins | 1459 kg | 3217 | |
| Répartition poids AV | |||
| Réservoir à essence | 68.1 litres | 15 [18] UK [US] gal. | |
| Caractéristiques aérodynamique | |||
| Coefficient de pénétration | |||
| maître-couple | |||
| SCx | |||
| naturally aspirated petrol | |||
| Constructeur du moteur | Chevrolet | ||
| Type moteur | LS3 | ||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Cylindrée | 6.2 litre 6162 cc (376.028 cu in) |
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| Alésage × Course | 103.25 × 92 mm
4.06 × 3.62 in |
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| Rapport alésage / course | 1.12 | ||
| Distribution | overhead valve (OHV)
2 Soupapes par cylindre 16 Total vannes |
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| Puissance maximale (SAE net) |
442 PS (436 bhp) (325 kW) à 5900 tr/mn |
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| Couple maximale (SAE net) |
580 Nm (428 ft·lb) (59.1 kgm) à 4600 tr/mn |
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| Specific output (SAE net) |
52.8 kW/litre 71.7 ps/litre 70.8 bhp/litre 1.16 bhp/cu in |
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(SAE net) |
94.13 Nm/litre
1.14 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Construction | cast aluminium block & head | ||
| Lubrification | Carter humide | ||
| Taux de compression | 10.7:1 | ||
| Carburant | SFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1182.8 kPa (171.6 psi) | ||
| Régime maximal | |||
| Nombre de paliers de vilebrequin | 5 | ||
| Refroidissement | Water | ||
| Cylindrée Unitaire | 770.25 cc | ||
| Aspiration | Normal | ||
| Compressor | N/A | ||
| Intercooler | None | ||
| Catalyseur | Y | ||
| Performances | |||
| 0-80km/h | |||
| 0-60mph | |||
| 0-100km/h | |||
| 0-160km/h | |||
| 0-400m | |||
| 0-1000m | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 302.99 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.3 PS/kg 222.84 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.22 kW/kg 298.83 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.3 bhp/kg 0.13 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 4.49 kg/kW 7.5 lb/bhp |
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| Consommation | |||
| Consommation | |||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | |||
| km/litre | |||
| UK MPG | |||
| US MPG | |||
| Emissions de CO₂ | |||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | |||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| Châssis | |||
| Emplacement de moteur | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Traction | rear wheel drive | ||
| Répartition du couple | N/A | ||
| Direction | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Suspension AV | |||
| Suspension AR | |||
| Roues AV | 8½ x 18 | ||
| Roues AR | 10.0 x 19 | ||
| Pneumatiques AV | Goodyear Eagle F1 SC P245/40 ZR 18 | ||
| Pneumatiques AR | Goodyear Eagle F1 SC P285/35 ZR 19 | ||
| Freins AV/AR | VeDi/VeDi-S-ABS | ||
| Diamètre des freins AV | 325 mm | ||
| Diamètre des freins AR | 305 mm | ||
| Braked area | |||
| Transmission | 6 speed manual | ||
| Rapport de démultiplication supérieure | 0.5 | ||
| Rapport de pont | 3.42 | ||
| Généralités | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 156332 | ||
| Production total | |||
| Type mines | |||
| C6 | |||
| RAC rating | 52.9 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2007 Chevrolet Corvette (2008) added 2007-04-30. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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