| You might think that 6 liters was enough to make the | | | | way, the 7 liter Corvette more than competes with the |
| Corvette two-seater fast enough, but not for the | | | | Dodge Viper SRT-10, which could give the standard |
| competition department lurking inside GM. They | | | | Corvette a bit of a run for its money. Of course, this is |
| wanted to be able to compete head-to-head with the | | | | not just any old engine. This is a very special version |
| European supercars in the international endurance | | | | of its GEN IV 7.0 liter V-8.This 2006 Corvette is |
| races for sports cars.To do so, they took a leaf out of | | | | challenging for muscle car of the year with no less |
| Ford's book. In the 1960s, when Ford found it could not | | | | than 500 bhp on tap at 6,200 rpm. Maximum torque |
| compete with the smaller Ferraris at Le Mans with the | | | | from this mammoth engine is 475 lb ft at 4,800 rpm. |
| 4.2 (ex-Indy) or 4.7 liter engines, they brought out their | | | | This is bound to be a stunner with a top speed of |
| 7-liter mill. And it was so much bigger than the | | | | about 185 mph and 0-60 in under 4.0 seconds. GM |
| competition that they won. So the guys behind the | | | | expects the quarter-mile be under 12 seconds.To give |
| Corvette decided to produce a 7-liter version of | | | | durability, the engine has been beefed up in a number |
| America's favorite and most famous sports car.By the | | | | of ways. |