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Originally Posted by Undertoad
It's the quintessential American car: loud, brute force, fast as all hell, named after a warship, uses far too much fuel, generates only 69 HP per liter, breaks down every 100 miles.
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Well, yes on the 69 HP per liter displacement - but that is only true for SOME Corvettes:
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The results are in from the 2009 ZR1's SAE certification: the 376 cubic inch supercharged LS9 V-8 makes 638 hp and 604 lb-ft of torque.
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That's 169 HP per liter, and sports cars are SUPPOSED to use up a lot of fuel.
By next year, I'll be running mine on "sea water" from the Gulf of Mexico.
Thank you, BP!