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Here's a pretty slick wall display from Plasan, the supplier of the carbon fiber parts for the 2009 Corvette ZR1 . Instead of just stacking their stuff on the floor and making a path for people to walk through, like we do in the home office, they decided to utilize the wonders of vertical storage and even went all the way with a clever labeling scheme. Here we find out the weights of all the carbon fiber bits they supply for the mega-Vette.
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Somehow we think maybe the 2009 Corvette ZR1 pre- Detroit Auto Show embargo will be lifting sometime very soon. It's the only explanation we can come up with for why Nissan felt compelled to have an embargo on the 2009 GTR's Z06-beating Edmunds Inside Line 0-60 test lift late last night. OK, maybe that was just a freak scheduling thing -- but then, like a bolt out of the blue devil , we received a press release just past midnight from Hennessey Performance Engineering calling out the Lutzian devil with the blue highlighted engine . Apparently they weren't quite done with the 2008 Viper SRT10. The boys at Hennessey came up with an additional 78 horsepower to add atop the straight-from-the-shelf 600 found in the fang-toothed serpent, bringing the total horses up to a staggering 678 and a 0-60 time to match that of the 3.3-second GT-R. It's called the 2008 Hennessey Venom 650R, and oh, how they rushed this one to bed -- someone check out the gaping hole below the jump in the...
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Somehow we think maybe the 2009 Corvette ZR1 pre- Detroit Auto Show embargo will be lifting sometime very soon. It's the only explanation we can come up with for why Nissan felt compelled to have an embargo on the 2009 GTR's Z06-beating Edmunds Inside Line 0-60 test lift late last night. OK, maybe that was just a freak scheduling thing -- but then, like a bolt out of the blue devil , we received a press release just past midnight from Hennessey Performance Engineering calling out the Lutzian devil with the blue highlighted engine . Apparently they weren't quite done with the 2008 Viper SRT10. The boys at Hennessey came up with an additional 78 horsepower to add atop the straight-from-the-shelf 600 found in the fang-toothed serpent, bringing the total horses up to a staggering 678 and a 0-60 time to match that of the 3.3-second GT-R. It's called the 2008 Hennessey Venom 650R, and oh, how they rushed this one to bed -- someone check out the gaping hole below the jump in the...
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var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/motorsport/2009_Corvette_ZR_1_sporting_650_HP_engine_Spotted_PICS'; These appear to be the best non-engine bay shots yet of the new-for- 2009 up-charged Corvette ZR-1 (or SS, Mako Shark, Blue Devil, or whatever folks want...
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Chevrolet 's reputed 650-horsepower 2009 Corvette 's been called by enthusiasts the " Blue Devil ," the " Super Sport ," the " Mako Shark ," the " Z07 " and all sorts of other monikers -- but according to Todd Lassa, Motor Trend 's Motor City Blogman...
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