The C7 was the last old school 'Vette. Also, it had up to 755hp. What more reason do you need?
Note for reference: car weight and power data is hard to pin down with absolute certainty. For consistency, we use the same source for all our guides. We hope the data we use is right more often than it’s wrong. Our advice is to treat it as relative rather than definitive. The 6.2-litre LT1 pushrod motor may have seemed a touch prehistoric to European enthusiasts but there was method to its apparent madness.
On any C7 Corvette you didn't want to see blue smoke from the exhaust. An inhibiter was there to prevent high revs before the engine was properly warm, but that didn’t prevent a flurry of blown-up LT1 engines on cars from the first two years of production. Poor machining was blamed for some of these issues. Oil filters were known to fragment too, with nasty results.
Weirdly, the manual had shifter paddles on the steering wheel. Rather than going to the expense of two-wheel designs Chevrolet had repurposed the auto paddles into controls for the manual’s rev-matching system. If you left it engaged it would blip the throttle for you on downchanges.
For the C7, Chevrolet switched from forged wheels to cast aluminium ones which did acquire a reputation for warping and cracking. GM's suggested solution was to avoid driving into potholes, triggering legal challenges from some owners who thought it was more to do with the wheels not being strong enough to handle the torque of the more powerful models.
Colour choices are always subjective but we reckon the C7 looks great in blue. There have been issues with paint bubbling. Creaks from the targa tops are commonly reported. Rubber seal protectant normally sorts this out. Chevrolet said that they took inspiration from jet fighters when they were designing the C7's cabin. Overall it was a big step forward on the C6. The central TFT screen and steering wheel certainly looked the part.
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