2007 Chevrolet Corvette C6

The Chevrolet Corvette came of age with the C6 generation. This was the model that finally stopped all the jokes about American sports cars being unable to go round corners and with a great chassis, superb V8 engines and a competition record to rival the very best, the Corvette C6 is undoubtedly a serious sports car.

It’s predecessor, the C5 was unquestionably fabulous to look at but didn’t fare too well in the UK. With 345bhp, it was certainly fast but was just too big and unwieldy for British roads. Only available in left-hand drive, it wasn’t a comfortable experience to be brushing the kerb on the nearside with your offside wing mirror in the opposite lane. For the C6, GM reasoned finally that to keep its legend alive it had to compete head on with the very best the Europeans could offer, hence the new Corvette was lighter, smaller and significantly faster than the model it replaced, not to mention better-made, more economical and a great deal more sophisticated beneath the skin. They redesigned the car’s underpinnings, concentrating on trying to emulate European standards of ride and handling and the entire design was focused on making the C6 'smaller, lighter, more agile and just plain faster across the ground', which is why its wheelbase has increased by 30mm despite the overall length and width shrinking by 125mm and 25mm respectively. The C6 is also around 100kg lighter than before at just 1,517kg, despite bigger 18" wheels at the front and 19" at the rear.

This impressive 2007 model-year Corvette C6 Coupé is superbly finished in Victory Red with a contrasting Chamois Cashmere interior and was purchased in 2006 by its one and only owner, from the Rydell Automotive Group, Van Nuys, California with an additional $8,040 spent to achieve the very best specification. Motivation is provided by the formidable 6-litre LS2 engine offering 400bhp and 542Nm of torque attached to the desirable 6-speed manual gearbox and a host of options were added including the Z51 Performance Package providing enhanced braking and suspension, the dual-roof option and a 3.42 rear axle ratio.

As an engineer, our vendor has carried out all service requirements including regular oil and brake fluid changes safe in the knowledge that it would be completed with more care and attention that if dealer-serviced. Viewing the car in the metal will confirm his due diligence in this matter and, with a recorded mileage at the time of viewing of just 16,628 miles, this C6 will be difficult to better. Returning to the UK in 2014 after 30 or so years living and working in America, the Corvette had clearly become part of the family and accompanied them on their trip back here, being correctly registered upon arrival and now supplied with a current V5C registration document and an MOT certificate valid until 17th October 2024. An outstanding one-owner, low-mileage example that is worthy of your earliest inspection which is welcomed and encouraged.