The C7 Corvette vs the C6 - A Tale of Two Transmissions

The 2015 C7 Corvette was pitted against its predecessor, the 2014 C6 Corvette, in a thrilling showdown that would determine which car was truly king. The transmission choice of both cars was significant, with the C7 opting for an 8-speed automatic and the C6 sticking with a 6-speed manual.

The 8-speed automatic transmission on the C7 Corvette proved to be a game-changer, allowing it to keep pace with the manual-shifting C6 Corvette. However, as painful as it was to watch the C6 struggle, it ultimately emerged victorious, pulling away from the C7 by the skin of its teeth. Despite its best efforts, the C7 simply couldn't match the raw power and speed of the C6, which had been tuned to perfection.

One key factor that contributed to the C7's struggles was its gearing. With only six gears available, the transmission was forced to spend more time in higher RPMs, where it struggled to maintain traction and stability. In contrast, the C7 ZR1 boasted an impressive eight-speed automatic, which gave it a significant advantage in terms of gearing.

The C6 Corvette's 6-speed manual transmission, on the other hand, allowed it to take full control of its performance. By shifting gears at optimal times, the driver could coax every last bit of power out of the engine, resulting in blistering acceleration and heart-pounding shifts. Despite the C7's superior gearing, the C6 proved to be a formidable opponent, capable of matching and even surpassing its opponent in many areas.

The car that I was running was actually the same setup as the C6, with one notable exception: it was on pump gas instead of premium. This change allowed me to see just how well this car would perform under everyday driving conditions, rather than the optimized performance of the C7 ZR1. Despite the difference in fuel, the results were remarkably similar, demonstrating that both cars are truly capable of delivering exceptional performance.

When it came to build and specifications, there were some notable differences between the two cars. The C7 Corvette boasted a slightly lighter curb weight, while the C6 was heavier due to its more robust construction. However, these minor variations had little impact on the overall performance of either car, as both were built for speed and handling.

The real advantage that the C6 held over the C7 was its manual transmission. By giving the driver complete control over gear shifts, it allowed them to tailor their driving experience to suit their needs. This level of control is unmatched by any automatic transmission, including the 8-speed automatic on the C7 Corvette.

In conclusion, both cars were incredibly fast and capable, but in different ways. The C6 Corvette's manual transmission gave it an edge in terms of control and performance, while the C7 Corvette's superior gearing allowed it to maintain high speeds for longer periods of time. Ultimately, the winner was determined by a combination of factors, including driver skill, car setup, and tuning.

What This Means for You

If you're considering purchasing either of these cars, there are a few key things to keep in mind. Firstly, the C6 Corvette's manual transmission is an absolute blast to drive, offering complete control over gear shifts and allowing you to tailor your driving experience to suit your needs. However, this comes at the cost of ease of use - the manual transmission can be tricky to master, especially for beginners.

In contrast, the C7 Corvette's 8-speed automatic is a more practical choice, offering seamless shifting and improved fuel efficiency. However, it sacrifices some of the raw performance and control that the manual transmission offers.

Overall, both cars are winners in their own right, and which one you choose will depend on your driving style and preferences. Whether you're a seasoned driver or just starting out, both cars offer an exhilarating experience that's sure to leave you grinning from ear to ear.

A Chance to Win

As we wrap up this article, it's worth noting that the C6 Corvette is currently being given away in a special holiday promotion. To enter, simply visit our website at 717supply.com and take advantage of one of our many exciting promotions. With over $30,000 on offer, this could be your chance to drive off into the sunset in a stunning piece of American automotive history.

In addition to the C6 Corvette, we're also offering a second prize - a brand-new Chevrolet Tross worth $10,000. This is an incredible opportunity to own not one, but two amazing vehicles for the price of one entry.

Don't miss out on this chance to take your driving experience to new heights. Enter now and see if you can claim either of these incredible prizes as yours.

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automatically right now you get 30 grand with the Corvette 10 grand with the trail boss and we're going to have two winners they both end on the 15th we're going to have two winners Christmas morning that I'll be calling and we're putting hundreds in Rand orders right now as well and these are real by the way we put real money in orders not the prop cash so make sure you check out the website 717 fly.com get something cool maybe find 100 bucks in your order and maybe get that call on Christmas morning somebody's two of y'all's holiday somebody's holiday is about to be a lot cooler all right boys good morning and welcome back to the channel hope you guys are all having a great day woo big boy that is freaking awesome it's a bright and sunny morning PA for once even if it's only 38° we have an action-packed upload for you we are racing this car against uh a certain other th000 horsepower Corvette and we are starting off the upload with a POV drive in this one here that I promised you all a while ago and let me tell you this thing is wild she is wild I only wish you could actually be in the car with me but until you win the car and you can drive it the POV hat will will work so fire her up like normal clutch in push button that's it and don't mind the tire light I haven't had a chance to get these synced up yet my drag pack the drag pack that you'll get as well is synced up these are not don't mind that 7,000 M on her she is basically new and first gear clutch out that easy light on the gas to get going and uh I apologize ahead of time this is going to be a very loud POV but who doesn't love that sound woo oh it's nasty I can't tell you how light I'm being on the gas right now like how light in third gear and it gets going at what 3,000 and it gets gone so hard when you actually get into boost just a little bit I'll tell you ahead of time second gear is useless but third we might get something oh yeah she does hook she hooks in third at 70 oh second gear go oh my god dude it's insane th this car this car is insane go wa W oh man wow oh my god well I can't show you the speed for obvious reasons but take my word for it she's quick now let's go see let's go see how she compares to the C7 all right well we are home and uh what I'm going to do is fire up the C7 to get her out here for a thumbnail and then Ben should be here any moment and we'll get to racing but that was uh yeah that car it's different man it's different which one do I like better man that's tough I'd say for racing if it really matters if you got to win take that one because the automatic is it's a race winner you can't deny that I know everyone likes to be like oh you know I want to shift myself but if you want to win races the automatic is tried and tested and true uh but if you're looking for the most fun easy answer is that one the manual is just uh really cool but let's fire up the blue one now and we'll see how she uh does against the yellow one against her uh her father you know the old one the OG uh-oh woo one other neat thing about this one you do have star I don't know if you can hear me at all wow this one might be louder I don't know I tell you what I don't know which one is louder but they both stink they both stink do you like gas or corn that's the choice either way you're going to smell it now I shouldn't say this because I'm trying to make the giveaway with this car really good and trying to get you guys to enter and I'm going to say this but I think by a nose the C7 has it oh looks wise yeah uh I like the C7 yeah yeah that Wing is tough yeah take the wing away which one do you pick ah man it's close I'm for it's the wing I'm still going C7 if that was a low Wing I'd take the C6 I like the angular design of the C7 okay a little more modern yeah right that that batman-esque Wing is just heat Bobby same thing yeah the wi did you get these on sale at Home Dep are you going to steal my strap I wanted to ask you these were on sale for $9.99 at they're an incredible deal they are look at my ratty old straps I'm throwing them out time you upgrade it to some husky the top of the line good or not but we're upgrading it doesn't matter what era of Corvette you buy GM is so cheap you get the same key no matter what so you have your C6 and C7 key the cars might be separated by a decade but the keys same GM is like ah screw it yeah let's get now started now it's a party yes let's get you know people ask about your rich on the channel You' disappeared I didn't disappear Rich is still uploading it's like once a year now he's over there he's upad feel like it it's all good though thank you must be good to be thank you for everyone that follows it I appreciate it comment below who do you think's going to win yeah Rich no the C7 without question is going to win yeah I think so even though you got more horsepower than that I know I know you like that but I my my money's still on that okay yeah we'll see yeah we can do third at 7even whyde down d 1 down there W wo 1 2 3 e that was awesome what hey heyy woo baby wo W Baby W yeah oh man that was your that that was smoking all right guys well the cars have cooled down and uh look at that Sun hitting the blue and the yellow what a combo that evening 2 p.m. not really evening 2 p.m. Sun uh but that was freaking epic I had a blast I Know Rich had the time of his life as always and a big thank you to Bobby for being the driver here um great example of stuff Bobby does behind the scenes to help me out that you guys don't normally see so if you haven't checked out his Channel please do RF racing on uh YouTube but yeah the C7 man that 8speed that built 8speed is tough to beat however as painful as it was to watch the C6 did win and uh pulled by the ZR1 try as she might she couldn't keep up with the the new blood here but it was close and that shows you what a bill speed automatic and do and also on that note the gearing I have six gears the ZR the C7 ZR1 has eight and the gearing is a lot shorter mine are longer so me starting at um you know 60 and3 65 and third he's at a much higher RPM so he got the hit there you could see it actually you could see him getting that instant torque because he was at a more ideal RPM but then the C6 goes walking by and uh that is tough it's a it's a brutal thing to to witness but this car is just that insane and I wanted y'all to see that because now you know you know how fast this car is and how fast it could be this is the same setup that I ran it on uh on full kill except for it's on pump gas so same setup on pump gas so you put Ms 109 in there you're back up to over well over a th000 wheel and uh this car is on pump e overall build wise though pretty much the same they both have the same Kong blower uh Kong 2650 the same throttle body 120 mm the same exhaust same fuel system there are a few differences here and there but generally kind of the same thing and that is the difference between a slightly lighter car on e with a manual versus the little bit heavier car with the automatic though which is a huge advantage and uh those are the runs for you the C6 takes the dub there and if you were ever wondering how fast this car is is it really that fast yeah it is it's faster than the C7 which is insane you know how fast that car is now you know how fast that one is so in other words if you win this car and keep in mind anybody watching if you're watching this right now you could win and own that car just be careful learn the car have fun it's built for that it won't hurt you leave traction and stability on at first um especially if you're not used to a car with this much power it won't hurt you though just take your time learn the car respect it and you will love it anyway that's all I got for you guys please let me know in the coms ments which car do you like more hope youall enjoyed if you did give this upload a big thumbs up take care and have a great night send to me both all right boys so check it out this might be the last well I think it will be the last video you see before the giveaway is over our last one for a while until I think like springtime if you want to win a vehicle from us now is your chance to get in your last shot to do it and like our last winner rone he was sitting there laying in bed he said I was laying in bed the night before it ended and I wasn't going to get nothing and then he bought two towels he's like I'll get two towels for my car and he won the High Country in 50 Grand that could be you and this is your sign to get in 10 times entries for both vehicles automatically right now you get 30 grand with the Corvette 10 grand with the Tross and we're going to have two winners they both end on the 15th we're going to have two winners Christmas morning that I'll be calling and we're putting hundreds in random orders right now as well and these are real by the way we put real money in orders not the prop cash so make sure you check out the website 717 supply.com get something cool maybe find 100 bucks in your order and maybe get that call on Christmas morning somebody's two of y'all's holiday somebody's holiday is about to be a lot cooler you got a phone call and he almost fainted I was like what I think you said of the bed he was like I'm like what are you going to do now he said I'm going to die I never we I not going to buy no more this time I almost don't buy nothing and I say I buy something or not I don't want to hold you up anymore are you ready to see it you guys ready all right let's do it wow wow man man that's too much for me she look good or what w that's nice what do you think Budd man it it's better than the video completely forgot how really look man it's beautiful 50 G's right there buy anything for family friends because can happen to anybody body like me I didn't believe it I'm here yes siruh-oh who do you think's going to win yeah no the C7 without question is going to win yeah I think so down I know I know you like that but I my my money's still on that okay yeah we'll see we'll see all right boys so check it out this might be the last well I think it will be the last video you see before the giveaway is over our last one for a while until I think like springtime if you want to win a vehicle from us now is your chance to get in your last shop to do it and like our last winner rone he was sitting there laying in bed he said I was laying in bed the night before it ended and I wasn't going to get nothing and then he bought two towels he's like I'll get two towels for my car I was in my bed before sleep and I said I buy something or not so it was a last minute thing to get something let me r two to to drive my car and he won the High Country in 50 Grand that could be you and this is your sign to get in 10 times entries for both vehicles automatically right now you get 30 grand with the Corvette 10 grand with the trail boss and we're going to have two winners they both end on the 15th we're going to have two winners Christmas morning that I'll be calling and we're putting hundreds in Rand orders right now as well and these are real by the way we put real money in orders not the prop cash so make sure you check out the website 717 fly.com get something cool maybe find 100 bucks in your order and maybe get that call on Christmas morning somebody's two of y'all's holiday somebody's holiday is about to be a lot cooler all right boys good morning and welcome back to the channel hope you guys are all having a great day woo big boy that is freaking awesome it's a bright and sunny morning PA for once even if it's only 38° we have an action-packed upload for you we are racing this car against uh a certain other th000 horsepower Corvette and we are starting off the upload with a POV drive in this one here that I promised you all a while ago and let me tell you this thing is wild she is wild I only wish you could actually be in the car with me but until you win the car and you can drive it the POV hat will will work so fire her up like normal clutch in push button that's it and don't mind the tire light I haven't had a chance to get these synced up yet my drag pack the drag pack that you'll get as well is synced up these are not don't mind that 7,000 M on her she is basically new and first gear clutch out that easy light on the gas to get going and uh I apologize ahead of time this is going to be a very loud POV but who doesn't love that sound woo oh it's nasty I can't tell you how light I'm being on the gas right now like how light in third gear and it gets going at what 3,000 and it gets gone so hard when you actually get into boost just a little bit I'll tell you ahead of time second gear is useless but third we might get something oh yeah she does hook she hooks in third at 70 oh second gear go oh my god dude it's insane th this car this car is insane go wa W oh man wow oh my god well I can't show you the speed for obvious reasons but take my word for it she's quick now let's go see let's go see how she compares to the C7 all right well we are home and uh what I'm going to do is fire up the C7 to get her out here for a thumbnail and then Ben should be here any moment and we'll get to racing but that was uh yeah that car it's different man it's different which one do I like better man that's tough I'd say for racing if it really matters if you got to win take that one because the automatic is it's a race winner you can't deny that I know everyone likes to be like oh you know I want to shift myself but if you want to win races the automatic is tried and tested and true uh but if you're looking for the most fun easy answer is that one the manual is just uh really cool but let's fire up the blue one now and we'll see how she uh does against the yellow one against her uh her father you know the old one the OG uh-oh woo one other neat thing about this one you do have star I don't know if you can hear me at all wow this one might be louder I don't know I tell you what I don't know which one is louder but they both stink they both stink do you like gas or corn that's the choice either way you're going to smell it now I shouldn't say this because I'm trying to make the giveaway with this car really good and trying to get you guys to enter and I'm going to say this but I think by a nose the C7 has it oh looks wise yeah uh I like the C7 yeah yeah that Wing is tough yeah take the wing away which one do you pick ah man it's close I'm for it's the wing I'm still going C7 if that was a low Wing I'd take the C6 I like the angular design of the C7 okay a little more modern yeah right that that batman-esque Wing is just heat Bobby same thing yeah the wi did you get these on sale at Home Dep are you going to steal my strap I wanted to ask you these were on sale for $9.99 at they're an incredible deal they are look at my ratty old straps I'm throwing them out time you upgrade it to some husky the top of the line good or not but we're upgrading it doesn't matter what era of Corvette you buy GM is so cheap you get the same key no matter what so you have your C6 and C7 key the cars might be separated by a decade but the keys same GM is like ah screw it yeah let's get now started now it's a party yes let's get you know people ask about your rich on the channel You' disappeared I didn't disappear Rich is still uploading it's like once a year now he's over there he's upad feel like it it's all good though thank you must be good to be thank you for everyone that follows it I appreciate it comment below who do you think's going to win yeah Rich no the C7 without question is going to win yeah I think so even though you got more horsepower than that I know I know you like that but I my my money's still on that okay yeah we'll see yeah we can do third at 7even whyde down d 1 down there W wo 1 2 3 e that was awesome what hey heyy woo baby wo W Baby W yeah oh man that was your that that was smoking all right guys well the cars have cooled down and uh look at that Sun hitting the blue and the yellow what a combo that evening 2 p.m. not really evening 2 p.m. Sun uh but that was freaking epic I had a blast I Know Rich had the time of his life as always and a big thank you to Bobby for being the driver here um great example of stuff Bobby does behind the scenes to help me out that you guys don't normally see so if you haven't checked out his Channel please do RF racing on uh YouTube but yeah the C7 man that 8speed that built 8speed is tough to beat however as painful as it was to watch the C6 did win and uh pulled by the ZR1 try as she might she couldn't keep up with the the new blood here but it was close and that shows you what a bill speed automatic and do and also on that note the gearing I have six gears the ZR the C7 ZR1 has eight and the gearing is a lot shorter mine are longer so me starting at um you know 60 and3 65 and third he's at a much higher RPM so he got the hit there you could see it actually you could see him getting that instant torque because he was at a more ideal RPM but then the C6 goes walking by and uh that is tough it's a it's a brutal thing to to witness but this car is just that insane and I wanted y'all to see that because now you know you know how fast this car is and how fast it could be this is the same setup that I ran it on uh on full kill except for it's on pump gas so same setup on pump gas so you put Ms 109 in there you're back up to over well over a th000 wheel and uh this car is on pump e overall build wise though pretty much the same they both have the same Kong blower uh Kong 2650 the same throttle body 120 mm the same exhaust same fuel system there are a few differences here and there but generally kind of the same thing and that is the difference between a slightly lighter car on e with a manual versus the little bit heavier car with the automatic though which is a huge advantage and uh those are the runs for you the C6 takes the dub there and if you were ever wondering how fast this car is is it really that fast yeah it is it's faster than the C7 which is insane you know how fast that car is now you know how fast that one is so in other words if you win this car and keep in mind anybody watching if you're watching this right now you could win and own that car just be careful learn the car have fun it's built for that it won't hurt you leave traction and stability on at first um especially if you're not used to a car with this much power it won't hurt you though just take your time learn the car respect it and you will love it anyway that's all I got for you guys please let me know in the coms ments which car do you like more hope youall enjoyed if you did give this upload a big thumbs up take care and have a great night send to me both all right boys so check it out this might be the last well I think it will be the last video you see before the giveaway is over our last one for a while until I think like springtime if you want to win a vehicle from us now is your chance to get in your last shot to do it and like our last winner rone he was sitting there laying in bed he said I was laying in bed the night before it ended and I wasn't going to get nothing and then he bought two towels he's like I'll get two towels for my car and he won the High Country in 50 Grand that could be you and this is your sign to get in 10 times entries for both vehicles automatically right now you get 30 grand with the Corvette 10 grand with the Tross and we're going to have two winners they both end on the 15th we're going to have two winners Christmas morning that I'll be calling and we're putting hundreds in random orders right now as well and these are real by the way we put real money in orders not the prop cash so make sure you check out the website 717 supply.com get something cool maybe find 100 bucks in your order and maybe get that call on Christmas morning somebody's two of y'all's holiday somebody's holiday is about to be a lot cooler you got a phone call and he almost fainted I was like what I think you said of the bed he was like I'm like what are you going to do now he said I'm going to die I never we I not going to buy no more this time I almost don't buy nothing and I say I buy something or not I don't want to hold you up anymore are you ready to see it you guys ready all right let's do it wow wow man man that's too much for me she look good or what w that's nice what do you think Budd man it it's better than the video completely forgot how really look man it's beautiful 50 G's right there buy anything for family friends because can happen to anybody body like me I didn't believe it I'm here yes sir\n"