2017 Corvette Grand Sport vs Z06, Which is BEST

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: engood afternoon friends and family today we are talking about a car that a lot of you have been asking me about and that is the 2017 Corvette Grand Sport now if you remember back when I was trading in my Hellcat and looking for a new car I considered a Grand Sport before obviously I bought a Z06 and my reasoning for liking the Grand Sport was this number one it has all the looks of the Z06 looks good and when you see one next to a regular Corvette you really understand the fact that the Grand Sport or the Z6 looks a lot better than a regular Cor vet not that a regular vet isn't a good-looking car cuz it is but the wide body of these two looks really damn good so that's number one the other thing was that the entire time that I owned my C7 Corvette my regular one I never felt as if that car needed more power like I never felt that that car needed more power even when I had the Hellcat which was obviously a lot faster I didn't look back and say man it would be awesome to have that Corvette with more power I think it was great as it was however after moving into this car I have to say that I really do enjoy the power and I think that this platform can handle it like this 650 horsepower never feels out of line never feels like it's too much to control and handle and you can always have fun with it now you can't always exploit it on public roads but you can always have fun with it it's not too hard to control so with all that being said you know where does that leave me with my feelings of the Grand Sport now that I have this car the Z06 and the one thing I will say right off the bat is you'd have to be out of your mind if you're shopping for a Corvette you'd have to be crazy not to get a Grand Sport because Chevy did a really good job of keeping the price down it's hardly any more expensive than a regular vet like it's only a couple Grand more and if you can afford a $55,000 car you can afford a $60,000 car at least I would think and like I said in my opinion the Grand Sport looks a lot better and you can get some cooler options with it so I would definitely get a Grand Sport if I was in the market for a Corvette however after owning this car I will say that number one like I said at the beginning of this video this car can handle the 650 horsepower this platform is good for it it has no problems with that whatsoever so I think that I would really miss miss the power and I have seen some videos of the Grand Sport and a regular Corvette and everything and I have to say watching it and feeling it cuz I have driven a regular C7 actually after buying this Z06 I have driven another one and it still felt great and everything sure but it does feel really really slow and I'm not just like saying this because I own a Z06 I don't really give a it feels like you're towing a truck like it feels so sluggish compared to this car and never in a million years did I think that I'd ever be saying that that a regular Corvette seems slow but it does after driving this and I think that that's one thing you'd really miss now if you're like the guy who takes his car to the track every single weekend you do it all the time you know we know that the ZO6 has its cooling issues and maybe for 2017 they finally worked out those issues we don't know yet but if you're looking for the ultimate track day car of course you could wait for the ZR1 and hopefully that one's the car you're looking for but um you know I think maybe the Grand Sport would be the car for you other than that you know unless you're really unless budget is really the only thing you can worry about like you really just have to keep the budget at 65 or less I think you should go with the Z6 because if you buy a sport I mean don't you feel in some ways that it's just a fake Z06 I mean in some ways isn't that isn't that sort of what it is I mean it looks like a Z06 but it's not it's supposed to look like that and uh as a Z06 buyer I'm not this type of person I really don't care I don't feel like the Grand Sport is stepping on my toes or whatever but I'm sure a lot of owners do feel that way now here's a couple of good things they did they did not give it the Corvette Z06 clear tailights the hood vent is different the side blades are a little bit different so it is different and the Grand Sport the new one also has the old uh Z6 and Grand Sport cup Edition Wheels the cup two wheels which I love by the way so I do love those Wheels even though they're a carryover from the C6 generation so it has different wheels too but um you know I still think in some ways it's just kind of like a lookalike Z6 and if I was out driving on the road in my Grand Sport I'd see a Z6 and be like well kind of wish I had that you know the V6 Mustang syndrome so anyway those are my thoughts on the new Grand Sport again having owned both you know Z06 now of course and I did own a regular Corvette which was not a Grand Sport but it's the same car just without the Z06 body same deal and I have to say you know once again unless money is your issue like you just you can't afford the extra 15 20 grand or whatever I think you should get the Z6 and that's my opinion I really do think that it's worth it so I hope you guys enjoyed this video if you're stopping in for the first time please subscribe take care have a great daygood afternoon friends and family today we are talking about a car that a lot of you have been asking me about and that is the 2017 Corvette Grand Sport now if you remember back when I was trading in my Hellcat and looking for a new car I considered a Grand Sport before obviously I bought a Z06 and my reasoning for liking the Grand Sport was this number one it has all the looks of the Z06 looks good and when you see one next to a regular Corvette you really understand the fact that the Grand Sport or the Z6 looks a lot better than a regular Cor vet not that a regular vet isn't a good-looking car cuz it is but the wide body of these two looks really damn good so that's number one the other thing was that the entire time that I owned my C7 Corvette my regular one I never felt as if that car needed more power like I never felt that that car needed more power even when I had the Hellcat which was obviously a lot faster I didn't look back and say man it would be awesome to have that Corvette with more power I think it was great as it was however after moving into this car I have to say that I really do enjoy the power and I think that this platform can handle it like this 650 horsepower never feels out of line never feels like it's too much to control and handle and you can always have fun with it now you can't always exploit it on public roads but you can always have fun with it it's not too hard to control so with all that being said you know where does that leave me with my feelings of the Grand Sport now that I have this car the Z06 and the one thing I will say right off the bat is you'd have to be out of your mind if you're shopping for a Corvette you'd have to be crazy not to get a Grand Sport because Chevy did a really good job of keeping the price down it's hardly any more expensive than a regular vet like it's only a couple Grand more and if you can afford a $55,000 car you can afford a $60,000 car at least I would think and like I said in my opinion the Grand Sport looks a lot better and you can get some cooler options with it so I would definitely get a Grand Sport if I was in the market for a Corvette however after owning this car I will say that number one like I said at the beginning of this video this car can handle the 650 horsepower this platform is good for it it has no problems with that whatsoever so I think that I would really miss miss the power and I have seen some videos of the Grand Sport and a regular Corvette and everything and I have to say watching it and feeling it cuz I have driven a regular C7 actually after buying this Z06 I have driven another one and it still felt great and everything sure but it does feel really really slow and I'm not just like saying this because I own a Z06 I don't really give a it feels like you're towing a truck like it feels so sluggish compared to this car and never in a million years did I think that I'd ever be saying that that a regular Corvette seems slow but it does after driving this and I think that that's one thing you'd really miss now if you're like the guy who takes his car to the track every single weekend you do it all the time you know we know that the ZO6 has its cooling issues and maybe for 2017 they finally worked out those issues we don't know yet but if you're looking for the ultimate track day car of course you could wait for the ZR1 and hopefully that one's the car you're looking for but um you know I think maybe the Grand Sport would be the car for you other than that you know unless you're really unless budget is really the only thing you can worry about like you really just have to keep the budget at 65 or less I think you should go with the Z6 because if you buy a sport I mean don't you feel in some ways that it's just a fake Z06 I mean in some ways isn't that isn't that sort of what it is I mean it looks like a Z06 but it's not it's supposed to look like that and uh as a Z06 buyer I'm not this type of person I really don't care I don't feel like the Grand Sport is stepping on my toes or whatever but I'm sure a lot of owners do feel that way now here's a couple of good things they did they did not give it the Corvette Z06 clear tailights the hood vent is different the side blades are a little bit different so it is different and the Grand Sport the new one also has the old uh Z6 and Grand Sport cup Edition Wheels the cup two wheels which I love by the way so I do love those Wheels even though they're a carryover from the C6 generation so it has different wheels too but um you know I still think in some ways it's just kind of like a lookalike Z6 and if I was out driving on the road in my Grand Sport I'd see a Z6 and be like well kind of wish I had that you know the V6 Mustang syndrome so anyway those are my thoughts on the new Grand Sport again having owned both you know Z06 now of course and I did own a regular Corvette which was not a Grand Sport but it's the same car just without the Z06 body same deal and I have to say you know once again unless money is your issue like you just you can't afford the extra 15 20 grand or whatever I think you should get the Z6 and that's my opinion I really do think that it's worth it so I hope you guys enjoyed this video if you're stopping in for the first time please subscribe take care have a great day\n"