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What Lies Beneath; What you see in the 2006 Corvette Z06 ain't half of what you'll get.(News)

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| January 10, 2005 | Wilson, Kevin A | COPYRIGHT 2005 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: KEVIN A. WILSON

General Motors may have had trouble keeping a lid on the styling of its 2006 Corvette Z06 (AW, Dec. 13, 2004) until its official public debut this week at the Detroit show, but little matter in the end. As important as styling changes are, in this case they're merely the external indicators of how serious Chevrolet has become about Corvette performance.

Drawing on knowledge derived from its endurance racing program-indeed, using many engineers directly involved with that program-the Corvette team has put together a car that promises to run with the world's best when it arrives in dealerships late in the year. No playing second ...

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