The Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has already established itself ... the body-color spoiler and five-spoke silver alloys from the Z51 Performance Package without the commensurate mechanical upgrades.

Between the base Stingray ... the C7 was Chevy's LT1 – a 6.2-liter V8 with an aluminum block and a 6,600-rpm redline.

It is also the most capable standard Corvette ever, with Z51-equipped models able to sprint from 0 to 60 in 3.8 seconds, run the quarter-mile in 12 seconds at 119 mph, achieve 1.03g in cornering ...