In his professional life, Joseph Ciringione leads as North American sales and product manager for machinery components group Igus, Inc. Joseph Ciringione pursues a personal interest in cars, his favorite of which is the Corvette.
The Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport has stood out for its speed and power since its early days of production, when designer Zora Arkus-Duntov placed aluminum-wrapped cage frames around a 550-horsepower V8 engine. Only five such cars came to fruition and quickly took to the racetracks.
Since the revival of the Corvette in the late 1990s, the brand has continued to attract fans with its high level of performance. The 2017 Grand Sport model features a 6.2 liter V8 engine that, depending on model, can reach 60 mph in as few as 3.8 seconds. The car can run 12.2 seconds at 116.1 miles per hour with a manual transmission, and braking from 60 mph to a full stop takes as little as 90 feet.
The Grand Sport also offers a leading level of road grip and offers top lateral acceleration of 1.18 grams, which tops the performance of any other production vehicle at the time of its testing. Its figure eight performance puts it in the lead among cars priced under $100,000, with its handling being even smoother thanks to the car’s light weight of 3,464 pounds.
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