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SV Motor Company’s new Corvette-based 9 Competizione unveiled

 
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The current C6 Corvette platform is proving to be a popular basis for independent coachbuilders, with several firms releasing their own take on the classic sports car over the past 12 months. Corvette-based cars like the Anteros XTM, Innotech C6 and the more recent Bertone Mantide all spring to mind, and now we have the new 9 Competizione from SV Motor Company to add to that list.

Under the new sheet metal/carbon-fiber, which shares a striking resemblance to Alfa Romeo’s stunning 8C Competizione, SV has retained the basic C6 Corvette platform but has specifically tailored some of the specifications for use in its new car.

Thanks to almost full carbon-fiber bodywork, SV engineers have managed to shed 132 pounds from the Corvette’s kerb weight and give the car a perfect 50/50 front to rear weight distribution. While the powertrain has been left untouched (customers will be able to choose which Corvette model to use), SV engineers have tweaked the brakes and suspension and added Pirelli PZero Rosso ultra performance tires. Lateral acceleration is estimated to be 1.03g and braking from 60-0mph is a claimed 107 feet.

Peak power can be boosted, however, if customers select SV’s revised intake and a custom-tuned exhaust option. This includes the ANSA Automotive exhaust system developed by SV for use on the Ferrari Daytona and 599, which on the base LS3-powered Corvette boosts output from 436hp to 450hp and sees the 9 Competizione’s 0-60mph time drop to just 4.0 seconds.

The SV 9 Competizione will be limited to 1,000 units at a cost of $99,995 which includes a new, well-equipped donor C6 Corvette purchased through their dealer network. The first showing of the SV 9 Competizione is this Saturday evening in San Francisco. The car will also be on display August 14 at the Concorso Italiano in Pebble Beach.
Via: CorvetteBlogger
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  1. ma_Mike avatar Mike Posted: 7/21/2009 10:05pm PDT

    Hmm, don't know about a "striking resemblance" to the 8C, other than the blatant copy of its tail. Though probably not the ugliest C6 based car, for my money I'd still choose a Callaway Speedster or the like.
     
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  2. ma_gazzed avatar gazzed Posted: 7/21/2009 10:56pm PDT

    Good job, but honestly in bad taste.

    Corvette's already established a name for itself, why does SV Motor have to cheapen it by deliberately copying another badge?

    At least Bertone ( with the Mantide ) actually designed a new car out of Corvette's internals.
     
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  3. ma_bill22 avatar bill22 Posted: 8/3/2009 4:11pm PDT

    This is just horrible. Even the fender gaps are awful.
     
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  4. ma_secrummy avatar secrummy Posted: 8/3/2009 6:04pm PDT

    It's like someone tried to graft a Maserati nose onto a Corvette, and threw in some 80's Ferrari 308 taillights too... I guess they determined that rear visibility in the stock 'Vette was just too good, so they came up with a rear end treatment to correct that... and they want you to pay a premium to do this to your car? I'm not seeing this as a good business plan.
     
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