>Sure, but by 1976 the fastest production car being sold was a Lotus Europa
>John Player Special with if my memory isn't too defective had 118 HP from a
>1.6L engine. Zero to 60 MPH was a modest mid 6 second time, but I think it
>was just enough to edge out Z-28, which had lots more power, but twice
the weight.
The Z-28 went out of production in the very early 70's and was not
reintroduced until the 1978 model. So, there was no Z-28 in 1976. I'm not
sure but, I'd assume the corvette was the fastest Detroit built car at that
time.
I had previously owned a 69 Z-28 and when I heard that Chevy was going to
bring out a new one (78), I immediately ran to the dealership and ordered
one. I paid the whopping sum of $6200 for it. It was a decent car but, the
performance pales in comparision to the earlier ones.
I don't recall the numbers but the '78 probably had < 200 HP. I just bought
a new truck and It's got more HP than the '78 did. IIRC, the '69 was around
325 HP.
SteveRob
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Received on Thu Aug 02 2001 - 09:23:11 BST