A manual gearbox, a naturally aspirated V8, an open roof, and a bright yellow paintjob - what's not to love about the new Corvette Grand Sport!

@DOWDFILMS1

7 жыл бұрын

Why? Chevrolet is killing the game right now.

@DOWDFILMS1

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Ayling not really. At least not anymore. Now you have access to C7 GS, ZO6, Cameron ZL1 and Z28. Probably will get the upcoming ZR-1

@marksmith8732

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Ayling I grew up in the UK but live in Miami, I have a 2017 camaro ss convertible and love it .before that I had a 2014 camaro and it was super reliable. Chevy makes some great cars now

@steveshaw7196

7 жыл бұрын

Shmee150 I am sure you understand it is not worth the money. buy the basic model. spend the extra 20 or so grand on upgrades and you will have 700 or so whp. the grand sport is kind of a rip off for some pretty add ons.

@TerryTerius

7 жыл бұрын

North Star Detail Look at Motor Trend's comparison test between the Grand Sport and the Carrera S. It absolutely isn't just an aesthetic difference. The car is much more composed, and legitimately offers a better driving experience according to a few outlets. Its handling is greatly improved over the Z06 and the base corvette, even if it doesn't have a power boost.

The great thing about cars like the Grand Sport, the Vantage GT8, the Cayman GT4 etc. is that they are not overpowered for their chassis, and that you can actually floor it for more than two seconds without being beyond every speed limit outside of the Autobahn.

@Shmee150

7 жыл бұрын

YES! This ^

@MrCarGuy

7 жыл бұрын

ArKritz84 It's all about modesty and restraint. Finding middle-ground is the most fun.

@limulus61

7 жыл бұрын

...and unlike the ZO6, you can put the power down in the Grand Sport w/o the car trying to intentionally kill you.

@ArKritz84

7 жыл бұрын

Tim, you should sell the Shmini, get an MX-5 and make it british. The clock is ticking: www.bbrgti.com/

@MRFUCKOFF202

7 жыл бұрын

Agree, and you also get a sound as good or better as the cars with ridiculous performance. This is why it annoys me when people say "only x power from a V8!" - you get the perfect amount of power *and* the V8 sound! Why must everything be about on paper stats?

You put a song about a Ford for the Chevrolet. That's blasphemy.

@dwightdavis5894

7 жыл бұрын

Darth Raider you noticed that too, huh? "A Mercury "?

@johnsmith-mk3zq

5 жыл бұрын

Talk about brits being ignorant about US car history

A super car NOT at a super price. Definitely one of the most reliable, true 2 seaters around. Glad GM finally put some R&D money aside and made the Corvette a car that can run with Porsche, Lambos & Ferraris.

For the people that have never been to The States, please do not assume by this poor choice of music that all corvette owners are hillbilly and country.

@ballra

7 жыл бұрын

The music was actually well suited and tasteful in my opinion.

@despicablelama7994

7 жыл бұрын

Also about the music the lyrics about a Mercury while the videos about a Corvette is really out of place.

@TerryTerius

7 жыл бұрын

Dashaun Woody You know... living in GA I've ran into that stereotype more than once. But that said, the hillbilly corvette driver image isn't necessarily true. Not for the most part.

@dashaunwoody4612

7 жыл бұрын

Terry Price funny thing is I live in Atlanta,GA so I understand lol

@Shmee150

7 жыл бұрын

There's clearly something more to this than we knew, there's no intention to stereotype anything; the song just seemed cool for the location we bumped into by the logs! If there is a long-running internet thing about Corvettes and hillbillies then that is new to me and I can only apologies for the coincidence that has arisen.

Tim I know you get a lot of negative comments but your videos are great with lots of variety and in depth reviews of each car you drive. I'm getting bored of other youtubers that just buy a car, wrap it, stick on a new exhaust, list out 5 things they love and hate, then a video on why they are selling, then videos about the hunt for a new car etc etc. You get the picture, yawn!! Your videos are great thanks for all your hard work!

@Shmee150

7 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, thank you very much for the super kind words!

@TheRiderOfTomorrow

7 жыл бұрын

20noups spot on

@sebobie

7 жыл бұрын

i agree, timm keeps his cars fo a good amount of time.

@sebobie

7 жыл бұрын

*tim

@ethan12313

7 жыл бұрын

20noups couldn't have said it better!!!

Very nice again Tim The New Corvette Grand Sport, thanks for sharing Shmee!

My most favorite C7 model of them all. Such a phenomenal machine. Thanks, Shmee!

Music was a little on the stereotypical side, but good video nonetheless.

@cawaz4573

7 жыл бұрын

Raw Narwhal I agree being from Kentucky

@rmonified

6 жыл бұрын

I agree , i thought it was kinda funny

@nick2128

4 жыл бұрын

Mississippi here and I agree

I have a 17 GS and don't have a single country song in my library.. good review overall

The corvette's trunk is meant to fit two full-size golf bags😂😂😂

As an American country boy, I can appreciate the Alan Jackson and the car ;)

Shmee, test drive the new Camaro ZL1, some people like it better than the Corvette!

@Shmee150

7 жыл бұрын

Would love to at some point!

@dantebouwer

7 жыл бұрын

agreed Bill

THANKS, TIM AND CREW

That birds just owning hahaha

Nice review, Shmee. As an American viewer, I'm afraid Corvette will always be fighting the perception in Europe that it is just a crappy plastic Chevy. It's no McLaren, but it's quite a car. The upcoming ZR1 will be epic.

@Shmee150

7 жыл бұрын

It's also a fraction of the price of a McLaren

@MrCarGuy

7 жыл бұрын

Shmee150 Speaking of McLaren, you need to reserve a spot to drive the new C8 next year and its new MR layout (or whatever code the new model line will get). Maybe they will have both FR and MR Vettes in the future.

@Autos389

7 жыл бұрын

You're right that it's no McLaren - it beats McLarens. Try looking up the results for Lightning Lap and see how many cars are behind this Grand Sport.

@BleedForTheWorld

7 жыл бұрын

The 8th Generation Corvette will not come out next year but the all-new ZR1 most definitely will. It will feature active aerodynamic systems and will be the new king of the street and race circuit.

@GoX-uh5bl

7 жыл бұрын

It's more than time around one track. The McLaren has a carbon tub, a super fast dual clutch transmission, active aero, and is just more of a supercar than a Vette. That's not a knock on the Corvette. I'm a huge Corvette fan and a former owner, but it's no McLaren. Maybe that's a good thing. There is a reason there are 500 675LTs in the world and 70,000+ C7 Corvettes. It's more accessible, but not nearly as special.

Please find some better music

your dad called, he want's his jumper back. (only for the lulz) keep up the good work Tim!

Great edit Tim!! looked awesome.

SHMEE FINALLY LISTENING TO HIS FANS AND ACCEPTING THE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS!!! did hell freeze over?!?!?

@Shmee150

7 жыл бұрын

Tehe, in which way?

Appreciated the cinematic works here Tim, add more slow motion on that handheld b rolling shots!

Music.on.point lol love your videos Shmee!!

Hey Shmee your Videos are very good thanks that you make every day so good and interesting Videos.

The editing is phenomenal! Amazing video shmee

I'm not american but I can say that they give you a real supercar for a little money...for all their cars: Challenger, Mustang, Camaro...V8 with plenty of horsepower and an amazing engine sound at the same price of Audi A4 or Bmw 3 series DIESEL!

Great cinematography, and funny seeing Ben at 6:23

Wow! She looks really great. This kinda Corvettes are pretty rare here.

"This is a proper muscle car" Corvette is a sports car..nothing else

still enjoy the the great variety of cars you drive

Spent ~10 minutes customising a Grand Sport, net price ended up being 83060$. What a great price for a new sports car.

Mike will approve of this video.

@abualzuaree

7 жыл бұрын

street drive 420

I enjoy watching SHMEE doing reviews. One of the better reviewers in my opinion. Also great to see the Vette is holding its own in Europe.

its amazing how that v8 sounds

any one else from the states thought the music was funny😂

@cawaz4573

7 жыл бұрын

SilentKiller kind of offensive actually lmfao

@patrickmcmillan8285

7 жыл бұрын

nahhh not offensive

@cawaz4573

7 жыл бұрын

Patrick M maybe to you it's not. But I am from Kentucky. So the hillbilly style music was kind of annoying

@cawaz4573

7 жыл бұрын

Patrick M ok we have different opinions . But I used to live in PA, specifically around Lancaster

@ethanshannon4583

6 жыл бұрын

Being from Idaho I I'm about 3/4 country and it was kinda funny but just a little anoying

I loved that initially walk around presentation of the car, especially with that song and those effect!! very very professional ;)

Thanks for showing the USA sports car some love!

Love the step up in video quality and music.

Great video as always Schmee. Still can't wait to see your Ford GT

This editing is different... Different is good. Love the revs as you pan across the exhausts

It's a cool car and it sounds fantastic

exelente gracias y compartido

Tim, thanks so much for the Corvette review. As someone in the states who loves the UK KZreadrs it's great to see a little homage to a Made in the USA chevy corvette. Great job and thanks. (Mike in Ohio)

The coolest thing about the Grand Sports in they can be very easily tuned up for an additional 100 - 300 hp with almost little effort

Good mixture of silly & serious Tim !

Music fits the car perfectly good job on that

nice editing shmee

Curiosamente lo he estado probando esta semana para Mi Canal de KZread Tim. Me ha gustado, ha mejorado en muchos aspectos. Gran video y enhorabuena por el cambio de edicion en tu contenido, mejor y como siempre con tu toque, mezclando lo cercano de la cámara en mano y los planos recurso.

Great review as usual! I appreciate your honesty, open minded approach to reviews, and habit for judging cars on their merit. Your perspective is greatly appreciated, and you make it obvious with every film that you're a true car lover. Thanks for working so hard to keep us informed and entertained!

@Shmee150

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it!

@TerryTerius

7 жыл бұрын

Shmee150 you're more than welcome! Best of luck with your future videos and whatever else you're working on.

*EDITING SKILLS ON POINT TIM!*

Bought a new 2019 Corvette C7 Grand Sport with a MANUAL TRANSMISSION, and it’s a phenomenal car. Buy one.

I actually got to sit in one the other day at a Chevy dealership along with a ‘63 Split Window Coupe

Shmee you got this wrong. This is the track weapon which is why it combines all the packages.

I was already admiring the sexy looks video segment, and then the tree wipe. Well done.

Shmee just want to tell you that your gt8 is beautiful!

@Shmee150

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@amanalisaiyyad9281

7 жыл бұрын

Shmee150 sir plz upgrade your camera 🎥

@Shmee150

7 жыл бұрын

Why would I upgrade the camera? :)

@oscarwhittle7535

7 жыл бұрын

Shmee150 yeah upgrade your camera something like a 4K Sony camera would make the quality of your videos amazing!

@TheCarLovingSwede

7 жыл бұрын

Oscar Whittle he has a 4k Sony camera... 😉

"You put the passenger there and they stay there" ha ha that's one of the funniest things you have said Tim.

Awesome video keep it up!

The editing was superb

dope music in the editing!!!

hahaha the music!!!!! epic!!!! well done man

newsflash- the Z06 isn't the "track weapon", the Grand Sport is. Ask any racer whether they want NA or forced induction from both a power delivery and heat soak/reliability standpoint. They'll all go NA without hesitation.

Alan Jackson on a Shmee video just made my day😂😂😂

Reviews a Corvette. Picks a song about a Mercury as background music. LMAO! :D

Shmee, I have a Porsche and the cup holders are plastic. I like the way the Grand Sport cup holders can be hidden away with the little door.

It's sad that the Corvette Grand Sport starts at €95k ($101k) when here in the states it starts at just over $65k. That means you guys are paying over $35k (~a Mustang GT w/perf pack) in shipping and import taxes. It makes sense why many Europeans question the value of the Corvette. Still I doubt there's anything that could beat this on the track for the price, despite the horrendous taxes.

Awesome video! Would love to see more about the PDR system. They should do some kind of track event where you can demo it

@Shmee150

7 жыл бұрын

Watch this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/nIV-uKxymrrMcco.html from 10:30 onwards :)

I can't be the only one that looked up what a 7 speed manual gear stick looked like haha.

Watching a Chevy Corvette video, and a Dodge Demon ad comes on

Love it!

Iam i the only one who dont appreciate the looks of the car until you see it in person🤔😂😂

Yaaay I hope you buy one shmee ... cheers from Boston

This would make a solid addition to your fleet.

Finally a video worth watching

People can have thier opinions about the rev match paddles, but I love them on my 2017 Camaro SS. They are much more convenient than a button would be and they also help keep costs down so its a win, win. As far as the plastic parts mentioned, I applaud GM for cutting costs where it doesn't affect the driving experience and giving us a car that is more affordable to a wider range of people.

Shmee150, the only youtuber who cares for dogs not being offended by cars.

shmee we are gonna hit a million very soon 😊😊

It is an awesome sportscar indeed!

the screen cubby hole is probably genuinely where you would store your handgun

It sounds so good! Nice to hear a NA V8 rather than a small/mid sized turbo charged V8.

for some reason I love that car!

103k pounds base price? Geez! And I thought it was expensive in Canada at 76k CAD lol. I know they are very rare in the UK but still.

@Shmee150

7 жыл бұрын

That's the Euros fully optioned price

@groovymotion5706

7 жыл бұрын

oh ok, but still a tad pricey and we see too many Corvettes here. Maybe we can send a few across the pond :)

@PvMhijden

7 жыл бұрын

in europe, (atleast the part were i live, and i have alot of Americans around me) you don't see the new Corvettes as often as i (personally) would like, so i think in Europe they are out of place compared to the US and Canada

@groovymotion5706

7 жыл бұрын

Where are you located? I know that in Italy, Switzerland and France I have rarely seen American cars. Here it's the Mustang that is over exposed, way way too many of them in my area!

@hummer149

7 жыл бұрын

PvMhijden I've seen a few new corvettes here in holland!

Those are fun cars very cool!!

Music is awesome.

Nice tunes Shmee150. I especially like the Alan Jackson remix.

Well done Tim. I admire all the European Supercars, but as an American it was great to see you in a Corvette. What's next? Seeing you attending one of our baseball games? lol As to the Corvette, stay tuned to see what GM has up their sleeve for 2018 and 2019. You may decide to put a set of American wheels in your collection yet. FWIW, I love the rev matching, especially down shifting. We can all sound like Sterling Moss going into a twisty. Cheers.

Here in the states, smart buyers buy these not only for the gas mileage (Up to 30 MPG,) and frankly on the track they are as fast as a Z06, because you can use ALL the power it makes where as the Z06 overpowers everything. One down side to the GS and the Z06, is they come from the factory with a LOT of Camber dialed in. That burns off the tires in 9000 miles. If you buy a GS or Z06, make sure the first thing you do is to have them re-calibrate the suspension alignment to bring the settings back to 0 on both front and back. Otherwise you will be buying tires all the time.

I lost it when the music came on

I love this car a lot

Tim this car is really worth the money for the performance dont you think

Some banging country tunes

GREAT video! I recently purchased a 2019 Grand Sport and I also created a KZread channel to share my ownership experiences . Looking forward to seeing more content from you. I just subbed to your channel

Didn't know u did corvette reviews keep it up 😎👍

@Shmee150

6 жыл бұрын

There are a few more ;)

Nice editing!!!

Corvette? Ben must have been one happy man that day.

@muppetdrummer

7 жыл бұрын

That's just what you want us to think. Or not. Or maybe you are and want us to think you are not. Or maybe you are and want us to think you are so you can then say you aren't. hmmmmmm. Even if you were would you say so? Or not say so if you were wanting us to think you are but really aren't but actually were ben?

Love the GS!

Nice video review.

"oop... I've made a dog woof quite dramatically" - Shmee150

I live in Bowling Green, Kentucky where the corvette is made. I promise you we are not hillbillies!! not understanding where this music is coming from! Come on Tim you've never played music of this sort..

I'm glad u called it a sports car. Basically everyone who is not from the states calls it a muscle car. A hellcat is a muscle car not this

Hard to beat for the money and looks mean too!

ZEE Oh Six Come at me, Brits!

@Kronos0999

7 жыл бұрын

Okay I see the door.