If you’ve caught Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale auction on TV, you’ve seen a lot of “benefit” cars—vehicles being auctioned for a good cause and/or for buyer’s rights. Their Palm Beach, Florida auction in April will give the well-heeled the rights to own 2015 Corvette Z06 VIN#001.
The 2014 North American Auto Show in Detroit served as Chevrolet’s introduction of the Z06 to the automotive world. Past Z06s have always been a model of automotive purity, upping the horsepower naturally while eschewing weight-adding, performance-robbing items. This time, however, Chevrolet is adding a supercharger to the Z06’s 6.2L pushrod V8 to bring total horsepower up to 625.
According to CorvetteBlogger.com, the proceeds of the sale will go to the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center Institute in Detroit. Of course, Barret-Jackson will waive all buyer and seller fees. The first C7 Stingray was sold to motorsports team owner Rick Hendrick for $1.1M, so it would be reasonable to infer that the Z06 is going to meet a similar kind of auction frenzy come April—will it be Hendrick? Considering he also snapped up the first 2014 Camaro Z/28, it’s a possibility.
General Motors considers the 2015 Z06 “the most track-capable Corvette ever, designed to deliver supercar levels of performance through unique powertrain, chassis and aerodynamic features.” The base Stingray has exceeded expectations in the automotive community, so there’s no reason to doubt Chevrolet with their claims about the Z06.
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It needs to go to a true Chevy diehard fan with the kind of money needed to win the bid!
GM then should take the extra money and split it up with all the employees! To say thanks for all your hard work! Not give it to some blood sucking charity!
Then contact them, you wussy, and demand them to return the money to GM.
http://www.karmanos.org/contact-us/
I dare you.
Rick Hendrick will buy it and then the money may go to save lives and just maybe your own sorry ass.
The UAW guys are more than well compensated for their efforts.
FYI I am not sure you would anyone more Chevy then Rick.
I go against the normal and fight what most feel is right and I’m a wussy
Please I don’t back down to know one!
Charity just fills the pockets of the fat cats that runs it
“Please I don’t back down to know one!”
Then don’t back down like you’re doing right now. Email them. Demand action, and right this ‘wrong’, you chronic wuss.
http://www.karmanos.org/contact-us/
Make a public tweet, @ karmanoscancer. Do it.
I will just for you
Make sure to supply sufficient proof for us all about your dissatisfaction.
If you really think donating to “Michigan’s only hospital solely devoted to fighting cancer” is a horrible act by GM, then the world needs to know. Let us know how things go; lest you become the subject of yet another massive Twitter social fiasco, in which case we’ll know before you post on GMA.
I don’t care where the money is going! This is the main problem I have with charity is that people make you feel bad for not donating like it’s your responsibility to! Add to that the corruption that goes along with these charities!
These cars are being sold and the people who built them should be the one’s that get to benefit from the sell!
I will get that letter to them this week and what ever back lash that comes I can handle because I was given that one thing your parents didn’t give you, it’s called self esteem!
Maybe daddy didn’t come around every 2 weeks like he was supposed to!
It’s one thing to be heartless, but do you have to advertise it? I don’t do enough for charity and it eats me up all the time that I can’t do more. In the absence of truly noble actions, it is that guilt that tells me that there is still hope for me. As far as inefficiencies within a charity organization, I don’t care. Even if 10% of what GM gives actually makes it in the hands of or benefits the truly suffering, bravo to them for making someone’s world a whole lot better.
Do you have little or no self esteem or back bone? Remember you may think I’m cold hearted but the truth has no temperature period!
It’s a sad world where people feel bad for not helping people enough! I think the reason you help so much is cuz you are so afraid of what other people might say about you! You don’t want people to think your a bad person! How about just speaking the truth but you would rather just over look that!
This shows that you have very little character and even less self worth!
The money should go to the families that helped create these cars!
If your definition of self-esteem is having pride in being a schmuck, then I am glad not to have any. It is not self-esteem but the way you were raised with that affect the values you live by. I am sorry that you have not known the kind of selfless and kind people that have been and continue to be my inspiration. They gave despite having very little, and asked nothing in return. I only knew of their generosities as I was fortunate to have them as family members and friends.
It shows quite a bit of arrogance to stand against the act of charity when all of the greatest men and women in history (Mother Teresa, Mandela, Gandhi, Confucius, Edhi, etc.) and the billions who revere them stand for it. It is the rest of the world that is a fool and psychologically unfit, whereas you have all the answers. Consider what Bob Hope said, “If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble”, Maybe you should see someone about it, a priest, rabbi, a psychologist, your mother; someone should be able to help.
Guys, please leave the posturing for real life and keep the chatter about cars.
In which case, AWESOME CAR! Should get loads for the charity, and can’t wait to see if Chevy decides to come up with a C7 ZR1.
Btw, great article Diego!
The car is great the system is f’ed!
Here’s my email if you want to talk about this
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