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"We knew coming into this test that the Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport would be a formidable player, and our assumptions were spot on. With the traction control completely defeated, America&amp;#039;s sports car went from a savvy track machine to a full-fledged drifter, showcasing enough power to completely annihilate any rubber-clad carcass wrapped around its massive 19-in. wheels, even the 325/30ZR-19s it was wearing. The impressive output of the pushrod 6.2-liter V-8 made breaking the rear end loose a simple task, but the Corvette did have some shortcomings when called upon to gracefully slide.   &amp;quot;Power always makes a car easier to drive, and the Corvette has plenty with its 436 bhp and 428 lb.-ft. of torque,&amp;quot; said Millen. &amp;quot;But it was the brakes I was most impressed with. Although the handbrake doesn&amp;#039;t work that great, the foot brake does enough to break the rear end loose. I don&amp;#039;t know if it&amp;#039;s because the engineers dialed in a lot of rear brake bias or if it&amp;#039;s just the weight of the rear end, but you don&amp;#039;t need to do much more than getting on the brakes in mid-turn. The front tires felt well planted to the road, and the suspension is stiff. Power-on oversteer is another good way to get the car sliding, but it&amp;#039;s only controllable to a certain degree. Once you exceed its limit, this car will snap around on you.&amp;quot;   Thanks to all that power, the Corvette registered an astounding 41.2 degrees maximum drift angle through the Skidpad, easily tops of the day, but the drivers were unable to fully unleash its prowess through the Manji where the car&amp;#039;s wide body tended to hinder things.   The Corvette placed third overall in Subjective categories. However, both Millen and Yoshihara were disappointed in its balance, the way the car would snap around as soon as it reached its drifting limits. Both remarked that it displayed the unpredictability of a mid-engine car in this respect. We found this not illogical, seeing that the Corvette&amp;#039;s V-8 is not mounted far back in the engine compartment, and the rear transaxle&amp;#039;s transmission is forward of the differential. Both measures help centralize the powertrain&amp;#039;s mass, resulting in a lower polar moment of inertia.          "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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