# C6R Replica; Note to the Europhiles

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/c6r-replica-note-to-the-europhiles/239960>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [November 4, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/c6r-replica-note-to-the-europhiles/239960 "2008-11-04T11:05:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![SBC427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@SBC427](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SBC427)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/c6r-replica-note-to-the-europhiles/239960/1 "2008-11-04T11:05:59Z")

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> **[SEMA 2008: Corvette C6R replica returns with 2008 livery](https://www.autoblog.com/2008/11/04/sema-2008-corvette-c6r-replica-returns-with-2008-livery/)**
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> Click above for high-res gallery of the Corvette C6R replica
> At SEMA last year we spotted a very real looking Corvette C6R replica whose owner had made lot

This is a civilian 'Vette done over in race livery - this thing is street legal. Being a fan of ALMS, I will attest to the stunning replication of the race version. My favorite part is the license plate at the end DBR9 KLR. GM is pulling out of GT1 after race 4 next year.

For 2009 GM and Team Corvette will be running in the GT2 Class, which is a packed house, against Porsche, Ferrari and company. The Corvette will be largely based on the existing model, except that it must use a smaller wing, the engine displacement will be reduced from 7 to 6 liters, and the brakes must be steel (not carbon).

For you Europhiles, the Corvette effectively killed the GT1 category by dominating it utterly for a decade. Next season, while GM sorts the bugs out of a new setup, will show if the 'Vette can keep up with european sports cars on their own terms, since they could not keep up with it on on _it’s_ terms.

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**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/c6r-replica-note-to-the-europhiles/239960/2 "2008-11-04T11:09:22Z")

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Seen it in person. It is tits.

LOL at your assessment of GM going to GT2 next year.

GT1 has serious competition in Europe, where the series stems from. A DB9R won the 24 this year. When the DBR9s ran here in 06 it was the best GT racing competition we’ve seen in a long time.

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**Author:** ![SBC427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@SBC427](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SBC427)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/c6r-replica-note-to-the-europhiles/239960/3 "2008-11-16T18:56:21Z")

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I know that the DB9R was good here, and I KNOW (painfully) that the DB9R has taken GT1 at LeMans two years running. It’s a sore spot.

None the less, GT1 in ALMS is dead. Long live GT2.