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Corvette Stingray: 0-60 in 4.15 seconds ... with stock automatic transmission?

Corvette Stingray runs a 12.23-second quarter mile with a trap speed of 114.88 m.p.h. Along the way to the end of the quarter mile, the Corvette Stingray ripped off a 4.15-second 0-60 m.p.h. time and 0-100-m.p.h. in 9.5 seconds.

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The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is revealed at media previews for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.
  • By Nelson Ireson Guest blogger

聽does many things we envy, from the聽聽to its聽. But this we don't so much envy--we've already driven the Stingray hard. We can't say it surprises us, either. But it's still impressive.

A bone-stock, automatic-transmission Stingray, the first customer聽聽known to have hit the strip, ran a 12.23-second quarter mile with a trap speed of 114.88 mph. And it's Hennessey's Corvette, so you can bet this is the slowest it will ever go.

Along the way to the end of the quarter mile, the Stingray ripped off a 4.15-second 0-60 mph time and 0-100-mph in 9.5 seconds. That's a hair under the claimed 3.7-second time for the Z51-package Corvette Stingray, but we're guessing it might have had a little trouble hooking up on its stock tires.

An impressive result, to be sure, but we're聽.听

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