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PLYMOUTH, Mich., February 27, 2013 – SANLUIS Rassini, a leading automotive supplier of suspension and brake components in North America, was selected by the Chevrolet Corvette engineering team for its unique two-piece rotor design, which offers significant weight savings and extreme performance at high speeds.

Rassini’s Automotive team has produced the industry’s first-ever rotor with a ductile iron hat and gray iron brake plates for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, which makes its debut this summer. The unique combination of ductile and cast iron provides a weight savings of up to 18 percent while also improving the Corvette’s heat management capabilities, giving the sports car reliable and consistent stopping power.

A component of the Corvette Stingray Z51 Performance Package, the Rassini dual-cast braking system affords confident stopping power to the 6.2-liter engine that powers the Stingray from 0 – 60 mph in less than four seconds.

Read more about the C7 Corvette’s Z51 rotors inside.

Here are some newest renders of a C7 Corvette ZR1 supercar, complete with hood power bump, carbon fiber splitter, sideskirts, ducktail traunk spoiler, extra ducts/vents in front fascia and the rear wheel fender (ahead of the rear wheels).

The C7 ZR1 was recently rumored to potentially be coming with 700 HP.

Motor Trend speculates (without citing any hard source other than “Word is”) that the next Z06 Corvette Stingray C7 will keep the 7.0L engine, but see a power jump from 505 hp to as high as 600, while the ZR1 Corvette Stingray with its V8 (an evolution of the new LT1 V-8 in the base C7) may push 700 hp!

They say that the final numbers for each model will be as follows: If the ZR1 makes 675 hp or so, the Z06 will get 550. If the ZR1 cracks 700 hp, the Z06 will crack 600.

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There’s been a Torch Red C7 Corvette Stingray sighting (PHOTOS) in Arizona and the spotting was significant for a couple of reasons:

1) This is the first look we get at a non-Z51, base model C7 Corvette, with GT seats, A6 automatic transmission, and silver wheels, and without a rear spoiler.
2) This pre-production Stingray was reportedly spotted with a heavily camouflaged Z06 C7 Stingray which is on its way to testing at the Yuma proving grounds!