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Damn, look at that s****!

Welcome to the Silent D Motor Show. I'm your host Silent D. And this is a 2017

Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport.

Grand Sport was first introduced in 1963,

a racing inspired lighter Corvette powered by a 6.2 liter small-block V8, it then

reappeared in 1996, in a limited production or 1000 vehicles, then again

in 2010, and then in 2017, the car we're looking at today. They all had one thing

in common - they're very much track focused, being lighter, having better

aerodynamics and better handling than a regular Corvette. And the Corvette is

really America's all-time most iconic sports car. And given the Grand Sport's

history and a rarity I would argue that this brand new car is an Instant Classic,

a concept I introduced in my G-Wagon episode a couple of months back.

And that's why today we'll take a closer look at this beautiful fast

Instant Classic, but first let's say hello to its owner, my good friend Matt.

Hey Matt, thanks for letting me feature your car

on the show. Of course! And also thanks for being a subscriber since pretty much

day one. I love the Silent D Motor Show! I remember I posted on Instagram if you

weeks back bragging about getting 100 subscribers and you were quick to

comment saying... well you asked for a t-shirt you know saying that...

I did. Gimme some merch man, gimme some merch!

Yes, I agree! Being, you know, first hundred subscriber, certainly, you know,

you deserve something. So here you go, my friend.

And it's even custom. So it's got your

hashtag there in in the back, so yeah. I love it! I love it! Thanks buddy.

And now that that's out of the way, shall we go for a drive? Let's do it!

Nice shirt, bro!

Thanks man. I got it from a homie.

Running a bit low are we? Indeed.

Oh, it sounds nice! Right? F**** yeah.

It's best between third and fourth gear, like on the downshift it does this

little blip and it sounds like Chewbacca. F****** awesome.

So we're in California, East Bay, a little north east of San Francisco. And then we're

going where? Alameda Naval Base.

So what's different on the Grand Sport over a regular one?

The suspensions is a little stiffer, it's got the aerodynamic body kit, and then you've got the vents

in the wheel wells for the brakes.

And really fun stickers that make it look like a Hot Wheels car. And this being a

Collector Edition, you also get this fancy blue. That's right.

Neon Miami Blue.

I always wanted this car though.

I had a poster of one of these, the 96 C4 Corvette I think it was. It was a Grand Sport.

I had a poster of one of them above my bed when I was a kid.

Dreams do come true kids!

You shot the Chevelle over here before, right? Yeah, I did a shoot with Karyn.

It's a great place to shoot cars, man. Yea, it's awesome.

I was trying to find this open parking lot.

It's really good for blowing cookies in. Up here is where it is.

Blowing cookies, is that what you said? Yeah.

I know about donuts... Same thing. But cookies? Yeah.

Pastries related... Yeah pastries related burnouts.

There we go. Here it is.

Nice! Tires are evil and they must be destroyed!

Damn, look at that s***!

So you wanna take it for a spin? You gonna let me? Absolutely!

Fun right? It pulls!

You never really manual anymore, like... Nobody even makes them, dude.

We're getting the thumbs up. Easy to drive though, right? Yeah, super smooth. Yeah, you

can drive it like grandma's car, or you can put the pedal down, which I wanna do one more time.

Yeah. Cuz that was fun!

But it's just classic American fun, and honestly

in this car you don't have to drive 120 miles an hour to have a good time, right.

Like doing 45-65 miles an hour, putting it through the gears... even 90 is like a

f****** blast, you know.

So that's actually what I like about the Grand Sport. It's you can...,

most people can drive it easily and keep it on the road.

No but the ZO6, man, you roast the tires in every gear and the ass just comes out

and you go sideways, it's impossible to to drive the thing. So that has like

600 something, right? Yeah 650, but it's it's so ridiculous.

And this is 460? Somewhere in there.

But honestly, you know, not every car needs a

ton of power. And that's kind of what I like

about this. It's just well-balanced.

There's a couple guys looking at having some fun too!

There are a couple guys with a Mustang back there. Oh, s**** what's up? What is

happening here? Everybody's just snapping pics man. Nice car

BMW 3-series. M2 possibly or? Yeah that might be the 3, yeah.

And then a Mustang and a Charger.

Very cool! Mercury Cougar

That's a boss Mustang. That Camaro though. Listen to that!

67 I think.

Love it, man. It's awesome.

Aw, smell that jazz. Smell that fuel!

M3 coming in. Old-school! Dude, we got to just go back and park and

shoot this s****!

So it's just us now. Matt's out. He's up there getting ready to film. He was kind

enough to let me do a little acceleration test. So let's see what this

Corvette can do!

Okay, it's tempting to leave Matt here, but I think we should

go pick him up. And then call it the day!

That was awesome. Thanks for letting me do that, man. Yeah, man.

And thanks to you for watching. If you agree that this is indeed an Instant

Classic, click that like button, throw in a comment, subscribe and I

shall see you next time!

how fun dude I'm glad we were there for that