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August,
2007 |
Volume 5, No. 8 |
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2008
Corvette
By
Jim McGraw
From
$46,000
to
$55,000 |
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Henrique
42 Express
By Lenny
Rudow
$630,000 |
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For
2008,
the
Chevrolet
Corvette
will
undergo
what the
professionals
call a
mid-cycle
freshening.
Usually
that
amounts
to a
facelift,
but in
this
case the
heartbeat
of
America
gets a
transplant,
a brand
new
engine.
The new
Corvette
engine
features
a new
cylinder
block,
new
high-flow
cylinder
heads, a
new
valve
train,
and new
intake
and
exhaust
systems,
among
other
changes.
It's
rated at
430
horsepower,
an
increase
of 9
percent
over the
400 hp
in the
2006
version,
which
was
already
an
extremely
quick
and fast
sports
car.
Chevrolet
says the
2008
Corvette
can
accelerate
from 0
to 60
mph in
about
four
seconds
flat, it
can
cover
the
standing
quarter-mile
in 12.4
seconds
at 117
mph, and
tops out
at 190
mph.
As
before,
the
Corvette
will be
offered
in coupe
and
convertible
models,
although
the
coupes
are
targa
tops,
with
lightweight,
easily
removable
top
sections
in
either
tinted
clear
plastic
or
body-color
plastic.
The 2008
Corvette
will
have two
new
six-speed
manual
transmissions
to
choose
from,
one for
street
driving
and one
for
weekend
competitions.
And a
six-speed
automatic
transmission
is
available
with a
floor
shifter
and
paddle
shifters
on the
steering
wheel.
The
transmission
software
has been
upgraded
to
provide
faster,
more
positive
upshifts
and
downshifts,
blipping
the
throttle
automatically
on every
downshift
to match
engine
rpm to
the
selected
gear.
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You want
to kill more fish? If you can’t answer
“yes,” then go back to sipping your
caramel swirl girly-sweet decafe latte.
Those of you with actual testicles,
however, will be interested in reading
about the Henriques 42 Express.
This
boat will help you catch more fish than
the competition, thanks to unique
features you won’t find offered by the
mass producers (because they don’t
appeal to the potential buyers’ wives).
Take the anchor locker—it’s massive, big
enough to get your shoulders through,
and deep enough to hold 1,500' of rode.
That eats into interior cabin space but
it means you can anchor on the edge of
the canyons, where few others dare. The
fishboxes in the 42 Express’ deck are
big enough to eat 300-pound tuna. Want
to carry a full range of rigs? No
problem. A dedicated locker in the cabin
holds up to 18 rods. Want to bust
through hellacious seas that would make
most boats shudder and groan? Again, no
problem, thanks to the robust
construction used by this New Jersey
builder.
The 42
Express is solid glass from 6" over the
waterline to the keel, with foam coring
in the decks and foam-filled stringers
capped by 3⁄8"-thick aluminum plating.
It has a huge aluminum bow rail, twin
crash pumps, tool shelves built into the
engine room, and hawse pipes and deck
cleats so beefy you could use them to
club a grander. If you’re familiar with
Henriques, you
know its
boats are strong and tough, and the
proof is at the scales—this boat weighs
36,500-lbs. Compare that.......More>> |
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