Sports Illustrated magazine has a fine tradition — a swimsuit issue in February to snatch readers out of the cold-weather doldrums. Thus given license, we'll examine a machine best in fair weather just as the weather's gone foul many places to remind us that dry roads aren't gone forever from the Snowbelt.
In the spotlight: Chevrolet's 2006 Z06 Corvette sports car. It is a breathtaking reminder that driving is, and ought to be, glorious fun.
The Z06 is a higher-performance version of the already high-performance Corvette. And what's great about it is the same thing that's great about the Corvette generally. You get stunning acceleration, handling, braking, steering and style in a car you can comfortably drive every day for a price the exotic foreign guys can't touch
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