2017 Callaway Corvette SC757 AeroWagen First Drive

I leave the house disappointed. My dog doesn't fit. I'd seen photos of the 2017 Callaway Corvette AeroWagen and had high hopes that Bo Darville, my 60-pound Flatcoat Retriever, could stand up in the car's expanded cargo area. It is a wagon, or a wagen, after all. Not even close, although your Chihuahua or small Labradoodle will fit just fine. Callaway calls the AeroWagen a shooting brake. The company reminds us that the term was developed by the British for vehicles modified to carry shooting parties and their gear. More recently the label has been attached to high-performance GT coupes like the Ferrari FF and subsequent GTC4Lusso. But the CEO and founder of Callaway Cars isn't interested in hauling guns, or apparently dogs. His passions are cars and golf. "The C7 design is a natural platform for this shooting-brake approach," says Callaway, whose father Ely created Callaway Golf in 1984. "The luggage space in the car is already best in class. But now we can carry three full size Callaway golf bags. Is there another 200-mph GT car that can do that?" I have no idea. I don't golf. I drive. I fire up the Callaway's supercharged 757-horsepower 6.2-liter V8 and head for Malibu and the Santa Monica mountains. PCH to Los Flores to Ramble Pacifico to Schueren to Stunt to Mulholland, past the Rock Store, through The Snake, down Kanan, back to PCH . It's the route. And it makes everything better. An hour later the Corvette's carbon-ceramic brakes are red hot, the contents of its gas tank have been burned and I'm happy again. This car is scary fast. No surprise, scary fast Corvettes have been Callaway's business for 30 years. In 1987 the company, founded by Reeves Callaway, struck a deal to sell C4 Corvettes with twin-turbo engines, NACA ducts and a full GM warranty through Chevy dealers. The cars were ordered under RPO B2K and bumped the sports car's L98 tuned port 5.7-liter small block from 235 hp to 345 hp and 465 pound-feet of torque. Those weren't big numbers in 1987, they were colossal. Remember, the ZR-1 was still three years away, and the Corvette team needed something to fight off the 245-hp Buick Grand National and the 547 GNX models Buick was about to unleash with 276 hp. A year later the company built the fastest street-legal Corvette ever. It went 254 mph, so to play with AMG's Hammer, a tuned midsize Mercedes W124 that was the world's fastest sedan, Callaway called its car the Sledgehammer. Along the line Callaway switched to supercharging, as well as spreading out to Camaros, trucks, and SUVs. Today Chevy dealers will gladly order you a blown Corvette, Camaro, Silverado, Tahoe, or Suburban pumped up by the company's GenThree Supercharger and TripleCooled intercooler system. Backed by a Callaway warranty plus the GM factory warranty, of course. Keyword : MotorWeek,Cars,Trucks,SUV,Pickups,sedans,coupes,automobiles,auto,roadster,convertible,CUV,crossover,car reviews,road tests,driving,callaway,corvette,chevy,chevrolet,z06,zo6,supercharged,corvette review,stingray review,stingray,vette,custom,aftermarket,crazy,beast,sports car,racing,racecar,modified,mod Source : http://www.autoblog.com/2017/05/16/ca...