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Kentucky state government, the United States made a unique breakthrough by making the Chevrolet Corvette sports car as an icon of their state.

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear assess the Chevrolet Corvette has been credited for Kentucky first since the Corvette factory built in the state.

"Sports car enthusiasts have fallen in love with Corvettes since it was first introduced in New York in 1953," said Beshear like detikOto quoted from the official website of the government of Kentucky, Monday (28/06/2010).

"For nearly 30 years, Kentucky has become the exclusive home of this sports car icon. Today, we are proud to give the honor to appoint an official sport car Corvette as the state of Kentucky," he added.

The car is equipped with the LS7 engine capacity of 7000 cc with a V8 configuration. Not only that, the machine is also equipped with a supercharger Vortex, and an aluminum intercooler, blow-off valves, fuel pumps and injectors, high capacity, and remap the ECU.

Italian tuning house has also added a custom exhaust, thus making the Z06 which is usually only generate power of 505 hp at 6300 rpm and 637 Nm of torque 4800 rpm. Now can provide power to 677 hp at 6,000 rpm and torque of 832 Nm at 4950 rpm.

In comparison, the ZR1 with 6200 cc V8 engine supercharger can generate power of 646 hp at 6500 rpm and maximum torque of 819 Nm at 3800 rpm.

With that much power, Romeo Ferrari Z06 only takes 3.3 seconds to sprint from 0-62 mph (100 km per hour). And can penetrate up to speed 124 mph (200 km per hour) in under 10 seconds.

If the driver still has the guts to step on the gas pedal deeper, the car will drive up to the speed of 211 mph (340 km per hour).

However, the tuner promises that the car is still comfortable for daily use, but with a record of engine speed should be no more than 3,000 rpm.

Power Information Network, a unit of JD Power and Associates says the average age was 54 years of Corvette buyers. Last year, Corvette sales in the United States only 13,934 units, down 48 percent from 2008.

The reason may be due to circulating current Corvette is the production of 2005 with prices ranging from U.S. $ 49.880 for the coupe and U.S. $ 107,830 for the ZR-1 type. While the design changes, at least a facelift version, should be done in two or three years.

In 1981 General Motors (GM), which produces the Chevrolet Corvette Chevrolet Corvette production moved from St. Louis, Missouri to Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Currently about 50,000 people each year visit their factory to witness the process of Corvette production. It certainly has the economic impact particularly in terms of tourism and be able to generate more than U.S. $ 205,000,000, or around Rp 1.86 trillion each year.

This figure does not include the thousands who visit the National Corvette Museum in the nearby factory pull Corvette lovers from all over the world.

Kentucky itself is currently ranked third in terms of total light vehicle production in America. Even 9.8 percent of all cars and trucks that circulate in the United States is produced in Kentucky. And today more than 64 600 people work in Kentucky in the automotive sector, this state