I’m proud of when American carmakers get it right. Unfortunately, it doesn’t happen nearly as much as I’d like. I’m not going to go into some long-winded diatribe on the state of health care and benefits in the US auto industry — that certainly isn’t helping matters — but GM, in particular, has to start making world-class cars that stand on their own four tires against the world’s best.

I believe the Corvette C6 does that. The performance variant, the Z06, is 505 horsepower of aluminum, magnesium, leather and ass-whuppin’. You want proof that GM is gunning for the best? Here are photos showing that GM is putting its super-duper duper car, the not-as-yet-officially-named Z07 against the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano.

Specs on the Z07? Nothing official yet, but we’re talking upwards of 600 horses. ‘Merican muscle may soon be back in a big, big way.

Source: Insideline via Autoblog