IMHO, Let's see
When Hill was in the caddie group in 1980's the quality went in the dumps
When he took over Corvette most Team Corvette guys either quit or transferred out
When Hill showed up tests were done in a way to make it look like the pushrod was better then the LT-5 and killed off the ZR-1
The C5 has been a mess, quality low, failures high and most failures such as battry leaking acid onto electronics, clutch pedals sticking to the floor, transaxle leaking, etc never got fixed in any C5 model year
Even the C6 has the same failures and more.
C6, hmm supposted to be next generation when its nothing more then a warmed over C5.
Z06, well C5 Z06 claimed its higher price was due to its performance where the base C6 has same or better performance and costs less saying all those who bought a Z06 are now told their car is the same worth as base C6.
New Z06 - same game as they played with the ZR-1 where the car lists for $65.000 and dealers are allowed to charge over $100,000 that looks mostly like a C6 that is $30,000 less in cost
Good deal hill is a goner, from his BS hype to firing the Amercian drivers for the C5R and replacing them with non Amercian drivers and for me I got his number way back in 1995 when he told me that I was weird in buying a new ZR-1 and racing it for he said "people buy a Corvette to carshow them and your not a normal.
They also voided the whole cars warranty because as they stated I drag raced the car 2 times and used redline fluids in the ZF trannie.
I know for a fact the ZR-1 was ready to meet the 1996 smog requirements since I knew the guys at Lotus and they had everything done yet Hill's claim ZR-1 was killed off since it would not meet EPA for 1996.
Look at the C6, failing electronics, undersized battry systems, car not starting when gas pumps have pass keys for auto paying, transaxle cases breaking apart, piston slap, lots of MN6 trannie gear failures, etc, etc
Yea, bye bye hill, glad to see you go and maybe if Corvette nameplate continues we can get back to our roots.