[mkiv] Viper vs. Z06 Corvette

[Casey Ausmus]

  The GTR is growing on me but I am not as happy with the design as others. I suppose it's the natural evolution of the GTR but I prefer the subtle good looks of say a Nismo 400r or just the R33 body style in general. Sportscars are just too heavy these days.
   
  IMHO the path of the righteous purist wouldn't me with any eletro-nanny pig that graces our streets en masse. As soon as I figure out where I'd store it, I am getting a Lotus 2-11 or a Radical. I'll leave the street to the street cars. 
   
  -Casey
  '07 335i
  '98 RSP TT 6spd

John Cribb <johnacribb at yahoo.com> wrote:
  I'm with Andi; the Nissan GT-R (Skyline) will be coming in 2008, and its
specs sound like what the MKV Supra ought to be.

It has a TT V6 putting out 450 BHP into an AWD drivetrain, and looks to die
for. Nice rounded corners, not ugly squared off wedges, nor like it just
came out of some South LA chop shop with a riced out fiberglass body kit,
like the latest Lexus IS-F.

Supposedly it also has a power to weight ratio on par with the 911 Turbo.

John
'97 APU
'94 BPU


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 11:24 AM
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Subject: Re: [mkiv] Viper vs. Z06 Corvette


I hate to say it but if Toyota brought the Supra back
I don't think it would be the same car we all know.
Emissions, production cost would lead them to take
short-cuts where the MKIV was high quality in every
aspect :-(

If I were getting another sports car the only car I
would consider at this point is a Z06 or a Viper.

--- Matt Beach wrote:

> How depressing is it that in the last paragraph, Car
> & Driver says:
> " the Z06 is one of the best performance bargains
> going..."
> 
> I remember hearing the same comment about our Supra,
> 10 years ago...
> c'mon, Toyota! get back in the game, dammit!
> 
>
http://autos.aol.com/article/power/v2/_a/viper-srt10-vs-corvette-z06/2007102
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