Lets save the future of our great sports cars

[BigTazz53]

So you don't think a care that does a quarter mile somewhere around 11 and a half seconds, possibly south, while costing 1/3 of its competitors isn't great?

Thats pretty good ,but I consider myself an avg guy but 43 G is far out of my range.

[pinhigh27]

Thats pretty good ,but I consider myself an avg guy but 43 G is far out of my range.

yes i agree that 43k is probably not the average car, I was however calling Fraser, on how a vette Z06 which retails for like 65k and can run down cars 10 times its price, is average, and "not great' as he said it.

[uttexas]

Glad we have smart cars and people that buy them.

[uttexas]

I'd love to own a AAR 'Cuda

[Fraser]

So you don't think a care that does a quarter mile somewhere around 11 and a half seconds, possibly south, while costing 1/3 of its competitors isn't great?

A pretty fast 1/4 mile time does not a great car make.

[Dizzle]

A pretty fast 1/4 mile time does not a great car make.

LOL you have obviously never been on a track in any of these cars. Bevlieve me I am not a corvette fan but holy hell for that money it is impossible to beat.

[pinhigh27]

A pretty fast 1/4 mile time does not a great car make.

Ok yoda, so what makes a car great for you?

[pinhigh27]

LOL you have obviously never been on a track in any of these cars. Bevlieve me I am not a corvette fan but holy hell for that money it is impossible to beat.

and also the fact that they are without any power adders. Anyone could stick a supercharger on a vette, and get 100+ more hp, a la the zr1 vette.

the zr1 retails a little over 100k if I'm correct and could smoke any car 5 times as much as it.

[ChiChiIsMe]

A pretty fast 1/4 mile time does not a great car make.

That's the beauty in my vette, it smokes the 1/4 AND corners like a car 5x the $$.

[Fraser]

Ok yoda, so what makes a car great for you?

For me the perfect car is a zero compromises blend of luxury, speed, handling and something that looks the part either in the supermarket or outside a casino in Monaco. IMO there are only a few cars that I feel are close to this, a handful off the top of my head (each slightly skewed to different elements of the above); Mercedes CL65 AMG, Ferrari 599, Aston Martin DBS & Mercedes CLK63 AMG Black Series. A great car doesn't need to knock all of the above out of the park but must excel in most of the areas.

Frankly I couldn't be less impressed by 1/4 mile times. With time and money I think you could get a Kia Rio to do an 11 second quarter, it proves nothing other than it is a one trick, fast-in-a-straight-line, pony. I'm far more impressed by quick times for road cars around the Nurburgring Sudschleife, something that the latest Corvettes (since a few of you mention them) do very well on. That's just my opinion. It isn't wrong, it isn't right, it's just how I value what a great car is. Shoot me