Corvette C7

[lemming]

Originally Posted by lupinsea

Exactly.

Further, I'm much more interested in comparison of cars I have a chance of affording too. Ferrari, Porsche? Not any where close to being affordable in my world.

Which is why, uh, I'm much more interested in:

Miata
BRZ / FR-S
WRX
FoST
FiST
Mazdaspeed3
GTI
Mustang (what the hell, interested in the new one)
etc.

Besides being within the realm of possibility for me, I also think it's more challenging to see how good of a sports / sporty car an automaker can build and design if they are constrained by a particular pricepoint.

$90k, $250k car, yeah, there is more "budget" in that price for nice engines, bespoked suspension, fancy materials and finishs, and tuning time.

$20-25k car? Much tougher it seems to me as there are going to be compromises all over the place because they need to sell the car at a lower price point.

to be fair, GM threw the gauntlet down by saying that they used the 911 continuously as a benchmark throughout C7 testing --so, whatever qualms we have about the money, they started the discussion long before anyone else did.

for the cars you listed, i'd be curious as to your feedback as well as that in print.

[Jeff_DML]

Originally Posted by lemming

to be fair, GM threw the gauntlet down by saying that they used the 911 continuously as a benchmark throughout C7 testing --so, whatever qualms we have about the money, they started the discussion long before anyone else did.

for the cars you listed, i'd be curious as to your feedback as well as that in print.

I finally got around to watching that e46 vs. FiST youtube video, make me want to test drive a FiST.

[lupinsea]

Originally Posted by lemming

to be fair, GM threw the gauntlet down by saying that they used the 911 continuously as a benchmark throughout C7 testing --so, whatever qualms we have about the money, they started the discussion long before anyone else did.

for the cars you listed, i'd be curious as to your feedback as well as that in print.

I agree and I think JST's three comparison types are also a reasonable break down. The Corvette vs 911 comparo that Chris Harrison recently filmed strikes me as comparing the Corvette to it's stated bench mark.

Same with the BRZ/FR-S vs. the Cayman.

As for some of the cars on my list? I'll break that out into it's own thread.