01-20-2011, 03:59 PM | #23 |
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I would have to drive them all to decide , but I think I would take the GT. It's just to rare and unique looking to pass up.
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01-20-2011, 04:09 PM | #24 |
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I've driven the GT and the ZR1 - in anger. Both are scary, loud, violent and fast.
If I could only have one, I'd take the GT, put a pulley and a tune on it and I'd be happy. Mid engined, exotic looks, exclusivity. And it doesn't look like a Vette The interior of the Vette is simply bad - the one in my family stickered at $118K. My $25K GTi has a better quality interior - seriously. I saw a 91 or 92 C4 ZR1 at the gym yesterday and bleh...it looks like an old vette. So will the new one in a few years. Never driven a Viper.
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I would probably take the GT because, from a financial perspective, they have retained their value very well. That said, I've seen an ACR Viper disassembled on a lift, and it's pretty impressive to see how much engineering went into that car.
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Too bad the same couldn't be said for the engine.
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01-21-2011, 12:56 AM | #34 |
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71 hp/L is pretty bad
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Corvette ZR-1. If I can afford that I can afford to just swap out the stupid hood.
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I know it's not everything (100 hp/L = cool story bro) but come on. I know they can squeeze more out of the engine than that.
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This si the same critique that Jeremy from Top Gear made a few years ago, say that European engineers can get a damn site more tha 525hp out 8.0L. The issue is CAFE standards US car makers have to meet and also they have to think about insurance issues, also long term durability. Remember they have to offer a warranty on them. If they let ACR make 700+Hp like it could very easily it would not last as long, and there would be major warranty claims that would cost them big dollars. So the HP per liter issue is not a fair one. Makers like Ferrari and Lambo or even Porsche do not make cars in the US(Porsche has some that are put together here I think) and they do not produce the same number of cars, so their restrictions are different.
The way CAFE standards were explained to me was that the more models and volume a maker produces, the tighter their restrictions get on things like emissions, which massively impacts the power the engines will produce. Until we all band together and force the Fed to disband the EPA these restrictions will keep getting worse. The EPA is crap, and is run by worthless idiots that over react to the car emissions issues. This is why Speaker Boehner has said he would like to abolish the EPA. He sites that is generally not effective at its goal, and the only thing it has been effective at is crushing US manufacturing businesses, forcing us to relay on foreign companies which does not help the US workers in any way. A lot of Insurance companies wont insure cars with too much HP. I worked for 21st century years ago and they would just quote insane rates for Vipers so they would get rid of the business. If Chrysler did not have to worry about all of those things they
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ford GT!! the design is timeless!
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Ohhh lol gotcha. I had a brain fart there. I think the Viper sounds utterly insane in person. Saw a matte black SRT-10 blast by me in a dense urban part of Toronto and my jaw just slammed to the floor.
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