I bought my '97 C5 because I wasn't ready to spend the other $25k on a Viper. That's the ONLY reason one would buy a Corvette and not a Viper.
ZO6 for $75k, or Viper for $88K. Viper all the way!
And wait until there are 7000 ZO6s a year being produced. That $75 will be even harder to spend on a dime-a-dozen Vette.
The ZO6 should be a GREAT car. But a Vette for $75,000. You gotta be NUTS! Or just RICH ******!
That's like saying those who buy Vipers is because they can't afford a Ferrari. This my be true is SOME cases but certainly not all. I know many Ferrari owners who also own Z06 and I'm sure some Viper owners can afford a Ferrari. It's just that they chose the car out of likeness rather than affordability.
FWIW GM is "said" to be building the C6 Z06 at 50% of the numbers of the C5 Z06 which was 6000/yr.
BUT... it'll still look like the regular C6 at what? 20,000/yr?
There will always be a car more expensive and faster than whatever car you call your favorite. "You have a Ferarri? Fooey! I have a Lambo, Bugatti, Keoningseg, Saleen, etc etc etc..." That line of arguement is pointless. When people say that a vette is "just a vette", they are not referring to the brand or cost of the car, but how special the car is. I don't think anyone here would scoff at a c1-3 vette because they are special in their own rite. The last few vette versions have been visually bland and compromised performance-wise in order to appease a larger segment of drivers to "drive" up sales. The Viper, for the most part (don't get me started on DC sleeping on the job), is an uncompromised driving monster. It is not a street car good enough for racing. It's a race car good enough for the street.
Designed with help from Shelby, the Viper is the demonchild of the AC Cobra. There's a reason when I pull behind a Ferarri, people notice the Viper. And BECAUSE it's "just" a Dodge makes it so appealling. It's an underdog that came from nowhere and kicked the butts off most Ferarris and Lambos at it's inception. An AMERICAN car dared to tread where only lineaged hoitytoity euroexotics did. And honestly, it was not done with finess, it was done by brute power... HOW AMERICAN!
It hurts knowing Dodge is a ***** shop nowadays.
The ViperClub is here to serve people who like Vipers. Duh. That there are technically better cars out there is obvious, and if you noticed, many members here own or will soon own other exotics. You're welcome to compare specs, but coming in here just to rain on our parade makes you no friends.
Instead of: "It's laughable you think the Viper is all that... it's only a Dodge..."
Try: "The Viper and Z06 are both cool, but check out the new Ferarri..."
It's called tact and nuance. To be fair, there are a number of Viper owners here that need to learn the same lesson. That was evident this weekend. I love the new Saleen S7 TT, but I don't come in here belittling the Viper, even though on many levels, it is a better car.
just my 4¢ (worth twice your 2¢)
As bad *** the Z06 and Gen II's are, I'd probably take the GT. And that's saying alot since I'm a big fan of the Gen II's. He left the light w/ only 1/4 throttle. It wasn't enough to hear the blower whine, but enough to hear the exhaust which was sweet.
