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Originally Posted by Justin*
Ah, yes. The C7 Z06 should be a monster for sure. The Z06 did out perform the GT3 rs 4.0 around the ring. However, neither the Z06 nor the ZR1 outperformed the 911 GT2 rs though. Either way the Porsche in either trim costs astronomically more than either of the versions of corvette. On the other hand; there is something huge that a lot of folks are overlooking. Lots of people that can afford these cars (corvettes, Porsches, etc.)buy them for the status & peonage that goes along with them. That is somewhere that the any model Corvette will never be able to touch the Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc. because at the end of the day it is still just a Chevrolet. One may not like it; but, this is fact. Proof in this is every middle aged woman you see driving a Corvette whom doesn't even care about the performance of the car. She simply bought it because she could and it's a "Corvette"
BTW, caveat; There is nothing wrong with a Chevrolet. I've owned more than a few of them myself. I don't have that snobbish outlook myself. I'm just conveying what I've felt and been told by others when I owned mine.
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I agree with this... some people buy for badge and image regardless of what the underlying performance is. This is a fight GM will never (well, not any time soon) win. They can only hope to interest folks who don't let their purchase decision be made based on trying to inflate ego with a badge... they then have a chance in a level playing field.