Sport Auto tests the Z06

[DodgeMan1969]

good damn that thing is fast. Thanks for the tread.

[5vz-fe]

Dodge, as a fellow canadian, I'll try to be nice. Could you not bring up too much of the old threads? Thanks

[obdr]

and thats not even the most amazing thing about the new Z06. The amazing thing is this: I went to the local car supercenter where they have just about every car maker on earth all in one big place. First went to look at the porche Cayman S. For a well equiped model it can run you $70,000 plus after all was said and done. I talked to one of the dealers there and they had a guy come in and buy the most expensive (read:loaded) Cayman S possible with all options. Afer taxes, tags, doc fee's it was going for $80,000. Im sorry but thats WAY overpriced. The cayman should be cheaper then the boxster, not artificially inflated to fit into a model range price porsche wants.

Then I stroll over to the Chevy dealer. They have a loaded black c6 Z06. Price was $60,000 out the door. Thats the same price you would pay out the door for a nicely equiped E46 M-3. Heck, I;ve even seen fully loaded regular 3-series convertibles in the $50,000 range. Jeez, I was looking at 350z's and they had a loaded 350z roadster for $40,000 sticker.

So you see people, for the price of an M-3 you get a car that Sport-Auto, a highly respected tester, rates as faster then a Gallardo, Mercialago, F-430 and posts the same lap time as a GT3 RS on RACE TIRES which means on streat tires the GT#rs is SLOWER. (and the z06 is very nearly as fast as a Carrerra GT !!!) .

So in closing, you can rag on the cheap interior all you want. The simple fact is that the Z06 gives you supercar beating performance for the price of an M-3.

Nothing else in the entire WORLD even comes close. Not evne the might Evo can match the performance to dollar ratio of the Z06!!

Oh and one more thing: It was also tested as faster then the Zonda, a car that costs as much as most peoples houses........

[obdr]

The z06 is easily the best sports car for the money in the entire world. Every time I see it reviewed in a group test its being put up against cars that cost double or triple or even quadrouple what it costs.....and its STILL BEATING THEM in performance.

AND AND AND I can actually afford to buy one instead of just dreaming about one.

That critical fact makes it, to me, the best sports car in the world. Sure, there are some faster. Yeah, there are some with better interiors. Ok, there are many with better interiors. But there are NONE, ZERO, NADA that have that level of performance and that can also be afforded my a decent amount of people...............

Lets face it folks. Its damn easy to make a high performance car. Its damn easy to make a supercar these days. I mean, supercars are everywhere. But has anyone else in the history of car making given the buying public this much performance for so little $$$$. ? I'd honestly like to know.