Re: Best supercar value period! THIS CAR ROCKS!!! On car and drivers top 10 car list Won the LeMans Best car in its class
Re: Best supercar value period! one of the main reasons is because its made in a production line while most other exotics are hand built.
Re: Best supercar value period! true, but that doesnt make a car any less of a good car. The corvette just rocks you europeans in value period!!
Re: Best supercar value period! Well first off the new 2003 Mustang Cobra will kick this cars ass, and it only costs 34 grand. Ive witnessed this first hand and out of 3races the Cobra beat it all three times. (This was on the street at night at a local marked off 1/4 mile, they were both stock except for the cobra had i think BF's and what ever the guy put on his Vette)With minor bolt ons and a dyno tune this car can put put over 500 to the wheels sink a couple thousand into the car and u can run 10's. If you dont beleive me check out WWW.NMRARACING.com. But dont get me wrong i love this car because it is just one more Domestic that can kick import ass.And this brings me to my second point. Chevs991 if u think the ferrari is perfect and europeon is beutiful then get out of america and go live in f*cken europe. Its p*ssys like u that give Great American Muscle a bad name.
Re: Best supercar value period! What Z06 I would get: Millennium Yellow, Chrome Z06 Wheels, Torch Millennium Yellow/Black Leather seating surfaces with Z06 embroidered graphics on head restraints. Yellow Shift Nob. The only things that would be modified at the back the Indents "corvette" would be painted black, and the maybe the engine cover would be turned from Red too yellow.
Re: Best supercar value period! What Z06 I would get: Millennium Yellow, Chrome Z06 Wheels, Torch Millennium Yellow/Black Leather seating surfaces with Z06 embroidered graphics on head restraints. Yellow Shift Nob. The only things that would be modified at the back the Indents "corvette" would be painted black, and the maybe the engine cover would be turned from Red too yellow.
Re: Best supercar value period! What Z06 I would get: Millennium Yellow, Chrome Z06 Wheels, Millennium Yellow/Black Leather seating surfaces with Z06 embroidered graphics on head restraints. Yellow Shift Nob. The only things that would be modified at the back the Indents "corvette" would be painted black, and the maybe the engine cover would be turned from Red too yellow.
Re: Best supercar value period! first off, back off on the insults dude, im just displaying MY opinion, no one elses, second of all, a 2003 mustang will not kick this cars ass u moron. 0-60 for the Z06 is under 4 seconds, mustangs is in the mid four range. and anybody knows, on a track where real performance cars shine, the corvette will whoop the mustang. n00b
Re: Best supercar value period! so you're saying the Z06 is a better bang for the buck than a Caterham Superlight, even when the Caterham would lay waste to the Z06 around a track for cheaper? And yeah, the Caterham is Eurpoean.
Re: Best supercar value period! Sure, Sure, it MIGHT go through a track faster(not a straight away), but a fender bender in the Caterham and your go cart would be destroyed. Not to mention that your 1102lb go cart/car wouldn't be very practicle for everyday driving. If it's even street legal. It's obviously built for racing, so why would you compare a slow race car to a fast street car. That doesn't sound fair to me.
Re: Best supercar value period! Whenever anyone says why the Z06 is such a bang for the buck, they mention speed and price, never anything about comfort. And actually, your z06 would have it's hand full, even on a straight away, with the Caterham R500. How is the Caterham a slow race car? it beats the Viper, 911 turbo, 360 modena, 550 Maranello for a mere fraction of their price. The same thing everyone loves the Z06 for, except this does it much better. Fender Bender? If you've ever owned a corvette, you'll know that fibrglass isn't the strongest material, espescially during a fenderbender. Sure, you're pretty screwed in a crash in a Caterham, but that wasn't the point of this discussion, was it?
Re: Best supercar value period! You didn't understand a damn thing I was getting at did you? You're COMPARING A RACE CAR TO STREET CARS. What an ass. And for a RACE CAR, its slow. AS FOR A STREET CAR, yeah, its fast, but is it even street legal??? And yet, its performance times are still not as fast as the cars you mentioned. And there is NO PROOF that the Caterham can beat those cars. I'm not saying it couldn't, because its obviously a race car, but you still have NO PROOF!!!! I'm SICK OF ALL THE LAME ASS ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY MORE THAN HALF THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE ON THESE FORUMS. F^@K IT. I'm wasting my time trying to explain things to 10 year olds.
Re: Best supercar value period! who made assumptions? a) The Caterham IS street legal. b) It's a road car. Mind you it will never be practical, it's still a road car. c)here's some proof that you wanted so badly. Lap times around Nurburgring. You can check with Guibo as to the Accuracy of these numbers, because I got them from him. I missed the time for the Gembella when I copied this list. I believe it was somewhere around 7:50. 166 km/h Gemballa GTR Biturbo 600 ps , Wolfgang Kaufmann 2001. 7:55 = 157 km/h Caterham R500, Robert Nearn 2000. 7:56 = 157 km/h Porsche 996 GT3 360 ps, Walther Röhrl 2000. 7:59 = 156 km/h Nissan Skyline modified hp?, Dirk Schoysman. 8:02 = 155 km/h 911 Roock Turbo RST 480, 480 ps, Sport Auto. 8:04 = 153 km/h Lamborghini Diablo GT, Sport Auto 2000. 8:06 = 154 km/h Caterham Superlight, 140 hp 470 kg, Robert Nearn 1998/1998. 8:07 = 152 km/h Ferrari 550 Maranello, Sport Auto 1998/1999. 8:09 = 152 km/h Ferrari 360, Sport Auto 2000. 8:09 = 153 km/h Lamborghini Diablo SV 520 ps. 8:10 = 151 km/h Chrysler Viper GTS, Sport Auto. 8:13 = 152 km/h Ferrari F355 380 ps. 8:22 = 149 km/h Dodge Viper GTS -98, Gunnar Dackevall 1998. 8:28 = 147 km/h Nissan Skyline GTR standard 276 hp, Stephen Sutcliffe, AutoCar 1998/1999. 8:32 = 146 km/h Porsche Boxter S. 8:32 = 146 km/h BMW Z3 M Roadster 321 ps. 8:32 = 145 km/h Porsche 964 Turbo 365 ps, Sport Auto 1992. 8:33 = 146 km/h Honda NSX 6 speed 276 hp, Dirk Schoysman, Car 1998/1999. 8:34 = 146 km/h BMW M3 -97, 321 ps, 1997. 8:35 = 145 km/h Golf I 200 ps 2100ccm, Thomas Koops Germany 1992. 8:35 = 145 km/h BMW M3 SMG -98, 321 ps, 1998. 8:36 = 145 km/h Jaguar XKR. 8:36 = 145 km/h M3 Evo E36 321 ps, Dirk Schoysman, Car 1998/1999. 8:37 = 145 km/h Maserati 3200 GT. 8:37 = 143 km/h 2000 Subaru Impreza GT Turbo 218 ps, Horst von Saurma, Sport Auto 2000. 8:38 = 144 km/h Honda NSX -98, 280 hp, 1998. 8:40 = 144 km/h Chevrolet Corvette -98, 344 hp, 1998. I realize the Z06 is not on that list, but it is in no way faster than the 360 Modena, which was 14 seconds behind the R500 (or 3 seconds behind the base model.) For the sake of comparison, the R500 costs about 50 000 USD.
Re: Best supercar value period! what the f*ck is a Caterham? ive never even heard of one, and im in friggin california. And the Cobra beating a Z06? You have to be sh*tting me, right? A Pontiac Firehawk will match a Cobra, they both do the 1/4 mile in 12.8, and the Firehawk is NATURALLY ASPIRATED. The Z06 on the other hand, will demolish a Cobra, i dont know if the guy with the Z06 was sleeping or what, but the Cobra is a lesser car than the Z06. You mean to tell me that a car thats heavier, with a less efficient drivetrain, less power, worse braking, and lesser handling is better than a Z06? Comon people, the Z06 is the ultimate "Bang-for-the-Buck!"
Re: Best supercar value period! http://www.supercars.net/cars/2002@$Caterham@$Superlight%20R300g.html That should answer your question. The stats listed there are for the 160hp caterham. The R500 has 230 hp, leaving the Z06 far behind. The Z06 is a much better car for driving day to day, but on the track the caterham is faster. Just check the times posted above. You won't see any of these in California at all, because they aren't smog legal there Quote from Road and track- (The engine is already smog-legal everywhere but in California  where, although it passes the state's tough tailpipe emissions standards  it is not allowed in because it doesn't use exactly the same catalytic converter plumbing as the Contour. Go figure.)
Re: Best supercar value period! Oh, just in case anyone had any delusions that the Z06 was faster in a straight line, the Caterham R500 recently broke the record for 0-100-0, with an 11.44 sec run. It beat the Mclaren F1, and costs only 36,200 pounds. http://www.caterham.co.uk/news/index.htm
Re: Best supercar value period! Oh, just in case anyone had any delusions that the Z06 was faster in a straight line, the Caterham R500 recently broke the record for 0-100-0, with an 11.44 sec run. It beat the Mclaren F1, and costs only 36,200 pounds. http://www.caterham.co.uk/news/index.htm Caterham claims a 3.4 sec 0-60.
Re: Best supercar value period! First, this thing looks ugly and second look at its amazing top speed of 150mph
Re: Best supercar value period! KHARI you are actually a top guy despite what i might have written about you, your views on the R500 are top. it is so american for twin turbo nuts to pick up on its top speed and where did that SSwannabe get that R500 racing car shit from, what a dire thing to assume. oh an as for the title of this thread, i have an answer: the TVR Tuscan S the TVR Cerbera 4.5 What do you think khari?
Re: Best supercar value period! I think both are a bit out of the Z06's price range. As far as I was able to gather (I live in Canada, to answer your question, and information on TVR isn't exactly easy to find) I visited TVR's page briefly and wasn't able to find a price. They are classy cars though, not to mention very fast and light. thanks for the comment<A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/emoticons.html"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://speed.supercars.net/cboardhtml/emoticons/smile.gif"></A> Do you have any links to where I might find out a bit more about the tuscan, cerbera or any other TVR for that matter?
Re: Best supercar value period! i'm tired of chevy fans thinking the zo6 is the best car in the world. think about this;the vette is a 5.7 N/A and the cobra is a 4.6 SC, what would happen if chevy put a 5.3 sc in a vette?the cobra would beat it.why can't ya'll give the cobra the recognition it deserves it might not beat a zo6 but it still a damn good car.
Re: Best supercar value period! What are you babbling about? All I could get from that is that if you swapped the vette's engine for a slightly smaller, supercharged engine, it would be slower. Not only is that wrong, it's also pointless and completely unverifiable. did you know that if I took a formula 1 car and replaced the engine with that of a remote control plane, the cobra would beat that too. Please stick to comparisons that actually make sense, not ones where cars are using engines that you just pulled from nowhere.