[Jack_Bauer]

Originally Posted by roosterjuicer

I dunno if i would call it unnecessary. it brings more competition to the market, which makes everyone else make better cars to match...doesn't everyone want better cars?

It all depends if you subscribe to the "more power = better car" theory.

There are certain examples where the "horsepower war" between the German manufacturers has actually resulted in less enjoyable driver's cars. With regards to Corvettes, I specifically recall EVO magazine in the Uk testing a Lingenfelter tuned Z06 and finding that they thought the extra power actually made the car less enjoyable, and a worse all round car than the standard Z06.

That's not to say that the ZR1 isn't going to be a good car of course, it may very well turn out to be great.

There's a lot more to cars than headline power figures though.