GT40, 06'Zo6 Vette and the 06' SR/T viper

[Zondaboy1]

I was at CVS and i saw automobile magazine and on the cover were these three cars and i instantly thought: this will be a good poll on UCP.
the viper has 550BHP supercharged the vette has 500 and the GT40 has 510 if i'm not mistaken. both the GT40 and Vette have aluminum frames and runflat tires. this is all i'm pretty sure that i read. which out of the three do you perfer.
btw the article stated that the viper was there first choice then the vette then the GT40

[werty]

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btw the article stated that the viper was there first choice then the vette then the GT40

Well I have the article and I remembering reading the Vette placed first. Let me check again;)

btw, they had terrible track times compared to road and track magazine.

for example: Automobile Z06 had a 12.1 quarter and 0-60 4.0
where as R&T Z06 had 11.5 and 3.5

Thats a big difference

[rev440]

You got it all wrong the GT not GT40 has 550hp with a blower. The viper has 505 and the vette has 500. The GT is a nicer car Moter Trend didnt rate them but when car and driver tests ill make sur to post results. Ive seen people who were more pleased with there GT then there vette.

[werty]

You got it all wrong the GT not GT40 has 550hp with a blower. The viper has 505 and the vette has 500. The GT is a nicer car Moter Trend didnt rate them but when car and driver tests ill make sur to post results. Ive seen people who were more pleased with there GT then there vette.
Actually you have got it wrong

GT=550
Viper Coupe=515
Vette=505

;)

[aNOBLEman]

In my opinion I would take the Corvette. It has great performance and a nice interior. I believe that it is faster than Vipers on a track. It also has racing pedigree in the C6-R. A very nice package for relatively cheap and even if the ride is a bit harsh, I could deal with that.

[TheOne]

http://release.theplatform.com/content.select?pid=915rS_DqUC5g1rRkqwiklOdQAW0ZDri O&UserName=Unknown

that video? if so i'll still take the new ZO6:)

[Zytek_Fan]

The video does not work. All I got was audio no video.

[TheOne]

it uses this codec Windows Media Video V7, should come with the latest windows media player(10), works fine here:)

[sleekeywoowoo]

GT, but just for rarity.

[mclaren_crazy]

have to agree with sleeky, car guys will stop and check out a vette or a viper, but everyone would stop and look at the gt

[deffenbaugh03]

GT for me please. It's mid-engined and looks better in my oppinion. And hardly anyone (who doesn't know much about cars) would recognize it. It's definitely rare, Viper's are pretty rare but ever guy has heard of a viper. And corvettes are as common as anything, i wouldn't give a vette a second glance.

[Forever92]

The only reason the Viper gets the short end of the stick is because the new gen came out first. The Corvette is only a good deal because they are just now getting to where the Viper was back in '92 as the best deal for the money while the Viper was screwed over by merc. A Vette offered with an auto is not a sports car or exotic. The GT is just over priced revival.

[hec16]

GO Vette! Go Vette!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[Vindesh17]

I would personally go with the Vette.

[TheOne]

A Vette offered with an auto is not a sports car or exotic.
so you are sayin that the Ferrari Enzo is not an exotic car because it is pretty much automatic?(manual without clutch, which is about same as an auto)

[Forever92]

so you are sayin that the Ferrari Enzo is not an exotic car because it is pretty much automatic?(manual without clutch, which is about same as an auto)

Well, actually... honestly an Enzo is just an over priced car that would just about sit in a museum or warehouse because of various reasons.

[tmnt_ppn]

corvette

[clutch-monkey]

GT40. an original, a good replica, the current GT.... i don't care.

[2ndclasscitizen]

corvette. i'd be happy with any of them, though i'd rather a SRT/10 coupe rather than convertible, i would just rather a corvette

[6'bore]

GT40. Better than the other 2

[werty]

I take back what I said...

I would want the:
-Vette for performance
-Viper for burnouts and fun
-and GT for night driving and showing off:D(because in black it looks like the batmobile):D

[Godlaus]

Viper. No traction control, and 500+ ft-lbs on tap. My rule would be that anybody who could launch it, could drive it.

Traction control? It has two (points at feet)

[taz_rocks_miami]

I would pick the Z06. It's got more that enough performance to keep me happy, the first 427 since 1972, it will outhandle the Viper around any track and is a more practical everyday car than the Ford GT. :)

[Zondaboy1]

thanks for correcting me
i clicked the wrong thing on the pole (again)
for me it would be
Viper and GT are tied and the Zo6 in second

[CSL]

You got it all wrong the GT not GT40 has 550hp with a blower. The viper has 505 and the vette has 500. The GT is a nicer car Moter Trend didnt rate them but when car and driver tests ill make sur to post results. Ive seen people who were more pleased with there GT then there vette.

motortrend put it on a dyno and said the Z06 is actually pushing 535hp

[CSL]

The only reason the Viper gets the short end of the stick is because the new gen came out first. The Corvette is only a good deal because they are just now getting to where the Viper was back in '92 as the best deal for the money while the Viper was screwed over by merc. A Vette offered with an auto is not a sports car or exotic. The GT is just over priced revival.

the Z06 is not offered with a automatic

everyone wants to say the Z06 is not a supercar because its regular models, i ask then why is the 911 GT2 considered it when a regular corvette can keep up and beat the base 911's, depending on the tracks

[The_Canuck]

GT, only thing wrong with it is leaks when it rains, which isn't really that big of a problem.

["Clevor" Angel]

The GT is just over priced revival.

The GT is very cheap when you put performance, design, heritage, and materials into play. It can hold its own with cars $50,000-$200,000 more expensive and is made of the same materials. Granted $150,000 is by no means cheap but in the supercar market it is.

[MOPAR KICKS ASS]

I personaly would have viper maybe a vette
maybe a vette all I know is the GT-40 rocks

[werty]

GT, only thing wrong with it is leaks when it rains, which isn't really that big of a problem.
yeah all you have to do is go faster and the rain wont hit you:D

[furious_fiero]

The '06 Corvette Z06 is underate at 505 HP. It actually has over 550 HP.

[Bob]

the GT delivers at least 50-70 more horses to the ground than the other two, according to motortrend, and i think the mid engine setup would be better for racing, with some better tires on it

[Rockefella]

The '06 Corvette Z06 is underate at 505 HP. It actually has over 550 HP.
Motor Trend tested it at a really high-tech dyno in Colorado, where it was at about 535 hp. The GT was near 600 hp at the same dyno and the Viper near 550.

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

i wouldn't give a vette a second glance.
You would if it had a dead cow on the bonnet.

I'd take the 'Vette.

[rev440]

Id take the GT. Its one hell of a car. Theres a new Z06 thats already been totalled and theres another one that the engine blew up in. Something tells me there not as great as Chevy wants you to think they are

[Rockefella]

Id take the GT. Its one hell of a car. Theres a new Z06 thats already been totalled and theres another one that the engine blew up in. Something tells me there not as great as Chevy wants you to think they are
WTH does that have to do w/ Chevy?

[pAinTrAin]

Actually you have got it wrong

GT=550
Viper Coupe=515
Vette=505

;)

So the viper finally did it, Dodge figured out how to get more then 450 HP out of a V10 /claps!

BTW I voted for the vette because chevy will always last longer then any other US super car out there:p

[aNOBLEman]

Id take the GT. Its one hell of a car. Theres a new Z06 thats already been totalled and theres another one that the engine blew up in. Something tells me there not as great as Chevy wants you to think they are

All that tells you is that the drivers were dumbarses.

[rev440]

WTH does that have to do w/ Chevy?

I was jut saying things ive read.

http://www.club318.com/forum/uploads/corvettetot_medium.wmv

[werty]

So the viper finally did it, Dodge figured out how to get more then 450 HP out of a V10 /claps!

The Viper has had over 500 for several years now...where have you been?

[Blitz_]

yeah all you have to do is go faster and the rain wont hit you:D

rofl, hmm i can really see that happening ;)


The Viper has had over 500 for several years now...where have you been?

im guessing in a bombshelter thinking civilization has been wiped out, where there is only him and ms palmer and her five daughters...

[my porsche]

All that tells you is that the drivers were dumbarses.
do you subscribe to celtic replay? i did for 2 years, really worth it, just find it on their website ;)

[Zondaboy1]

I was jut saying things ive read.

http://www.club318.com/forum/uploads/corvettetot_medium.wmv
wow, how the hell do you do that. honestly? your driving fast and you crash understandable but you're driving fast and flip over and literly stab your car with a statonary truck's rear fender, while your flipping over??? some people i just want to smack over the head really hard. but seriously you couldnt do that if you TRIED

[Zondaboy1]

i'm trying to get banned from supercarpage.net

[Forever92]

Wow, Good job idiot... Forget How do you flip a car... How do you hit a PARKED TRUCK...??? :rolleyes:

[Matra et Alpine]

wow, how the hell do you do that. honestly? your driving fast and you crash understandable but you're driving fast and flip over and literly stab your car with a statonary truck's rear fender, while your flipping over??? some people i just want to smack over the head really hard. but seriously you couldnt do that if you TRIED
go to 51s, you can see the traffic cop markign the tyre trakcs of the 'vette.
He clearly had it sideways as he went into the grass verge. Rough grass and mud is worst for getting cars to flip. Unlucky to then hit a truck parked up :(

[m5child]

In my opinion I would take the Corvette. It has great performance and a nice interior. I believe that it is faster than Vipers on a track. It also has racing pedigree in the C6-R. A very nice package for relatively cheap and even if the ride is a bit harsh, I could deal with that.

the corvette's ride isn't any worse than the other two.. plus u can get a brand new z06 for something like $70K... a brand new Ford GT is about $120K... you're left with about $50K upgrade money you can spend on the z06... i guarantee that after you've spent half of that with Lingenfelter Performance Engineering on the twin-turbo upgrade, there isn't a car on the road that is gonna match that z06... 'nuff said...

(well, maybe a bugatti veyron, CGT, or some other exotic that costs like TEN TIMES as much..., so its pretty much settled then, eh)

[Rockefella]

the corvette's ride isn't any worse than the other two.. plus u can get a brand new z06 for something like $70K... a brand new Ford GT is about $120K... you're left with about $50K upgrade money you can spend on the z06... i guarantee that after you've spent half of that with Lingenfelter Performance Engineering on the twin-turbo upgrade, there isn't a car on the road that is gonna match that z06... 'nuff said...

(well, maybe a bugatti veyron, CGT, or some other exotic that costs like TEN TIMES as much..., so its pretty much settled then, eh)
My civic is probably faster though, I had it chipped.

[rev440]

Most Z06 owners wont even let some1 touch there cars. Ive seen a 200 shot on a Z06 that had the engine fried with less then 1k miles on it.

[aNOBLEman]

Most Z06 owners wont even let some1 touch there cars. Ive seen a 200 shot on a Z06 that had the engine fried with less then 1k miles on it.

Like I said before: This means that the driver is an idiot.

BTW, In the newest Road & Track the new Z06 walked all over the Viper Coupe in nearly every category. 0-60 in 3.9 :eek: seconds for a starting price of $65,000 is AMAZING. :D

[aNOBLEman]

do you subscribe to celtic replay? i did for 2 years, really worth it, just find it on their website ;)

I don't think I do. lol But I am in there fan club thing.

[Guest]

so you are sayin that the Ferrari Enzo is not an exotic car because it is pretty much automatic?(manual without clutch, which is about same as an auto)
what about the SLR?

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

what about the SLR?
It's in a different class, I'd say, like maybe a hypercar-luxo. It's basically an obscenely fast, obscenely luxurious coupé. It just seems different to me than "proper" supercars...(?)

[PrevlingPushrod]

I like the new body style the Vette, it looks alot better and has less drag. And it has more power then last years vette.

[deadly-phoenix]

corvettes rock!!!
-dont have one get 1
-got 1, get another
-got somthin else, then trade it in and buy one
:)

[Matra et Alpine]

corvettes rock!!!
-dont have one get 1
-got 1, get another
-got somthin else, then trade it in and buy one
:)
PLEASE stop resurrecting old threads to post the same stuff.

WE GET IT ALREADY.

You're a Corvette fanboy.

Fine, just PLEASE stop repeating it and especially in old OLD threads

[pAinTrAin]

The Viper has had over 500 for several years now...where have you been?


Not that many years though!

[rev440]

the corvette's ride isn't any worse than the other two.. plus u can get a brand new z06 for something like $70K... a brand new Ford GT is about $120K... you're left with about $50K upgrade money you can spend on the z06... i guarantee that after you've spent half of that with Lingenfelter Performance Engineering on the twin-turbo upgrade, there isn't a car on the road that is gonna match that z06... 'nuff said...

(well, maybe a bugatti veyron, CGT, or some other exotic that costs like TEN TIMES as much..., so its pretty much settled then, eh)

I dont think you can add FI on the Z06 cuz the compression is to high.

[werty]

I dont think you can add FI on the Z06 cuz the compression is to high.
by FI do you mean forced induction? because there is already a supercharged C6 Z06 out there;) I'll try and find some pictures

[rev440]

by FI do you mean forced induction? because there is already a supercharged C6 Z06 out there;) I'll try and find some pictures

Really I read some differnt peoples thoughts on the car and they said the cars compression was to high. Id love to see this car...

[mattmacklind]

In fantasy land, I would go for the Ford GT, I think its great looking and the perfomance is pretty incredible. The Vette, for the money, and only in this regard, is more impressive. Kudos to GM for getting the Vette right, its been like 20 years. I think the new Vette, even in "regular stock". is a great car all around.

[Lets Gekiga In]

You guys are nuts taking a Corvette over the Ford GT.

Just nuts.

[pAinTrAin]

You guys are nuts taking a Corvette over the Ford GT.

Just nuts.


But the title says GT 40 so doesn't that mean the Ford form the 60's?

[Falcon500]

Well its actually good when they refer to the new gt as the gt40 in australia a GT is a falcon GT it adds more definition to what is actually being said just as a though.

And while i like all the cars mentioned my moneys on the gt (40) :p

[teatako]

if only the ´vette was mid engined, id take it
if only the GT didnt share engine with F-trucks, id take it
if i liked the viper, id tke it

[pAinTrAin]

if only the ´vette was mid engined, id take it
if only the GT didnt share engine with F-trucks, id take it
if i liked the viper, id tke it


So what do you like??

[teatako]

i kind of like the GT, i love the z06; theyre certainly my favorite american cars; theyre just not my absolute favourite. i like the lotus 7 replicas; i like the cobra. the ariel atom.the caparo t1 is a wet dream to me. i like small light roadsters, preferably mid-engined. i drive a smart roadster. i actually like a lot of cars. but those three the viper, the vette and GT cost way too much money and use too much space and fuel to my taste, and theres no reason i cant have fun in something smaller.ive yet to try a front engined roadster though.ive only tried a 350z. i have the theory that a front engined car creates a bit more understeer and you cant make it spin around its midpoint as u can with a mid engined car