ORIGINAL: 1 Bad Mirada
i typically dont consider top speed to be a good indicator of speed, as odd as that may sound, because of speed governors...
while the viper is an awesome car, i feel that it is far too often touted as being this untouchable monster, which simply isnt the case...hell, the mirada will beat non-srt10 vipers in the quarter mile...
if i had 90,000 to spend on a car, i would have a hard time buying the viper over the M6, simply because the M6 is such a complete vehicle...if i was buying a car purely for track fun, it would be down to a viper or a Z06..but at 3200lbs, the Z06 is hard to turn down at 20 grand less.
The Z06 is techincally $14,000 less expensive than the Viper. It is like the writers of many articles say. A fan of a particular car isn't going to care about the other one, and I'm like that. In the real world, I can't afford any of them. The simple fact is I don't really like the Corvette. It does nothing for me.
Your right that the BMW M6 is a very tempting car at the $13,000 price difference between the two. The fact is the BMW is nicer in terms of luxuries, but it isn't as fast in terms of acceleration either. The only thing I will say is if the BMW is anywhere near as uncomfortable as a Mercedes SL500, then there is now way I would consider it.
Remember your Mirada isn't stock vs. some of those non-SRT Vipers might be stock. The fact is I like the looks of the Viper the best out of all of them. I do have a bias towards the Viper, I'll admit that. It all depends on what you value.