RE: Porsche 911 beats out 'Vette and Viper
 

I do not know about the new Corvette but in previous years, Corvettes have always had reliablility issues.

Hence one of the reason the resale drops so fast unlike a Porsche.

RE: Porsche 911 beats out 'Vette and Viper
 

I guess I should have clarified that I never meant to say that the Corvette is reliable. I know the Corvette has a bad reputation. If they are having problems with the Z06 engine, I won't be surprised. The 7.0L has a 11.0 or 11.1 to 1 compression which is super high espically for a all-aluminum engine. What problems do they normally have with the Corvette?

RE: Porsche 911 beats out 'Vette and Viper
 

I would take a Porsche over a corvette anyday. Not that I don't think corvettes are a cool car, but the porsche is just a beautiful car.

RE: Porsche 911 beats out 'Vette and Viper
 

I won't deny that they are beautiful. I just prefer domestic muscle. Always have, always will.

RE: Porsche 911 beats out 'Vette and Viper
 

All of their systems over the years have shown up in the Corvette and it's a shame because it is a muscle car. One other thing that bugs me is that they sometimes
use too much plastic in the interior and it looks too cheesy.

RE: Porsche 911 beats out 'Vette and Viper
 

The interior is cheap but I'm not surprised. Despite the fact that it is sometimes matched up against luxury cars like the ones listed, people have to remember the simple fact. It is only a Chevrolet. I think that GM should have given the Corvette to Pontiac back when they first conceived the idea.

If you ask me, it is a muscle car heritage name that is in a sports car package. What systems specifically were the problem? Was it the engine or what that was the problem.

RE: Porsche 911 beats out 'Vette and Viper
 

the viper was the fastest, yet its second to last? :eek:

RE: Porsche 911 beats out 'Vette and Viper
 

That was my thinking when I said, " A super car is about pure performance not comfort." This is what I don't like about Consumer Reports. A super car is not about comfort, that is a what a luxury car is for, and that is all they ever care about. It's all about refinement. No matter how good the domestic car is it just isn't refined enough to deserve winning. The fastest supercar should win because of performance, not refinement.

However, this is the only outlet that is declaring that the Viper is faster and quite frankly some of those other outlets numbers seem like they've been doctored; therefore, I going to give CR credit for that.

RE: Porsche 911 beats out 'Vette and Viper
 

I know performance is key, but is I paid that kind of money, it better damn well be comfortable. :D

RE: Porsche 911 beats out 'Vette and Viper
 

Well the way I see it, performance is all I expect from a Viper because that is all its about; however, some of these Mercedes coupes and convertibles are anything but comfortable. So I guess it depends on what you value. It seems to me that CR always compare every car to a Lexus no matter what class it is in. Their top priority seems like it is comfort and their last priority is performance, and in a supercar, Performance comes first.