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Originally Posted by DaCaptain
Dollarmansteve, the vette is nice...my brother-in-law has one. I've got a Mercedes CL55 AMG and highly recommend AMG Mercedes. My car is really fast, has lots of torque, handles like it's glued to the road, and has every comfort option known to man. Just a thought for you, before you drop 100 grand on a vette...give Mercedes' AMG lineup a once over.
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I have an '02 C5 corvette Z06. The new ZR-1 isn't released yet (it goes on sale as a 2009 model next year and is debuting at the Detroit Autoshow). I've driven the C6 Z06 as well - performance-wise it isn't that far away from mine although the interior is nicely updated.
The new supervette will be forced-induction putting out 650+ hp, new light-weight technologies (more carbon firbre, etc) as well as a completely new handling / braking setup. It will be well beyond the performance of the current C6 Z...
My girlfriend has an SLK55 AMG.. personally, I hate it in every way. I certainly wouldn't need a CL-sized luxo-cruiser. Perhaps for a winter-beater I would consider a C63 / CLK63 or something similar (if i had the budget...). I really don't like auomatics.. and would never buy any car (unless its a beater) with an auto. The manual shift mode of that transmission is garbage. Unless it's a ferrari, I'll take a nice 6-spd manual any day.. call me an old-school purist.
Plus, the vette can still get almost 30mpg on the highway and it's cheap to maintain.