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Originally Posted by 8cd03gro
The big factor is weight? Seriously? I would consider the "big factor(s)" to be price-point and vehicle class, the latter being the most important. The base taurus and camaro are similar weights. . . If weight is the important factor than the SS still compares to the gt500 better than the 'vette. It's stupid to compare the gt500 to the vette because it's a totally different class of vehicle and it's also stupid to compare it to the SS because there is already a direct competitor for it in the lineup. That is the reason the z28 is coming.
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The Ford engine upgrade was a response to the Camaro out performing the Mustang on the track and in sales. It was announced almost 18 months early at the direct expense of every Ford Dealer in the country slowing Mustang sales while buyers HOPEFULLY waited for the new 5.0. The Z28 has been engineered for years. It was shelved do to GM financial issues or it would already have been in show rooms.
As for weight, your light weight WRX is fast and handles so well in large part to the curb weight being so low. Having watched the factory supported T2 WRX Sti run so well against the heavier vehicles in the T2 class we know that the light weight was a major factor in track success. Does AWD help of course. Does being lighter than the other cars on the track help -- we'll ask the guys that got beat the last two years by the Pontiac Solstice in T2. On some very tight tracks the T2 Solstice leaders were running the same speeds as the T1 Vettes.
Moving mass around a road course means fighting for every ounce of weight you can save. Anyone that doesn't undesrtand that would have to be...
On the Camaro5 forum we like to treat people with respect even when we disagree with the so I will stop here.