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Originally Posted by eolson
The amazing thing that GM did a long time ago, was to actually commit to a true American , low riding, two seat sports car, the Corvette.
Ford tried and went too far with the Ford GT which was an exotic, and it died quickly. Otherwise Ford is always half assing it with their"performance category. Because of Chevy's heavy commitment to the Corvette and it's racing activities, all this great and amazing high performance technology has trickled into GM's street cars with top end aerodynamics, suspension and chassis performance, brakes.
Fords engines have been revolutionary, but otherwise they have not committed to these other categories in the ahead of the game way that GM has for it's high performance street cars.
If you look at the new Z06 (Z07 package plus magnetic adjustable shocks) track times, it's just ridiculous how well that car takes on a track and is still able to be a daily driver.
Erik
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i wouldnt say the Corvette has been a technological marvel either. People here poke fun at Ford for using a live axle (that WORKS!) yet dont say much about the Corvette using archaic leaf springs (even older technology that WORKS!).