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Originally Posted by wadeh
The Camaro and the Corvette are performance cars.
If you want to get a car that has style and features without an emphasis on performance, the market is flooded with them. And if you want cars that are designed for great balance on the street, there are some fantastic options. Check out the Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ some time. And while many "car guys" scoff at them, a Miata is one of the best driver's cars ever made.
The Corvette fills a completely different niche. It's the American vision of a supercar and it is awesome. I hope that they never water it down with a version that's intended for anything other than spectacular performance.
For what's described in the first post, the Camaro fits the bill perfectly. You can get the same car in everything from Z/28 and ZL1 at the pure performance end, down to the very affordable LS version that still offers great performance for the price. And there are many options in between.
Regarding the thought that track levels of performance aren't needed on the street, of course this is true. But since when is any enthusiast car about need? I have both a Camaro SS and a Corvette (C6, not C7). I don't track them and I will never come close to approaching their true potential on the street. Yet I get great satisfaction driving them, in a way that I wouldn't get if they didn't have all that potential. Is that a rational thinking on my part? Of course, not. But I didn't buy them to be utilitarian transportation. I bought them because they are a bright spot in my day.
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But wouldn't you like a Z/28 that was more accessible? I think that's a good example. Who among us doesn't want a Z/28 badge? But that car is literally a track car. So it's just not accessible. I look at it and appreciate how it's the ultimate Camaro, it's mind blowing, but it's almost a supercar, just like the C7, and simply out of reach.
I bet there are tons of guys who've owned Z/28's in the past who won't be getting this one.
I guess I look at the Corvette and Camaro differently. These aren't American supercars. These are the cars you dream about as a boy knowing you can actually afford. You can work hard and buy a Vette, a Ferrari, probably not.
As these cars approach $75,000 they move out of reach for most of us. They're worth every penny. But many of us don't have that many pennies
