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Looks Like Porsche is Getting Beat Again
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Kudos to the gold chain crowd.
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Meh, the vette has been winning the horsepower war for many years, 911 passes in the corners, vette passes in the straights, vette wins.
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In the late 70s and the 80s Corvettes were a joke. For the last few years they have made some serious performance cars. The overall quality is mediocre but they go like stink. I have to feel some pride in the fact America can make a car that is that fast and that inexpensive.
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08-15-2013, 09:28 AM
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Porsche is still the "one to beat" and likely will remain so for the foreseeable future. I like the new 'vettes but I'd never buy one personally...
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Meh, when Chevy makes a killer SUV, then they'll have my respect.
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Yes... Because CNN is who I go to for car reviews....
May be fast, but it's still fugly. 
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I always found it strange that there is no manufacturer of real sportscars in USA. Even if you may have a different infrastructure, pollution/safety regulations and a tradition of high powered cars that are fast in a straight line and the most popular motor sport is Nascar - the country is so big there should still be a wholesome market for those who fancy the European kind of sports cars.
I love the Corvette. Beautiful car and the latest iterations are even great sportscars as far as I understand. But thats about it. One model.
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 I don't knock the Corvette because I'm a euro snob, I actually really like the C5 and C6, especially in Z06 form. They are also a silly amount of performance for not much money. But I can't get past just how damn ugly the C7 is. It's like a Transformer designed by committee, there's nothing cohesive or attractive about it.
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I always thought the Corvette as a muscle car more than a sports car.
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US manufacturers demand huge profits on each vehicle. That's why pickup trucks are so popular with them - they are simple and relatively cheap to build and American buyers are less discriminating about the fit, finish, and performance of a truck than they would be a sports car.
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The American sports car is a Mustang, Camaro, etc - the muscle car tradition.
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