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Originally posted by kqw
As far as C & D goes, they've really f..ed up a lot over the years with their evaluation/reviews of so called great cars.
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Vette a SUPER CAR, give me a break. A super car is about much more than mere numbers all of which the Vette is lacking.
Car and Driver loves Accords and cars that makes too much sense. Probably even like minivans. Wasn't Taurus car of the year once. Car and Driver definitely targets a different market with their magazine.
Sports cars are an emotional purschase. Car and driver tries to make rational decisions. If everyone was rational, there would not be Lambos, Ferraris, Bugattis, Zonda, Bentley, and maybe even cars like GT2s. I don't want a car that makes sense. I want one that gets my heart racing and makes me feel like a kid.
Sure a $ 65k Vette makes more sense than even my used 2001 Diablo . . . ON PAPER. Perhaps Car & Driver sells so many magazines because people having cars such as Accords, Camrys, and Vettes buy magazines like Car & Driver who make them believe that their Accords, Camrys or Vettes truly are the best choice.
If Car and Driver said these cars were boring or the Vette had good numbers, but was a cheap knock off of a Ferrari wanna be design, the magazine would offend its core market and lose sales.
The moral of the story is what else do you expert Car & Driver or one of their writers to say. They ain't gonna piss off their core market of average joe readers who idolize the Vette.
Is the car good. The numbers are great, but the car leaves a lot to be desired in looks and in the quality department. I drove a new Vette and took a few parade laps at a DE in one also. It had nice acceleration and pull, but the car does not have that sensory nirvana of even my slow arse 1995 355 in sound, feel, steering, shifting and then the feel of being inside the car was lacking even the exotic feel of excitment present even in cars such as the NSX.
Having super car numbers and truly being a super car is two different things to me. The Vette is a compromise (and has to be at its price range) and is far short of being a true super car.