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Originally Posted by speeder
I sold 928s new at the dealership and drove them all brand new, including the manual trans 928 S4. (Pretty fast). They were great cars like most all Porsches but always had a very limited appeal. They were not pure sports cars, (99% were slush boxes in the U.S.), kind of a neither fish nor fowl situation. The heavy weight never bothered their target demographic, they were cruisers.
The new Camaro I don't see as some kind of refined GT car. It's more of a parts bin car, a styling exercise. Making a car go fast is the easiest thing on earth for a manufacturer, no one should ever be impressed by that. Hyundai could make an 800hp car if they wanted. It's all in the details and execution, the overall package.
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The Camaro is a Camaro, It's built for a certain price point. 928s were the more refined GT car in the day and they were more expensive then the 911. Personally I'd like to see Porsche build a car at the same price point of the Chevy and see what they can come up with. I have a feeling it would be a parts bin car, with parts shared with VW or audi. 914 or 924 ring a bell. Those were some great cars.
You compare a Z06 to a GT3, its equivilant only in performance, but come on dude, the base price of a GT3 is $112,000, the base price of a Z06 is $72,935. That is a huge difference in price. 72K is 997 money so that is the comparison that I make. Again, what could Porsche build for 40K. I could buy a GXP(performs as good or better then more expensive BMW) and have a Z06 for the weekends for the price of a GT3.
Just checked. 72K is actually just a tad short of 997 money, they start at 76K.