RE: Corvette ZR-1 - official!

[unsprung]

We've had particularly harsh critiques in this thread from self-styled automotive purists.

One, in his PH profile, says he's a student. Fair enough. But dollars-to-doughnuts (as they say in Corvette Land) a strident argument looks a bit preposterous in a vacuum. Help us out... Add your car to your PH profile.

The other individual, somewhat impressively, is located on Hill 3234 in Afghanistan. It's inspiring to learn that motoring is taking off in the fledgling Muslim republic (although he, too, includes no car in his profile).

Hill 3234 was a notable location for the Soviet Union in the 1980s. So perhaps our fellow PHer is Russian. His syntax would support this. As would his let-the-peasants-starve approach to market segmentation.

[fatboy18]

Fantastic

[Maldini35]

WCZ said:

the ACR viper is a great track car but absolutely nuts for UK roads, it's sooo stiff

A bloke in my campsite at Le Mans this year had an ACR. He fired it up and let my boy rev the engine (top man!)
The look on my son’s face when the thing bellowed louder than any of the race cars was priceless.
If this Corvette sounds half as good it’ll be worth every penny.

[Fetthobler]

I saw it in flesh at the Dubai Motor Show yesterday. Absolutely stunning piece of kit!
My girlfriend liked the color

Comparing it to some other cars at the show, it looks a bit ordinary and not as vulgar as you might think.

I had a nice chat with the CEO of Aston Martin Middle East, he explained to me many details about the Valkyrie and how it's like to work with Adrian, when we walked around it. I didn't expected to see the car at this exhibition in the flesh.
They sold already some on the first day of the show. The AMG Project One didn't had the same attention on it's stand.

What I like about the show here, is that you pay a fraction of the ticket price compared to Europe or China, you can sit in every car, except a concept car. Yes, even in a Valkyrie! And it's far, far less crowded then anywhere else, also you see cars that you won't see anywhere else.


Robert

[48Valves]

I absolutely love it. I love that in this day and age manufacturers are still making cars like this.

Also, unless I've missed it. No one has yet complained it has 4 exhaust outlets. Standards are slipping chaps!

[Escort3500]

Yes please

[hardworker]

48Valves said:

I absolutely love it. I love that in this day and age manufacturers are still making cars like this.

Also, unless I've missed it. No one has yet complained it has 4 exhaust outlets. Standards are slipping chaps!

Appropriate on a 6.2 V8, not so much on a 2.0 4 cylinder.

[MonteV]

What a beast! Good to see they have added more air intakes and radiators as the previous one tended to overheat. The big wing version looks like it was put together to beat the Viper ACR. I miss the Viper.

[anonymous-user]

rb26 said:

In my opinion this ZR1 is nothing but a dick waving contest for the majority of buyers.

Isn't that the reality of the sports car market today? Look at the £100k versions of £50k cars from Lotus or Porsche and all the froth around them.