Current Events > Would you rather have a new mid engine c8 corvette or a c7 zr1?

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do most of you see the new mid engine vette around all the time now?

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i kinda agree , but don't you think the c7 zr1 looks kinda weird? i mean the front. maybe the c7 zo6 looks better

Of those two I'd rather have the C7. But really if I was getting a Vette I'd want a C2 tri-power.

eh ?

The c8 is a better car, but it'll eventually become a 20k used based model corvette.

The C7 ZR1 will always retain it's value because it's a collectors car. Now, in a few years when the ZR1 C8 comes out, that thing will be an absolute monster.

The leaked list has been accurate so far

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/2/3/AAd2inAACwTL.png

why do you say the c8 is a better car though?

Rather have a C4 ZR1

Unknown5uspect posted...

Rather have a C4 ZR1

why though? doesn't it only have like 300 hp to the new zr1s 750?

GM should have used the mid-engine design to resurrect the Fiero branding.

Smallville posted...

why do you say the c8 is a better car though?

It's a more advanced chassis that gives a higher performance baseline. Not saying the FR layout is bad (just look at the Mercedes AMG GT Black Series), but an MR layout offers better balance and rotation. It's an inferior layout for drag racing, where you want a good amount of weight over the front so you don't wheelie at higher horsepower numbers, but as a track car/road car, an MR layout will generally give you a more nimble and fun experience.

Also the fit and finish of the C8 is leaps and bounds better than what the C7 offered. It's a much more enjoyable place to be in.

The C5 Z06

Smallville posted...

why though? doesn't it only have like 300 hp to the new zr1s 750?

It's a technological marvel for the time. The engine is cool ass Lotus designed V8 with 16 intake runners. I'm into that kinda shit.

Unknown5uspect posted...

It's a technological marvel for the time. The engine is cool ass Lotus designed V8 with 16 intake runners. I'm into that kinda shit.

At the end of the day it's just a mid 80's post CARB v8. Sure it may have been advanced for it's time, but these days it's just an uninteresting, inefficient hunk of metal.

Now, if you took a super clean C4 shell and put a modern LS/LT (something like a Texas Speed LS3 or LSX 427), gave it modern coilovers, ignition, and fuel system...maybe with flex fuel so you could run both pump gas, E85, and race gas, i'd be all over that. But at that point you're 50 grand into the project, and there are so many better cars you can get for that money.

eh ?

I wouldn't feel bad putting miles on a base C8, I would on a C7 ZR-1.

Why the fuck you make so many Corvette topics

not into cars but if I was, I would want a reliant robin

u srs? C8 easily.

Not a huge car guy, but I thought the C7's were better but the C8's have a great look for a low cost

Cokewave posted...

Not a huge car guy, but I thought the C7's were better but the C8's have a great look for a low cost

The base model C8 is better than the base model C7.

The topic is comparing a $120,000 top tier version of the c7 (before options) to the $60,000 entry level c8.

Assuming they both had 0 miles I get the C7.

If the C7 was used with 100k miles or some shit I'd pick the C8

pogo_rabid posted...

Sure it may have been advanced for it's time, but these days it's just an uninteresting, inefficient hunk of metal.

What even is an opinion.

All you see is hrsprs. Nothing wrong with that. Not what I look for in a whip.

Unknown5uspect posted...

What even is an opinion.

All you see is hrsprs. Nothing wrong with that. Not what I look for in a whip.

Early fuel injection with bad intake manifold design, even worse ignition system and engine management (EProms are dead for a reason). Bad piston design, bad head design, there is nothing to like about the engine in (current year). The current interations on that original design are superior in every way while giving the same feel. Hell, you can get modern reproductions of the same exact engine direct from chevy that have all the modern improvements if you want to stay pure to the car.