A base Corvette has more hp, weighs 800 lbs less, cost only $2k more, and can actually tear up a road course, where as the Challenger would get laughed straight off it. Having more hp and 800 less weight will let the the Vette embarrass the Challenger on its home court... the drag strip.
Yeah it looks cool and retro, but the price per performance makes me outrightly embarrassed to be an American car fan.
P.S. The Vette gets worlds better fuel economy to boot.
I don't think the power/displacement metric is very relevant to anyone buying car. Power/fuel-consumption and fuel-consumption/distance seem more relevant to me.
Very high power/displacement actually makes me weary because I think it's more stressful on the engine (I'm specifically thinking of high boost applications). High power/displacement => high boost => high stress => high maintenance costs.
Who cares if the Vette doesn't have high power/displacement. It has a lot of power, gets fantastic fuel economy, and the engine is far from being strained. So what exactly is that power/displacement metric good for?
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Dec 8th 2008 4:30PM (Autoblog)Yeah it looks cool and retro, but the price per performance makes me outrightly embarrassed to be an American car fan.
P.S. The Vette gets worlds better fuel economy to boot.
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Sep 26th 2008 5:57PM (Autoblog)Very high power/displacement actually makes me weary because I think it's more stressful on the engine (I'm specifically thinking of high boost applications). High power/displacement => high boost => high stress => high maintenance costs.
Who cares if the Vette doesn't have high power/displacement. It has a lot of power, gets fantastic fuel economy, and the engine is far from being strained. So what exactly is that power/displacement metric good for?