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ZR1 vs 599 vs GTR vs GT2

So we’ve gathered up some of the most powerful cars on the road and took them to Chrysler’s test track in Arizona. This is a huge 5 mile oval that allows for top speed testing. So what’d we think? Well the ZR1 is a monster, its low and fast, real fast, and that supercharger!, The ZR1 roars, you know when you go to an air show and those jets fly by and the ground shakes and your ears rumble, this is the ZR1. Its a racing workhorse, its thunderous as you’re passed at speed. You look at the cost of the other cars and then compare to what GM did, the bureaucracy of getting things made or is that approved at a company like GM is near impossible, but they did it. I’ve met these guys, I’ve traveled with these guys, and the engineer’s and designers are true enthusiast, they have had to color inside the lines and on a budget, my hats off to them. Now the 599, yeah another high priced Ferrari, is it nice? yeah it’s nice, full attention to detail, fit and finish, but the nose…it just still looks a little to bug eye sprite to me, Ferrari’s don’t need smiley faces, what happened to the shark nose presence of the 60-70’s. Did the car perform? It did. Was it stable? One of the most stable, and fast? yes, over 200mph, did it shred a tire at speed? it did, it did. Now I must say the Ferrari’s aerodynamics are quite impressive for such a bland shape, the diffuser on the bottom side of the car is so efficient a rear spoiler is not needed, our test driver said that he was doing laps with only one hand on the wheel, the car drove itself. Now that can’t be said for the Porsche, its short wheel base made it twitchy, but it sure looked good. I really liked the seating position, it felt as though I was seated for business, that can’t be said for the other cars, the other cars felt quite large and hard to see out of, and hard to see the corners of the car, I wouldn’t want to go flinging the Ferrari down a country lane…but the Porsche I wouldn’t mind giving it a try. The GTR… people seem to like this car, I have no idea why, its looks like an old Supra, and then you sit in it, yawn, the specs show it’s fast and handles but sooo what, it’s boring, but thats just one guys opinion. Give me the GT2 for everyday driving, the ZR1 for that cross country trip, and if I want to impress the girls at the nite club I’ll take the Ferrari, they probably won’t know what it is…but at least its not a GTR!!

Posted by Evan in War of the Worlds