540i 6spd

Voted Z06 though.

imflyinbiya

Really? Look at 03 cobra vs. 03 z06.

Cobra - msrp of $38,460
C5Z06 - msrp of $52,235

Perfect examples of each are currently had for around 25k.

Tell me which one held its value better?

Ro Corvette

Good point. Its really a hard choice but I sometimes like to take my kids with me so I pick the cobra.

bladex10

Finally a non biased person on this forum. Thats all that needs to be said. End thread folks!

imflyinbiya

I just sold my perfect z for a cobra as we are expecting our first in may, totally understand!

f6john

Totally unbiased

Z06----- sports car

Cobra------ family car!



Case closed.

0Quik Z06

Lol, first time I've ever heard of a Cobra being a "family" car

It's more like

Z06 -- Sports Car

Cobra -- Muscle Car

Again, I've owned a few Vettes and I don't miss any of the Vette's I've sold like I miss my old Cobra. I regret selling that car.

My old 03 (won best of show at that show too )

DevilDog II

My son's 03 "family car" ran in the mid 12's bone stock.

SS2001SS

^^This.
While they are both great cars in their own right, they are terrible investment cars. C5Z prices are tanked. It will be at least 20-25 years before they begin to appreciate substantially.
The Mustang and Corvette are in different classes (ponycar vs. sportscar) - neither one designed to necessarily compete with the other.

About2Bite

Buy a z06 because it's a vette is horrible reasoning. I'm assuming a lot of people here aren't familiar with the 03/04 cobra and it's potential The book iron fist lead foot would clear some ignorance. I still love my c5 though, completely different cars, you're comparing a muscle car to a sports car imo

bikeriderga

Z06 is a bad a** car! They perform well, can be modded for more power easily, and handle (with the right tires), like they are on rails!

A Mustang (even a Cobra), is still, well a Mustang. Without extensive and expensive suspension mods, they will never be able to track with a Vette, let alone a Z06.

Now if you can swing both, well that is a different story. I would not mind having a Camaro, Mustang, Challenger, and a Vette.

As an ex Trans Am kind of guy, now a Vette guy, I have to say as much as I loved my Trans Am, I would never choose any muscle car over my Vette; -- unless I had children in the house and could only have one vehicle. In that case, I would opt for the Challenger.

FruiTay

The Z is more aerodynamic and lighter. The 2000 Cobra R does put up similar performance but no radio or A/C?? I'll smash on a Cobra while staying cool and listening to something like this:

arkus

racebum

i'm not sure about tanked. just the other day a 66k mile 2002 z06 sold here on the forum for 18k.

that's a lot for a ten year old car with that kind of mileage.

yes i know the 90s mkiv supras are worth more and yes they are older. they are also low production cars with a following. the z only has the following part of that equation

SS2001SS

You may be right. They will probably go lower once the streets are flooded with C7s. C5Z for under 10k??
Still pretty bad when I bought a 9 yr old Z16 that originally stickered @ $57k for under $23K that's sad for a Vette.

SVTC5Z

did the supercharger just shut off at 150?


Comp orange terminator gets my vote. Find a clean coupe (281 made) and enjoy it. Cobra has obviously held its value better than the vette over the years and I only see it continuing that, especially with the C7 coming out.

Drive them both and see what you like better

James2002z06

Funny this is still going , to be honest I don't know what the Cob would do , but I do know this , I've let my brother get into it at the track and me in the Z and that Cobra gives the Z all it can handle ...
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