c4gone

Like i said... A mustang...come on..just stop reading the magazine.

BlueOx

I saw it online. I wouldn't pay for those mags!

JLinCA

Corvette and Mustang should never appear in the same sentence

jackhall99

I agree with this. Mustang/Camaro and others of that ilk, but not a 'vette.

JLinCA

I'm not trying to be snobbish, but the Mustang is not at the Corvette's level, though it's enthuisasts think it is.

jackhall99

I know you are not being snobbish, nor am I. Plain and simple, they are different classes of cars.

WHT

It is interesting to note that designs that "age" well and are viewed as beautiful usually have smooth flowing organic lines. Designs with sharp, disjointed lines and angles (like the C7 images) might appear edgy and modern when new, but also look dated fairly quickly.

John T

I have been hearing about an "evolutionary design" , conservative compared to the 13' Viper.

zwaldo

I have not had the chance to drive any other cars to compare to the corvette...But one thing I have done, is Seen them in real life. And I can tell you one thing...those that think a Porche is beautiful is out of their mind.

meadowz06

Ditto! Ugliest car ever made!

meadowz06

x2!

prinzSD455

And they print endless articles about BMW 3 series, and other assorted BMWs. My wife bought me both Car and Driver and Road and Track. In the last 9 months there has not been any issues where they have not tested or had a BMW of some sort in their rags as far as I can remember. I will not renew those rags. In fact, some of the readers have noticed the same thing and are pointing it out to the editors, thought I doubt it will change anything.

Paulchristian

....and it comes around.... I just had a porsche enthuisast friend of mine say the same thing to me about Corvette fans.

zland

A couple of things regarding large car magazines:

1. They get most of their money from advertisement from car manufactures. If they state something about one manufacture or product that is really negative, they may lose their current advertisement or future advertisement.

2. Notice a safe way for them to evaluate a car is to state things like it gets 21% more hp (or whatever they are measuring). You will see manufatures give the write info like this which makes the car appear to be improved while not having to directly compared its mpg for example to another product. This makes the product look good while not having to compare it in a negative light to another manufacture (read #1 above again).

3. When pushed, the safe bet in a direct comparison is to give kudos to the new or improved product vs the older product. This way every new product gets "good press". Another way is to only select new products released that year for things like "Car of the year" thus allowing good press on new products. It appears this may be the source for the Mustang GT 500 getting the spotlight over the unimproved ZR1.

4. Remember, in the magazine business a lot drives what is being tested, how they are tested/measured, & what is not included. The magazines live off advertisement (money) & how much people pay for magazines does not directly keep them in business. Just look at how cheap a subscription is to something like Motortrend. The main importance of having a lot of magazine sells/readers is the magazine has a rational for increasing the advertisement rate based on how many people will see their advertisement in the magazine.

uxojerry

What skews all of these tests and opinions is the base level C6 models. The base level cars do operate in the Camaro and Mustang territory. Can a ZL1 or GT500 outperform a base C6? Yes! Once you get to Z06, and ZR1 models the C6 outperforms.

BlueOx

As I said before, get a base Mustang and Camaro and see how the base C6 does.

Guibo

That's maybe because there have been a lot of new/revised BMW models recently: 3-Series, M5, M6, 6-Series Gran Coupe.
The 3-Series is written about and wins many group comparos in many mags in many countries. Group test winner in C&D, Motor Trend, InsideLine, plus What Car and Auto Express (UK), and Auto Bild (Germany). Do you suppose it's considered the benchmark of the class for a good reason, and do you suppose the VW-Audi Group empire doesn't have more to spend on advertising than BMW? I think it's a safe bet they do. Yet the A4 often loses to the 3-Series.


Again, for those who mention advertising money, I doubt BMW/Porsche/Ferrari advertise any more than GM. Show me a Ferrari advertisement to really get this ball rolling. Motor Trend have ranked the 135i and 1M among the bottom 2 cars in its Best Driver's Car comparos in separate years.

c4gone

What gets me about mustang is the brainwash.don't get me wrong they r very.nice.but if a kid wantsa sportscar he need a mustang...um mustangs r slow.or the ones that get a stang and put exhaust then all of a sudden its fast.um no.on performance level...in 93 through 98 the stang did like 240 hp.from 98-04 it did like 260 or so.then it finally jumped to 300. Well vette has been 300 minimum since 93.like i said it does not compare at all.maybe to a camaro or a lancer but not a corvette.and people can always say that it did outsell the camaro and trans am.yes it did.but most were all six cylinders by girls.i didn't see many girls driving a z28 pr ws6.just my two cents here.not trying to offend anyone id u drive a stang WHAT'S UP BLUE OX???

c4gone

Hey paulchristian did u ever live in corpus christi tx

Paulchristian

Nope. Wrong Paul