C5 vs. C6
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C5 vs. C6
I want everyone opinion on this. Which better to get in performance and handling wise. I'm confuse on the two since im new to vette and im on my road to learn more about these great machine.
Chris
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The c6 is the better car in almost every department:
-Better Performance
-Better Motor
-Better Handling
-Better Ride Quality
-Better Exhaust Note
-More Fun to Drive (in my opinion)
-Better looking (although subjective)
-Better Grip
-Better Brakes
-Better Safety
-Better Comfort features
The icing on the cake is that its simply newer and more refined. Im amazed at how far cars have come in the last 10 years. And your first c5 is nearly 13 years old, which is halfway to a classic, but while I own a 1983 trans am, a 2002 trans am and ss camaro, and a 2011 corvette grand sport and a 2011 hyundai sonata. I will be buying brand new from now on. You might as well take advantage of todays aspiring technology. This isn't to say the c5 isn't an amazing machine, its just not as good as the c6 and thats no fault to it at all. Its simply applause to GM for stepping it up each generation and making a better corvette.
Just my 2 cents. If you can afford an ls3 c6, get it. If you can go beyond that and want the best vette ever made, get the c6 z06. Yes the zr1 is another animal, but that 427 is just something else and is American Muscle at its finest.
-Better Performance
-Better Motor
-Better Handling
-Better Ride Quality
-Better Exhaust Note
-More Fun to Drive (in my opinion)
-Better looking (although subjective)
-Better Grip
-Better Brakes
-Better Safety
-Better Comfort features
The icing on the cake is that its simply newer and more refined. Im amazed at how far cars have come in the last 10 years. And your first c5 is nearly 13 years old, which is halfway to a classic, but while I own a 1983 trans am, a 2002 trans am and ss camaro, and a 2011 corvette grand sport and a 2011 hyundai sonata. I will be buying brand new from now on. You might as well take advantage of todays aspiring technology. This isn't to say the c5 isn't an amazing machine, its just not as good as the c6 and thats no fault to it at all. Its simply applause to GM for stepping it up each generation and making a better corvette.
Just my 2 cents. If you can afford an ls3 c6, get it. If you can go beyond that and want the best vette ever made, get the c6 z06. Yes the zr1 is another animal, but that 427 is just something else and is American Muscle at its finest.
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The c6 is the better car in almost every department:
-Better Performance
-Better Motor
-Better Handling
-Better Ride Quality
-Better Exhaust Note
-More Fun to Drive (in my opinion)
-Better looking (although subjective)
-Better Grip
-Better Brakes
-Better Safety
-Better Comfort features
The icing on the cake is that its simply newer and more refined. Im amazed at how far cars have come in the last 10 years. And your first c5 is nearly 13 years old, which is halfway to a classic, but while I own a 1983 trans am, a 2002 trans am and ss camaro, and a 2011 corvette grand sport and a 2011 hyundai sonata. I will be buying brand new from now on. You might as well take advantage of todays aspiring technology. This isn't to say the c5 isn't an amazing machine, its just not as good as the c6 and thats no fault to it at all. Its simply applause to GM for stepping it up each generation and making a better corvette.
Just my 2 cents. If you can afford an ls3 c6, get it. If you can go beyond that and want the best vette ever made, get the c6 z06. Yes the zr1 is another animal, but that 427 is just something else and is American Muscle at its finest.
-Better Performance
-Better Motor
-Better Handling
-Better Ride Quality
-Better Exhaust Note
-More Fun to Drive (in my opinion)
-Better looking (although subjective)
-Better Grip
-Better Brakes
-Better Safety
-Better Comfort features
The icing on the cake is that its simply newer and more refined. Im amazed at how far cars have come in the last 10 years. And your first c5 is nearly 13 years old, which is halfway to a classic, but while I own a 1983 trans am, a 2002 trans am and ss camaro, and a 2011 corvette grand sport and a 2011 hyundai sonata. I will be buying brand new from now on. You might as well take advantage of todays aspiring technology. This isn't to say the c5 isn't an amazing machine, its just not as good as the c6 and thats no fault to it at all. Its simply applause to GM for stepping it up each generation and making a better corvette.
Just my 2 cents. If you can afford an ls3 c6, get it. If you can go beyond that and want the best vette ever made, get the c6 z06. Yes the zr1 is another animal, but that 427 is just something else and is American Muscle at its finest.
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I would hope for Corvette-sake that each newer Generation out performs the previous..just natural progression of things.
I am a HUGE fan of the C5 myself, was my first vette and had it for 8 years, great car. The only reason I got into a C6 Z06 and sold my C5 was because the prices were so good on C6Z and the bang for buck is huge, otherwise I would still have my C5 today.
I am a HUGE fan of the C5 myself, was my first vette and had it for 8 years, great car. The only reason I got into a C6 Z06 and sold my C5 was because the prices were so good on C6Z and the bang for buck is huge, otherwise I would still have my C5 today.
Last edited by FrankTank; Dec 16, 2010 at 09:44 PM.
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While I'm sure the C5 is a fine car, and I know that we who have the C6 are indebted to all the fine work done to develop the C5, I just never warmed up to the design of the C5. I've never personally liked it or ever had the desire to buy one.
When the C6 came out, I fell in love. It is just a better car all around and will go down as a well-loved classic in Corvette history.
When the C6 came out, I fell in love. It is just a better car all around and will go down as a well-loved classic in Corvette history.
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I cannot wait for the first person to say the C5 is better in those categories or any category...because everybody else will think.......errr......know they are jealous c5 owners, fools or clearly uneducated ignorants. 
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TysonJones in post #3 summed it up quite well. I own an '00 C5 and an '08 C6. Which one do I drive ALL the time? The C6. 345 vs. 436 horsepower. Oh my goodness. Yeah, I still love the old C5 though. My first Corvette and all that goes with that.