Originally Posted by blind527

Vipers look so much better than Corvettes, especially the new 2006 ones.

Originally Posted by transAm-98

... a lot of other cars get slower times but drivers claim they feel more comfortable behind the wheel when pushed to the limit. from the majority of the articles i've read, they usually tend to say that there is more on the table for the vette but it feels like it's on the verge of loosing it in hard corners.

Originally Posted by Wet 1

I really doubt it is the drivers not having *****.

While I can't comment on the C6 Z06, I have pushed my C5 Z06 very hard and to the limits on the street and track. I've heard that the new C6 is better in just about every regard, but it shares the C5 Zo6's uneasy feeling in the corners and over bumps. As an instructor with the PCA and a racer in SCCA & PCA, I have to agree with these comments about the C5 Z06. Being use to race cars and the rock solid handling of track going Porsches, I've always total felt the same feelings these mag. writers feel, but about the C5 Z06. From fellow racers that have driven the new C6 Z06, they've also said the same nervous unsettled feeling remains in the new Z06 just as it did in the C5 Z06 and I've heard it's worse if anything than the C5... although faster around the track.

I LOVE my C5 Z06, but compared to some of the better handling cars if owned and driven it doesn't hold a candle in the way it "feels". When I first bought my Z06 I though there was something wrong with it. I checked everthing looking for the cause, finally I drove two others and realized they all feel this way. This isn't to say the car doesn't handle or stick well (I'm splitting hairs here)... it very much does, it just doesn't have a good settled and stable 'feel' to it... almost like something in the suspension is sloppy or loose. The funny thing is I've never be able to put my finger on WHY it feels this way given the tight suspension and very rigid platform??? I had hoped they fixed this in the C6 Z06, I guess not. I'm sure switching to an aluminum frame doesn't help!

I've come to live with it and love my Z06, but I'm sticking to the Porsche when it's time to go play in the twisties!

Originally Posted by Big Jimbo

Im f****ing furious. They must have gotten paid off. I just read the comparison between the new viper coupe and the C6 Z06. The Z06 plain out whooped the new viper as far as 0-60--- 3.4 sec
quarter mile---11.8 @ 121 i think. They said the Z06 pulled like a monster, even more than the big bad 8.3 liter V10 Viper.

I just dont see how it is possible for the viper to handle better than the new Z06 let alone a reg. corvette. They also said the z06 seem to feel every little bump in the road and while going around the corners, if you hit a bump or blemish in the road you would almost always spin out.

maybe i didnt read right but im sure thats what they said. The Z06 got the viper in every single category except lowest sound at top rev-rpm's (you know thats because of those butterfly exhuast valves )

Has anyone read this in MOTORTREND. The z06 was built around road racing. 300+lb's lighter than the viper. WTF, these guys cant drive a real car, i think they are underestimating thise car from getting out of the viper and into the vette.

Originally Posted by Nautilus

I've had this conversation with many people, and no one understood what I was talking about. I love my Z06 and it's handles great, but when you push it hard it gets sloppy. It still sticks and feels great for the most part but you don't even have to be pushing the limit to find it. But there is a serious loose feeling that isn't confedince inspiring. You can get the car settled nicely into a hard corner, and then the slightest bump in the road just seems to "unsettle" the suspention enough to make you question if the car is going to hang in there, the other time I've noticed it is on a very fast lane change under hard acceleration if the road isn't perfectly smooth the rear end feels very sloppy..... Once you get used to the feeling it's not quite as unsettling but the first few times I thought something was wrong too. I had my car to the dealership twice to check out the suspension, and they told me both times that everything looked great.... Glad I'm not crazy, because sevral other Z06 owners have told me I'm wrong, that their car feels great when pushed hard and there must be something wrong with my car

Originally Posted by Hot02SS

On a top gear episode they tested the viper against the 05 vette and they basicly trashed the viper and said the vette was better.

Originally Posted by JAvenger007

Four 1-2 victories in the last 5 years in the lemanns series. nuff said. The vette is into a golden era. dont expect to sit here and talk about porsches handling better for over $50K more. I think chevy knows what its doing. since when are performance and value in the same sentence when talking about a super car.

Originally Posted by mr2guru

With the amazing time the Z06 (7:42) pulled on the nurburgring, I can't see how it doesn't out handle the Viper (older GTS 8:43).

Originally Posted by treyZ28

there are definately several production cars that are faster than it aside from the carrera. Enzo flies into mind.