I have seen some of the feircest debates about cars come up during a conversation about the ‘vette and the Viper. What do ypu think? Feel free to go off on a rant about every little thing you love and hate about both cars, thats what makes these threads interesting.

My Opinion:

Corvette -

The Good

• The iconic American sports car.
• Gets better every year.
• Succesful race history.
• Higher top speed than an F430.

The Bad

• Does anything scream ‘mid-life crisis’ like a Corvette Convertible?
• Mass produced, not very excusive (save for the ZR1).
• Has had some build quality issues in the past.
• They keep making it more powerful, but they don’t necesarliy upgrade the other equipment along with the added power.

Viper -

The Good

• It’ll blow your head off.
• It looks like it’ll blow your head off.
• Every new generation is pretty distinct from the last.
• Not that common.
• People don’t assume the driver is a balding real estate agent.
• Your Granpa didn’t buy one when he retired.
• Your mother in law hates it.

The Bad

• Not very refined.
• Cheap interior.
• Loud.
• Cop magnet.
• Your mother in law hates it, and she’s visiting next week.

My Conclusion:

I choose the Viper.

FYI, this forum has been dead lately; so I wouldn’t expect a lot of traffic.

I agree with your assessment on both cars. Can we drag the obvious issue of price into the picture? A good question is: which car is more unreliable? Is this car going to be a daily driver or a show boater? The mileage on the Viper is horrendous.

I think we need some parameters.

Chevrolet’s Corvette, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, was America’s only true sports car until the recent hyped-up arrival of Dodge’s Viper.
“People are paying over sticker price for the few in the area, but next year they’ll probably pay sticker price - or below - because some 3,000 Vipers will be built,” said a salesman at South Oak Dodge in Chicago Heights, which had No. 143 this year….

I’ll take the new Viper ACR any day over a Vette. Also, the Corvette has just as cheap if not cheaper interior than the Viper. The other downside to the Vette is that they are the “me too” sports car. I see them all the time.

And I would pick a ZR1 over the ACR any day. Since I wouldn’t race it, buying that car would make no sense for me, and a stock s/c v8 making 600+ hp somehow appeals to me. Also, I think that the corvette interior is better then the viper’s now, especially with the upgrade you can buy for them.