All nice cars. All personal taste.
A buddy of mine has a Hellcat, and I will tell you, it's pretty hard to wipe the smile off your face listening to the beautiful noise that car makes, and it's stupid fast.
The Demon with it's near slick steam roller tires all the way around even handles, but the point has been made that it's a big car and really doesn't compare to a small sports car in the twisties.
I like my Z. I wanted a RWD manual transmission fun car, and having owned 4 other Z's in the past, and having found a deal I couldn't pass up on a 2 year old 10k mile private party sale way below KBB with no sales tax, it was a no brainer.
I haven't had the latest generation of domestics in the driveway but I did own a 2000 LS1 Camaro that was a whole lot of fun. I do miss how comfortable the seats were in that car and wish the Z was even close there. And I miss T-tops too, which I had on 3 of the 5 Z's I've owned. (2 '83 turbo cars and an 85 Z31)
The VQ will never put down the torque numbers those big V8s put down, and it's that torque that launches you off the line. The only reason the Z ever hung with the pony cars, even back when it came out is due to the weight advantage.
Still, go drive what you want to drive and have fun with it. Just remember when you buy a domestic pony car, you're buying the same thing 80k+ other people bought that year. With a Z, the club is a wee bit more exclusive.
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