Comparison the z to a vette

40th370z

Vettes,Cameros,Mustangs,and even the Challengers are becoming a dime a dozen car,people see them every day,most people will walk right past them to see a Z parked at the end of a line with those cars in them because they don't see them everyday.

Although if the Stingray concept becomes the new C7 Vette,that will change Photo Gallery: 2010 Corvette Stingray Concept - WebRidesTV

shadoquad

Vettes get outrageously good mileage for the performance.

shadoquad

Actually, even the C7 will get old in a relatively short period of time. All Corvette designs age pretty quickly because they're common in the US, so we see them fairly often. Doesn't mean they aren't still sleek, gorgeous sports cars. They just aren't "exotic" looking vs. their competitors.

Edit: I see your point, though. By the time that happens, 370Z's will also be more common.

Lug

I like my drive to be performance-oriented, I care far less about how it looks or how "exclusive" it is. Want exclusive? Buy and Edsel!

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Zsteve

already are. I see more and more every day.

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nuTinmuch

The Vette is not a muscle car. It is a sports car.

It is also pretty damn reliable. It also gets better MPG. :V

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shadoquad

Sure. And there will be more and more as long as they keep selling the right number each year. Eventually they'll be as common as 350Z's, especially when the used car market has its way and newer Z's get performance/styling tweaks as years go by.

As I said, though, rarity/exclusivity (or the lack thereof) doesn't change the fact that it's a beautiful, aggressive design. But I think the design of the Stang/Camaro/Vette will age faster because they sell more in general.

Lug

Stylewise, it's just miles ahead. I think both the 350Z and the 370Z are some of the only cars I see that I don't instantly want to change something about their looks other than something like a simple drop/wheels.

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shadoquad

I know it may be nitpicking and subjective, but I also think the Z's interior looks much, much better than the C5 and C6 Vettes.

Mergnthwirker

What impressed me most about the 370Z, compared to the Corvette I also test-drove, was its composure on pot-holed and frost-heaved New England roads. These roads are winding, with blind corners, "thank-you-mum" whoop-dee-doo bumps and decreasing radius turns. This is what I drive on every day.

The Z could fly down these roads, whereas the Corvette creaked, groaned, and wiggled. After 10 years of driving each one daily on these roads, I think the Z will still be together, but the Corvette would be decomposed into disparate parts, flying off at random. Both of them felt a little more ponderous than I'd like (especially on corners that are 1-lane wide and blind). But the Z was a clear winner for me, so I bought it!

carbonguy

Really late to the party on this thread.

As noted in my introduction of 3/29/10, I owned an 05 C6 Z51, an 07 Z06, and an 09 Z06, the last car being traded in a a 40th anniversary Z.

Quality wise, I had no problems with all 3 vettes. Yes, there was a roof recall, and a TSB about some rear end noise when making a tight turn at low speed (cured by some extra fluid), but overall, my vettes were pretty solid.

The Z06s were stupid fast, but as somebody noted, really overkill for the street. Warp speed happens in the blink of an eye and you really have to drive the car. The Z06 (and ZR1) capabilities exceed the abilities of a lot of drivers, including probably me. But still, I have to laugh when I punch the throttle in second gear of the Z; in the Z06, all hell breaks loose and you hold on for dear life.

The 370Z is a lot more forgiving, speed happens much more slowly. Not as demanding as the Z06. But I can still go just as hard in my favorite corners so all in all, the Z is just about as much fun and looks stunning. Better interior too.

Bu what I really miss about the Z06 was the "king of the hill" feeling I had while driving it. While I didn't, ahem, street race, I knew that there was a pretty short list of cars (stock) that would beat a Z06. I felt that the Z06 got a lot of respect from other drivers and very few wanted to "play".

So I see myself in a C7 Z whatever or a GTR in in the next few years. I actually tried to buy a GTR before my 09 Z, but at the time, no discounting was happening and I wasn't gonna pay msrp when the Z06 was heavily discounted.

StLRedrider

It's a chevy product, need i say more!!!!!

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j.arnaldo

Chevrolet Corvette: "Much worse than average" reliability history. CR mpg (averaged 'tween city and highway driving): 21.

Nissan 370Z: "Much better than average" reliability history. CR mpg (averaged 'tween city and highway driving): 23.

I have the 2010 Consumer Reports Buying Guide issue on my lap as I transcribe this data, guys...Sorry. Reality bites.
Still, if you prefer the 'Vette, GO FOR IT. That's the beauty of capitalism, i.e. the govm't cant impose a "Lada" on you (for those of you who don't know, the Lada was an abysmally BAD Russian vehicle widely distributed in Cuba and Russia, back in the '70s and part of the '80s. It was a PIECE OF JUNK!) Myself, I own an '04 Z, whose only repair has been the driver's side power window motor. In December of this year, she'll be 7 years old, and it behaves like a 2009 model! Her original owner got her then. Greetings!

shadoquad

To be fair, though, you had said the Corvette mileage was "abysmal" vs. the Z being "reasonable", and we're talking about a difference of 2 mpg. That's the only point I can nitpick and the only point I disagreed with. For the power, that's pretty darn impressive mileage in my opinion.

Robert_Nash

I admire the Corvette for its engineering (especially its power plant) although I must say I’ve never been too impressed with its interior quality or fit/finish. That said, other than both having two seats I don’t see a lot of common ground between the two vehicles.

The biggest problem with the Corvette is not the vehicle itself but so many of the people who buy them. While not universally true of course, many Corvette owners are either not real “car people” (they buy the car for status only- nothing makes me more sad than to see a powerful sports car in the hands of someone who could care less about its capabilities) or they are so enamored of themselves that when you look up the definition of “stuck up” you’ll find a picture of a Corvette owner!

On a personal note, at this point, I also have a big problem with GM in general. Until 2004 I had almost exclusively owned GM vehicles but I never will again. I was almost starting to forgive GM for taking bailout money until Whitacre decided to inundate us with commercials touting how GM had paid back part of their “loan” five years early (while forgetting to mention that they did it by using TARP money to do it)…at that point, any consideration for every buying another GM vehicle went right out the window and Ford products look better and better to me all the time!

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