C8 just got crushed and humiliated by the GT500

[Laststandard]

I'm fine bro. When you report back to your boys. Tell em blue says hello. And hopes they're doing well.

No reports from me. I don't get that emotionally wrapped up in a car / brand. If Ford had a car that was as good out of the box as the SS 1LE for the money I may have bought that instead of the Cramro.

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[EcoVert]

Then the fans of Porsche, Lotus, McLaren, Supra, et cetera should be standing on the same ledge. Veloster was chosen over them too. And some of them dropped out of the testing after the first event. I read that article a couple days ago and concluded that it was another one of those "we're gonna go a different direction because we can" type of articles. Nothing wrong with that, because that's what they sorta said it would be. Pretty much a "which vehicle surprised us the most?" article.

I don't know about owners of other brands. They might be more or less sensitive. Those people don't usually come on here and make threads about how their Porsche or McLaren kicks the Mustang's butt in some performance measure. I've been hanging out on the Corvette forum a little since I own one. I'm not really interested in the C8 with a DCT, but I'm still curious so I read a little here and there.

Never seen a Porsche or McLaren guy trolling over here but plenty of c6 guys.

 

[EcoVert]

Cramro.

Did you mean Crapmaro

 

[1sml]

Did you mean Crapmaro

or Scrapmaro

 

[Biggus Dickus]

No reports from me. I don't get that emotionally wrapped up in a car / brand. If Ford had a car that was as good out of the box as the SS 1LE for the money I may have bought that instead of the Cramro.

The SS 1LE is one of the best bang-for-the-buck cars out there - punching way above its beltline. I wavered between it and the PP2 (and the Mopars briefly) , but chose the Mustang as it better suited my desires.

 

[gixxersixxerman]

No reports from me. I don't get that emotionally wrapped up in a car / brand. If Ford had a car that was as good out of the box as the SS 1LE for the money I may have bought that instead of the Cramro.

I was in the market for a 2ss 1LE, no one wanted to budge around here in Vegas, i test drove a 392 TA and loved it also. again no budging on the price. The mustang was my last choice, I love it its a great car, just my last choice after the other 2. Ford had no problem negotiating price. and due to the prior military and memorial day and 750$ private cash, i got 11k off the car. a 50k car for 39. thats why im in a Mustang. I dont regret it, and with the aftermarket its the best out there. But i LOVE driving my friends 1SS 1LE when i get a chance. The chassis is amazing, the faults are there, but the chassis is great. Im not brand loyal to anything, Ford, Chevy, Mazda, I own all three right now. 69 Chevelle, My Mustang and our daily is a 19 Mazda 3, but VW, Toyota, Nissan i have loved and great experiences also. I really feel bad about people that think 1 brand only and not out there seeing everything. I could easily pick a car from each manufacture no problem even KIA/Hyundai

 

[Ed M]

And remind them that GM just announced that they won’t start building the C8 until February

 

[bluebeastsrt]

everyone knows they are trolls.
Don’t let the foolishness affect you.
Just mess with them and have fun with their triggered responses.

The only effect I get from this thread. Is the kick I get out of watching their melt down. Over a car they dont own. Dumb ass bench racers.This thread was created to troll the trolls. It worked.

 

[EcoVert]

The only effect I get from this thread. Is the kick I get out of watching their melt down. Over a car they dont own. Dumb ass bench racers.This thread was created to troll the trolls. It worked.

But the magazines are out so can bench race and magazine race at the same time. Everyone knows if you have a magazine in your hand you win every time.

 

[4V Mayhem]

Yeah, let’s look at the reviews that have all the GM guys perched on the ledge, ready to jump….

Automobile says



The 2020 Chevy Corvette is a balanced, incredibly quick, and capable thing, packed with performance-enhancing technology optimized by some of the world's best chassis tuners. Its composure, the delicacy of its feel, and its holistic execution are perhaps unlike any other vehicle's in the history of General Motors—and GM has kicked out more satisfying cars than we have space to list…..



Yet despite its ferocity, the C8 is so adept at handling its power and so absent of twitchiness that it can make anyone feel like a hero, at least within the envelope achievable on public roads. There is a touch of safe understeer, but it's dialed out easily enough by easing off the accelerator, when the nose is perfectly willing to tuck itself back in.


Car and Driver says:

· Highs: Supercar performance at an amazing price, comfortable on the road and incredible on the track, much improved interior quality.

· Lows: Needs more visceral exhaust and engine sounds, doesn't brake and handle as well as the C7.

· Verdict: With incredible performance at an incredible price, the C8 Corvette is also the best Corvette yet.

After all that poking and prodding, we have concluded that the new C8 is spectacular, amazing, and supremely capable. Maybe even revolutionary

"While the C8's performance places it within the bounds of the supercar class, character matters as much as capability."

"That's the future. This is now, and it's clear that the new C8 isn't just a better Corvette, but a supercar for the rest of us—imperfections be damned. You'll just have to readjust your expectations to suit."

Motor Trend says

The other side of the coin is a disconnectedness from the raw performance of the car. The engine is rather quiet for a Corvette (though it retains that distinctive small-block roar), and the transmission is so smooth in Tour mode that you don't get a sense of just how fast you're going, at least until you brake. Similarly, it neither looks nor feels like a sub-3-second 0-60 sprint, but the numbers don't lie. There's never a big shove of torque; the engine's delivery is always exactly the same. You just gain speed, as simple as that. The dual-clutch transmission is exceptional for a first try, a game effort to match Porsche's benchmark PDK. The steering is precise and accurate but could stand to give you more road feel.

For decades, we made excuses for the Corvette's foibles, arguing its performance per dollar trumped all else. The C7 changed that, showing us Chevy could afford to make the Corvette nice, too, in addition to fast. Still, it wasn't as nice as the cars it was beating on the stopwatch.

No more. The C8 is not only powerful, but, dare we say, it's also the most premium-feeling Corvette that Chevrolet has ever made. It's the quickest Corvette to ever roll off the assembly line and up to a stoplight, and it somehow still starts at $60,000. And this is just the beginning.


Road & Track says

Let’s get one thing out of the way: the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette is good. It’s not, however, great.

The C8 Corvette is, without question, the most significant car of the year…..
The C8 isn’t quite there. It has neither the limit-handling grace of a 718 Cayman or the ESP-assisted Stealth-Fighter moves of a Ferrari 488 Pista…..
The additional horsepower is almost entirely nixed by the C8’s 203-lb weight gain relative to the C7 Stingray. With a curb weight of 3647 pounds, the new car’s power-to-weight ratio is only about one percent better than the outgoing car’s. And yet the C8 laid down a blazing 2.8-second 0-to-60-mph run, absolutely crucifying the C7’s 3.9-second performance. Dropping nearly one-third of the time from an acceleration run with no additional power is possibly the biggest coup ever accomplished by an automaker since the miracle of harnessing combustion itself.

Please, keep me away from sharp objects. I might hurt myself over all these horrible reviews.

LOL, good info! I can't wait to get behind the wheel of one. I think most people who get one will be pretty happy.

The SS 1LE is one of the best bang-for-the-buck cars out there - punching way above its beltline. I wavered between it and the PP2 (and the Mopars briefly) , but chose the Mustang as it better suited my desires.

The SS 1LE was definitely one of the better buys as far as price and performance is concerned.

 

[ALUSA]

So the same Motortrend who chose the Porsche 911 over the GT350 in their latest best drivers car award just picked the C8 Z51 over the Porsche 911.

https://www.motortrend.com/cars/che...8-vs-2020-porsche-911-comparison-test-review/

 

[9secondko]

And remind them that GM just announced that they won’t start building the C8 until February

Dang. So an already outdated, outperformed sports car won’t even be available to folks until next spring sometime?

People complain about how long the GT500 took, but at least it delivered.
This thing?

guess that whole UAW beef didn’t work out so well.

So the same Motortrend who chose the Porsche 911 over the GT350 in their latest best drivers car award just picked the C8 Z51 over the Porsche 911.

https://www.motortrend.com/cars/che...8-vs-2020-porsche-911-comparison-test-review/

better than the 911? Interesting.

since the 500 is better than the C8, any praise given to the vette automatically applies to the 500, plus.

Awesome!

 

[Laststandard]

The SS 1LE is one of the best bang-for-the-buck cars out there - punching way above its beltline. I wavered between it and the PP2 (and the Mopars briefly) , but chose the Mustang as it better suited my desires.

And it's a damn high beltline at that! A GT350 at the right price could tempt me, that voodoo is hawt.

 

[4V Mayhem]

And to your left, you’ll see an example of previously undocumented troll behavior: herd preservation. In increasingly common cases, a troll will break off from his herd in an effort to harass civilized communities with his built in reality distortion field, only to be overwhelmed in response by actual reality. His shield broken, other trolls will rally in support of their fallen. Amazing. Who knows what behavior will be observed next! Stay tuned. Same M6G time, same M6G channel, same troll hurt feelings.

The title of this thread is wrong by the way. It says the "C8" where technically it is just one trim of the C8. The GT500 would have to crush and humiliate the Grand Sport, Z06, ZR1, and any other trims that pop up. And I doubt that will happen. We still have yet to see the C8 and GT500 side by side in a comparison. But the crazy thing is that you guys claim the Camaro guys are trying to put the C8 against the GT500 because the Camaro doesn't stand a chance. Yet it seems that this is far from the truth or reality. The C8 got compared to the GT350 in a different thread. That pissed you guys off. However the ZL1 had already beaten the GT350R so there was no reason for the C8 to step in. That thread seemed more like it was a comparison based on HP, performance, and price. Yet it pissed you guys off so here comes this thread as a response, lol!! So who are the triggered ones? More on that later. So this thread is now comparing the GT500 to the C8 and it was from you guys. So what is really happening is the GT500 is being tasked with stepping in for the GT350R against the C8. And for the record, I have not seen any of these "trolls" try to push the GT500 off on the C8. You guys calling everyone "trolls" are the ones who did that.

So the thread is wrong. The GT500 might beat the 2020 Base and Z51 C8 when they are tested. The other C8s will be arriving shortly after that. SO since this thread was started and says the GT500 "crushed and humiliated" the C8, are you going to turn and say that the goal posts are being pushed back when the higher trim C8s arrive or will you still stick to your thought that the GT500 will crush them as well? Or will it be fair since those are C8s? I'm just curious on what I should expect. Also, YOU all changed the goal posts from the GT350R to the GT500. Just so you know.

 

[9secondko]

The title of this thread is wrong by the way. It says the "C8" where technically it is just one trim of the C8. The GT500 would have to crush and humiliate the Grand Sport, Z06, ZR1, and any other trims that pop up. And I doubt that will happen. We still have yet to see the C8 and GT500 side by side in a comparison. But the crazy thing is that you guys claim the Camaro guys are trying to put the C8 against the GT500 because the Camaro doesn't stand a chance. Yet it seems that this is far from the truth or reality. The C8 got compared to the GT350 in a different thread. That pissed you guys off. However the ZL1 had already beaten the GT350R so there was no reason for the C8 to step in. That thread seemed more like it was a comparison based on HP, performance, and price. Yet it pissed you guys off so here comes this thread as a response, lol!! So who are the triggered ones? More on that later. So this thread is now comparing the GT500 to the C8 and it was from you guys. So what is really happening is the GT500 is being tasked with stepping in for the GT350R against the C8. And for the record, I have not seen any of these "trolls" try to push the GT500 off on the C8. You guys calling everyone "trolls" are the ones who did that.

So the thread is wrong. The GT500 might beat the 2020 Base and Z51 C8 when they are tested. The other C8s will be arriving shortly after that. SO since this thread was started and says the GT500 "crushed and humiliated" the C8, are you going to turn and say that the goal posts are being pushed back when the higher trim C8s arrive or will you still stick to your thought that the GT500 will crush them as well? Or will it be fair since those are C8s? I'm just curious on what I should expect. Also, YOU all changed the goal posts from the GT350R to the GT500. Just so you know.

wrong again.

Since only the debut GT500 and GT500 track pack have been revealed, that’s what gets compared to the C8 and Z51. and in this comparison, the title is correct.

when the Z06 and ZR1 come out, they must also compete with the top tier GT500s AT THAT TIME, specifically the KR.

You can’t go around so hurt about the 500 that you insist it competes against future, unannounced, unrevealed, and unreleased cars.

That’s weird bro.

and, since you brought it up, trollish.

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