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Originally Posted by Mr CLuTcH
Well because it's that obvious, its a V6 engine, why else would I compare a v6based car vs another of the same type????????
Price vs performance? The 370z does cost some cash, but my first initial thoughts wouldn't be to compare it to an SS because stock vs stock there isn't anything to raise my eyebrow over, the SS wins. I understand your point about the 370z costing more than the V6 Camaro but I don't feel like that alone should stop a person from comparing two cars which are composed of the same type of engine, a nonturbo/nonsupercharged v6. Can I not compare "apples to apples" just because one apple cost more than the next???
I can see if this was a dodge SRT10 engine or something way outside it's class, but they're both v6 engines on different plateforms, why not. The Camaro is way heavier, the Z is light. If I'm not in the position to compare two v6 based engines what else am I suppose to compare the V6 Camaro's performance to? What other cars? A maxima? A dodge neon? A POS honda from 93? This is the same reason someone created the thread "what can the v6 Camaro beat anyway"?
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An engine is a means to an end though. I wouldn't use the engine type as a basis for comparison any more than I would compare two cars based on compression ratio or the width of the tires. I look at what the aggregated result of all those elements does for the complete car and see what other cars achieve similar results, at a similar price point. How they get there is less important than where they end up.