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Some of the stuff in that article i can't argue with, like the weight of the Camaro. It is really hard to figure how the Camaro's weight shows up , but the Shelby's does not, especially because that car is nose heavy. First of all, aside from the Miata and the 370Z, all the other cars were way more expensive. I'm really suprised to see all the comments about understeer, because my Camaro's in the past sure didn't have that. I think if they really wanted to talk about a "driver's car" , they should have tested them on public roads.
The ZR1 compared to the Miata is silly. The ZR1 finished what, 12 seconds ahead on the road course. So drive it the same speed the Miata can carry, and see if it isn't a little more stable. I've noticed in recent years these magazines praise cars like the miata and porsche boxster as the best handlers, and yet really they are just tooling around in those cars, not carrying nearly as much speed as a Corvette. What a sweet driving little car! Uh yeah, you're carrying 10mph less in the corner.
I also cannot comprehend the mustang being rated ahead of the Corvette.
You know the last 4th gen MT compared against a 2002 mustang cobra, they said the future of pony cars was with IRS cars like the SVT Cobra. Well here you have Chevy putting IRS in the Camaro, and yet it gets slammed. Hey, how about driving them on public roads, where the pavement isn't all smooth. Plus the Shelby rides better?! It seems GM is damned if they do, damned if they don't.
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