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Originally Posted by zman1969
you obviously never driven a 302 in a first gen, they arent very user friendly cars.
IMO they shot their self in the foot! they should of priced them between the ZL1 and the SS not over ZL1 price. I was excited when they announced them but not alot of people(I include myself) are willing to pay more (alot) than a ZL1.
I am not dissing the car, its damn nice but why wouldnt you buy a ZL1 yes its heavier(iron diff, S/C, thicker glass) yeah the brake rotors add the cool factor but unless your tracking it what do you get above the ZL1?
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The reason I didn't buy a ZL1 over the Z/28 is because I wanted a track focused car - which the ZL1 is not. The carbon ceramic brakes, lightened body, forged wheels, functional aero package, etc., were all things that made the Z/28 appeal to me.
And for what it's worth (and not to knock the ZL1), I personally think there are a handful of arguably "better" street cars than the ZL1 for around the same money, but I hesitate to say there are many better track cars that the Z/28 at it's price point or even higher. At $75k, the Z/28 really was a value for the people that actually wanted to use the car for what it was made for.
I think a large percentage of people that ended up buying the Z/28 bought it expecting a "top of the line" Camaro with all the bells and whistles, which is not what it was supposed to be.
My hope is that if they ever do release a 6th gen Z/28, that it will have similarly high-end and exotic components, along with the biggest/best N/A corvette motor, lighter weight, crazy aero, etc etc. If I wanted a fully loaded street car with climate control and some 10,000 watt stereo, I'd get something else.