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Old 02-14-2007, 10:40 AM   #46
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Originally Posted by John V
The Corvette's FRP skin isn't exactly fiberglass.

The Corvette's chassis is significantly stiffer in torsional rigidity than the Boxster's. The Boxster is at the low end of the spectrum in terms of torsional rigidity for cars of its ilk (Z4, S2000).
Interestingly, a recent issue of C and D had a test where we saw the z06 spank the new GT3 in a straight line AND at the track, and at 40K less in purchase price.

Not bad!
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