It's official...the Boxster is underpowered

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

Being German, I am confident in what I am about to state:

The guys in Stuttgart hardly noticed. They have SUCH an attitude, they didn't even mind that the Penske/Porsche Lemans Prototypes lost to the Corvette C6R at Sebring this year.

Ah, I love German arrogance.

Anyone for a nice beer? I'll have mine warm and sudsy!

I have it on good authority WHO WILL REMAIN NAMELESS that Stuggart have a ZO6 which they had disassembled to 'reverse engineer' it, what ever the hell that means. And that's NOT the first time they have done so.

Gettin pumeled by the Corvettes is not new but its becoming a trend. Sports car cred comes from the track. That Laguna Seca time differential in Motor Trend was enough to make any Porsche die hard wince. Getting beat on power is fine, but to get outclassed on handling too? what's next braking??!!

[Brucelee]

"Query: If James Dean were alive today; what would he drive? "

A hummer with exta air bags!

[Brucelee]

"Gettin pumeled by the Corvettes is not new but its becoming a trend. Sports car cred comes from the track. That Laguna Seca time differential in Motor Trend was enough to make any Porsche die hard wince. Getting beat on power is fine, but to get outclassed on handling too? what's next braking??!!"

Ouch, you are not kidding. Notice Porsche stays way away from the GT1 class in AMLS. You gotta hand it to Chevrolet, racing does improve the breed. The ZO6 is as close to the C6R as you can get and still pass emissions.

Awesome car, I drove one last week!

[Rail26]

I understand the Porsche vs. vette thing...I really do. The Corvette is faster. However, I'm going to throw out an analogy. You can pick up a prostitute with no teeth on the street corner for 10 bucks. Can she deliver the goods? Hell yes. Or you can pay the big money for the Las Vegas escort who can deliver the goods with panache and class. Who would you rather have your friends see you with?

When I see a vette, I usually see a 45 year old fat guy wearing a Nascar hat driving it. When I see a Porsche pilot, I usually see well dressed, refined human being who understands style and class. Is this a stereotype? Yep. However, this is how I want to be stereotyped.

To Recap:

Vette = Hooker with no teeth or fat guy with Nascar hat.
Porsche = High class Vegas escort or well dressed aristocrat.

[mach schnell]

i have to admit - and maybe it's my despise for American cars (maybe that comes from living in Michigan for a while and having to deal with such narrow-mindedness!) but anytime I pull up next to a Vette i intentionally refuse to look or check it out. i know that some of them are faster and more expensive than what i'm driving, but i also know that for the most part, the caliber and intelligence of the lump behind the wheel is much less than maybe your average, hmmm... ricer?!

[Rail26]

BINGO Mach Schnell!

[986Jim]

It was a Z06 against the 997 S. Thats not exactly a fair comparison as the 997S is more on the same level as the C6-C7 is not the Z06 model.

The new 911 GT3 makes 415whp N/A from a 3.8L motor. It would walk the Z06 around the track and did on top gear quite nicely and by a pretty large margin too. Granted their track is shorter with lap times in the 1.25's for those cars vs. around 2 seconds for Laguna Seca it was still a large margin.

The Z06 is fast yes, but honestly it's just not that impressive because they use 7L to make 500hp, that barbaric. I can make 500hp with a 20L engine and put it in a boat, that doesn't mean its a sports car. Put a Chevy's best 3.8L motor in the Vette and see what happens lol... Or let Porsche make a 7L engine and again see what happens.