When they viper can hang with the current z06 on a road course, has all the current options the z06 and looks as good I might care.

 

The Viper will never have all the conforts like the Corvette because it was built with a different purpose. The Vette has and always will be a street car first and a race car second, the Viper has always been a race first and formost. The thing that kills the Viper is the extra weight, relative to the Vette, that it has had for a while.

 

Rumor has it that the 08 has lost a couple hundred pounds. They got rid of the run-flats, went with lighter wheels, and there may be more CF; it's unclear.

 

..but a couple hundred pounds will put it at ~3300 lbs, still a nice 300lbs short of what the current Z06 is and probably another hundred of what the blue devil will be. I know Guy has said that you can make weight handle, as he has pointed out with his land yatch he calls a t-bird, but weight still doesn't help with cornering and braking.

 

GMPP is sure to have a response. I love the horsepower wars.

 

This is true, and the Viper guys have traditionally counted on steamroller-size tires to help offset that problem, but it's catching up with them. Supposedly the new design for 2009 will be significantly lighter. It ought to be lighter now for the price they're asking. We'll see.

 

The battle lines are drawn:

http://www.leftlanenews.com/2007/01/...t10-challenge/

 

Oh, they were drawn a LOOOOOOONG time ago.