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Originally Posted by TRZ06
The ZL1 is less twitchy in the rear-end than the Z06 right? More stable/composed and confident feeling?
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I've gotten out of one and jumped into the other and the Z06 is definitely a scarier car but not in the way the magazines portray it. The ZL1 is brutally fast, it handles awesome and the brakes are right up there with them all. But the Z06 does everything the ZL1 does just a little bit better and that's what's scarier about it. It goes faster in a straight line, launches harder, handles better, flicks easier, and is more nimble. In the ZL1 you feel like you can push it harder on the entrance ramp before you're going to lose control. The Z06 you probably are going faster but you don't feel like you're pushing the car, once you really do push it, the speed and rate that everything is happening is what contributes to the scariness. At least for me. I'm not afraid of any car I've driven. I respect the power, but I'm not afraid to hammer it or push them as hard as I can in Mexico/back roads/safe environments. For me, the Z06 is just as stable, if not more so, and is definitely the "quicker" car.
I love both, but if I had to have just one, the Z06 would be in the garage. There's no question the A10 is superior to the A8, but the A8 isn't far behind. It shifts just as fast (to the point of it mattering), left to it's own devices in D, it is extremely capable. Can't go wrong with either. If you really want a tie breaker then do it like this: If you want an Automatic, get the A10 ZL1. If you want a manual, get an M7 C7 Z06.