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Originally Posted by Martinjlm

I've said the same over on C6G. Many times.

Don't get me wrong, the C8 team isn't losing sleep over GT500, but they are also not letting it out of their sight. Primary competitors are clearly Porsche / Ferrari / McLaren. But Jaguar F-Type, Shelby GT500, Mercedes AMG GT and Nissan GTR are all in the "second ring" of competitors on the landscape. All of them would like to punch upward to compete with Z06 / ZR1, just like Corvette for years has had to punch upward to hit 911 / 458 / 488 / 570s / 720s.

Competitor Intel isn't just about who you are targeting, it's also about who is targeting you.

I understand that the Corvette team may be keeping their eye on the Shelby but are they approaching the R&D for new models based on the Shelby. Going by your analogy that Shelby and Corvette have always been direct a competitor you would think they would. I would think they are focusing their R&D on European models, and could care less what a Mustang is doing as long as it doesn't surprisingly embarrass them

Again if Shelby is directly competing with Corvette do you think making the decision to challenge it with a 4200 lb chassis was a great idea or does it make much more sense that this platform is targeting similar Camaro and Challenger models.