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Old 12-31-2020, 01:49 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by Idaho2018GTPremium View Post
I'm still going with ZL1 as best performance value in the world. It will beat a Z51 C8 around a track, and aside from a dig, beat it from a roll, too. It also stops better than the C8. All that with back seats and the engine in the wrong place! If the C8 didn't have the insane 0-60 times, I don't think it would have the same fanfare.

Did you see the time Randy P. put down at Laguna Seca for the Z51 C8 at this year's MT Best Driver's Car? 1:37.83. Slower than an SS 1LE from a few years back (1:37.77) and nearly two seconds slower than the GT350R (obviously with an M6) time of 1:36.11 from that same year as the SS 1LE. The Z51's time is 4.9 seconds slower than a 911 Turbo S that was also on street summer tires for this year's BDC, and 4 seconds slower than the GT500 CFTP (1:33.84), also same day as the 911 Turbo S. These are all Randy P. times from MT's BDC competition.

The C8 is not a supercar, yet. It will be once the Z06 and other variants arrive. No doubt the capabilities are there for those future models.

Any not for nothing, but this is the second Shelby Mustang to finish in 2nd place in the last few years behind a bona fide supercar (GT350R finished 2nd behind a McLaren 570S in 2016 which by the way went 1:34.58).
You have to remember that the ZL1 with A10 is the one that can do all that and it is a bit more expensive than the C8 Z51. But I can see your point. I switch my choice to the ZL1, lol!!

But I do not think the C8 Z06 will be a legit "Supercar"...like the Aventador, McLarens, etc. It ain't gonna touch those cars. Not without forced induction at least. The C8 ZR1 will be a true Supercar. But not the Z06.
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