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Originally posted by Scottie300z
performance for dollar I would say the Wrx wins.
And Ls1, have driven anything other than a domestic?
Because if you would you might be surprised on how well the import performance cars handle.
And the SS will only beat the new Z from a stop. That is if it is anything like the old Z, Z's have killer top end and you wouldn't ever pull away from one while at a roll.
Hell, compare a Z32 N/A to a Z28 from a roll and see how close that race is. 13 sec car Vs a 15 sec car and tell me you would just pull away from a Z from a roll.
Just personally I would take a broad power band, handling and road going skills over low end.
Just seems like more of a sports package.
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whoaaa there!!!
okay where to start explaining myself first.
As far as the WRX, great car, I just perefer n/a engines, I trust them more. I have sold cars for a couple months and worked in shops and have driven EVERY type of car basically. I know the camaro has flaws as does every car, but my main point WAS the dollar-per-hp. It does depreciate, but so does every car, cars are not good investments. Camaros will actually depreciate LESS now that they are discontinued, I believe the figure I heard was like 15-20% less. As far as TOP END, I am NOT scared. The LS1 is probably one of the first 5.7L GM has produced that actually breaths at high RPM (stock). The top end is AMAZING and is actually one of the highest points the car has. The powerband is excellent so all you really have better is the handling (which I admit). I'm sure GM has its reasons for taking a break from F-bods, if I had to take my best guess, i'd say they have spent too much time in developing engine technology rather that the rest of the car, it is one of the last sports cars with the solid live axle and thats partly to blame for the handling. Mine definitely needed some work before it was able to handle. I don't want this to get into a bad heated argument or anything, look at every car thread on the net and people will defend their preference to the death. We were all brought up differently and have grown to like different things. My preference is V8 torque, and i'll give up some handling to have it, untill I can afford something with both. I don't expect everyone to have the same priorities in a car, but if I meet you on the highway and we both decide to punch it from a 65mph roll, (before I modded the car) I wouldn't bet the pink slip if I was you. Now if we were at an autocross event (before I modded the car), I wouldn't be betting MY pink slip.