Subject: Re: Drove my buddies C5, talk about Blah by bogus on 2009/6/11 14:34:25
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Mekanic wrote: I agree with what you mean, but the C4 is an interesting piece in that aspect. It is more of the transmission car between pure sports car, and GT cruiser.
C3's, are a sports car. There is no if's and's or but's. A big engine, in a light car, with a suspension that will loosen fillings.
Now look at an 84 Z51. Designed to out run and out handle every Italian in the race track, but with a fancy stereo and dashboard.
The trend continues throughout all the C4 years, appointments got more luxurious, and suspensions got softer.
news flash... same thing happened to the C3.
The C3 is also heavy!!! Don't let it fool you... they are not light. 3500lbs!! And the aero of a brick.
"Sports car" is such a nebulous term. People have been trying to answer (or live up to) that definition for years. And haven't come close to nailing it.
The best way I can define it is by looking at modern Ferrari's. The 599 is a GT car, the 430 is a sports car. It's about perpose.
For the most part, the Corvette transistioned from sports car to GT (and I feel that happened in 1963) to GT/Muscle car back to pure GT. And has stayed there ever since.
The C4 is no more a sports car than a 928 is. Same with the C5 or C6. What they are is a good handling and performing GT car.
In todays world, about the only true sports cars are the Lotus Elise, Ferrari F430 and Mazda Miata (with soft top).
