Re: First Performance shoot-out for the SRT-10(UPDATE)
WARNING - SPOILERS BELOW - DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW THE OUTCOME.
The Viper gets SCREWED again. They gave it 2nd place to the Z06. The standard excuses were used "Oh the Viper rode the roughest of them all" and "the clutch is too stiff".
The Viper put up 0-60 in 4.0 seconds flat. It did the quarter in 12.0 at "over 120mph". Edmunds said these were the fastest numbers in their respective categories they had EVER tested. The 60-0 was done in 125 feet, BUT, they said this car had a problem with the ABS system that prevented them from getting accurate numbers.
In comparison, their numbers on the Z06 were 0-60 in 4.6 seconds, and the quarter in 12.9 seconds. 60-0 was 107 feet or so.
They also said the Viper had the best stereo, but overall they said it was too stiff and rough riding, and without much comfort, and concluded that if you want rough riding and sharp looks, you would be better with a european exotic (which also costs twice as much if not more).
This would not bother me, EXCEPT these cars are supposed to be PERFORMANCE cars and I will never understand why they do not rank them on performance. Given that they seem to ignore the price factors, and comfort weighs in so heavily, I bet an SL55 or CL55 would have won the test hands down.
Another bunch of guys who don't grok what performance cars are supposed to be about.