Freddy
a good example is the chevy corvette that won the lemans last year. I see alot of comments on youtube that american sport cars suck they dont handle that good they fall apart all that type of stuff. So my question is if american sports cars were really that bad why did the chevy corvette won the lemans against all the top euro sport cars (ferrari,lamborghini,porche, and the japanese gtr etc) and ppl bash the zr1about it only goes in a straight line and cant hit good corners. the zr1 has the fastest lap  time (7:19 sec)in the nurburgring track. Â
going back to the lemans yes the corvette was heavily  modified but so was ferrari and all the other euro cars so there was no excuse for all these great car companies to lose , and why is bugatti ss backing down from a race against the venom gt? so why do all these ppl hate on american sport cars. if they keep winning their competitions in their own country.
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First things first:
Le Mans... while the C6R did get a class win, and Corvette's racing team has a fantastic record in sports racing, it was 11th overall. The C6R is also the least production based car among the GT competition in sports car racing - as an evolution of the C5R it shares 0% with the road car (where as the Ferrari and other cars share the same engine block and unibody as the road car). The C6R is a fantastic car, and the street going Corvette is as well... but using that as an example as to "how great US made cars are" isn't a very good argument.
And while the ZR1 did do 7:19 on Nordschleife, this is not the fastest time nor even the fastest time by a street car, and it was done on DOT Slicks... the 7:38 would be the car's time on actual street tires (placing it behind the Porsche Turbo, the Nissan GTR, the Koenigsegg CCR, the Porsche GT3RS, the Ferrari 458, the Porsche GT2... etc). It's fast... but not quite THAT fast (fit the others with such tires, and then compare again).
So the ZR1 and Corvettes in general are excellent cars... the Viper ACR too. But why the poor reputation? It starts with things like Ford building Mustangs with leaf spring suspension in the back. It continues with build quality issues like soda cans left in door panels on the assembly line (saw that when consulting with GM). And it culminates when you see a Ford GT at a track day built such that the rear body panels melt because it seems, nobody at Ford ever thought to test the heat resistance of the panels around the exhaust and what they would look like after a mere 20 minutes on the track!
Compare that to the build quality and engineering that lets many of those German and Italian cars go straight from the showroom to the track, where they not only post excellent time but also hold up to the wear and tear without problem. Of course, they also cost more, and this is often time what you are paying for and in many cases it's an slightly unfair due to this.
Outside of the Corvette though (and while the Viper and Ford GT were around), US companies have mostly been uninterested in producing high end sports cars. Compare that to the offerings from Europe and the occasional Japanese offerings (add that Corvettes cost much more than these in Europe), and you really have to ask this question?
As for the Venom and the Veyron... the Veyron is not by any means built for racing. The achievement in technology is getting that performance from a touring car with all of it's luxury, not the total performance. As such, they are likely not paying attention to Hennessy's challenge anymore than Hennessey would accept a challenge to race a Radical SR3 (which would likely spank it something bad even though it would have 800hp less).
First things first:
Le Mans... while the C6R did get a class win, and Corvette's racing team has a fantastic record in sports racing, it was 11th overall. The C6R is also the least production based car among the GT competition in sports car racing - as an evolution of the C5R it shares 0% with the road car (where as the Ferrari and other cars share the same engine block and unibody as the road car). The C6R is a fantastic car, and the street going Corvette is as well... but using that as an example as to "how great US made cars are" isn't a very good argument.
And while the ZR1 did do 7:19 on Nordschleife, this is not the fastest time nor even the fastest time by a street car, and it was done on DOT Slicks... the 7:38 would be the car's time on actual street tires (placing it behind the Porsche Turbo, the Nissan GTR, the Koenigsegg CCR, the Porsche GT3RS, the Ferrari 458, the Porsche GT2... etc). It's fast... but not quite THAT fast (fit the others with such tires, and then compare again).
So the ZR1 and Corvettes in general are excellent cars... the Viper ACR too. But why the poor reputation? It starts with things like Ford building Mustangs with leaf spring suspension in the back. It continues with build quality issues like soda cans left in door panels on the assembly line (saw that when consulting with GM). And it culminates when you see a Ford GT at a track day built such that the rear body panels melt because it seems, nobody at Ford ever thought to test the heat resistance of the panels around the exhaust and what they would look like after a mere 20 minutes on the track!
Compare that to the build quality and engineering that lets many of those German and Italian cars go straight from the showroom to the track, where they not only post excellent time but also hold up to the wear and tear without problem. Of course, they also cost more, and this is often time what you are paying for and in many cases it's an slightly unfair due to this.
Outside of the Corvette though (and while the Viper and Ford GT were around), US companies have mostly been uninterested in producing high end sports cars. Compare that to the offerings from Europe and the occasional Japanese offerings (add that Corvettes cost much more than these in Europe), and you really have to ask this question?
As for the Venom and the Veyron... the Veyron is not by any means built for racing. The achievement in technology is getting that performance from a touring car with all of it's luxury, not the total performance. As such, they are likely not paying attention to Hennessy's challenge anymore than Hennessey would accept a challenge to race a Radical SR3 (which would likely spank it something bad even though it would have 800hp less).
Classic European Sports Cars?
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I plan on writing a novel in which one of the characters (a badass, sexy chick) restores a classic car which will be seen and driven several times throughout (she's also very proud of this car). I can't seem to find the right model to use. I want a European classic kind of sporty car. Something that's cool, sleek and fast and handles well and makes people go "oh yeahh". I would really appreciate some suggestions, and pictures would be helpful too.
I forgot to mention that I would prefer Hardtops.
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I had a MGA "Twin Cam" 1959 as a teenager - later an MGB 1965 -
Back then the Triumph TR-3 and TR-4 were popular too -
Austin Healey 3000 as well - and Lotus Elan if you could afford
I have seen these in USA when I lived there...
These are cars of the late-1950s to mid-1960s era, originally -
Pictures exist in Wikipedia
All existed on hard-top versions -
Or one that you could remove/replace with ragtop
I had a MGA "Twin Cam" 1959 as a teenager - later an MGB 1965 -
Back then the Triumph TR-3 and TR-4 were popular too -
Austin Healey 3000 as well - and Lotus Elan if you could afford
I have seen these in USA when I lived there...
These are cars of the late-1950s to mid-1960s era, originally -
Pictures exist in Wikipedia
All existed on hard-top versions -
Or one that you could remove/replace with ragtop
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