I want to head-off corvette comparisons. It isn’t fair given the sbc is so old and has such a loyal following and considering all the different ways gm can figure ways to offset the costs of a ‘vette. I think the 911 ought to be a measuring stick, because it is RELATIVELY affordable, but few would call it compromised (I mean in terms of build and execution, not the flawed rear-engine placement most of us agree is almost laughable), the way one might easily lambast the interior quality of the corvette.

People buy ferraris in spite of their low hp/dollar. when the f355 quit, it had 380 hp to the corvette’s 345. The 360m only had 400, the current f430 has ~490 while a corvette with more can be had for roughly a 3rd to a 4th of the cost. The vette is an outlier bargain, not the appreciated median.

That’s not to say the car may be sellable when it arrives. The first Pagani Zondas had merely(!) 420 hp, but they were never a joke because they were simply so special in other ways. Of course, when the S came out with 550 hp from the larger 7.3L v12, and for only another 50k more (remember, the first zonda c12′s were already $300k+!), they never sold another standard model again.

http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-Ford-Shelby-GR-1-Concept.htm

way overpriced. you can get a ferrari F430 for that money.

I could get 2 Corvette Z06 for that, and a decent SUV or something for that kind of money. hell, I could get the (rumored) 600HP blue devil corvette, and a Z06.

Don’t know enough about American cars, please educate me here!!

The last one was a Northstar if I recall. And unfortunately, this thing did not do favorably in the reviews. Pretty sharp looking though.