From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!sdcrdcf!naz Newsgroups: net.auto Title: Re: Musclecars Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.199 Posted: Wed Apr 27 11:10:31 1983 Received: Sat Apr 30 07:47:47 1983 Reply-To: naz@sdcrdcf.uucp (Norman Azadian) Organization: System Development Corporation--a Burroughs Company References: The comment about the new Corvette being wimpy betray a lack of understanding about what the new 'vette is. One thing it isn't is a race car. Comparisons to the Electramatic 28zx are grossly unfair. Real production cars (as opposed to the Porsche 935, which is only technically a production car) can't be compared to a race car which costs a small fortune to build and about 23 hours a day to maintain. For the first time, Chevy has augmented the traditional 'vette power with some real handling. They not only put in a good suspension, they made special effort to lighten critical suspension parts. Thus it has cast aluminum wishbones, just like the F1 race cars. To top it off, they got Goodyear to design a new set of tires for it. These new tires really borrow from F1 tire technology and are the next best thing to glue. The 83 'vette may not be the fastest thing in a straight line, but 7.1 seconds for 0-60 isn't exactly slow. And the best part comes at the end of the straightaway when all that attention to the suspension shows up in some incredible cornering speeds. If you think all this is good, wait until next year when they will probably give it a manual transmission and a turbo! NHA