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bb62 · 04-05-2009

I've owned one Sting Ray or another since 1981. I have had a 67 435HP coupe since 1995. To me they represented the pinnacle of the old high horsepower era (and still do). However, I felt like I was missing something with all the advances in the newer Corvettes. It always seemed like there was this huge gulf between the 1982 and older Corvette enthusiests and the enthusiests for the 1984 and newer cars. Having made the decision to buy a newer Corvette, I gravitated to the ZR-1 for a number of reasons. First, it represents to me the reentry into the high performance car realm by Chevrolet with the Corvette. The rarity of the Lotus engine and the beauty and engineering) of the LT5 itself.

I think my cars make beautiful historical bookends - the last of the old type of power and the first of the new type of power.

04-05-2009	#12
bb62 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 129	Re: Why a ZR-1? I've owned one Sting Ray or another since 1981. I have had a 67 435HP coupe since 1995. To me they represented the pinnacle of the old high horsepower era (and still do). However, I felt like I was missing something with all the advances in the newer Corvettes. It always seemed like there was this huge gulf between the 1982 and older Corvette enthusiests and the enthusiests for the 1984 and newer cars. Having made the decision to buy a newer Corvette, I gravitated to the ZR-1 for a number of reasons. First, it represents to me the reentry into the high performance car realm by Chevrolet with the Corvette. The rarity of the Lotus engine and the beauty and engineering) of the LT5 itself. I think my cars make beautiful historical bookends - the last of the old type of power and the first of the new type of power.