Flat six, twin charged.

Lots of internet research was a lot different than driving them. The no brainer part happened when I took the C7 out for a drive. All of the Corvette stigma evaporated into a cloud of pushrod tiresmoke. The 911 is a beautiful machine but IMO not currently worth the premium unless you’re willing to step up to GT3 trim…

Drive both. The 911 does have a better interior. It is not enough better than the C7 to justify the disparate performance gap inherent with price, unless you absolutely love automatic transmissions at which point the PDK might be the right choice.

Haha, I appreciate the support and I’m not in the least bit offended - doubt I’ll remember some Jalopnik comments while listening to the sweet sound of push rods and crackle overrun.

I get the point, but the nomenclature does carry some weight in this discussion as the base car and a z51 w/ a proper manual in a higher trim is much more equipped and the price represents that. Basically, satiaties the article’s point of loaded C7 > 911 in my opinion.

100% accurate because push rods.

The timing of this is hilarious. I’m picking up a 2LT C7 Z51 M7 tomorrow after mulling this exact debate for almost a year. Sub-$60k, 1850 miles and certified pre-owned warranty versus $80k+ for a 2012/2013 991 Carrera S? It was literally a no brainer.

If your wife/fiance/girlfriend will not allow you to own or build a track car, strongly reconsider marriage or the relationship - of course, with the caveat that you aren’t sucking their hard earned money into your hobbies. My fiance & I have an agreement that I work my ass off and therefore I can own whatever the…

I bet it’s still kinda quick.

It’s an inconvenience for car sharing and a blessing when you’ve got a toy in the garage that you want to track/summer cruise in. ;)

I’m running through the audio of Part 1 in reverse at the moment. Between 2:50ish and 4:20ish there’s very, very obvious backmasking. I have no idea what it is. There’s a song that sounds like ice cream truck music that is absolutely played backward because when listened backward it is cohesive. There are also…

All valid points. I guess I just forget that people might try to daily both. I live in a snow belt so the daily driver angle on both cars sucks so bad to not bother considering. As a track car, other than the theoretical tire carrying & rollbar limitations dependent on area, I always take the S2000. But - that’s just…

The issue with this car isn’t in it’s form or function for me - it’s simply a value prop statement. Unless you absolutely need an affixed hard top, why would you ever buy this over a S2000 for any purpose? I’m not even saying that the S2000 is the end all, be all of cars - but in the same used price bracket, it’s a…

Toyota explained: the exec’s are all luded out and making the cars that fit their frame of mind.

Yeah, it must be a leverage play. They’re betting hard that a crossover Aston will sell enough to white suburban moms - but they know they’ll never make their money back on just the crossover Aston. I bet they twist the balls of Rover or Merc when they move to acquire Aston though.

$300m raised on ~$100m annual EBITDA? Either these equity firms are putting a massive valuation on them that is not in line with their earnings or Aston just sold 65-70% of their company, haha.

That area is also awful for taxes and road quality.

Sounds like you live in Western New York.

I’ve found the majority of the Northtown group in the Buffalo, NY region to be identical to this. I always leave with a car significantly under invoice and no pushy stuff. I buy enough cars to where they know me. Whoops.

That's a very flat R8 you have there.