The 2009-model ZR1 sounds handy!

[Beemer-5]

6.4 litres, supercharged and 620 bhp, the USA magazines are saying?
Nice!

[vetteheadracer]

6.2litres supercharged and if it is only 620BHP then a lot of people will be disappointed!

[songman3]

ZR1 in the UK? - only for the brave and wealthy
Respect to Godzilla

[Beemer-5]

6.2 litres and 640 bhp, aye.

Anyone disappointed with 640 bhp, (up 135 bhp and with less weight than the current Z06), must be mad!

[anonymous-user]

My rough rule of thumb is to buy a decent plastic sports car, keep it a long time and change when there's another available with double the horsepower.

Lotus Esprit - 160 bhp

Corvette C5 - 350 bhp

ZR1 - 620 bhp

Jeez! it's nearly time for a new car!

[tommyg]

Double the horse power yes, but also double the price I think too!

[franv8]

Quick question though - at double the price, what other cars offer similar hp and go? I haven't look but would assume GM to do the usual by placing the Corvette at a significantly reduced price when compared with 'equivalent' European rivals.

And in reference to the jump in price - isn't the Nissan GT-R also significantly more pricey than its previousincarnation??

[Godzilla]

Well the rumoured UK price of £90k is not double the price of a C6 Z06 (but a lot more than double the price of a C5!) although not exactly cheap.

US price is rumoured to be at least $100k and there will be massive dealer mark ups on that for at least the first year of production IMO.

As for the new GT-R, Nissan UK haven't confirmed the pricing yet, but I reckon it will be about £65k which is about £10k more than the R34 GT-R, but that was seven years ago.

[tommyg]

I think they are quoting $100k which would be $20k more than a Z06 in the US. Figure a similar price hike in the UK and it will be around £75k, still cheaper than a top of the line porsche or ferrari though.

[Beemer-5]

£75K, that's fine.
I'd buy one but for the LHD.

[ParkLane]

The pricing and delivery schedule will be available for the UK once the car has been launched at Detroit.
At the moment, no official pricing or production numbers have been released by GM for the US or Europe; most of the information has either come via speculation or the member of staff at Kentucky that was subsequently fired for leaking details.

[Beemer-5]

As ever, we will be asked to pay way over the odds, bearing in mind how very strong the Pound is to the Dollar.
But then, we always do pay way too much here for new USA cars.

Edited by Beemer-5 on Friday 14th December 11:19

[Godzilla]

Beemer-5 said:

£75K, that's fine.
I'd buy one but for the LHD.

So would you refuse to buy an Enzo or an F40 if they were affordable?
Lots of great driver's cars have been LHD only.

BTW, there is NO way the ZR-1 will be £75k in the UK, much as I would love that to be the case!

[Cuban]

Godzilla said:

BTW, there is NO way the ZR-1 will be £75k in the UK, much as I would love that to be the case!

My guess is around £110k!

[Beemer-5]

Godzilla said:

Beemer-5 said:

£75K, that's fine.
I'd buy one but for the LHD.

So would you refuse to buy an Enzo or an F40 if they were affordable?
Lots of great driver's cars have been LHD only.

BTW, there is NO way the ZR-1 will be £75k in the UK, much as I would love that to be the case!

TBCH.
The F40 is vastly over-rated, in any case (and certainly over-priced) and the Enzo would get rejected, if it was LHD, yes, because i prefer, by far, the correct driving side for the country i am in.
I would spend the money on something rhd had i £600K for a car.

I drove a Ferrari 575, a LHD one in France, several times in 2005 and yes, on the odd occasions you could even approach it's full performance, it was great, but i wouldn't have a LHD sprts car in England.

[Beemer-5]

Cuban said:

Godzilla said:

BTW, there is NO way the ZR-1 will be £75k in the UK, much as I would love that to be the case!

My guess is around £110k!

So, the current 'vette, circa £50K used, plus £20K for a twin-turbo 750 bhp upgrade, like the one i saw in Ojai, California in November, is rather better value!

[Godzilla]

I think that's what most of us thought before actually trying a LHD car for an extended drive.

So far I've owned two Lancia Integrales, an F355 Spider and two Corvettes in LHD and have never had a problem. In fact the Ferrari was definitely better than its RHD counterparts because of the pedal position.

You soon learn to adapt to driving on the other side, after all, haven't you taken one of your RHD cars to Europe?

I admit an underpowered LHD car would be a bit of a liability over here...

[tommyg]

Cuban said:

Godzilla said:

BTW, there is NO way the ZR-1 will be £75k in the UK, much as I would love that to be the case!

My guess is around £110k!

Probably a good time for a weak dollar then!

[Beemer-5]

Godzilla said:

I think that's what most of us thought before actually trying a LHD car for an extended drive.

So far I've owned two Lancia Integrales, an F355 Spider and two Corvettes in LHD and have never had a problem. In fact the Ferrari was definitely better than its RHD counterparts because of the pedal position.

You soon learn to adapt to driving on the other side, after all, haven't you taken one of your RHD cars to Europe?

I admit an underpowered LHD car would be a bit of a liability over here...

I am glad that many other people like LHD here, but i have tried it, many times, in fact i pranged the right corner of a LHD Mustang, due to my misjudgement on a narrow country lane and never feel at ease with a big, wide, low car with wrong-side steering.
I have tried, it just doesn't happen for me.

No, i always hire abroad, which is about 12 times per year on average.

[franv8]

Totally fair comment on LHD, you'll either get on with it or you won't. The problem is when people malign it without having had a go. Think it has been kind of god for
Corvettes - keeping the numbers under control !