ZR1 Road Test

[MrVelox]

Check these numbers out....

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/22/mt-tests-zr1-go...

0-60 in 3.3, quarter mile in 11.2, over 200mph. Ferrari Enzo: 0-60 3.3, 11.1 sec quarter Mile, 217mph.

Hmm, I could have an Enzo... or...

ZR1 ($135-140k right now)
A nice 356 Speedster ($150k)
A clean 57 Chevy Bel Air Convertible ($80k)
A clean E-Type 4.2 OTS ($70k)
A CTS-V ($65k)
A range Rover HSE Supercharged ($80k)

And still have $400k left over.

[G4HKS]

Personally I'd skip the RR HSE....

And whilst it shows what a total bargain a ZR1 really is (even at £100k) you wouldn't find me giving it a second look parked next to an Enzo. One is total performance/sex/art/magic on four wheels, the other a "bargain super car". The Enzo isn't the bargain.

[vetteheadracer]

to my mind I would prefer an F40 or F50 before I would buy an Enzo it's not as good looking. ZR1 would make a better daily driver

[franv8]

Enzo is truly an ugly car. Discuss!

[JenkinsComp]

franv8 said:

Enzo is truly an ugly car. Discuss!

You are right. The End

[G4HKS]

Ugly my arse. (Actually that probably is.)

And I agree of course the ZR1 would be a better daily drive but that wasn't the criteria.

[Vet Guru]

The best value buy the Cadillac with the ZR1 engine for half the price!

[ringram]

Slightly detuned LSA, rather than the ZL-1 LS9 engine you mean?

[JenkinsComp]

New curvier CTSv does use the 556bhp LSA version of the 638bhp LS9.
The original more angular CTSv used the 405bhp LS6 from the C5 Z06.

The Enzo looks like the kind of awful kit car that Minotaur made.
Hideous, and not really very fast considering the price.
Slower even than the decade older Mclaren F1.
A Caterham R500 bettered the Enzo lap times by over 2 seconds per lap when EVO tested it, proving what a great design the Enzo really isn't.

Edited by JenkinsComp on Friday 24th October 11:28

Edited by JenkinsComp on Friday 24th October 11:30

[mitch_]

ringram said:

Slightly detuned LSA, rather than the ZL-1 LS9 engine you mean?

Surely you mean ZR1?? ZL-1 was a good few years back. LSA is more than a detuned LS9 though, the pistons and rods are different and I'm half sure that it's not the same supercharger either.....