Which is worth it more?

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5.7 manual Cheverolet Corvette or 5.7 manual Vauxhall Monaro.

Typically £15k each but with the Monaro you'd buy a 40,000 mile 05/05 plate one. With the corvette you'd still be talking 40,000 miles but it's be a 1998 one(a C4/C5??).

What makes a Corvette so much better? Same Engine essentially and looks wise lets assume they are equal. A vette looks more 'intense' and fun whereas a Monaro looks like a big saloon car.

Why such a difference? I get a vette is a £60k car new and a Monaro is a £25k car new but why is the resale so much higher on the Monaro?

 

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What an odd question, how can you discount the looks, one is almost a supercar and the other isn't.

because if you go off the top gear report Clarkson loves the Monaro so looks aside they drive similarly from what i gather. Is it the looks which make up the £20k difference if you bought a newer Vette?

Just wondering that's all.

 

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Did you know the Mclaren F1 is practically a BMW 850CSI?

floorpan etc? But i do know the initial prices of both and the performance of both so a different kettle of fish.

 

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I would imagine they don't drive similarily at all

I would have thought similar but i seem to remember clarkson loving the hoolign nature of the monaro and although slightly more focused (noticible by someone who isnt a race driver?) the performance from the engine would be similar as 0-60 in 6.5 and under for the monaro and 4.7 for the Vette. The monaro 0-60 is hard to gather as some places reckon 6 seconds is too long for the monaro as it feels quicker.

I get that the vette is more refined but howso?

 

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I would have thought similar but i seem to remember clarkson loving the hoolign nature of the monaro and although slightly more focused (noticible by someone who isnt a race driver?) the performance from the engine would be similar as 0-60 in 6.5 and under for the monaro and 4.7 for the Vette. The monaro 0-60 is hard to gather as some places reckon 6 seconds is too long for the monaro as it feels quicker.

I get that the vette is more refined but howso?

on parkers the Monaro is 5.2 - 6s depending on the age. Vette was a C5.

 

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What? You think 0-60 in 4.7 and 0-60 in 6 seconds is similar?!

0-60 in 6 seconds is quick normal saloon land and 0-60 in 4.7 seconds is supercar territory, a Ferrari F355 is slower!

They are completely different cars which happen to share a similar engine. Thats all there is to it.

Having never had a 6s 0-60 car i can only imagine and 1s isn't that impressive. certainly not £20k impressive. lol.

I was just wondering what makes a Vette so special bar the badge.

ok, so its marginally quicker to 60 but how does it compare handling wise and reliability wise?

 

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I was just wondering. Average to me would be 0-60 in about 3s like my motorbike lol. I know very little about cars like this and was just wondering.

Noted though. The covette 'looks' like a nice car whereas the Monaro looks like a big saloon car and the Corvette justifies its extra price tag by being quicker overall. It is mainly the looks though.

 

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Even a Bugatti Veyron wont do 0-60 in 3.0 seconds

Yet you think thats average car performance?!

dunno, not fussed in trying tbh. cars in my eyes will never beat a bike for performance to the pound. only true supercars would come close.

2009 BMWS1000RR is a good example of what bikes can do and it's less than a mondeo.

 

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I don't buy this "Completely different car" thing, it is not like we are comparing chalk with cheese here. Both are 2 door coupes tailored towards being "GT" cars rather than out and out sports cars.

Kinda what i was thinking initially. i can see the arguament now though. the Corvette is more a supercar whereas the Monaro is more the car next doors got.

I dunno......... lol

 

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and everyboooooooooooooody breeeeaatthhe.

Get back to the original question. Forget pther cars/bikes etc.

I get that the vette is 'marginally' quicker and looks prettier. Is that it?

If we were to be looking at Vettes as part'supercar' there is always the case of the Ferrari 456GT at amazingly good 2nd hand value with a 5.5l V12, 0-60 in 5s and a top speed of about 190mph. it's not much more than a Vette.....