Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxk.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!ihuxk!rs55611 From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Ferrari vs Big block Corvette Message-ID: <661@ihuxk.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Jun-84 18:52:37 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxk.661 Posted: Fri Jun 15 18:52:37 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Jun-84 03:01:15 EDT References: <1171@qubix.UUCP> <461@trwspp.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 24 For the person who complained that the 1984 Vette was too heavy to be a true sports car, it is exactly the same weight (within 50 lbs, and I'm not sure of which direction) as the Ferrari 308GTS. The suspension of the Vette is definitely not old fashioned. The front suspension uses alloy double wishbones (or A-arms). The transverse fiberglass leaf springs used front and rear should be judged on how they work, not on the fact that they are leaf springs. In my view, its an innovative suspension, especially in the use of fiberglass springs. Hey, the Ferrari GTO (new one) is a great car, but its also a 200 model limited production line, with a lot of things that even Ferrari wouldn't do in greater quantities. $100k should buy a lot of high tech. Bob Schleicher ihuxk!rs55611 AT&T Bell Laboratories PS Car and Driver just re-compared the 85 Vette, Ferrari 308 Quattrovalvole Porsche 928, and Lotus Turbo Esprit, in a top-speed shoot-out. The Vette won, at 154 mph. C&D also said that with the new suspension changes, which lowered spring rates while increasing roll stiffness, that the Vette felt very stable and smooth at 150+, on the banked turns of the test trackThe others? Lotus - 152 for a lap or two, then blew a hole in a piston Porsche - just under 150 Ferrari - 151, despite an indicated speedo reading of 168!