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Originally Posted by m630

As you rightly point out, the infamous “value” argument that clearly drove their decision. That is a bs element, as its completely subjective, and they are completely wrong in any case.

To me value is 50+ years of investment and tuning that has allowed Porsche to offer the 992 that won the competition, what price do you put on that? Chevy is starting at the beginning of their investment cycle and have a long way to go.

This is no dis to the vette, though im not a vette fan in any way, shape, or form that I clearly will admit, and the new offering is interesting, BUT, this is their first foray into this new world and they will need time to enhance the new chassis.

The 992 is the pinnacle of a long heritage and it is the clear leader.

And lets consider value in one final way, depreciation. Do you think, by %, that the vette will retain its perceived value better than the 992 in say 5 years? Never.
In summary, no comparison, 992 all the way

It took Porsche 35+ years or so to keep the 911 from easily swapping ends, which is a compromise of a rear engine architecture; and I'd bet that is accomplished now mostly by software. Just because the C8 is a departure from the previous front-engine layout, it's not like GM has no experience in building great handling cars and they are not starting from scratch. And even if so, they caught up damned quick against the pinnacle of GT sports cars (written with a smirk). The performance numbers are not that far off (technically speaking... a gnat's ass different); and the subjective feel of steering and brakes is just that, subjective. I get it, your a Porsche 911 guy, but consider the next best car on MT's list was the Shelby GT 350, a Mustang.