The Brickyard Rat

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CR compared 7 sports verts with the Zzzz comming in 4th behind the Boxster, SLK, & 06 vette (V8...400hp) but ahead of the s2000, Z4, Audi TT, and the roller skate, ah excuse me, the Lotus Elise. On the overall score the Z was only a hair behind the vette.

Last time CR tested the Zzzz they ragged on it bad & ranked it very low.

Good comparison among the cars for anyone interested.

Vette did the 0-60 mph in 5.0; the Z in 6.2. The Z vert starts to get abit beefy; 3640 lbs........heaviest of the bunch.

Details at 11................................

thrill350z

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0-60 for the Z is 6.2? ive seen it at low to mid 5's in alotta places

Fletch69z

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Yeah, but the convertible adds a good amount of weight. A coupe could do low to mid 5's.

Dildorado

The roadster is about 5.7 sec and the Vette is supposed to be like 4.2, I have a feeling the CR driver wasn't that great

The Brickyard Rat

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It looks like the vert Z is 350 +/- lbs heavier than coup. That has to cost a few 10s of a second. Plus, I'm sure the CR guys are not hot shot drivers.

510dat

I've read a bunch of the annual CR auto reports; as far as I can tell, their ideal car is a Lincoln town car: very 'smooth' riding, "brisk" but not fantastic acceleration, soft & squishy interior, and cheap. They just don't know what to make of sportscars; they think the suspension is too harsh, the exhaust is too loud, and the interior is too functional.

Racer Z

IMO....The people at Consumer Reports AREN'T enthusiasts anyway. Their main focus on EVERYTHING they write about is: PRACTACALITY AND RELIABILITY.

I.E. While they might say the Miata is excellent and recommended b/c of its reliability, they surely wrote 2 pages about how impractical it is b/c of it's super small trunk and tiny interior space.

However, since they write from a non-biased perspective, CR will let you know about trouble spots on cars, which is extremely valuable info. to me.

lowrider

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Remember this is Consumer Reports. I subscribe to it, but I pretty much ignore the car stuff. However, this was a test of Roadsters, note Coupes. The rankings were:

1. Boxster
2. M/B SLK
3. Corvette
4. "Z"
5. S2K
6. Z4
7. Audi TT
8. Lotus Elise

Even though that's how there ratings were - Their recommendations were:

1. "Z"
2. S2K
3. Z4


The recommendations factor in reliability. All the cars in the ratings finished in the Excellent range except the Audi (Very Good) and the Lotus (Good)

Lou

vegaspimp

I read consumer reports to buy a Dishwasher, not a high performance sports car.
Consider the source.

andrew

I totally agree. I often get frustrated when, for only one example, they complain about the harshness of ride in a sportscar. It tells me they know little as to why a sportscar should have a stiffer suspension

Car & Driver first test issue on the Z (8/02) gave the Z an impressive 0-60 of 5.4. Incidentally, qtr mile figure was 14.1 whereas MotorTrend obtained 13.9.

The Brickyard Rat

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While I agree CR should not be the only source when choosing a car, it certainly should be one. They test very objectively. But they are "grandmothers"!

sentry65

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CR is crap unless you are in the market for buying a 4 door sedan

they rated the elise last? pff on what basis? Elise owners don't buy that car for practicality, convienience, comfort, and reliability