[Paul Huryk]

Originally Posted by edpontiac91

We are quickly approaching the point of no return. Really, for a street car, how much is TOO much. Any 17 year old can buy (or their parents chip in) a 650 hp car and take it out of the showroom and go 190+ mph. What is going to happen soon, is that somebody is going to wrap up one of these beasts around a pole, and kill themselves (or innocent bystanders).
From time to time I get to drive a MB SLS 6.2 litre-dual turbos with 640 hp and unless you have a good straight away, that much power comes on so soon, it can scare the crap out you. Just going around a corner from a stop and give it a touch to much gas, and this thing wants to do 360's in a heartbeat.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE HORSEPOWER, but I also want to be able to control it, not have it control me. You watch these shows where they play with these cars on airfields and do doughnuts and power slides and go WOW that's so cool, but on the street it will get you killed. Just my

Agreed!

Problem is that these new cars are so freakin heavy (and have crappy aero) that they need a lot of power to move decently. And of course to go upscale like the GT500 and ZL1, you need even more. So we are at 660hp and counting. What happened to finesse? What happened to the 3500lb cars? Where is the ZL1 that can outrun a base Vette in top speed despite having 150hp more?

I just find it silly that the ZL1 has 580hp and can't even touch 185mph as aero is holding it back. Stick that motor in an IROC or GTA and it will blast right up to 210 with ease... Pretty much the same for a 4th gen too...