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[–] 20 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The new ones corner well. The old ones, well, pull up some of the old top gear episodes where they tested vets on their courses.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    They handled well for the time they were manufactured. Comparing old cars to new ones like that isn't really fair. Even a modern Honda Accord could outperform a C3 or older Corvette in every category. The difference in aerodynamics, suspension, and materials technologies, plus computer control, makes that big of a difference.

    Matter of fact, if I remember correctly, a modern Honda Accord Sport has a faster Nurburgring lap time than an R34 Skyline, which was one of the fastest production cars of the 90s. That's how quickly car technology advances.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I wasn't comparing them to a modern vehicle. Even for vehicles of their time they really didn't corner well. Corvettes were meant and designed to go fast and a straight line but they weren't designed to corner very well. Not until the newer mid engine ones.

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