GTRs have always had large back seats. Mine fit anyone without a problem behind me, and I am about 6 foot. They are truly useable cars and almost always have been.


On the competition, I would actualyl rate the vette as the furthest form a comfortable daily. The z06 makes pretty big sacrifices to daily comfort to get the price and track performance. The GT3 and R8 are both perfectly comfortable although the r8 certainly lacks on storage. The GTR though is certainly in a different league of practicality

 

yeah, ive always heard that the zo6 is pretty miserable on the street

 

The Z06 is ok for an every day car as long as you are not sitting in traffic for hours.

I own one, and have driven in plenty of GT3's and would say the GT3 is way more harsh. It has a harder clutch spring as well making it tough in traffic, so I would have to say I disagree.

The Z06 also has the advantage that it has a HUGE trunk. I can fit 2 sets of golf clubs in there + a cooler without trying too hard. That is something even the GTR is going to struggle with.

 

well i havent driven one, but i guess the comparison was that the regular c6 corvette to the c6 zo6 is where the difference is

most people who drive sports cars don't complain about the ride being too harsh, sometimes passangers do, but we usually don't care

it's something that people who are a little less into cars care a lot about though

 

Great points. I was going to mention the trunk in the Z06, but forgot. Interesting observation on the clutch that i was not aware of. The GT3 does have the area where the rear seats would be for storage in addition to the tiny front trunk. I think the interior on the GT3 minus a roll bar option is a bit nicer of a place to be on a daily basis than the vette, but thats subjective. The R8 is certainly better than both, quiet, comfortable, but a bit expensive and lacks any storage. Trunks in GTRs have historically been small as they fit many things between the back seats and the trunk.

Personally, I could be happy with all of the above. I have always swayed more towards the GTR and GT3 though. If an R8 were significantly cheaper, that would be right at the top.

 

yeah I also have not driven one, but i remember that when the released the pricing for the R8, it seemed pretty high, it's still in high demand so i guess that's fine

 

The list price is not terrible, especially for the type of car it is. Its actually the markup that kills it. Think our markups are bad, they see 40k+ markups with most ending up in the 170k range

 

i guess i'm just not used to seeing $100k+ audi's...

it's a beautiful car, but $170 for it just seems extreme to me

 

who owns audi now? or who is it that audi owns. i know they own volkswagan.

 

doesn't VW own Audi, and Audi owns Lamborghini and Cogsworth


VW also owns Bentley and Bugatti


I think?