Re: What the Corvette folks can't stand about the ACR:
Now, I will not ascribe any quotes to anybody in particular but here is something I will tell you that should give you some insight: When we were filming the ACR at an undisclosed location last week we were trying to come up with a tag line to go with the car. Me, being the cautious kind of person I was, wanted to be conservative. Of course our Prez was a little more aggressive and suggested "the fastest street-legal track car ever built by an American car company." We turned to our hosts for guidance and they shook their heads in the negative and said, "No, it is the fastest street-legal track car built by ANY car company - we will put it up against anything out there on a road course." And I suspect these guys are even more conservative than I am.
Bottom line: The drag strip is great and the only thing I am personally any good at driving. But a REAL sports/exotic car is measured by the ability to get around a road course - something that tests every facet of the design - brakes, chassis, engine, etc. And the Viper ACR will measure very, very well against any car in that venue - past, present, or future.
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