If you could have only one: Ford GT or Corvette ZR1

[REAL 1]

Based on the give and take here on this subject I thought a poll would be interesting.

Which one would you rather own considering all factors. Design, appearance, value, resale value, enjoyment of ownership and any other factor you deem important.

To make it an "even up" comparison consider the purchase price of the two cars to be equal.

[Wayne Maybury]

The Vette is a nice car but I am a Ford guy all the way. My choice is the Ford GT, hands down. That is my final answer.

Wayne

[Three Peaks]

I'm a GM guy from way back, but the GT is much more exotic looking and is also much more exclusive. You can see a Vette in just about any parking lot these days, not so much with the GT.
Still, nothing wrong the the ZR1- I'd take one if it was given to me.......

Bob

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Kinda depends on how I would use the car...

For a "driver/daily driver", I'd take the Vette......

For a weekend driver/collector car, the Ford GT would win hands down for me..........

All in all, The Ford GT would be my car....Limited production, race history,possible collector value in the future and just a plain COOL CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David

[jwd]

The only fair way to do this would be to post the same poll on a Corvette forum and combine the results. To do it only on a Ford based forum is ridiculous.

Jim

[tkb289]

The ZR1 is an amazing engineering accomplishment ... a 'super car' that can go from a daily driver (of sorts) to a track car and do both better than most exotic cars, especially when you consider the price.

That being said, the pure beauty of the Ford GT, it's heritage and performance are for me the hands down winner. You put a Ford GT and ZR1 in a parking lot full of car enthusiasts and I'll bet the Ford GT draws a bigger crowd.

[Ron61]

No doubt the ZR1 is the faster and better car for many things, but I would take the Ford GT in a heartbeat. And I do like Corvettes so it isn't a Ford/Chevy thing with me.

JWD,

The only fair way to do this would be to post the same poll on a Corvette forum and combine the results. To do it only on a Ford based forum is ridiculous.

Jim

And to post a similar poll on a Corvette Forum wouldn't be as ridiculous. Why not post them on a MOPAR Forum and see who wins?

Ron

[REAL 1]

JWD: I aware of the potential for biased results here but thought in light of the discussion last week this poll would be interesting. As noted, the potential for bias here is not lost on me. Duh. However, #1: I am not a member of any Corvette forum #2: there are many members here who own Corvettes: #3 Feel free to post a similar poll on the Corvette Forum and post the results here.

Fair enough.

Ron61: Good points.

[RedBarchetta]

Originally Posted by REAL 1

#1: I am not a member of any Corvette forum

This topic is actively debated at corvetteforum.com

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...r-ford-gt.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...r-ford-gt.html


-Dean

[RodKnock]

IMHO, the Ford is far better looking and looks like nothing else on the road. They've held their value fairly well, after 3-4 years, probably because Ford only made about 4,000 GT's, versus the huge depreciation curve on all new Vettes. I've owned a Corvette a very long time, and still like most models spanning the six generations; however, I would still easily pick the Ford GT over the ZR1 every day of the week and twice on Sundays. Although I think the overall technological advancements of ZR1 is head and shoulders better than the Ford GT.

I'm not sure of the reason for the poll, but I may have included the 360 Modena or the 430 as well, since they're right in that same price range of the Ford GT and ZR1. For me, that would be a far more difficult choice.

[decapello]

Since seeing Richie Ginther putting a GT40 through it paces in a commerial in the 60's, I have always thought the GT40/Ford GT to be the ultimate car. Ford GT hands down.

[race-it]

I have owned the following Corvette's 1960,1974,1986. I also owned a 1995 Viper. I liked them all and still do. I now own a Everett Morrison 427 Cobra,
I am 55 years old and given the choice to buy the Vette or GT-40. My money is on the GT-40. My opinion is the Corvette and Viper now look too much alike and that destroyed my passion for new Vipers and Corvette's. With the Vette, you will be one of the many VS one of the few. When you sell, you will have one of the many VS one of the few. You will have pride in ownership with both cars but you will most likly get more public thumbs up with the GT-40 and all us car guys appreciate those. I am now buying a 1997 Viper. I go to car meets and see rows of corvettes but I have only seen 4 or five GT-40's.
I dont like to get lost in a see of look alikes. When you pull into the local gathering place on a summer night you will get Oohs and ahas with both but the croud will stop what they are doing and come to the GT-40 first.

Now if it is the croud is all women you dont stand a chance against the vette. It's even worse if the vette is red!

Race-it

[REAL 1]

JWD: Well, just scanning the threads on the Corvette forum looks like the FGT is the hands down favorite amoungst the Corvette faithful also.

While CC is a Ford orientated forum it is not the www.fordgtforum either. Its obvious what the results there would be. They are so in love with the FGT on the fordgtforum that any cross word about the FGT (if one exists) brings an attack akin to shoving a stick into a hive of killer bees. The are fanatical fans of the FGT and I believe rightly so.

The FGT is that rare kind of car that just crosses brand devotion boundries and zeros in on the core of what the car enthusiast loves (performance, heritage, drop dead gorgeous looks, collectibility etc...) regardless of brand devotion. It has soul and character that allows it to cross boundries and make even Corvette guys want one over the ZR1.

But would I love a ZR1 too. Heck yeah. Awesome car.

PS: Clarkson I believe did re-acquire a FGT. Any issues he may have had were clearly out of the norm. The Top Gear test of the FGT with Jermey Clarkson is one of my favorite episodes. No doubt he LOVED it. His words in the Top Gear test that "This car is epoc" is a classic. The FGT has gained a reputation as phenominal car in both driving experience and reliability. I have friend that has 40 thousand miles on his '06 FGT, tracks it all the time (going through 4 sets of tires over the last few years) and drives it home from the track and uses it to go to Shop Rite and in the rain no less. It still runs and looks like a champ. Its certainly no garage queeen (like mine )

BTW: Based on the tracking of the attrition of FGTs over on the fordgtforum there are approximately only 3000 FGTs left in the US. The rest have been lost to accident or overseas shipment.

[WarrenG]

The Ford GT. Too many Corvettes on the road.

[greg schroeder]

I think you'd have to give me a Cobra replica and a ZR1 to even consider passing on the Ford GT. I'd like the twin turbos on the Ford GT though.

[undy]

Originally Posted by DAVID GAGNARD

Kinda depends on how I would use the car...

For a "driver/daily driver", I'd take the Vette......

For a weekend driver/collector car, the Ford GT would win hands down for me..........

All in all, The Ford GT would be my car....Limited production, race history,possible collector value in the future and just a plain COOL CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David

I agree...

[Snakebit]

Ford GT40 hands down, no contest. I grew up in a GM dominate family. My first cars were Chevy's, but after purchasing GM cars in the 70's 80's and 90's, I would not own a GM product if you gave it to me for free. They build garbage and that's why they are in the shape they are in today!

[Jamo]

Me thinks the poll should include the price differential...that is part of the appeal of the Vette.

Personally, I'd take an A-M V8 thankyouverymuch.

[turnpike boy]

Originally Posted by Jamo

Me thinks the poll should include the price differential...that is part of the appeal of the Vette.

Personally, I'd take an A-M V8 thankyouverymuch.

Methinks thou hast spent too much time arguing causes.

[RodKnock]

I assume Jamo means Aston Martin and not "AM" Hummer.

Jamo likes fine wine too. He has class.