while the Vette is a shockingly poor handling, brash, annoying thing

Show me the BMW (any BMW, regardless of model series) that will stay with a Z06 Corvette on any road or race course, and I'll be impressed.

The 'Vette will out-accelerate, out-brake, out-corner the M3, and cost less to buy and maintain while doing it.

There is no car selling for under $150,000 that will run with it. It will approach 30 MPG in highway driving. It is arguably the equal of Porsches and Ferraris that sell for two and three times the price.

No, I am not a Corvette owner, I don't even particularly like them -- but the new C6 series 'Vette is one hell of a car.

tanstaafl.