And the answer to that is....who gives a shit.
Your average consumer doesn't race or drive exotic sports cars OR tune stock cars. Sure, Detroit muscle is great, but that's not their average product.
And true reliability isn't "opinion." It breaks or it doesn't.
Chevy makes great cars, My family has had 15 vettes, and never had one... "break". Their average product is a GREAT product. Every competition for car of the year, chevy, and especially corvette is a great competitor, and usually finishes close to the top, if not the top.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Trend_Car_of_the_Year
corvette is the only repeat i see, and chevy has more awards than any other car. Don't you think they take reliability into consideration? Corvettes come top 3 on every sports car of the year competition for a reason. For the price, what you get, you cannot compare. This is the case with EVERY car magazine, not just car and driver.
Everyone thinks vettes are made for straight lines, someone posted something about american cars not being able to handle, so they will take a porsche. That is just ignorance, they perform the best, consistently on the track. GT1, look it up. Corvette finishes 1st overall about 75% of the years and second the others, aston martin will take first when vette doesn't. Porsche doesn't even qualify for GT1 90% of the years. Corvettes, and Aston Martins are made with the perfect balance of power and handling. Look at something like an s2000, all emphasis on handling, no speed, hence it gets smoked on the track, look at a viper, other way around. You look at Z06s, and aston martins, the perfect balance, so they finish around the track the fastest. Only difference it the Aston martins db9-r costs around 5 million. C6-r costs 375k... The main reason vettes have more gold medals is that IT BREAKS LESS THAN ANY OTHER CAR. So many people just read a magazine here and there, watch youtube videos of peoples cars, or can install exhaust on their civic, and think they understand cars. Yes, I am corvette biased, my grandpa worked for GM and corvette racing for 45 years, and i was raised w multiple vettes consistently in the family, but when it comes down to it, most car companies will change their car every 2 years, upping HP, torque, technology, corvette doesnt change its body on average for about 10 years. So when you see a vette it is usually "old technology" compared to a new porsche you see driving around, and it still outperforms, and out lasts others in its class. So when you say a 4 cylinder destroys a muscle car, it just shows you really have not spent time under the hood of a car, or understanding, how a car functions INHO.
