I'd be willing to bet that the new Camaro will be de-tuned by the time it hits show room floors. The 2009 Vette is slated to have 430 HP so I doubt GM would let the Camaro get that close in performance numbers to the Vette. I'm talking the base Vette, not the Z06.

Back on topic..

I say go for the Lotus, your not buying it for practacality your buying it for the thrill of driving it, so who cares if it's a bit hard to get in an out of or costs a bit more to maintain. That plus it will be plain cool to have a car that you won't see ten of day in and day out.

Just buy a Nissan GTR :biggrin:

I still think the Viper is the sexiest car. Mmm. But that Lotus sure is a beauty. I also saw a new Audio R8 downtown yesterday, and...umm...YES.

When yer my age, my blue Focas wagon is sexy. :lol:

Not a sexy as my black one.. I take pride in the fact that is says "Sport Wagon" on my registration!

Unfortunately the new R8 is out of my price range at 160,000. Not to mention its slower that the Lotus Exige S. Viper would be nice but I don't like the 11 mpg gas mileage or 100,000 sticker price:lol:. The Lotus gets on average 25 mpg.

Fortunately my new medication is working to keep me sane. :lol:

Any BMW M series car will give you all you could want. Readily available dealership support and a virtually unlimited choice of aftermarket addons to make it as unique as you want.

well you guys can't touch my car its a chysler Breeze with AC or our van the KIA Sedona. that is classy.............. I used to own a MAzada MX 3 with turbo ,and cold air intake it wsa pretty classy with metallic Red paint and custom seating. it was a 2 seater.. love that then the booss said get rid of it its asingle mans car , since we got back together...:redface:

now if you are looking for a car the camaro the one in Transformers that is sexy...............

The Lotus will be a bit of a waste unless you plan to take it out to the track on at least a semi-regular basis where it was meant to be. And I don't mean simply taking it auto-xing, but a real race track.

I'm sure you already know this but the Lotus is simply a barebones street legal go-kart: damn fast and fun, but hard to live with: hernia-inducing ergonomics, back breaking suspension, deafening noise on the highway and shoddy fit/finish for such an expensive car.

A Corvette convertible is probably a better poseur car and a tweaked S2000 is probably a better all around bang for you buck.

A shame they didn't stick a Honda engine in there given their history with Rover. The Toyota one is fine, but it ain't no 8000rpm VTEC screamer.