mbusaGang

Before I start I just want to say I'm not here to put down any Mercedes owners or talk crap! Not sure if anyone remembers but I planned on getting a AMG GT S but after some looking around I came around to getting a C7 Z06. The AMG GT S is a beast of a car but to be honest I saw one locally and have to say someone really has to know there cars to know that the AMG GT S is an expensive sports car. I saw one in person and I was surprised how small it was and it didn't really pop out. Not saying its a ugly car, I actually like how it looks but if you put one beside a Z06 I would have to say the Z06 looks better (looks are subjective!!!). On top of that I really wanted a corvette especially after what GM did to the C7 Z06. I love the car, it has great handling and the exhaust is amazing and on top of that the looks are killer. Someone will say that these are two totally different types of cars, but I beg to differ. Both are front engine rear wheel drive high horsepower cars. If we look at pricing the vette was 120k out the door. Obviously the interior isn't as nice as the AMG GT S, but I'm talking about the layout, the materials are really nice in the vette but the AMG GT S just has an amazing interior and it looks amazing. That just what I wanted to say. There was just something about the vette that made me get it. I have not driven an AMG GT S but from what I've read its a beast of a car !!!

Petegtsv10

I own a C7 Z and agree with what you said. I feel like the GTS is a combination of the Z and a 911TT. I have driven all three and will trade my Z for a GTS in a while. The Z is more raw and much stronger feeling to me (numbers agree) but it lacks that "German" feel the 911 has. I want the Z feel and the 911 feel, so I need a GTS.

NewportSLS

sonystyle02

Looks like FJMB. Did you happen to see the SLR 722 they had there? #drool

mbusaGang

Some pics of the Z06

shardul

iTrader: (1)

The Red GTS looks so nice!

ENV˛

I recently drove a 2016 Z06 my friend picked up last year. It is a raw and visceral car. Very fast and fun. Enjoy it. Chevy has always made a good argument with their Z06 packaged cars. If you do decide to mod it... My friend did Corsa exhaust on his. It is incredible loud. I thought stock was fine until I heard that haha.

emericr

Congrats on the new toy.
The Z was also on my top 5 list with the Viper and the Jag SVR.
The vette is more "in your face" and looks bigger but both are actually the same size: GTS is longer by an inch and 1 inch less wide (GT-C or R is wider than the Z).
Looks are subjective but what drew me away from the vette is that there are so many on the road and no ones knows the difference between a $60K base car and a loaded $110K bad a$$ Z.
The other issue was the lack of answers from Chevy on the overheating issues and the engine failures.

AMG 17GT

I had a 427 2014 convertible for 2 months. It aged 2 years on that time.

JB C63S

Thanks for this thread! Tactful too.

I'm glad other people see the Z06 or GTS choice. No hate on Porsches, but theyve never excited me. I like the rareness and "maturity" of the GTS vs the badass loud Z06. But i love those Z06s. My GTS is tuned and I was a little quicker than a stock Z, so that made me feel like I wasnt giving up too much in power. Of course a tuned Z could be a beast.

Im watching the depreciation on Zs and think now maybe I need both cars.

BlownV8

C7 ZO6 is a bad *** car. Yes, depreciation is steep. Wait a year or two and get one at half price.

turbotonee

Z06 is a beast. I get way more attention in this car than the GTS. Got it in 7MT and its a great car for hooning around town and just all around "spirited" driving. Love the ability to pop the T-top for a very enjoyable cruise down PCH hearing that V8 supercharger screaming the whole way. This car destroys almost every supercar on the street.

The GTS is a completely different type of car and you cant really compare it to the Z06. Its more "civilized" and comfortable to drive if you daily (which i do).

Both are amazing in its own way

JB C63S

How come Chevy is smart enough to avoid bumperettes, but MB cant figure it out?

Case1906

Merc is designing to lesser Euro standards and retrofiting to U.S. specs.

texex91

Agree. Call it a $85k sticker car will sell for $65k after year one. MB has terrible depreciation as well, so either way you are hosed.

Z06 is a fun one so enjoy, I just hope you got employee pricing, otherwise the exit will be painful on it.

Gsc

Great new ride, but where are you seeing Z06's for 120k, out the door?

Most can be had under 90k, slightly used in the 70k and under range.

GSC

Patric

If you check all the boxes, a new one is easy to put in the 120K range. And that doesn't include the tax, license, etc. to get them out the door. Depending on the dealer however, they can be had at discount. A friend just picked one up.

Gsc

True, but many are now getting heavy discounts.

cec69

Do you get a lot of engine/exhaust heat leakage in the cockpit?

MercAMGgts2016

thanks for posting this picture, coming from a 997 4s to an amg gt s, I thought that hood was long lol
the sls seems much more plus iirc it's wider also

NewportSLS

Yes the SLS has more length and girth then the GT. The girlies really dig it

mbusaGang

Yeah stock exhaust is really good, but I plan on getting after market exhaust installed. I like it loud!! And the Corvette has never been better, GM finally gave it a nice interior!

mbusaGang

Yeah I get a lot of attention in the corvette and the people that aren't into cars and don't know what the car is come up and ask and think its a 200k-300k car, the looks are killer with the C7 Z06!

mbusaGang

Not sure if they will be at half price, but you can get them at a good deal. 2016s with incentives were around 70k ish range and ones that were loaded were msrp 107k and came down to 80k ish range.

mbusaGang

The thing with "people don't know the difference between a base 60k car and a loaded $110k bad a$$ Z", is that people don't know what the AMG GT S is either. The people that are into cars will know the difference and the people that don't really care about cars and aren't into them really don't know anything about a lot of Mercedes cars and such anyways. As far as the overheating issue was concerned, it was only an issue on the track and on top of that it was mostly auto transmission vehicles because the transmission was keeping the gears low on the track which meant high rpms which caused overheating. This isn't an issue at all on the street and honestly you would never get the car to overheat on the street anyways. On top of that, this only affected a small percentage of cars, but I do understand that the z06 is a track beast and should never of had this problem!