Jason: You are right about the Corvettes. They are truly beautiful cars, but unfortunately, they are nowhere near the world-class handlers they COULD be. I have driven the C2-C6. They are very sloppy in the handling department. I hate driving those. Another thing I hate about those is that they're not forgiving. If you manage to get into trouble in one, you have to do everything right to get it back out. Most people aren't skilled enough to know how to do that.
I like the Toyota Supras. They can be awesome cars when tuned right. But in the Toyota lineup, The best handler is the MR2. Only people that truly *KNOW* how to drive (like myself :biggrin1: ) can get the best out of them. Porche only WISHES their cars would handle as well without all the gadgetry.
My Mustang (which was built before Viper was even thought of) has no problem keeping up with a Viper. While it won't win a drag race against a Viper, it will pull just as many G's in the cornering, and will do 180mph. Like the Viper, it's steering is 2 turns lock-to-lock, has true neutral steering unlike Viper which still has a touch of understeer, It seats 4 and still has room for their stuff. Ever see 4 people in a Viper? It also gets 30mpg on the highway. All this straight off the showroom floor. It's definitely not as flashy as a Viper, but I like my little grocery-getter.
For those of you considering the AWD option might want to shy away from the GM/GMC/Chevy trucks. They have a tendency to literally dig their own holes. I have actually witnessed this at the beach. The truck's computer wouldn't turn all 4 tires at the same time, it would pick and choose which tires to spin when it saw fit. It dug it's own hole in 3 minutes. Had all 4 tires been allowed to turn TOGETHER, it would never have gotten stuck. It had to be towed out by a true 4 wheel drive pickup.