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Motor Trend Brings a Camaro to a "Best Driver's Car" Competition
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Edward Niedermeyer
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Published: August 20th, 2009
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Motor Trend has replaced its “best handling car” with a “best driver’s car” competition. Is this an opening for the Camaro? Not so much. The new SS model placed dead last in MT‘s comparo, which was won by the Porsche Cayman S. And if you think the Camaro was simply there to serve muscle car whipping post duty, check out the rave reviews that the Shelby GT500 picked up. On the other hand, the fastest car around Laguna Seca, the Corvette ZR1, ended up in 6th place. There’s just no way to hide the fact that “best driver’s car” will always be a subjective award.
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I don't see how naming a Cayman a top driver's car could possibly be that controversial...but the absences here are glaring. Where's the Nissan GT-R, the BMW M3, and the Dodge Viper? And it was nice to see the Miata and Camaro representing the "cars us mere mortals can afford" segment, but there are PLENTY of others I can think of that are great driver's cars, and none are invited to this show? How about a base Corvette ($45k), the Mitsubishi Evo and Subaru WRX, the BMW 335i, or the Infiniti G37? I read the story and really can't figure out why some cars were included, and others excluded.
These cars just get more and more cool as years go by. Making them faster and safer. More fun to drive. auto transmissions