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Best Sports Car: Chevrolet Corvette
graphic February 14, 2002: 10:41 a.m. ET

An American icon with real performance.
By Jerry Edgerton
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NEW YORK (Money Magazine) - Get into a new Corvette in red, white or the new Electron Blue. Jam down the accelerator and feel the pure exhilaration delivered by this made-in-America beauty. Chevrolet reminded everyone of the 'vette's fine points with the top-of-the-line Z06 introduced last year. This year's Z06 got a further horsepower boost to 405 for its 5.7-liter V-8 engine, but it comes only in a hardtop with a six-speed manual transmission. So if you want a slick-looking convertible with automatic transmission, you'll still get plenty of kicks from the standard, 350-hp engine.

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You won't likely find any discounts or rebates for the Corvette. But at $47,530 for the convertible with the standard engine and $49,705 for the Z06, it's still a good value. One of the few cars that can come close to matching its acceleration, the Porsche 911 Turbo, costs $118,780. And the stylish Jaguar XKR lists for $86,330. 'Nuf said.

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