Competition to a 1995 F355... Not much

No that would be quite slow for 60ft time, which was 2.009.

 

Amazing what 20 years of tire technology will do!

 

Actually it's on ancient Pirelli's. Need to change them before spring. I'll check the date code again but I think they are 12 years old.

 

The rear end is the best part....I LOVE IT!!! The Pininfarina interior is not too bad also. Greatest feature is the alloy gas cap on top of the rear fender.

Interestingly, this car was designed by American designer Chris Bangle

A history of the Coupe Fiat, the classic coupe from the Italian motor car manufacturer

This car was my first mistress....unfortunately I had to let her go so I could afford the money and space for the 355 but I still miss it...
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The 993tt is the competition in my mind. I assume the current price difference can be attributed to build numbers

993tt 5,000
355 12,000

 

Wow
Things sure must of changed since the last time i went to a drag strip..20yrs ago.
They would only give you 60 foot times.I didn't know that they give you 0 to 60 times now.

 

They don't, it was calculated off of the timeslip however.
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the 3TT performance was pretty damn impressive back in the day. i believe it was handily faster than the 355, but had slightly lower skidpad numbers and perhaps also slalom.

 

Me too. The late '80s / early '90s Esprit SE had a 0-60 time of 4.7 if I remember correctly.

I distinctly remember hanging around the only exotic car dealer in my city in early 1990, and they had a new Lotus Esprit, a new Honda NSX, and a "new" 328 lined up next to each other.

To my teenage mind, the Lotus was by far the most desirable, followed by the NSX.
The 328 was a bit "old hat".
(Note: I don't feel that way any more!)

When I finally saw a new 348 a few months later that redressed the balance, but for me the Lotus Esprit will always be special and I consider it a tragedy that they haven't made a proper supercar since.

They can stick their Elan / Elise / Exige etc. up their date as far as I'm concerned.
They look like kit cars.
None of them are real supercars like the Esprit was.

 

1995 and 1967 are my all time favorite, sweet spots car years in automotive history. I don't see myself as a collector; but if I do, my ultimate garage would have a 67 330 P3/4 and a Porsche 910 alongside a 95 355 Ch. Maybe throw in a late 95 McLaren F1 LM.

 

How on earth did these cars make the list of competition to the 355?

 

I would have to put the Corvette ZR1 on the list instead of the base model. That was a serious performer during its time.

 

+1, and '95 was the final (and arguably, best) year. Those were serious machines at the time with slightly less flat out performance to the 355 for $40k less.

 

Mike,

Those were listed as "sports cars" from 1995.

They wouldn't make my list... but you could have bought them instead - I'm sure no one opted for them instead of an F355 back then...

Robb