no, I'm pretty sure those "base auto convertibles" driven by geezers will put a hurting on the S2000 too.

 

2750 lb. is "about the same" as 3300?

 

Wish I had more interesting news to report than pics fugly new vette wheels, like "honda introduces dynamic new 2 seat sports car with aggressive lines and power to weight ratio that would make corvette engineers pass out cold and hit the floor like a wet noodle. They'll begin shipping to dealerships in late 2010"......

But

I dont see a snow ball's chance in **** of that happening any time soon. Oh wellish

 

Z06 still has appeal due to the Z07 and carbon packages. People still prefer pseudo big block normally aspirated power over the LS9.

 

I understand what you are saying and there is a point where you can go too far. But, what I said was not meant to be a blanket statement for all wheels - nor should your statement be taken that way. If that was the case, I would have bought 19s for my GTI instead of the 18" Ultraleggeras that I did get (looked more appropriate, proportionately, for the size car and wheel wells). Same for the Cayman, it would have been 20s instead of the 19s. It all depends on the car size, the wheels wells and the wheel design.

For this particular design wheel (and knowing it would be on the Vette), the 19" is the right way to go. IMO, 18's on a Vette are like 17s on the S2000 - not bad, but just not as good as it could be. True, styling plays a role, but it is not the only reason for upsizing and not to be overdone to a point of caricature looking.

One last point about size and wheel design, some wheel designs look smaller in the same diameters, depending on the way the finishing edge of the wheel meets the tire. For example, the optional 18" Detroit wheels I had on the GTI actually look bigger than the 18" O.Z. Ultraleggeras that I put on the car. And to this point, I say the five spoke Vette wheel could look better if it was larger or it also could look better if they thinned out the leading/finishing edge where the wheel meets the rubber.



EDIT:
To be more clear, this is what I'm referring to in my post:

 

WTF does that have to do with goddamn wheels ?

....for $53K I would phucking hope so

 

Dude, what's with the mass reading comprehension fail?

If you don't think discussing whether the base Corvette is a poseur car is relevant to a thread on wheels, flame the guy who brought it up, not me for responding to him.

 

Alternately, for $33K, I would hope an S2000 would murder a low $20's Cobalt SS...but even the low-buck Chevy handily beats the S.

 

oh lawd y can we never have a good vette/gtr/lfa/rx7 thread

 

The hopped FWD econo car that was released 5 years after the S2000?

Neon SRT4s are fast too... who cares? I mean seriously... The Cobalt SS isn't a bad little car- but anything can be made fast with money - especially when you throw boost/sticky tires at it. Ulitmately its hardly the same. Despsite the performance differences an S2000 and a Corvette are a much more realistic/'fair' comparisons as they are at least sports cars...