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Top Gear Asks: Lamborghini Aventador Roadster Or Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible?

It’s time for a dream scenario: You’ve inherited oodles of cash from an obscure relative and you’ve decided to spend a tiny portion of it on an exceedingly fast vehicle for the summer.

Two choices immediately spring to mind. Do you drop your cash on a 2015 Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Roadster with 691 horsepower, or save a couple hundred thousand and bag a shiny new 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible with 650 horsepower?

This is exactly what the lads at Top Gear have us pondering with their latest cover story, which pits the two aforementioned drop tops against one another in an unlikely battle.

While we haven’t got our hands on a copy just yet, we wanted to pose the delightful dilemma to you. Before you decide, let’s recap what’s on the table.

In the green, white and red corner we have the Aventador Roadster, which packs a mighty mid-mounted V12 and a blistering 691 hp and 507 lb-ft of torque. But you’ll have to drop at least $445,300 (plus taxes) to call it your own.

In the red, white and blue corner we have the Z06 Convertible, which packs an even-keeled 650 hp and 650 lb-ft from a supercharged 6.2L LT4 V8 and you’ll have to lay down at least $83,995 (plus) to get one.

Amazingly, the two weigh are nearly exactly the same weight, with the Z06 tipping the scales just one pound shy of the Lamborghini (3,583 lbs sans fluids).

Comparing them both at bone stock, pre-tax prices you could get five Z06 Corvettes for the price of one Aventador and you’d still have $25,325 to play with. And that can go a long way in a car like the Corvette.

Even with nearly every possible option box ticked on the Corvette Z06, including the Z07 performance pack, the Corvette engine build experience, National Corvette Museum delivery, carbon fiber ground effects package and loads more… we managed to max out our build at (just) $127,669 (plus taxes).

Both hit 60 mph in around 3.0 seconds, but the Lambo tops the Z06’s max speed by about 17mph (217mph).

So, loaded Z06 Convertible (plus $317,631 in change) or a coveted Aventador Roadster? In this scenario you can only pick one.

A far-too-tall Ontarian who likes to focus on the business end of the auto industry, in part because he's too tall to safely swap cogs in a Corvette Stingray.

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  1. Lamborghini Aventador Roadster all times. totaly different things do.
    corvette is nice to not bad. but made corvette even better in future.
    stupid comparison. as children

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  2. Can not be compared, the prestige of each brand defines each of these cars

    Corvette is cool, fast, aggressive, funny, muscular, wonderful car ………… but still a Chevy for good and bad

    Lamborghini name only is another world, but I want a “just” fully loaded Chevy Z07, and have fun as much as Lambo but less money, but both cars is so impressive.

    GM had to make one monocoque Chassis for the Z06 version with hard top and would have been even better than the own actual Z

    But if GM want to mid Corvette, better will be design the monocoque for he

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  3. when the corvette America will pay a similar price such as Porche. and the corvette almost everything on the same level as the porche you may already have a real comparison. but in the end still remains the brand name and reputation, and it is a very difficult subject to talk about, and this is not, and does not dare to speak.

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  4. corvette has to raise the price, and quite properly. how high to raise the starting price, I will not attempt here to provide. corvette expensive but must be available to everyone and do not need to be. and the same as the Camaro. and these machines are still.
    corvette is nice, good, sporty, cool, fast, loud and so one and olds covettes same to but …… not that good like porche or something else. i want corvette is same good or better than porche or something else . easy.
    but sadly sameone is happy and dont want nothing else more. i dont understand those blind people

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  5. Lamborghini Aventador Roadster is different class and and all of which are further. audi a1-audi a2- audi a3-audi a4-audi a5-audi a6 -a7-audi a8 . audi a6 vs audi a8 ? or camaro vs corvette ……………….. . corvette vs huracan ?

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  6. Damn a Brand Name or the so-called prestige! I know who I am and no car can validate that. Give me the Vette and the cash!

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  7. i want vette to but better vette. if you wants car and money. or when comparing it does not pay to talk to, this is the best.
    vette is big prestige and history to

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  8. I think a lot of people are forgetting that the Corvette comes with a power train warranty as well, so even when you buy 4 or 5 Z06 Corvettes as opposed to 1 Lamborghini you get the peace of mind that they won’t break down or spontaneously burst into flames like many Lamborghinis and Ferraris. The Lamborghini will not be as reliable, people will resent you more for owning one, and you’ll be scared to death of getting a scratch on it everywhere you go. I would buy 3 Z06 Vettes in different colors, and modify one for my “weekend car” and still have enough money to buy a house!

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