Road And Track Picks First Ever Performace Car Of The Year - Do You Agree With The Verdict?

"The runway next to this one," the man says, using the sheaf of remarkably comprehensive waivers that we've just signed to point behind us, "is active. Don't enter that runway. There's a $10,000 fine. And there will be aircraft using that runway during your test here."

No driving in front of airplanes, check. Cars on this runway, airplanes on that one. Check. Still, I momentarily contemplate defying the man: waiting for a Gulfstream to rotate into position on runway 33, then lining up next to it in the sleek Ferrari F12berlinetta or the stealth-creased new Corvette or the brutal Competition Pack BMW M6. Giving the universal signal: Let's go. Then the screech of tires and the roar of the turbofans, the asphalt rushing to the windshield, 5000 feet to the finish. Fist in the air, Top Gun-style. Childhood dreams are made of stuff like that.

JRobUSC - 11/14/2013 1:13:35 PM

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Seems like a pretty reasonable choice, and frankly the one I assumed would win as soon as I saw it was a contender. Chevy hit a homerun with the new Vette, kudos GM for doing something right.

PUGPROUD - 11/14/2013 3:03:27 PM

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The Vette is the one ! The first Corvette in many many years I would want to own and have ordered one.

pcar4evr - 11/14/2013 6:48:00 PM

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Funny thing is it may be Road and Track last ever performance car of the year. Read somewhere that they are likely to be one of the iconic brands that will disappear in 2014. One company owns R&T and C&D and Car and Driver is kicking R&T's butt.

HoustonMidtown - 11/15/2013 6:45:10 AM

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Congrats Chevy on the new Vette - it's definitely a home run.....