A base Corvette versus the top Nissan GT-R offering? We’re all for comparing sports cars from different price brackets, categories and philosophies, but unless you want to stir up the fan boys, this is one test that should have come after we’ve seen how the Corvette fares against its more natural rivals. Allow us to explain.

It is true that the Corvette has always had a unique place in the market, in the sense that it was priced lower (at least in the U.S.) than other pure sport coupes with similar performance numbers and styling, but today, you can find models with which it shares common attributes, including pricing.

The new 2014 Corvette Stingray Coupe is currently available in two performance flavors, the base 455hp LT priced from $51,995 to $60,000, and the 460hp LT with the Z51 Package priced from $54,795 to $62,800.

The Nissan GT-R may have started life with a bargain price of $69,850 in 2007, but nowadays, after a few tweaks here and there together with truckloads of publicity, the 545hp-strong 2014MY begins at $99,590 for the base trim climbing to $115,710 for the Track Edition (and God knows how much for the upcoming Nismo Edition…).

If you’re not a badge-whore, the $63,800 and 321hp (325PS) Porsche Cayman S or the $84,300 and 345hp (350PS) Porsche 911 Carrera, despite having less power than the ‘Vette, seem like a good start for a comparison.

Instead, Edmunds is on a crusade to compare the new Stingray first with its least likely rivals, especially from a financial standpoint. After placing the $69,675 Corvette C7 with the Z51 package (and some extras) up against a $101,990 and 640HP SRT Viper, it has now released a track comparison test with the 545hp 2014 Nissan GT-R Track Edition, which in this specific configuration, costs $116,995.

Again, these kind of tests certainly have their place in the automotive world, if not for educational purposes, for the pure fun of it, and maybe it’s just us, but we would have preferred to find out how the base Corvette stands up against more rational choices first, be that direct or at least very closely positioned adversaries.

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