I know why they would by them: competition heritage, build quality, quality of materials and resale value.
If you offer me either I’d take a Porsche over the Corvette - any day.
That said, the C8 is nice.
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The Cayman is very nice, I just drove a GTS and it stickered for almost 90k, the GT4 starts at 100k. These cars are not in the same price category as 60k Vette. In fact, after putting a few hundred miles on the Cayman, I started looking for a used one. Since the prices are outrageous, that led me to looking at C7 Grand sports.
If the grand sport can already out perform a Carrera S, what’s the C8 going to be capable of? I’m hoping for some better deals on C7s so that I can get a trailer park rocket.
IDK, all this I'll take [insert whatever German/Italian/British car here] doesn't factor into account the cost of ownership. Let the electronic suspension go out in a Range Rover, which it will, then pay to fix it. There's something to be said for domestic automakers. A BMW with a vanos valve? Take it to the dealer and it's a B.O.A.T....Bout another thousand.
We're to the point with 0-60 times that no person can reasonably tell the difference. Its fast AF. Cost of ownership for Chevrolet places that level of performance into the realm of reality for your average working guy who saved and spent wisely. to paraphrase Jay Leno, he always said that with Corvette there isn't the disdain that you get when people see you driving one vs a exotic car.
For those that don't already watch it, Leno's YouTube channel is one of the best for automotive enthusiasts.
That’s how I’m feeling now. I love the European cars and would love a Porsche, but I can’t afford the cost of entry for a new one. That leaves used with all the possible repair bills or the collector price tags.
Corvettes carry there own stereotypes as we have seen.
Yeah OK. Show me one for less than $90K. My suspicion is that a well equipped C8 is going to be around $65-$70K sticker, and less if we are talking an actual transaction price. The Cayman GT4 is going to cost a lot more than that, while being slower, and more expensive to maintain.
Porsche products are overpriced for what you get in most cases; for the record I love Porsche products but I’m also aware of the price gouging that Porsche engages in. Furthermore; for those of us who don’t live anywhere near a dealership, owning a Porsche and keeping it serviced properly would pose major issues. Personally I am unwilling to drive 5-6 hours down to Denver to get a car serviced. Make no mistake, if it’s made in Germany and is an automobile, there’s a very good chance it’s not going to be particularly reliable. So you will be seeing the shop, if you live close by that’s not as big a deal but it is for me.
The median age of Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini buyers comes out around late 40s.
The current median age of a Corvette owner has been 61 for about a decade.
A decade before that it was 55.
This was not the case in the late 60s/early 70s.
Over the past decade, they have averaged about 20k sold a year.
Lamborghini only sells about 1000 a year. At a much different price point.
Porsche is selling over twice as many cars a year in the US.
Ferrari about 2k a year, again at a much different price point.
Mercedes and BMW sell about 300-350k cars here a year.
This demonstrates a couple of problems.
The average Corvette buyer is older than the average Lincoln, Cadillac, Bugatti, Bentley, Mercedes, BMW buyer.
If a car is being know as for old as shit buyers, and your average age is higher, that is not good.
It is especially not good when when your car is supposed to associated with a premier, luxury purchase, but the makes from other luxury brands are selling ten times as many cars.
When you use logic to explain cost as the issue, but far more expensive performance cars have a much younger average buyer, it falls apart.
It needs to be performance enough to make people’s jaws drop. They have done that.
It needs to be prestigious enough people see it as a luxury and ego model.
But it needs to be inexpensive enough young people can buy it.
Two diametrically opposed 180 degree opposite tasks.
Young people wanting, buying, and lusting after your stuff is important. They have a lot of potential as repeat customers.
A huge percentage of Corvette buyers are repeat owners.
You can sell way more Corvettes to a guy that starts buying at 25 than someone at 65.
Can they make it cool?
I don’t know. An American just launched to the ISS for the 50th moon landing anniversary. A West Pointer MD tabbed combat diver astronaut. Paint one red, white, and blue and give it to him when he comes home.
But wait.
That’s just some Boomer, gen x model racist patriarchy shit.
Give one to Black Widow in her new movie. But wait, she’s just some racist hetero that inappropriately subjugated anime culture.
Give one to black panther in his new movie. There will be others turned off.
There seems to be no cohesive way to make it cool.
What Corvette and GM should have done is give one to Maverick! Instant coolness!