C8 Corvette

[jmoore]

Not sure if you’re being serious or not


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Retirement only a year or two off. Looks like my present to myself will have to be a used vette. Hell - they haven’t really looked like a vette (for many of us) for over a decade.

geezer john

[Alex V]

Street price is going to be +$20K or more ADM for a while, but then you'll be able to pick one up at Kerbeck for less than $60K OTD. It's possible GM may up the price down the road to offset what have to be pretty substantial R&D costs to change the entire car. I loathe the phrase, but this literally is a game changer. At this price it's also in a class of it's own.

Great. Have to go back to NJ

I honestly didn’t think it would be less than 100k. So GM either figured out how to make a Fiero worth 60k or they really made a true mid engine super car for 1/6th the price.

[bp7178]

They're just making more. Economy of scale. Ferrari has to price the way they do because their production numbers are very low compared to Chevrolet.

[murphy j]

They're just making more. Economy of scale. Ferrari has to price the way they do because their production numbers are very low compared to Chevrolet.

Ferrari has a history of being discriminatory in who they sell too. I've heard that to get a Ferrari in the early days, an interview with Enzo Ferrari was sometimes required and if he didn't like you or deem you worthy enough, then no Ferrari for you. Lamborghini came about because Ferrari wouldn't sell to him because he saw him as unworthy of his cars. Companies like Ferrari, Lamborghini and others want to be seen as exclusive, and not for the masses. They're enthusiast cars that require a level of regular maintenance that is obnoxious to most. Corvette is capable of competing in that arena, but ostensibly for the every man. Hence the "affordability" compared to the europeans. I like what I saw in the C7 Corvette, but I think is the one I'll start saving for.

[Joelski]

Ferrari has a history of being discriminatory in who they sell too. I've heard that to get a Ferrari in the early days, an interview with Enzo Ferrari was sometimes required and if he didn't like you or deem you worthy enough, then no Ferrari for you. Lamborghini came about because Ferrari wouldn't sell to him because he saw him as unworthy of his cars. Companies like Ferrari, Lamborghini and others want to be seen as exclusive, and not for the masses. They're enthusiast cars that require a level of regular maintenance that is obnoxious to most. Corvette is capable of competing in that arena, but ostensibly for the every man. Hence the "affordability" compared to the europeans. I like what I saw in the C7 Corvette, but I think is the one I'll start saving for.

To buy an Enzo, you had to own an F-40 and another recent model Ferrari to get on the list. For that money I'd far rather have a Veyron. Fortunately, I will never be in danger of owning any of those Snooty McSnooter cars.

[Diamondback]

To buy an Enzo, you had to own an F-40 and another recent model Ferrari to get on the list. For that money I'd far rather have a Veyron. Fortunately, I will never be in danger of owning any of those Snooty McSnooter cars.

Pfft. For that kind of money, even though it's not 'performance,' I'd rather have a Duesenberg.

[Coal Dragger]

For that kind of money I could buy a pretty nice airplane, and get a pilots license.

[Diamondback]

For that kind of money I could buy a pretty nice airplane, and get a pilots license.

True, or a very nice Class A RV, including a tow-behind small SUV for grocery runs.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

This doesn’t compete with Ferrari’s, it competes with boats, 4x4 monster trucks, a lake house or a plane.

[ramairthree]

This doesn’t compete with Ferrari’s, it competes with boats, 4x4 monster trucks, a lake house or a plane.

That’s very pertinent and insightful actually.

Performance comparisons aside,
I suspect a ton of Corvette owners are the have a fishing or ski boat, big truck, camp, trips to the lake or beach, Harley, and/0r some a little doc/lawyer killer type plane sort of vibe.

The kind of guy whose annual income equals a Ferrari 488GTB paired with a 911Turbo and a LX570 on the side,
Let alone the kind of guy who thinks that is chump change,
Is not going to be dying to grab one.

Unless they are a model fan, bang for buck budget, performance enthusiast, etc.

I have heard this is a problem for top model Challenger, Mustang, and Camaro marketing as well.
There are enthusiasts that admire performance or are model fans that will drop 70k on a top of the line version.
But most people dropping 70k on their daily driver are going to buy an obviously 70k car,
Not a model others are driving around in a 25k version of.