MarcusAmick

It’s clear that the Corvette still hasn’t been able to shake its stigma as the sports car for the man going through a mid-life crisis, something I firmly think a mid-engine model would help address.

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spireland

These kinds of "surveys" are meaningless. Is the goal to produce a car for someone who won't buy it anyway to lust after? So they may buy a lower end Chevrolet or is the goal to build a car people will actually buy?

CP

How, exactly, oh great psychoanalyst?

23/C8Z

This car goes mid-engine I'm out.

I'm not looking for the reinvention of this car. I'm fine with body/design enhancements but this complete metamorphosis is not what I want from gm. Give it a new name. Chevrolet Zora or something. But mid-engine a "corvette" will never be.

Mike Mercury

and so are these:

that so 1980's ...

Any 2 seat sports car (that costs' more than a typical family sedan).... can mostly only be afforded by someone that is in their "mid life". This stigma (we all realized) was said by people who didnt' want to admit that: " I could never own that type of car due: to having kid$ they couldn't afford: or being irresponsible: or...."

Rebel Yell

If that "mid-life crisis guy" is the one keeping Bowling Green running then the car is a success. There will be a break point in price where that "guy" will not, or won't have enough money to buy the car if GM goes with the mid-engine car only. So, if you want a true reading on the mid-engine car, post the price with a poll. That will tell the story.

Like Tony, if they go mid engine only I'm out after this one. Ford builds a fine GT350 car that I would be fine with owning.

spireland

I've been planning to have my "mid life crisis" next year and I thought I wanted to do a GT350 (my daily driver is a Mustang) until I saw how Ford's limited production numbers were driving ADM up to dumb amounts. That's how I settled on a Corvette, its a reasonably priced and Chevy builds enough to get them in your hands.

NMC7

Here is a link to an Autoweek article with photos of the mid-engine car.


http://autoweek.com/article/spy-phot...awbreakingnews

sunsalem

Agreed.
IMO, it should be something like the new NSX and be called a Caddy.
IF the Corvette Faithful want a ME Vette, give it to 'em later.

spearfish25

Anyone pop the hood on their C7? The engine is behind the front axle. You already have a midengine. Enough of this already.

OnPoint

That stigma will fade more when GM drops the chrome wheels and makes available more tinted wheel options.

rcooper

Come on guys, if it comes in with a base price of 63-64k I'll bet ya'll be jumping all over it. People are jumping on 80K Stingrays, 85K+ Grand Sports, do you not think that GM is thinking about that. Porsche makes to very nice mid engine cars that start in the range of the Stingray. Why not GM?

JerriVette

I have always been a fan of front mid engine corvettes such as we have now.

Still with corvettes structure ..I think building a mid engine c8 would be no extra cost other than the cost of the transaxle...

I do like the daily driver capabilities of the current corvette ...but I imagine since I don't play golf anyway what do I care if the mid engine corvette can not hold two sets of golf clubs ...

Other than the cost of a new transaxle transmission for a mid ship rear engine I don't see why a c8 would have to cost more than the current corvette...

I'm sure the aftermarket could manage to meet GM s needs if need be...

I'm excited about the possibility of a mid engine c8...

Probably just an extra five grand tops to bring it to market because of the transaxle..

If the mid engine corvette goes massively more money to buy as a special model. I won't buy it.

I don't believe in throwing crazy money for cars. I have better things to spend my money in..

I think Porsche pricing is ridiculous on the 911 s..I think my neighbor a few doors down just dropped 146k for his targa GTS...it's nice but it weighs more than my corvette and still has less hp..I'm glad he enjoys it...and we wave all the time...

Same for my other neighbor a few doors from him that has a 2017 420 hp 9114s convertible that dropped way over a hundred grand...

I think these guys are insane...

I think the same of the 400 thousand dollar ford GT...

I sure ho corvettes don't follow those pricing agendas...

Keep the corvette pricing where it is....

Just make it mid engine and tack on a few bucks for the newly designed transaxle transmission it will need for the c8...

As it is the c7 grand sport starting at 66 grand ...crushes the 100 grand Porsche Cayman gt4 in performance...

As does the corvette z06...at 80 grand...

With options these corvettes do approach 110 grand....and that's more than enough money...imho

A mid engine c8 could theorically start at 5 grand more than the base c7 or around 60 grand..

First we will probably see a 150 grand mid engine corvette before the launch of the c8 ...to amortize the cost of the transaxle needed...for a year or so..

I'm sure it will sell out to those who have to have one....

Just guesses and opinions on my part.

defaria

Well put.

Rebel Yell

Sadly in Cali a lot of dealers were driving up the prices on the C7 with ADM's while the car could be bought in many other states at reasonable prices. Several tried ADM's on the GT350 here in the east, but lost sales because the car could be had at MSRP or less at other dealers. I've seen them priced at 1K over invoice in my area.

Welcome to the forum.

86C4Z51

Hey as long as they don't do to the Vette what they did to the Thunderbird back in the day. Turn a promising car design into a land yacht. They'd've been better off making it into an ME.

Steve_R

I wonder if the OP's 13 other posts over the last 2+ years have been of such high quality.

RonnieC6Z

Then why do you read them if you don't care for them. Is it because it gives you another opportunity to be condescending?

Steve_R

Same reason you read my post and commented.

It's kinda hard to know if you'll care for a post or thread without reading it.

graj6

Lol one of the reasons I'm able to swing this as my only car (I'm in my upper 20s and without kids) is because the hatch has enough space to throw in a couple suitcases for long roadtrips or throw in all sorts of random stuff.

If that disappears or gets split across a frunk and tiny trunk (like my buddy's Cayman), it would have made the decision to get a 2 seat sports car as my daily/only car very hard.

Also the sub-100k price :P