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Front-engine Corvette progress has peaked IMO.
The brand deserves to be separated from showroom stock 600 hp Camaros and Mustangs, and become a real, affordable alternative to Euro exotics.
A production mid-engine Corvette is overdue.
The brand deserves to be separated from showroom stock 600 hp Camaros and Mustangs, and become a real, affordable alternative to Euro exotics.
A production mid-engine Corvette is overdue.
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I think the concept peaked in the mid 60s. The Shelby 427 Cobra was the last gasp at front engine/rear drive race cars. It was the Ford Mark II, Mark IV (Read: Ford GT), and the Ferrari 250 LM that began the transition.
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See, GM? A reason for hundreds of thousands of people to want, need and BUY a new Corvette instead of a clean used one!
It would be 1963 all over again. Full sticker or more, no discounts, a six-month waiting list. TOTAL prestige and drooling awe on the street again.
It would be 1963 all over again. Full sticker or more, no discounts, a six-month waiting list. TOTAL prestige and drooling awe on the street again.
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there's a whole bunch of short vids about it on utube, very interesting. Small block Chevies rule......STILL!
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Technically, they are called GT-40s but more like GT-40: Mark IV or GT-40: 2A or 2B or Mk I--and I almost forgot, the street version: MK III.
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Bugatti would still be safe in its own category. Until the ZL-250 version debuts after two or three years' production, like C1 FI or C2 big blocks.
If the base model is too expensive, do what we did in the '60s. Buy the most powerful Camaro for now, and buy a used ME 'Vette after a few years of depreciation.
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The Superlight Coupe SLC costs about the same money to build as my C2 restomod. If it had room for even a box of Kleenex, I might have gone that direction. The Ultima GTR is another car I studied. Both cars (SLC/GTR), cost about the same, with labor factored at $30k for assembly.
GM could build the CanAm version for sale at about the price of the ZR1. Their labor costs would be lower than $30k but the additional safety equipment reqd would eat the savings. My guess is the CanAm would start around $120k and go to $150k for an equivalent ZR1 type model. The only way to do this profitably would be to have a conventional C7 at normal pricing, and the CanAm C8 as a second model. The C8 would certainly eat into 911/Ferrari sales but never be high volume.
Sueno Cuesta Nada!!! Dreams Cost Nothing, lol!!!
GM could build the CanAm version for sale at about the price of the ZR1. Their labor costs would be lower than $30k but the additional safety equipment reqd would eat the savings. My guess is the CanAm would start around $120k and go to $150k for an equivalent ZR1 type model. The only way to do this profitably would be to have a conventional C7 at normal pricing, and the CanAm C8 as a second model. The C8 would certainly eat into 911/Ferrari sales but never be high volume.
Sueno Cuesta Nada!!! Dreams Cost Nothing, lol!!!
