Vette's LifeSpan
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Vette's LifeSpan
I am hearing that the Vette may be out, gone from GM's lineup in the not too distant future? Opinions:
http://www.leftlanenews.com/general-...-division.html
If this is old news, pls. excuse.....
http://www.leftlanenews.com/general-...-division.html
If this is old news, pls. excuse.....
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oh man!!!!!!! please please retract this lol.
Lets not even think about that. If this is the trend that we are heading into....your going to be able to buy one from Walmart for $19,995 BRAND NEW!...It will work good for about a year and you will get a 90 day warranty on the it. For options you won't get much...maybe AC if your really lucky. The drive train package will only consist of a 5 speed manual bolted to a supercharged vtech shooting out and impressive 300hp and it will be all wheel drive. There will be 1 fart pipe and it will sound well....you get the idea. Floor mats will cost extra and all your leather will be original, authentic, 100%, pure grade simulated. This plus most importantly it will be released as the Corvette Type R
Lets not even think about that. If this is the trend that we are heading into....your going to be able to buy one from Walmart for $19,995 BRAND NEW!...It will work good for about a year and you will get a 90 day warranty on the it. For options you won't get much...maybe AC if your really lucky. The drive train package will only consist of a 5 speed manual bolted to a supercharged vtech shooting out and impressive 300hp and it will be all wheel drive. There will be 1 fart pipe and it will sound well....you get the idea. Floor mats will cost extra and all your leather will be original, authentic, 100%, pure grade simulated. This plus most importantly it will be released as the Corvette Type R
Last edited by XtremeVette; Feb 23, 2009 at 09:32 AM.
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Most consider the Corvette the flagship of Chevrolet,,I don't see it going anywhere!! Might be scaled back with longer generation runs. Other lines will go first IMO!!
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On TV you see adds with sales, discounts, rebates and so on. You dont see these for the corvette. GM has no problem selling them so why would they need to do that. If they have no problem selling them, why would they discontinue it?
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With the potential restructuring of GM and the annoucement to kill the Saturn and Hummer brands, perhaps GM should consider rebranding the Corvette under Cadillac.
Since there is such a push for green/electric/hybrid vehicles, etc., GM should perhaps have the Chevrolet brand focus on the economical and family lifestyle models.
Maybe by moving Corvette into the luxery target market with Cadillac, they could drop the XLR and help promote the Corvette. I think there would many more cross over buyers as well.
I would rather see this happen than Corvette sold off to a foreign automaker.
Since there is such a push for green/electric/hybrid vehicles, etc., GM should perhaps have the Chevrolet brand focus on the economical and family lifestyle models.
Maybe by moving Corvette into the luxery target market with Cadillac, they could drop the XLR and help promote the Corvette. I think there would many more cross over buyers as well.
I would rather see this happen than Corvette sold off to a foreign automaker.
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Almost every vendor is giving ~ $10,000 off MSRP.
'05 & '06 3LT's are below $40k, some into the very low $30's.
Last edited by AC54ME; Feb 23, 2009 at 02:22 PM.
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I don't think they will cancel the Vette...maybe the horsepower will go down and be more environmentally safe, but it won't disappear...what other car can Chevy brag about...it's their image car all over the world. Indy
