Now that '10 prices are out I can see how much prices have gone up.

My '05 MSRP was $54,080, the same car for '10 would be $63,670.
A $9,590 increase!

My '08 MSRP was $58,540, same car for '10 would be $66,370.
A $7,830 increase!

Big increases for a wider heavier body with no Horsepower increases.

 

What do you expect the Govt is now in control and just wait for the new taxes

 

Don't know where you're getting your numbers, but an '10 Coupe base price is $49,880 w/ Frt and a '09 is $49,515. That's a $365 additional or .007% increase, hardly devastating.

The 3LT package for 2010 is actually $350 cheaper.

 

The ZO6 prices look about the same as well between '09 and '10.

 

Inflation has not even begun yet.....

and my '08 would now cost me almost 3k more in '10

Glad I bought when I did....just wait for actual inflation to start

 

To get the Z-51 equivalent, you must go with a Grand Sport.

 

That's know as Marketing Strategy 101.

 

Was around 44,500 ish in 05 if I remember correctly.5 grand in 5 years.

 

Got my '05 and '08 figures from my window stickers, got the '10 figures from Corvette Contis post.

The major price difference is that Z51 could be ordered @ $1695 in '05 and '08 without getting a heavier widebody @ a $4840 premium.

My '05 & '08 were Z51 so I priced the '10 as a GS.

 

Your making fruit salad by mixing apples and oranges!!!

I guess you think wide body is free.
I guess you think wider wheels are free.
I guess you think extra air bags are free.
I guess you think 30 more hp is free.

Why don't you just go buy a Mustang!!!!

 

 

Definitely not the same car when comparing the GS to a Z51 optioned car....

Compared to the 05 you'd be getting horsepower increases, traction increases, dry sump system, and some other goodies.

Personally I think eliminating the Z51 option was a bad idea - not everyone (obviously) will want to take the jump up in price to the GS model. But if Chevy continues to make fewer Vettes each year, they need to increase the profit (both amount and margin) in order to continue the viability of the Corvette.

 

Isn't that still cheaper then doing a widebody conversion?

 

Read and comprehend my post;

Wide body with ugly gills? Don't want it.

Wider wheels(and tires)? Don't want or need. Think the tires are expensive in C6 sizes?

Extra air bags? What extra air bags? Both my cars were 3LTs with side airbags.

30 HP more? My '08 already has 436 HP.

Base with 3LT and Z51 would be fine, no GS needed or wanted.
Sorry, never owned a Mustang and don't want one.

 

Inflation? You guys don't know the half of it! As an old timer who owned some of the early vetts am blown away at what has happened to the price of vetts. Do you know that the '54 vette had an msrp around $2700. This was down about 15% from the original '53 that they couldn't give away. So I looked at the CPI since ( the normal inflationary measure) and that a 2009 vette vert should be selling at( are you sitting down) a wopping 29K! Remember the '53-'54 was only a vert.

So what happened? I looked at msrp price increases over the years and the 10 years between 1975 to 1985, the vette price increases averaged almost 15% a year. Yes, we had run away inflation in the '70s but not like that.

It is also interesting to note what happened to HP over this time period. You remember the big block era of the mid '60s? Over 400 hp was available. Then the the oil shock and the C3's were down to 185hp. Most were under 200HP, bloated and auto trans. They sold a **** pot full of them. During the worst resession since the depression chevy was selling 35-40m units, most at less than 200 hp. Any of you guys who own some of these C3 -C4's, Don't write me as I have allienated myself from this group before.

Bottom line, we are now in the worst recession since the great depression and Chevy produced about 16-17M units this year with 25% unsold. Most that were sold were far below msrp. So where are we headed now that a loaded vert is pushing 70K?

Don't tell me about the competition (Porsche 911 as an example). I hate to lay on you what has happened to the DMark versus the dollar over the decades, even the Euro is up over 40% in the last 10 years.

Let me give you another example. My dad bought a new Ford Fairlaine vert in 1956 for $2500. You can buy a pretty loaded Mustang vert for about the long term inflation rate of the same $29M. Don't get me wrong, I am not pushing Mustangs. Just a comparison. I might remind you that Ford isn't bankrupt.

Where are we headed now? A 200Hp vette again at $75k for an equipt vert?

Sorry for the vent guys but I had sticker shock when I started to look again for a Corvette after over 40 years since the last one. Yep, inflation. If you buy that, I have a bridge for sale.

 

Have to pay for those executive bonuses...