How many posts are made by those with GS's ripping on people who own a base coupe? Dozens upon dozens. You can't make a GS comment, unless it is 100% RA-RA pro-GS comment, without being labeled a "hater".

It is a public forum, people make comments and it can lead to debates. If someone doesn't like the thread, then don't post in it. That is the freedom of it.

Some people like white C6s, some don't. If you say that you don't like white colored C6's, you are labeled a hater. It is politically correct madness.

You have people here on the forum that would think that one is a sellout for owning a foreign car. That only owning an American car is correct. So you and I are both sellouts according to them because we own a non-American/GM cars.

Some people get ripped on for owning a manual trans car. That is the forum. If they don't like the topic, then nobody forces them to read it or post in it.

 

The GS is what buyers want, that is why they are making so many, it is a success.

 

You know I am sick and tired of hearing about how much GM or any other Company makes. So what, thats whats wrong with this thing now.
Every body wants a deal you want the best quality but do not want to pay for it. I traded my 07 coupe for my GS and I would not go back.

 

 

Well stated LBear.

 

Where are all the base pics? Is no one buying the base?

 

In this case,wider is better. One of my favorite things about our GS is with the wider tires I can get into the throttle almost at will & the added grip keeps the car in line with little/no spinning.

 

Well stated? Posting a negative comment or two is ok, posting 35 times in the same threads over and over to create controversy is a , plain and simple.

 

Looks damn nice!

 

This thread was started because the OP wanted to see how many people has bought the 2011 base model with some pics. Come on with the pics already.

 

Three pages and no pics!

OK, mine is a 2010 but I'll post a photo just to get the ball rolling.

PS. I would have ordered a Grand Sport IF they had offered the F55 suspension in 2010.

 

I believe that is the response. I bet the ratio of 2011 GS's vs. 2011 base coupes being sold is 20:1. Hence the reason why nobody is posting 2011 base coupe pics, just GS pics.

I am going to start recording my conversations to these dealers. Just for kicks, I called a local GM dealer and asked him if they have any 2011 base coupes for sale. The dealer on the phone stated, "You don't want a base coupe, those are out of style, what you want is a Grand Sport. "

I responded, oh really, why is that?

The dealer said, "The Grand Sport is basically a Z06 with a removable top. You get the best of both worlds"

Enough said.

 

Ok, you know what, I am calling you have a different story about you phoning GM about this base vehicle and them telling you that you don't want a base vehicle to going to dealerships about GS's only to have all salesman tell you they are Z06 lites?? Honestly, you are obsessed with your hate of GS's to the point of blatant LYING. Enough.

I put up with your rants when your ONLY complaint was the GILLS, then it was the power, then the handling, then the wide body, then the suspension, then the wide tires, then the..............

 

The GS is proving to be so much more popular that there is little demand for the base model. In effect, the "entry level" Corvette is $8K+ more expensive than it was. This can't be helping the total sales volume.

 

Yes, it is such a success that total Corvette sales in the year the G/S was introduced, 2010, were the slowest since 1961. That is right folks, the slowest in 49 friggin years! What a roaring success! If you want to see success check out Hyundai who sales are going up every year in spite of the recession. That is success!

 

Since the base C6 wasn't discontinued, people had the option of purchasing 35,000 base C6's. They didn't, instead most of the buyers purchased Grand Sports. If they hadn't purchased the Grand Sports, then Corvette sales would have really been bad.

To blame the poor sales of Corvettes on the Grand Sport is ..................................

2008 C6 production(all models)---35,310
2009 C6 production(all models)---16,956
2010 C6 production(all models)---12,194.

According to your logoc, the reason the production was 48% lower in 2009 vs 2008 was that the Grand Sport killed it, right?

Well, bright boy, there were no Grand Sport models in 2009, so it must have been something else that killed the C6's sales...maybe the economy.

But, with the economy being even worse in 2010 then 2009, the Grand Sport could not completely revive the C6's sales to those of yesteryear. I would hate to think of what the 2010 production would have been if GM had not released the Grand Sport. Maybe 6-7,00 cars. My opinion is that the Grand Sport hurt the Z06's sales and if the Grand Sport had not been released, then the Z06's sales would have been higher then the 518 produced, but not near enough to offset the Grand Sport's production figure.


My local dealer has 53 2011 Corvettes in inventory, that's nearly $4,000,000 worth of inventory. 41 are Grand Sports, 3 are Z06's and 9 are ZR1's. None of them are base C6's. He's also #5 in the world in Corvette sales. Do you really believe that with that much inventory on hand, and where he is positioned in Corvette sales, that he doesn't have a clue to what his customers want in a new Corvette? He's stocking what is selling, and the base C6 is not selling.

 

That is a great option, the Z51 with the F55. Only the Z cars had that option, and now they are offering it on 2011+ non-Z cars.

I believe it was Car & Driver that took a 2011 GS F55 out and it pulled another .02 - .03 more G's on the skidpad over the non F55.

 

Thanks for that info! Very interesting

 

Thanks ncvette_1FUNRIDE for being the only response to the OP's question. How this possibly turned into a GS vs. base (or anything) thread is beyond me.

 

[QUOTE=JoesC5;1575475248]Since the base C6 wasn't discontinued, people had the option of purchasing 35,000 base C6's. They didn't, instead most of the buyers purchased Grand Sports. If they hadn't purchased the Grand Sports, then Corvette sales would have really been bad.

To blame the poor sales of Corvettes on the Grand Sport is ..................................

Looking at the 2010 sales literature, or Chevrolet's web site, or listening to their sales people, or seeing whats sitting on the dealers lots gathering dust, you would never know the base vehicle or any other Corvette models were still being made or were for sale. GM put all their eggs in the Grand Sport basket, and it flopped big time. If it was the great success you G/S owners say it is, you wouldn't need any Base, Z06 or ZR1 sales because the Grand Sport alone would have set record sales of Corvetts. It didn't. Total sales of Corvetts, including the Base, Z06 and ZR1 whose existance were virtually hidden from the pubic, were the worst in 49 years, while other companies were increasing sales in the same period.