Jawnathin

Did he really say that during the auction of the 427 Vert?

EDIT: NM, I just read JoeC5's reply above. Very interesting...

Supersonic 427

Yes..."possibly the last 427".

Jawnathin

Got it. Thanks.

RJRSW

Ron Pratte is a developer up in Chandler and is a very private person and obviously very successful to spend multiple millions on just one car purchase.

http://www.techbanyan.com/3221/ron-p...ar-collection/

Some of the other cars in Ron Pratte's collection:

AirBusPilot

I would take that utterance as to there EVER being a 427ci again, not just in a C7.

peter pan

Awesome for the charity

Thomasmoto

Yea thanks, I missed it by an hour.

mpuzach

What would the absence of future 427s have to do with the value of LS3s?

Corvette ED

Maybe the C7 will get a 454? GM has to come up with something to keep up with Ford. I think it is insult to GM that a Mustang will have more HP than a Vette?

JasonH

That was my take on it. Could have been a ploy to bump up the sale price, or could have been a bit of inside info. I think it was the latter.

My guess is that C7 high performance will come from multi-valve, direct-injected, forced-induction motors with fewer cubic inches. Thing is, I bet that will make more HP than the current LS7. So the LS7 "427" may be seen only as a dinosaur that survived extinction longer than the others, and a salute to the good old days, but no pinnacle of performance or technology.

Rocket-J

As said already, the high bidder, Pratt, gets the right to buy the first one off the assembly line. VIN #1.
This car is owned by Hendrick and will probably stay with him. We don't know. We do know that THIS car did not sell today.