Dave@Ciocca

FYI - For those looking to tune in to Barrett Jackson for the 427 Corvette Charity Auction, the time has been moved up to 4:00 EST which is the start time for the Speed Channel Broadcast.

Sorry for the confusion!

Enjoy!

RickConti@Coughlin

thanks D!

Random84

thanks for the reminder!

Rick HendrickAtlanta

I would say it is a done deal on who will own this one.

RickConti@Coughlin

Dave I think you got your time zones messed up see you at 4

Dave@Ciocca

Yeah, that's what I mean...2:00 MST

Tally Ho

As if there were any doubts.

phileaglesfan

Another one for his collection.

strawboss

Dave Ressler is there too so its going to go sky high

RicK T

Tadge said "possibly the last 427".

Tease? Bluff? Let slip with C7 info?

donzi1

The car they are showing is NOT the car the highest bidder gets

but price still was $600,000 ...Ed

blackonblack2011

600k wow!

Dave@Ciocca

I guess not, huh?

Boozman

How about that no more 427's so I guess our 436 or 430 will worth some money one day

needcheese

The winner gets to spec it out completely the way they want it, walk the asembly line, and have it delivered any where in the US, plus a few other bonuses. grats to the winner.

Dave@Ciocca

As soon as I saw Pratt bidding on the car I knew he would own it especially knowing that Hendricks wasn't going to bid.

Rick HendrickAtlanta

I have not been watching but why did Hendrick not bid on the car?

gbgary

i guess he didn't want to bid against his buddy that ended up with it.

JoesC5

They very carefully stated that the 427 vert "might" be the last Vette with the 427 along with the current Z06.

My prediction....For 2014, the C7 will not have a regular production car with the 427. The Z06 might be around, but not with the 427. They might use the 427 in a limited edition C7 to jump start sales later in the C7 run, if necessary. I think that if GM intentions were to have the 427 put out to pasture after the end of the 2013 run, then they would have said so, to try and boost sales of the outgoing 2013's. By saying "maybe" they leave the impression that the 427 "might" be around for awhile. That could hurt sales of the 427 vert(and maybe the Z06) if people that would consider paying a premium for a 2013 427 if they believed that the 427 would be available later on. GM's chief engineer when to a lot of trouble to make it clear that the 427 "might" be around for awhile.

One reason I believe the current Z06 (and possibly the ZR1) will not be in the C7 lineup, is that I believe that ALL C7's will have an aluminum frame. I read that GM was pulling the aluminum frame construction from Dana and moving it in house. Why would they do that unless they planned for the aluminum frame to be the frame used on all Corvettes? Currently Bowling Green hydroforms the frame rails and sends them to Dana in Hopkinsville, KY for assembly with stampings from the outside, then the frames are returned to Bowling Green to be cleaned and coated.

The Z06 and the ZR1 were more then just ultra high performance offerings for current sales. GM and Dana wanted to learn everything they could for future use of aluminum in their cars/trucks.

Supersonic 427

Being for a charity and such....I expected to see around $250,000 but never $600,000!