Corvette and being practical
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St. Jude Donor '09 and '13
I have been married for almost 20 years and have 2 kids and I would not trade my Corvette for any other car. I drive it everyday and enjoy it everyday. Seem like the OP may be getting some pressure from the wife. In that case, there should be the car stays, you go conversation!
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St. Jude Donor '12 thru '17
A Vette isn't a car built or marketed to the "average person" any more than any other performance car. Want a practical car for the "average person?" Go to a Honda, Toyota, Kia or Hyundia dealer. Why on earth would GM want to water down the Corvette brand by making an entry level version? No thanks.
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So the basic answer is "because Camaro". The issue isn't that they don't make a 2+2 Corvette, it's that they make a retro styled Camaro. Then if you don't want a Camaro, you can get the gaudy *** CTS-V. IMO, it's indicative of the real problem with the 4 seat 2 door from the domestics - they only make retro styled ones to appeal to old people. Younger people weren't around for the originals and are totally over the retro styling fad.
That said, even if GM made a 4 seater with modern styling, the Corvette styling wouldn't work on it. So it wouldn't be a 2+2 Corvette, it's just be another coupe.
IMO, the only way they could potentially make the styling work is to stretch it out to be more like a Panamera or Aston Martin Rapide. But it'd lose a lot of the Corvette stuff - you can't do a targa top on it, packaging a rear transaxle would be problematic, it's going to be MUCH heavier, and MUCH more expensive. And then you've got to be able to compete, which even Caddy does not have the brand appeal to compete with Porsche, AM, or even the Mercedes CLS.
That said, even if GM made a 4 seater with modern styling, the Corvette styling wouldn't work on it. So it wouldn't be a 2+2 Corvette, it's just be another coupe.
IMO, the only way they could potentially make the styling work is to stretch it out to be more like a Panamera or Aston Martin Rapide. But it'd lose a lot of the Corvette stuff - you can't do a targa top on it, packaging a rear transaxle would be problematic, it's going to be MUCH heavier, and MUCH more expensive. And then you've got to be able to compete, which even Caddy does not have the brand appeal to compete with Porsche, AM, or even the Mercedes CLS.
Melting Slicks
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From: Central Ohio
I think this would be what you are really looking for - time to get rid of the Z 
http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/4208105877.html
http://nh.craigslist.org/cto/4208105877.html
