96 Vette CE

Can anyone elaborate?

ruxvette

I assume you mean when selling. Are you seeing GS's priced the same as Z06's, year for year?

Homer3D

If someone is selling their car, no matter what car it is, they can ask any price they want. Doesn’t mean someone will buy it. There is always going to be sellers looking to get top dollar for their car just as there will always be buyers looking to pay rock bottom prices. Ultimately, the right price for any car is the price both buyer and seller can agree to.

S.C. vette

Frankie15

You have to remember that GS models started in 2010 and the Z06 started in 06. I could totally see a 2013 GS costing just as much (maybe even more) as a 2006 Z06.

Mcrider

I think it has a lot to do with the C6 GS's have found a niche in the Corvette line that is unique. It has power, luxury, handling, and looks all in one package. Add the removable targa top and the GS is pretty much the perfect cruising Corvette.

It's not all about how much horsepower is under the hood, or how much carbon fiber your car has. Some of us just really enjoy driving the backroads on a sunny summer day or traveling the back roads of America and the C6 GS is just about the perfect car for doing it in.

Frankie15

Eh, I disagree. The Z06 is a higher end model and an all around superior vehicle so it makes sense that it would warrant a higher price. The GS won't ever cost the same as the Z06 year for year. All of this to say that a GS is still a fantastic car.

bartsky

Two different markets. GS buyers usually prefer the automatic transmission, and still get a widebody car. People ask crazy money for 10-13 Z's.

BadAV

I haven't seen same year GS and Z06 priced the same. Typically it is a 3 year older Z06 priced comparable to a GS. Way too many variables to make sense out of it. 4LT GS vs 1LT Z06, Z06 ragged out and twice as many miles as the low mileage, pristine GS. Etc, etc, etc. Keep looking until you find the car that you are looking for, at a price you are willing to pay.

bigsteff

Additionally, the C6 accommodates big & tall guys who can't fit in the C7, and don't need the extra ponies ...

Mcrider

The Z06 is only superior if you are looking for those attributes it offers over the GS. Not everybody, in fact most Corvette buyers, based on sales numbers, aren't interested in the upper level performance aspects of the Z06.

As for saying "the GS won't ever cost the same as a Z06 year for year" isn't something I'd bet the farm on over the long term.

Track a Z06, and that's what it was designed and marketed for, and the value of it is definitely going to go down. The market they feed is far different, and much smaller from the GS. I looked at a number of them and I wasn't going to buy a car somebody else had run hard.

misery

Why are buyers shopping for a GS only willing to pay base prices?

Mcrider

maybe the condition of the car dictates it...

Frankie15

It doesn't matter if the buyer is not interested in the attributes it offers over the GS. It doesn't change the fact that the Z06 is a superior vehicle to the GS. The Z06 has several features that make it superior to the GS even without mentioning the LS7. The Z06 had a higher price than the GS when they were new, right? Following this logic, a base model is superior to the GS if the buyer is not interested in a wide body car or a dry sump engine.

J3TVETTE

I know the fact that LS7's keep blowing up has swayed a lot of people from purchasing a Z06. I know the heads can be fixed but a lot of people don't want the extra headache.

rob62

For sale $38,500

BadAV

I am one of those people who prefers an essentially bulletproof LS3 to the somewhat problematic LS7. Not to mention that you really can't fully utilize 436 hp on the street without being reckless, much less 505. If I was in the market for a C7 it would be the same. There have been way too many problems on the C7 Z06.

jrose7004

They aren't priced like ZO6's around here.

919cw313

Great description.

gunnersfan10

This was the primary reason I bought a GS over a Z06. I track my cars too and honestly 60hp isn't going to make or break my enjoyment, it's still plenty fast. Plus having the removable roof for nice days is fun and I didn't want to throw money for heads at a car I just bought. It might only be a small percentage of cars but that stigma is still out there that the LS7 has valve issues.