how much???
08-16-2009, 11:36 PM
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Well since it wont be released until 2012, its kind of hard to tell right now. Just taking a guess Id say around $50k, could be more could be less. Too early to know.
08-17-2009, 12:02 PM
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More than $50,000, easy.
Around 2001 the base Corvette was, what, $42,000?
The 2009 base Corvette: $48,565.
I bet the cheapest C7 will be $52,000, and a 3LT with polished wheels will top $60,000.
The 2009 base Corvette: $48,565.
I bet the cheapest C7 will be $52,000, and a 3LT with polished wheels will top $60,000.
08-22-2009, 11:02 PM
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08-23-2009, 12:37 AM
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You guys are dreaming. With the government a major player in GM they are going to be bogged down with beaurocracy and politics about what kinds of cars are acceptable. Performance is going to take a back seat to fuel economy and clean emissions. How are they going to justify a car that goes 170 mph + on highways where the speed limit is 75 or less? I wish soome private investors would make an offer to buy GM that would take them out of the hands of the government. Especially when it's run by liberal democrats.
08-23-2009, 12:52 AM
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You guys are dreaming. With the government a major player in GM they are going to be bogged down with beaurocracy and politics about what kinds of cars are acceptable. Performance is going to take a back seat to fuel economy and clean emissions. How are they going to justify a car that goes 170 mph + on highways where the speed limit is 75 or less? I wish soome private investors would make an offer to buy GM that would take them out of the hands of the government. Especially when it's run by liberal democrats.
The company will go public again next year, and the treasury will begin selling off its shares then, too. (no idea on a final 0% share date, because you can't just dump 60% and run...see: financial suicide). They haven't said a word as to what cars can and can't be built, yet -- and everybody (from both sides) has assured us that they won't interfere in the future, either. They are a "passive shareholder" concerned only with large movements of money. Even Bob Lutz decided to stay on board when he realized this wasn't a gov't takeover like the doomsayers would have us believe. Further evidence? If the current "owners" had say in the vehicles produced, why did GM just announce the axing of a Buick Plug-in Hybrid, mere weeks after public feedback on the vehicle?
Though, even if you still subscribe to the gov't takeover theory, consider this: the "auto task force" got to take some of the company's cars out for a spin...to get an idea of where they're headed. And they had the most fun, not in the Volt, but in the CTS-V.....
We'll see a C7 that improves upon the C6, mark my words.
EDIT: I just re-read my post, and wanted to make sure I made clear that I'm not comfortable with the current situation of things re: GM ownership...I just can't ignore things to inflate that discomfort, personally.
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08-23-2009, 08:09 AM
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You guys are dreaming. With the government a major player in GM they are going to be bogged down with beaurocracy and politics about what kinds of cars are acceptable. Performance is going to take a back seat to fuel economy and clean emissions. How are they going to justify a car that goes 170 mph + on highways where the speed limit is 75 or less? I wish soome private investors would make an offer to buy GM that would take them out of the hands of the government. Especially when it's run by liberal democrats.
What does this have to do with the price of the C7?
08-23-2009, 11:13 AM
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09-01-2009, 04:16 AM
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I don't know if people already read about the new BMW Vision concept?
I know the link is in Dutch
http://www.autowereld.com/autonieuws...p?artikel=8541
But anyway, this thing has a 1.5 liter diesel engine combined with electromotors. It only uses 3.4 liter diesel per 100 km and has the same performance as an M3! That's what I call engineering.
Anyway, I love Corvettes from the bottom of my heart, I will definitely miss the fantastic USA V8 rumble ... But darn it people, the technologie is there, they just have to use it ... Performance and ECO can go hand in hand ... And the Germans are proving just that when I read this ...
Cheers,
Maarten
I know the link is in Dutch
http://www.autowereld.com/autonieuws...p?artikel=8541
But anyway, this thing has a 1.5 liter diesel engine combined with electromotors. It only uses 3.4 liter diesel per 100 km and has the same performance as an M3! That's what I call engineering.
Anyway, I love Corvettes from the bottom of my heart, I will definitely miss the fantastic USA V8 rumble ... But darn it people, the technologie is there, they just have to use it ... Performance and ECO can go hand in hand ... And the Germans are proving just that when I read this ...
Cheers,
Maarten