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12-27-2011, 09:23 AM
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Not sure what the new version will be called but whatever the equivalent to the Z06 will be. My intention was to buy the Z06 but there were none left at the various dealerships I visited so I bought the Grand Sport instead, which is still a great ride, except for the squeaky brakes.
12-27-2011, 12:28 PM
#22
Wait naa
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Hey Big Phil. Wait naa, Whats the worst case senario? I can always buy another C6. i want to take the blunge go for the gusto first guy on the block. i just know with todays computer designing it will be AWESOME. I wish I had room in my bed. 
12-27-2011, 01:13 PM
#23
lose
If you buy a new Corvette and sell it during the the first 1 to 3 years you are in the midst of it's steepest depreciation curve. Those kinds of losses are to be expected and have little to do with the next generation Corvette. Will it get worse? I don't know but I also don't know how much I'm going to like the next Corvette. I am happy to enjoy my car now.
12-27-2011, 01:19 PM
#24
Wow
Not sure what the new version will be called but whatever the equivalent to the Z06 will be. My intention was to buy the Z06 but there were none left at the various dealerships I visited so I bought the Grand Sport instead, which is still a great ride, except for the squeaky brakes.
12-27-2011, 01:47 PM
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Of course I have a computer. I'll chalk it up to impatience. The day started out with a regularly scheduled maintenance visit on my SS Camaro. While waiting on the work to be done, I was browsing around and got caught looking at the Vettes. One thing led to another and I was sitting in the chair buying the Vette. I told the dealer that if I was going to buy a new Vette, that I preferred the Z06. They didn't have any on lot and made several calls to other dealerships and at the time, none of them had any on their lots. I wasn't actively seeking out a Z06 or I would have searched online first and then compared prices. After a test drive, I couldn;t sign the papers quick enough so I guess I was just plain old impatient. Next time, I'll be a lot more patient and do some searching before jumping into one. I'm still thrilled with the GS but wished I had waited and searched around for the Z06 instead.
12-27-2011, 01:58 PM
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Melting Slicks
Do you expect a similar model roll out for the C7 as C6?
C6 Base coupe and convertible released in 2H 2004 as a 2005
C6 Z06 released in 2H 2005 as a 2006 (one year later)
C6 ZR1 released in December 2007 (three years later)
C6 GS released in 2010 (six years later)
(Please correct my dates if wrong.)
So if you want a C7 ZR1, and the C7 is (optimistically) released in 2013... the ZR1 won't be available until 2016 or 2017.
Would you get the C7 Base when new and prepare to trade again when the C7 ZR1 is released. Maybe people could be holding on to the Z06 & ZR1s a little longer.
Cheers,
JB
C6 Base coupe and convertible released in 2H 2004 as a 2005
C6 Z06 released in 2H 2005 as a 2006 (one year later)
C6 ZR1 released in December 2007 (three years later)
C6 GS released in 2010 (six years later)
(Please correct my dates if wrong.)
So if you want a C7 ZR1, and the C7 is (optimistically) released in 2013... the ZR1 won't be available until 2016 or 2017.
Would you get the C7 Base when new and prepare to trade again when the C7 ZR1 is released. Maybe people could be holding on to the Z06 & ZR1s a little longer.
Cheers,
JB
12-27-2011, 01:59 PM
#27
Of course I have a computer. I'll chalk it up to impatience. The day started out with a regularly scheduled maintenance visit on my SS Camaro. While waiting on the work to be done, I was browsing around and got caught looking at the Vettes. One thing led to another and I was sitting in the chair buying the Vette. I told the dealer that if I was going to buy a new Vette, that I preferred the Z06. They didn't have any on lot and made several calls to other dealerships and at the time, none of them had any on their lots. I wasn't actively seeking out a Z06 or I would have searched online first and then compared prices. After a test drive, I couldn;t sign the papers quick enough so I guess I was just plain old impatient. Next time, I'll be a lot more patient and do some searching before jumping into one. I'm still thrilled with the GS but wished I had waited and searched around for the Z06 instead.
12-27-2011, 02:09 PM
#28
??
Do you expect a similar model roll out for the C7 as C6?
C6 Base coupe and convertible released in 2H 2004 as a 2005
C6 Z06 released in 2H 2005 as a 2006 (one year later)
C6 ZR1 released in December 2007 (three years later)
C6 GS released in 2010 (six years later)
(Please correct my dates if wrong.)
So if you want a C7 ZR1, and the C7 is (optimistically) released in 2013... the ZR1 won't be available until 2016 or 2017.
Would you get the C7 Base when new and prepare to trade again when the C7 ZR1 is released. Maybe people could be holding on to the Z06 & ZR1s a little longer.
Cheers,
JB
C6 Base coupe and convertible released in 2H 2004 as a 2005
C6 Z06 released in 2H 2005 as a 2006 (one year later)
C6 ZR1 released in December 2007 (three years later)
C6 GS released in 2010 (six years later)
(Please correct my dates if wrong.)
So if you want a C7 ZR1, and the C7 is (optimistically) released in 2013... the ZR1 won't be available until 2016 or 2017.
Would you get the C7 Base when new and prepare to trade again when the C7 ZR1 is released. Maybe people could be holding on to the Z06 & ZR1s a little longer.
Cheers,
JB
01-20-2012, 07:07 PM
#29
Drifting
01-20-2012, 07:17 PM
#30
01-20-2012, 07:29 PM
#31
Racer
It took 4 years to "fix" the C5
Being an Engineer myself, I waited until 2000 to buy my C5 in order to give GM time to "get the bugs out". As we all know, the early cars had a lot of problems and patches. My 2000 had the old "shallow" intake manifold and the now obsolete tire pressure monitoring system. I should have waited at least 4 years into the new model before buying. I wouldn't consider a C7 in it's first model year.
01-20-2012, 07:48 PM
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The new C7. Three of us are so sure that the New C7 is going to be awesome that we dumped are C6'S. We don't want to get stuck again with a market saturated with old body styles. Anyone remember the 1996 Grand Sport price drop? I sure do!! It's a buyers market now, imagine when the new body style hits the showroom and we all know the dealers have no trade in mercy. It ought to be interesting to see the future prices of a C6 ZR1,GS or ZO6. Our only fears are the interiors of the C7, could it get worse? Buy American. 
I think a lot of that 96 GS price drop was because of the way GM got rid of all the LT4 engines, by putting them in every single manual Corvette that year (over 5000 of them). Once people found than out, many just wouldn't pay the extra for a GS. The GS package was $6k and a lot of the sales hype on that was the extra 30hp of the LT4.
01-20-2012, 08:03 PM
#33
Dive it
Being an Engineer myself, I waited until 2000 to buy my C5 in order to give GM time to "get the bugs out". As we all know, the early cars had a lot of problems and patches. My 2000 had the old "shallow" intake manifold and the now obsolete tire pressure monitoring system. I should have waited at least 4 years into the new model before buying. I wouldn't consider a C7 in it's first model year.
01-20-2012, 08:18 PM
#34
Gs
I think a lot of that 96 GS price drop was because of the way GM got rid of all the LT4 engines, by putting them in every single manual Corvette that year (over 5000 of them). Once people found than out, many just wouldn't pay the extra for a GS. The GS package was $6k and a lot of the sales hype on that was the extra 30hp of the LT4.
01-20-2012, 11:11 PM
#35
If the Jalopnik renderings are the actual C7 and I think they are, based upon the spy shots of testing, then the C7 will simply be an improvement of the C6. We have heard about Direct Injection, 7sp transmission and the new nav/interface from the Cadillac ATS. Interior will certainly be reworked and improved. I bet that sums up all of the changes in the new car.
I would guess each model will gain 50hp or so to keep up with Ford and DI should help. The Jalopnik renderings look like a natural progression of the car. I was hoping for radical but natural makes the most sense.
Radical will come with the C8 but not until it is time to develop a Gen V motor, new chassis architecture, dual clutch/auto-manual, and probably adopt new materials like carbon fiber into construction.
With the new Alpha platform for the Cadillac ATS and next gen Camaro, the C8 may come sooner than later. The C7 may be a 2yr-3yr car and ultimately a collectors dream. I personally think most of the Corvette rumors are true, but the rumors were based on two different cars in development C7/C8. The C7 is the transitional model to the C8, still in development.
I would guess each model will gain 50hp or so to keep up with Ford and DI should help. The Jalopnik renderings look like a natural progression of the car. I was hoping for radical but natural makes the most sense.
Radical will come with the C8 but not until it is time to develop a Gen V motor, new chassis architecture, dual clutch/auto-manual, and probably adopt new materials like carbon fiber into construction.
With the new Alpha platform for the Cadillac ATS and next gen Camaro, the C8 may come sooner than later. The C7 may be a 2yr-3yr car and ultimately a collectors dream. I personally think most of the Corvette rumors are true, but the rumors were based on two different cars in development C7/C8. The C7 is the transitional model to the C8, still in development.
