BLKTA

I agree. There is a large inconsistency between the quality of Chevy dealers; some are great and some stink. Just a fact.

flange

if you consider the phrase...lead, follow, or get out of the way, it can be emphatically stated the gm chose to not get out of the way with the new c7. As far as whether they are leading or following is personal perspective, as discussed ad nuasium, but at least they gave it a fine effort. regardless of the position you take, you gotta give them credit for upping the ante.

usroute66 MKW

any all -beige interior is never very sporty , including that Boxster interior which is so light that it would look like like it just ran the Baja 1000 after a couple weeks , especially the carpets and seats :



but in two tone , a Porsche Boxster/911 interior looks better and to me seems more cohesively penned than the C7 Corvette two-tone's collection of random unconnected swoops and swirls of contrasting color , fronted by persistent acres of ABS plastic surrounding the instruments/HVAC/radio control panels , window pull switches in the doors and especially the cover for the big cup holders to the right of the shifter which still gives it a C5/C6 cheapish vibe , when compared to the Porsche where you don't see much or any ABS plastic staring back at you everywhere . The C7 $900 carbon interior package should have also covered the window switch areas, below the HVAC panel and especially that huge light catching dust collecting cup holder lid, but doesn't . :

RJRSW

There is a good reason that GM is trying to tap into the Porsche sports car buyers and believe me they know Porsche is their biggest competition.

In 2012 model year Porsche 911 and Boxter/Cayman models outsold all 2012 corvette models combined more than 2 to 1 and they did that at a much higher average sales price than the vette.

2012 Corvettes Model sales

Base Coupe 2,820
GS Coupe 5,056
Base Convertible 621
GS Convertible 2,268
Z06 478
ZR1 404
_______ _______
Total 11,647

2012 Porsche model sales

911 19,261
Boxter/Cayman 7,411
_______ _______
Total 26,672

flange

I gotta tell you, those two pics above have the c7 winning to me.

sam90lx

Damn! Now im jealous!

rjhoskins

Nicely put
I have never even considered a Vette until now. They definitely got MY attention.

CETA 256

rjhoskins

I totally agree. But there ARE people cross-shopping the two vehicles.

Sin City

Here's the big difference.

To Porsche, sportscars and the brand name is everything. Its their daily bread and butter.

To GM, the Corvette is just a halo car to bring in truck and Cruze buyers. The Viper is no different and the Ford GT was no different.

Porsche survives off Porsche. Chevy survives off Silverado.

ck9887

If GM plans to compete with Porsche... they better step up and make a decent auto gearbox. Porsche auto gearboxes are miles ahead of GM's.

The new C7 M7 will be a competetive track performer I'm sure. However, in auto form the C7 is no where near as track worthy as a PDK Porsche.

ck9887

Compared to a C6, the Cayman has much better driver feedback, better balance, better build quality and in auto form, a much better gearbox. I have driven both.

The C7 is supposed to fix these short comings of the C6, although the C7 is still lacking a track worthy gearbox. We will see.

ByByBMW

Truer words were never spoken.

05dsom

ya know car guys are funny..over on Rennlist and 6speedonline everyone is complaining about PDK-only for this car, while here a lot (not all) want a dual clutch "manumatic" (see 3 posts above and the poll on manual vs auto addle box). Then again they also complain about all wheel steering and electronic steering assist....

punky

You got that right Dude.

That interior is about as feminine as it gets. Any guy that would order a car with that color interior probably sits to pee!

RJRSW

There are more and more cars that are giving corvette a run for the performance and handling title.

After watching the last Lemans series race at Long Beach recently it appears in addition to Porsche the Corvette is now having a problem competing with the BMW Z4 and SRT Viper that have both just started to compete and are already at the top of the podium.

The C7 really needs to step up their handling to stay competitive.

Race results from a couple of weeks ago:

Long Beach Results
1. #55 BMW Z4 GTE (Auberlin/Martín)
2. #56 BMW Z4 GTE (D. Muller/Hand)
3. #91 SRT Viper GTS-R (Farnbacher/Goossens)
4. #4 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R (Gavin/Milner)
5. #3 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R (Magnussen/Garcia)

ByByBMW

You're right. But look at Porsche sales figures in general. Last I read 80%+ of the folks are ordering the PDK, and I think it's the GT3? will only be made with PDK. So, like many situations, the silent majority are putting up their dollars while the vocal minority squawks. And the electric steering actually works very well, at least that what the folks I have talked to have said, I like it.

05dsom

Right..that's what the salesman said too, but for the track car -- GT3-- you would think they would offer an option for the 7 speed manual--I mean you can even get it as an option on the CAYENNE

ldepalma

05dsom

yeah I hope it does not give the numb type steering of my ZR1 compared to the GT3 997.2 I drove 2 years ago---best steering /handling ever!!