Zo62018A8

Their mother got ran over by a car so I have been feeding them. Trying to find homes for them because the local shelter has so many cats if I hand them over they will be put down. I also got them spayed and neutered at my expensive. This chick I used to date is going to pick one up and I think one buddy at work will get one for his daughter so hopefully they will have good homes soon.

Eff A Ford

I guess I'm not the minority since I had a '14 and '15 Lexus GS and ES in my late 20s

ironman77

I just thought of something that may work if gm would do it.
I used to have a Saturn sky redline and it was a hoot to drive, that turbo it had it would move.
People said it was a mini Vette, they could bring it back, market it to younger people for under 30k, it had 260hp turbo.

rmorin1249

There will always be a few mega rich folks to buy Lambos, Ferraris, etc. but there may not be 25,000 people each year to buy a new Corvette. The millennial generation does not have the interest in cars that the current baby boomer generation has. I see very few folks under 55 at the car shows. The future is very uncertain. Time will tell.

Lyn Go Fast

For me ... it was always a money thing!
When I was in high school, the Chevy dealer in my west Texas hometown had a "brand-spankin'-new" yellow '63 split window coupe for sale out on the sidewalk in front of the dealership. After class I would go down there and sit in that gorgeous machine until someone that looked like they could actually afford it ran me off. I "promised" myself that some-how some-way I would have one some day!
I now have a yellow '18 3LZ ZO6 on order that is seriously interrupting my sleep these days!
What difference does it make how old you are when one of these rockets finally finds its way to your garage?
Hell, I'm as excited as that high school kid sittin' & dreamin' in that '63!!!
BOTTOM LINE: As long as these cars continue to generate our kind of enthusiasm, there will always be buyers for 'em ... some young / some old!

millsy

I dont think its a cost issue,I think its a budgeting issue. How many people do you know that are good with money. How many people actually have a plan and a dedicated budget? I have offered so many of my friends my expertise in budgeting money for free and not one has taken me up. I was a financial planner and a stock broker and even with that background I learned that people have no will power these days. They want what they want and they want it now. Wait until we have another recession, history will repeat itself and the same people who were in trouble in 2008 will be suffering again.

FirstC4

Money is a large factor, always has been and will be. It's getting people who can afford it to buy it. Sure, I could afford to drop $70k on a new C7, but I'd rather not pay the depreciation. That same money has bought me multiple cars that offer a different driving experience (GN, Wrangler, C5, TBSS) and are near the bottom of their curve. Heck, my GN and Jeep have actually appreciated in value since I purchased them.

Sure the C5 isn't a C7, but it offers a similar drive for a fraction of the cost. I don't need to have the newest thing. My next Vette will be a C6 GS, but I'll wait at least another 5 years for prices to drop more.

I know I'm not the norm, and my buying pattern will never help new car sales. I've had many cars, but only ever purchased one brand new, a Honda CR-V that my wife drives. While my DD is a beat up 2005 Hyundai with 100k that we've now owned for 10 years.

kaplana08

You hit the nail right on the head. Young people don't have time to drive they are on the phone. Uber is their ride up until self driving cars become available. Then they can sit in the back on their phone while the self driving car gets them to the beer pub. Sad fact but that's the way it will be. I can't recall exactly where I read a similar artical written by an auto executive containing the same opinion.

Detoxx03

The whole young people don’t love cars things is nonsense. They just don’t buy Corvette’s because of the cost and lack of marketing towards them. I’m 32 and bought my first one 6 years ago. I’m a car guy so I don’t count but if I wasn’t I would probably buying something else before looking at a corvette cause Chevy does a horrible job at marketing it to a younger buyer.

Heck just look at the color options. They are dull and boring. Young people want options that appeal to them and two gray options with another couple options for black with a splash of yellow and low tech doesn’t do it for them. Oh yeah and the cost. I’ll continue to buy cause I love Corvette’s but I get why the majority of younger buyers look towards other brands.

Hmaringer

Im 26 and love my 2016 Z07 as do all of my friends. They just aren't in a situation where they can afford the car. I am fortunate enough to be able to afford the car and figured I rather do it now then later down the road when I do have a family and other obligations/expenses.

I see A LOT of younger guys driving older C6s simply because they can afford them. If GM created a sub $30k Vette to compete with Camaros/Mustangs/370z I am sure all the younger guys would be buying a corvette instead. I was in that price range years back and really had no options except those.. A corvette was just out of my price range at the time being a base stingray is still over $50k new..

LIStingray

Keep in mind for most people under age 35, they have only 1 car and it needs to be a practical daily driver, which means room for 4 people and some storage - it is why compact premium (Audi, BMW, Jaguar Mercedes & Porsche for those under age 45 - Acura, Cadillac, Infinity, Lexus & Lincoln are for the old folks) SUV's are all the rage with the 25-40 crowd.
I am willing to bet that for 70% (and that might be low) of Corvette owners, the Corvette is not their only car.
Most millennials I know just don't have an extra $60-90k laying around to buy a toy.

rrsperry

I'm sure that they really want a guy in dirty clothes sitting in a $100K+ car. I don't care, but if you are shopping for that car, he could explain the situation, and they would probably loan him some coveralls. Or maybe even deliver it to his house for a test drive, after he got cleaned up...

As for mellinials? Most of them have a heafty nut to pay after they get out of college. Something most of us didn't have to deal with.

Yep, you'd fit right in with the crowd in OT PRC...

OBTW KIA is a Korean car company, from R.O.K. (South Korea, good... North Korea D.P.R.K... bad communist...)

JerriVette

I agree that's the premise most non buyers convince themselves with.

Meanwhile as a father of a severely handicapped kid...for 20 years I've been driving two seat corvettes and gave up my traditional sedan a decade and a half ago..

I never needed that crap..

I use my corvettes with snow tires in ny metro winters and again...the car goes everywhere I want it to go..

Contrary to popular beliefs these cars are designed as daily drivers ..and my car is garaged and looks and drives mint..

The fallacies of needing a four door four seat car or cuv is nonsense..for 90 percent of those who dream of wishing they had a corvette...

It's a natural human condition for most to manage to talk themselves out of their dreams..

Sure if you have to move two or three kids and you'll need a partner with a four seater...

But other than that...anybody who doesn't move clients in heir cars on occasion can have any car they like...

Hell half the world thinks they have to have awd and alumbering cuv to survive life in the suburbs...so I understand...

I feel bad for all those that don't live their dreams ...(for all the logic that others project to "conform" to a life that isn't as rewarding..

It's the one thing I learned years ago...life is just a journey and when it's over...it's over...better do what you can to enjoy your life the way you want..within reason of course)

At fifty eight I learned this a long long time ago...

There isn't a day I have to say I shoulda coulda woulda...instead I say with pride...I did...

To each their own

JerriVette

Btw..the trunk in the corvette is huge!

roadbike56

Lexus can't make up their mind what they want to be. They have a great, good selling SUV, the RX350. But it took dealers screaming at them to finally expand it to a three seat car (coming next year) despite the fact that sister Toyota can't keep 3 seat Highlanders on their lots. Their front end re-design gets a general "ugly" remark and yet they insist on pushing it. I'll give Lexus a big, huge plus. They maintain parts for their older cars. That's one way to hook future buyers. Let them buy used and CPO cars. Keep those cars on the road with reliability and available parts. Some will become lifelong buyers and move to new when they can afford it. That's a smart move. Corvette should do more of this instead of abandoning their older models.
Corvette did begin manufacturing the ebcm for the 01 to04 C5s again, that was a good move.

JerriVette

Lexis is every mommy mobile dream wonder and holds a special place in real estate brokers as a business vehicle that every lady broker loves..

Good luck to them.

thill444

American car companies (Ford, GM, Chrysler, etc) are obsessed with this model of high MSRP and then big incentives to make it look like you are getting a screaming deal. When in reality your not.

Just price the damn MSRP right out of the gate and stop the silliness with employee pricing, etc. Chrysler is the worst. They offer like 20 different incentives on some cars but you may only qualify for a few of them. I honestly just stopped even looking at Dodge/Chrysler products because I hate the incentive game. I was looking at a Pacifica for my wife and even the sales person could not figure out what incentives I qualified for. She got back to me 2 days later after she sorted it all out and I had already bought a Honda

ironman77

One thing that hinders young people with cars is college debt! Yesterday I was reading that college debt has accumulated to 1.2 trillion which is insane!
I was reading also about this one woman who had a degree and her mom got sick so she took time off from
Work to care for her mom while she recovered, her student loan debt has half her pay, she got behind and defaulted,in her state if you default on student loan they take your driver's license plus revoke license per say in degree field you are in which happened to her!
Like I have said many times college is worthless and a waste of money, if you people wants these cars then get a trade, they will pay for these cars

Champ203

I'm betting most people who own Corvettes went to college. Furthermore I don't believe that everyone must go to college - it all depends on what you want to do as a career. My degree has opened doors and provided the foundation to launch a very successful business. My brother did not finish college and has done ok. Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Engineers have to attend college. College is outragiously expensive as I just put 2 boys through Clemson University and they have no debt. One of them is making 6 figures after being out for a year - show me that job for someone without a degree?

Peace,
Don

thill444

Very true. College debt it out of control. I looked into getting a Masters recently for my field and it would cost me over $60K. And that was mostly online.

Ridiculous.

The truth is cost of living, medical, etc has outpaced earnings for most Americans. Corvette is a toy and many cannot afford an impractical 2 seater sports car that cost $50K+.