Avanti

Maybe FIVE years down the road... after some of the bugs are worked out.

tome

Unless there is room for two small golf bags and 2 small suitcases, I'll be keeping my FE Corvette or a new FE if they come out with one. I daily drive and use my Corvette, so trunk space is critical to me.

JerryU

Hmm, they spent the tooling money! Did you think they added all that extra space in Bowing Green for a new paint line? There are prototypes running around! Forget updating the C7, the C8 will be a mid engine.

Tremic has already said they are building a 7 speed dual clutch transaxle!

Remember the Pontiac Fiero1 It was mid engine and cheap! No reason it has to be very expensive! Now the version with the 3.5 Liter V8 with double overhead cams, 4 vales per cylinder with dual turbos and 700 hp will be more! Just like the ZR1. But it will come year 2 or 3! It will have wider rear fenders! Since they did it with the C6 and now the C7 there will be a Grand Sport model with a NA engine!

p4snow

I bought my 2013 at the end of the C6 run. I never regretted it because the 20% off MSRP I got wasn’t going to be doable on a C7. Having since sold my C6, I have been thinking about a C7 and now that Elkhart Lake Blue will be available this fall, I thought I’d order one. But now I’m having pre-buyers remorse, that maybe it’s best to wait for the C8 or ME or whatever you want to call it.

JonMN

Not sure . . . I would really need to drive one first. My concern is actually the level of cockpit noise--this is our daily driver in nice weather. And it would need to be offered in a vert for me to consider.

Parcival

Kevin A Jones

Don't plan on trading my GS, may add one if I like the way it looks and drives. I believe we are still a few years away.

Deweyox

So funny, That's what I do. Should have bought a 5 car garage instead of a 5 bedroom house. How stupid .

Skid Row Joe

Exactly!
M7 & convertible.....for starters....

OH THREE Z

Ive had my C7Z for 3.5+ years and still love it. I dont expect to be a buyer for a new C8 as im tired of depreciation. I plan on keeping the Z and buying a used Viper... either a 14 TA or gen 2 GTS

pickleseimer

Probably not trade the C7, but would consider giving up the C5.

spireland

Are you seriously judging current GM on a car built 50 years ago??

sTz

TwoVettes6916

I don't plan to trade in my C7 for a Mid-Engine version. I like looking out over the hood and the humps over the wheels. I also like the amount of storage area in the C7. Plus, the front-engine configuration has been the setup since the car's inception in 1953. For the type of driving I do, my C7 gives me all the driving, cornering, etc. capability I need.

But it will be interesting to see what the ME version will actually look like when it finally hits the market.

ExRedRacer

Hey y'all! Send me $10,000 and I'll reserve your place in line for the all-new C8 Corvette! Hurry! Limited allocations!

JerryU

Then consider a C7 your last Vette! Tadge said that in a post and Tremic has already said they will supply a dual clutch transaxle for the C8 that does not have a third pedal!

At least it's has efficient standard trans spur gears but the two separate clutches are operated by computer. Essential two transmissions with the next gear already engaged when it's clutch is engaged. That is all you can get in a Ferrari and may other high performance cars. At least better than a GM less efficient slush box!

I'm getting my mind used to it as have been driving only a standard shift for my DD for ~60 years. That was a three speed on the floor, progressed to a 4 speed and have had four 7 speeds! First was a Dodge Colt turbo with a twin stick overdrive and my 1st Vette, an '88, that came with a Dough Nash 4 speed and electrically operated overdrive activated by a button on top of the shift ****. Could activate in 2nd, 3rd and 4th with 7 unique and split gear ratios! Not nearly as easy to use as my 2014 C7 or Grand Sport!

JerryU

Paid a fraction of that when I "reserved my C7 in February of 2013" from a "real very large Vette dealer!" Price fixed months before it was announced! Also refundable!

The benefit to the Dealer was GM only supplied those initial cars to actual customer orders when they started to ship. When I picked mine up the first week in October 2013, dealer was frustrated they could not get one for their showroom! Mine was on display for a day but locked and they would not let anyone sit in it!

DWS44

I'm trying to warm up to life after the clutch pedal. I had the opportunity to drive a 488 and an Aventador for some hot laps while at an exotic car experience this spring. I admit the DCT and the fast response/shifts were impressive, compared to any standard paddle shift automatic I've ever driven, but the overall feel is more clinical (for lack of a better word) vs. the fun factor of shifter and clutch.

JerryU

Yep, I'm the same! With the C7 I often skip gears for moderate speeds turns etc. Like 5th to 3rd, or on the Interstate 7th to direct drive 4th for the exit. Guess I'll have to learn to pull the paddles quicker! Think I'll practice with my Rev Match paddles as it does nothing! Let's see, 5th to 4th with the right paddle the 4th to 3rd with the left, should be quicker than using just one!

ersatz928

You have a ME already...the C7 is a Front-Mid-Engine......the engine sits behind the front axle.