soulsea

The 'all show no go' demographic is substantial.

T-Z06-J

Huh? What? You just proved my point!
My point is that a C7 buyer is going to buy a C7. GS available or not.

So there wasn't a C6 GS available... but you bought a C6 anyway... That's my point!
There isn't a C7 GS available... but you bought a C7 anyway... That's my point!

I am just saying that a GS will ONLY attract buyers that want a C7 anyway... It will NOT bolster sales like the OP suggested.

Disclaimer* JMO

ODEN2

I'm too damn old to race (track) anymore, and too dumb to realize it, so a GS version would suit me fine.

I love my Z06, but I don't "NEED" all that power; the 505hp of my
2013 427 vert would do just fine if they eliminated the bugs of the '13
LS7s (I had one of the bad ones, blew at 3,480 miles.)

A GT with a touring tire that delivered enough mileage for cross country and back would be great for me.

charles

Bill Dearborn

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JoesC5

That's not what I saw with the C6 GS. I had plenty of friends that didn't like the base C6 styling and didn't want a high powered fixed roof, manual transmission car(Z06). It took the GS to get them to trade in their C5's for a C6.

Many of them asked me about the ride of my C6 Z06 as they didn't want a car that rode rough as they suspected the GS would(because it was also a Z51).

If the Z06 or the GS had never been offered, I would have never purchased a C6. I ONLY liked the wide body look on the C6(but the additional performance of the Z06 was a plus in my little black book).

fast jackson

I would love to see a wide body, lighter weight, NA version offered. That would be a very capable platform for guys who do de events, or belong to a motorsports country club.

TKOGTO

460hp is no go? Come on boys.

Stripeknight

I was way ahead of you guys on my predictions

Stripeknight

You should have predicted within 2-3 months

sam90lx

Uhhhh, Tadge says your wrong. Actually I agree with you....the Z06 should be a Z06, no T-tops, auto, FI....what are these guys at GM thinking?

punky

Sub 4 second 0-60 and mid 11 second 1/4 miles is "no go"?

Stripeknight

Chevy just b&tch slapped your opinion

JoesC5

The car companies have realized for decades that it's wise to offer a "low cost" entry level vehicle to their lineup. While they make a profit on the entry level model, they make serious profits on "up selling" the base model with options, and offering "Up scale" models at a higher cost. Think a 1957 Bel Air to a base 1957 150 model. It didn't cost GM as much to make a Bel Air over the 150 vs the difference in price between the two. GM just made more "profit" on each Bel Air they sold, but still sold plenty of 150's. The buyers of the 150's could have purchased a Bel Air, but they didn't want to spend that additional money. If those buyers of the 150 had been "forced" to purchase the higher cost Bel Air, it's a good chance they would not have bought one, but would have looked at a cheaper option vehicle from another manufacturer.

If the GS was the "base" model, they would most likely actually lose some sales as not everyone can afford the extra $8,000(est) cost.

To carry on with your logic, GM should only offer the Z06 with all the options as the "base" model(even though it would mean that most buyers would opt out and the Corvette would be dropped out of GM's line up) at $110,000.

harlold

Yeah, and it was totally because of this thread too

JoesC5

The introduction of the GS in 2010 did boost sales, but did it by offering an additional model to the line up between the base C6 and the much more expensive Z06 andZR1 models.

Not everyone wanted the GS in 2010 as shown by the continued sales of the base C6. If GM had dropped the base C6 when they intro'd the GS, then I bet overall sales of the 2010 C6 would have decreased as there would not have been an low cost "entry level" option for the buyer. Plus some people preferred the base car's styling over the more aggressive styling of the GS and would have passed on buying a new Corvette in 2010 if the base car had been dropped from the lineup.

For me personally, I would have never purchased a C6 if the wide body styling had never been offered. I went with a 2009 Z06, but I might have considered a GS over the Z06 if the GS had been available in the 2009 lineup. I would have never traded in my C5 for a base C6 as I didn't care that much for it's "mild" styling.

SLWRNU

I have a 2016 Z06 and really like it but as some others said, I could live with less hp.[/QUOTE]

less hp

Speednet

Sometimes I feel like I'm living in an alternate universe when I see people writing that they don't "need" extra horsepower on their Corvette.

Of course you don't "need" it. You don't "need" a Corvette either. That's the point: a Corvette feeds your "want", not your "need". Save the comments about "needing" a certain amount of HP for your daily beater.

Basil2000

I thought 505hp was enough until I had 650hp. I now feel 650hp is enough until the ZR1 comes out with 700hp. Then 700hp will be enough. Lol, it never is enough.