View Poll Results: What are you willing to pay for an ME vette?
$125K max
39
58.21%
$150K max
14
20.90%
$175K max
4
5.97%
$200K max
3
4.48%
$225K max
2
2.99%
$250K+ max
5
7.46%
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What are you willing to pay for a ME Vette?
08-27-2017, 09:40 PM
#81
Intermediate
No ME for me!
Regarding the new NSX. It is relevant as it's a new mid engine car competing for the same customers as the Corvette, Mercedes, Porsche, BWM, etc. Acura apparently thought people would like it or they wouldn't have spent the hundreds of millions of dollars to design and tool the car, and then build a plant in Ohio strictly for it's production.
The plant was designed to produce around 2,000-2,400 NSX's annually, not 600 annually, a current sales show.
Who can say at this point if a mid engine Corvette might turn people off just as the new NSX has? It just also might be a dud.
I currently have three Corvettes. A fully restored 1956, an all original( including paint) 63,000 miles 1964 coupe, a C6 Z06 and a Mercedes as a daily driver.
The plant was designed to produce around 2,000-2,400 NSX's annually, not 600 annually, a current sales show.
Who can say at this point if a mid engine Corvette might turn people off just as the new NSX has? It just also might be a dud.
I currently have three Corvettes. A fully restored 1956, an all original( including paint) 63,000 miles 1964 coupe, a C6 Z06 and a Mercedes as a daily driver.
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WKM (09-04-2017)
08-28-2017, 12:56 AM
#83
16 Vettes and counting…..
08-28-2017, 02:34 AM
#84
No, I'm afraid not.
He reminds me of one of my cats...when something gets into his head, there is no getting it back out.
He reminds me of one of my cats...when something gets into his head, there is no getting it back out.
08-28-2017, 09:48 AM
#85
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
This is his life. What more can you say?
08-28-2017, 12:36 PM
#86
Le Mans Master
Should be much less than $110. ITS STILL A CHEVROLET. Besides I will wait a few years and buy a nice used one for half the price....
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conceptmachine (08-29-2017)
09-04-2017, 06:45 AM
#87
Since the mid engine is likely to become the mainstream C8 at some point, there will be horsepower, model variants that will range in price as they do now. GM simply can't price the lowest level at $125,000 and expect to retain the typical profile of a Corvette buyer. The early mid engine may be a pricey, high horsepower model that will be expensive, but at some point it will have to be affordable to retain typical Corvette buyers. Personally, I'm out at $110,000. I would like to see it under $100,000 or priced similar to their current cars.
09-05-2017, 01:02 AM
#88
Race Director
I am currently driving my ninth Corvette since the first one which was a 1968 convertible. The current car is a 2008 4 LT base model with every option available for a 2008 Corvette (bought used with 24,000 miles three years ago, Now with 50,000 miles). It is an absolute pleasure to drive for this baby boomer and his wife on our lengthy road trips. We have had road trips of over 7000 miles in 5 weeks, another 5000 mile trip in 5 weeks and more recently about 1000 miles in 1 week. I don't think I would like to attempt this in a 750 hp, virtual race car equipped with a stiff track suspension. I would hope that if General Motors goes to a mid engine Corvette that is geared to the high-performance race crowd, that they would also keep the C7 model for a lengthy period of time for those of us to enjoy driving a high performance touring car at a reasonable price.
09-05-2017, 07:41 AM
#89
Paid $72K for my new 2016 Z06 A8, added 56hp for less than $1K - hard to find many places to use the 700 plus hp. No contest in terms of bang for the buck in reading the comments here.
Last edited by tobaccokid; 09-05-2017 at 07:42 AM.
