Instead of a M/E Corvette? GM and mid engine have sort of an oil and water ring to it for me. Why not buy from a Company who has been doing M/E for decades now. No matter how pretty the Corvette M/E might be, its last cousin was a Fiero, think about it.

I will be doing as the title of this thread says.… Just not buy a Porsche

I wanted a Porsche for many years. I had M cars, Mercedes, Corvettes, Audi’s, etc but never a Porsche. So in ‘08 I bought a lightly used 911 c4s targa. Surprisingly I didn’t like it as much as I’d hoped. The shifter was a little sloppy, it didn’t have some of the creature comforts that I’d been used to like steering wheel audio controls etc. And it was a noisy car (tires and squeaks and stuff). Would have been a great track car but that’s not how I use my cars. Traded on a new Vette and never looked back.

Porsche buyers are very loyal to the brand. Porsche, Ferrari, Mclaren, Audi, Lamborghini are all high-end brands that build ME cars. Chevrolet is not and moving into this space is not an easy task especially at a higher price point. (Don’t tell me about the Ford GT that car is iconic and was always exspensive at low volumes that focused around its race heritage against Ferrari)

I am fortunate and have owned many of those brands but I am not a kool-Aide brand loyalty guy. The corvette has always interest me and i appreciate what they have been able to accomplish especially at their price points. I have owned 4 of them, 80 L82,C5 z06, C7 Z51 and Z06. Many of my Porsche and European car friends don’t get why I am interested in the corvette and don’t even know about the ME coming out. They will never convert over no matter how crazy fast or what ever the car looks like, They buy into the luxury experience and name recognition BS, that is their thing. This is another reason I feel the ME will be priced similar to the past generation cars with a modest increase.GM has to know getting into the high-end luxury market is not an easy task just look at the struggles at Cadillac The buyers expect so much at that level I guess it’s no different when you go to a high end steak house, vacation..

Both are great choices,
They’ve been going at it for over a half century.
Iconic cars
Fantastic runabouts in the city,
and great cross country cruisers.
...not to mention performance ,handling and braking capabilities.
Both are easily top 5 in the history of automobile.

Its a great feeling to have either one of those cars in your garage.