$169,900, final price confirmed
11-03-2018, 07:18 PM
#421
Burning Brakes
I hope it looks a lot better underneath all that camo because I am just not feeling it. The overall shape does nothing for me so far. Forget 169k, I am wonder if I would want one for $60k. Waiting for the reveal before I form too much judgement.
11-03-2018, 07:23 PM
#422
If it is $169K, it will be a very limited edition car. So either the C7 becomes a C7.5 or the C8 is not the ME or some craziness. The reality is it will be more than many people would like but unless GM plans to change up the Corvette line up entirely, it is no where near $169. It will be +/- $80K for a Z51 equivalent car.
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11-03-2018, 09:05 PM
#424
Le Mans Master
if your right, Corvette is doomed.
Last edited by blackvetterzo6; 11-03-2018 at 09:09 PM.
11-03-2018, 10:33 PM
#425
I was at a local dealer in Los Angeles waiting for my C7 to be serviced. Walked into the showroom and talked to one of the Corvette sales person and asked him what the MSRP for the C8. He told me 140K plus a 15% markup and he already had 4 advance orders
11-03-2018, 11:04 PM
#427
Drifting
One of them even shows a twin turbo DOHC V8. I hope you don't think that's the base model, lol.
11-03-2018, 11:22 PM
#429
Burning Brakes
Correct. All of this C8 talk is speculation until the car is officially announced. I am entertained by the lunacy of all these threads and the discussion. It is cool that there is so much interest in the next generation of the car though.
11-03-2018, 11:29 PM
#430
Drifting
But why would anyone think GM would make MRC a standard option? That doesn't make any sense. Why not just speculate that the C8 will have no magnetorheological shocks at all because it will instead use an antimatter gravimetric system to levitate a few centimeters off the Earth's surface?
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11-04-2018, 02:42 AM
#432
16 Vettes and counting…..
Perhaps when the lights come on and the real price is revealed, all the little attention starved roaches will go scurrying back under that $169,000 refrigerator.
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11-04-2018, 02:52 AM
#433
16 Vettes and counting…..
This thread has overstayed it's welcome, but mostly because of all the rants against the pricing. If $169K is the price, great, bring on the exotic Corvette. Let the car be a halo car. Personally 'mI tired of seeing Corvettes being driven by guys with members only jackets and gold chains, or walkers and hearing aids. Give the car a nice interior and exterior to go with the performance and GM will have a nice halo car to bring customers in to buy very ugly trucks and even uglier Camaros.
The criticisms of Viper are hilarious. Viper won. Heck, it won before the battle even started. The looks of the car alone draw attention on any street you go down. No C4, C5, C6, or C7 has ever gotten as much attention as any year model Viper. Sales don't matter, and even if they did the Viper was never about selling Vipers, it was a halo car and it was about selling all the other cars in Dodge's lineup. And it worked, Dodge is currently the American brand equated with muscle cars and agressive designs. And is the only American company selling large quantities of actual cars, as in non-truck platforms.
Personally I hope the C8 is designed to compete with the LaFerraris, the P1s, and the Ford GTs of the world. That way we can take all this silliness of the excuse 'well it costs a lot less' when Corvettes don't measure up to the other supercars and toss it out the window.
Face it, the median price for a high end sports car is creeping over $100k. Corvette has to keep up or fall behind and be forgotten.
The criticisms of Viper are hilarious. Viper won. Heck, it won before the battle even started. The looks of the car alone draw attention on any street you go down. No C4, C5, C6, or C7 has ever gotten as much attention as any year model Viper. Sales don't matter, and even if they did the Viper was never about selling Vipers, it was a halo car and it was about selling all the other cars in Dodge's lineup. And it worked, Dodge is currently the American brand equated with muscle cars and agressive designs. And is the only American company selling large quantities of actual cars, as in non-truck platforms.
Personally I hope the C8 is designed to compete with the LaFerraris, the P1s, and the Ford GTs of the world. That way we can take all this silliness of the excuse 'well it costs a lot less' when Corvettes don't measure up to the other supercars and toss it out the window.
Face it, the median price for a high end sports car is creeping over $100k. Corvette has to keep up or fall behind and be forgotten.
If anybody at GM actually watches this forum, they must be busting a gut at all the insipid posts like the one above. I'll bet their biggest worry at this point is that there may not be enough Corvette buyers with the intelligence to actually have an income that affords them a new one, regardless of price.
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11-04-2018, 05:49 AM
#434
Burning Brakes
Besides that, those were somewhat early CAD drawings and many features may have been added as public interest in certain things changes.
Last edited by Quinten33; 11-04-2018 at 08:38 AM.
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11-04-2018, 07:22 AM
#435
Burning Brakes
But why would anyone think GM would make MRC a standard option? That doesn't make any sense. Why not just speculate that the C8 will have no magnetorheological shocks at all because it will instead use an antimatter gravimetric system to levitate a few centimeters off the Earth's surface?
I also fully expect it to be able to travel back in time once it reaches 88mph.
11-04-2018, 07:25 AM
#436
Melting Slicks
Yes, these CADCAM drawings are accurate and are progressive in how they are developed. Anybody that makes comments that they are just drawings clearly have never designed, engineered, or fabricated anything. This level of 3D CADCAM design/enginering software is very powerful.
https://www.autodesk.com/solutions/p...-manufacturing
http://www.carbodydesign.com/directo...ring-software/
https://www.quora.com/Which-is-the-b...gn-and-styling
https://www.autodesk.com/solutions/p...-manufacturing
http://www.carbodydesign.com/directo...ring-software/
https://www.quora.com/Which-is-the-b...gn-and-styling
Last edited by skank; 11-04-2018 at 07:41 AM.
11-04-2018, 07:36 AM
#437
Race Director
I would never buy from that dealer. . .
1. He has no clue what the pricing is; GM hasn't released it.
2. He has no idea how they're handling the allocations.
3. He's adding 15% - numerous reputable dealers (IE Criswell) that sell at MSRP.
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11-04-2018, 07:53 AM
#438
Burning Brakes
I think the salesman at that dealer was fantasizing.
11-04-2018, 08:23 AM
#439
Drifting
It makes sense because the magride technology already exists in current Corvettes and if the car has a starting price of $70k or so then they should be able to include it standard. Including it will also help justify an upgrade for existing owners. Furthermore, what if it doesn’t include mag ride for $70k, should owners of $60k Grand Sports that have mag ride standard have to give up mag ride tech when they fork over $70k or more for a C8. It is going to take more than a mid engine configuration to keep sales going. The car needs to add more value assuming they plan to charge more for it. If it has a ~$70k starting price then the benchmark to beat becomes the current C7 Grand Sport. In fact, for $70-80k base starting price it better be closer in performance to the current Z06.
I also fully expect it to be able to travel back in time once it reaches 88mph.
See what I did there? I just pulled a price out of my **** and then made up an option that will come standard.
Another way to look at it is to consider that GM has never made MRC standard on any base vehicle, and that based on inside sources the C8's price is expected to be within 10% of the current $55,495 base price.
11-04-2018, 08:25 AM
#440
Drifting
Yes, these CADCAM drawings are accurate and are progressive in how they are developed. Anybody that makes comments that they are just drawings clearly have never designed, engineered, or fabricated anything. This level of 3D CADCAM design/enginering software is very powerful.
https://www.autodesk.com/solutions/p...-manufacturing
http://www.carbodydesign.com/directo...ring-software/
https://www.quora.com/Which-is-the-b...gn-and-styling
https://www.autodesk.com/solutions/p...-manufacturing
http://www.carbodydesign.com/directo...ring-software/
https://www.quora.com/Which-is-the-b...gn-and-styling
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