$169,900, final price confirmed

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11-28-2018, 11:15 PM

#1081

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They are just jealous because they wont be able to reprogram their ecu 😊

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11-28-2018, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Atari_Prime

There are many factors more important than performance. Styling will turn people on or off to a car much faster than ride quality or performance.

I call BS on this when you are specifically talking about a sports car. Does it have to look the part? Yes and each and every Corvette ever made looks the part of a sports car. There will always be a select few individuals constantly nitpicking and arguing over which one looks best but in the end, they all play the part of a sports car just fine. What truly separates one sports car from another are its capabilities as a whole. How it performs, how it drives, what its limits and capabilities are.

If I simply wanted something that looks good to me there are plenty of other highly stylish, great looking automobiles out there some that are sports cars and some that are not.

11-29-2018, 06:57 AM

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Sorry if this was previously discussed but noticed some folks saying this may be the ZR1 price. If that is the case, would it really be possible to state the price at this point? That would be similar to someone saying back in 2011-2012 timeframe during C7 development that the C7 ZR1 is coming and it will be $119,995.

11-29-2018, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by SpeedyGonzales

Nobody posting in this thread knows the actual price or if they do have not posted it. Even if someone really does know the real price there is no way to prove it on a public forum like this. All 55 pages in here are speculation and hearsay.

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11-29-2018, 10:00 AM

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Corvette is benchmarking the Zora against the 911 Turbo S which is nearly $200K. So more expensive than a ZR1 seems obvious unless Corvette has a magic robot that can build a car for half the price of a 911 Turbo S.

11-29-2018, 10:04 AM

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Many would argue they already have these robots and do build a car for half the price that competes. A benchmark is a target one is trying to hit or best. In many cases coming close to that benchmark is good enough and at times is even enough to be considered a victory....

This is and always has been the DNA of Corvette.

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11-29-2018, 10:09 AM

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Failing to beat Porsche is not "good enough" and Porsche's robots are as good or better (made in Germany) than Corvette's. The business case for Corvette is to beat Porsche. Anything less is failure and Mary Barra is no nonsense about failure.

11-29-2018, 10:41 AM

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The Corvettes are already beating the 911 Turbo.

2014 911 Turbo S - 2:51.2
2015 Corvette Z06 - 2:44.6
2017 Corvette Grand Sport - 2:47.1 (tying the 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS at 2:47.0)

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11-29-2018, 10:47 AM

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The longer that this thread continues and some of you keep justifying it the more entertaining it gets. Carry on with the lunacy.

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11-29-2018, 10:48 AM

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The Corvettes are already beating the 911 Turbo.

2014 911 Turbo S - 2:51.2
2015 Corvette Z06 - 2:44.6
2017 Corvette Grand Sport - 2:47.1 (tying the 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS at 2:47.0)

Porsche has a new 911 arriving next year and it will be even faster. Maybe you haven't heard that.

11-29-2018, 10:50 AM

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The longer that this thread continues and some of you keep justifying it the more entertaining it gets. Carry on with the lunacy.

Beating the 911 Turbo S will be easy and cheap to do, right? I don't think so.

11-29-2018, 12:20 PM

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Well you are wrong, and you bought the wrong car, so...enjoy.

11-29-2018, 12:32 PM

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Porsche has a new 911 arriving next year and it will be even faster. Maybe you haven't heard that.

...and come with a price increase.

11-29-2018, 12:46 PM

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Porsche has a new 911 arriving next year and it will be even faster. Maybe you haven't heard that.

Wake me when it's 4 seconds faster and can tie a 460 HP Grand Sport...

11-29-2018, 12:48 PM

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Wake me when it's 4 seconds faster and can tie a 460 HP Grand Sport...

The 992 will eat the GS for breakfast and that is the problem Corvette is trying to overcome with Zora.

11-29-2018, 12:53 PM

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The 992 will eat the GS for breakfast and that is the problem Corvette is trying to overcome with Zora.

Ill believe it when I see it.

Plus - looks like porsche hired gm designers for the 992 interior lol fugly.

11-29-2018, 01:22 PM

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I FIGURED IT OUT. Zerv02’s moronic claim of a $169,000 Corvette is so it can pay for lost sales from all the discontinued GM cars

11-29-2018, 01:36 PM

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I don't know about $169,900 but I have always believed the C8 was going to start at $100,000. Come on now a fully loaded Pickup can be $87,000 or more this car is costing GM a mint you can bet on that. I just hope it does not become a Cadillac also.