fasttoys

PCMIII

That must have been a hell of a commute to the RenCen for her. I lived in Ann Arbor many moons ago.

pietro c7

PCMIII

No Walmart however so definitely not worth it.

elegant

Michael A

4) At a minimum, pricing out a Grand Sport 2LT, auto trans (to approximately match the transmission type in the C8) and no other options, it would be a $73K base car. Maybe my next car won't be a Corvette after all.

Dominic Sorresso

Z51VetteFan

$20,000 just seems like a huge bump in price, for a base model. Unless GM just plans on completely distancing itself from the Camaro. Which I would say, making the Corvette an ME, does just that. But, $20,000 more, for a base. Wheew...

1SG_Ret

I read that all development and manufacturing is done @ Area 51

firstvettesoon

firstvettesoon

mre1974

Actually, that is where the front engine platform C8 is being developed since the ME is not the next generation of Corvette and something else.

Foosh

No, no, no, Area 51 is where they're training the alien test drivers for use in shattering the production car Nürburgring record.

NineVettes

This makes complete sense to me. The nonsense about starting at $60k never did. So checking the Kerbeck site I see that the C7 base 1LT coupes can be bought at just below $50k and if you are willing (and foolish enough to finance through them for 72 months) about $47k. Now the current MSRP for a medium level GS (2LT) is roughly $77k, about $70k with discounts. I am not sure if #4 above was referring to the GS mid level MSRP or a discounted one.

So let's split the difference and say $73k was the price point referenced in #4. That would be the price for a base level, 1LT ME which is likely to be sold at a minimum of MSRP. So, subtracting the ME MSRP price of $73k from the real world C7 stripped coupe price of $49k yields a very significant delta of $24,000. That delta is significant and even a bit higher since your taxes will be higher also. At $24,000 plus, my guess is that this delta will exclude a significant portion of current C7 buyers. My '19 C7 M7 2LZ Z06 purchased from one of the big 3 for $77k is looking like a pretty good deal for the best and most highly developed of the last front/mid engine Z06 manual cars - which just pulled 589 rear wheel on the dyno. Pretty cool that in the latest Car & Drive One Lap Testing, a '15 Z06 is still in the top 5 cars they tested and the '19 ZR1 placed second. Not bad for the "ancient tech" C7s. The current price overlaps between C7 GS and Z06 to me, represents an incredible bargain for the Z car.

I have said before and still believe that the C8 pricing model will be very different from what the C7 model was if the C8 offers GS and the Z06/ZR1 models. IMO, the C8 "Z" models will be priced much higher percentage-wise from the base C8. Those cars may be the models that GM is alleged to be trying to capture international markets with and may well be at the price points ZERV02 mentions...

Foosh

Reference numbers have never been based on things like the deep C7 discounts (15-20%) currently available at big forum dealers like Criswell, Kerbeck, and MacMulkin. The ME numbers thrown around here are MSRP-based. Multiple inside sources have used numbers like within approximately 10% of MSRP price of the current base car. Obviously, the word "approximate" leaves some wiggle room

I think what Elegant was saying is you can purchase a mid-level and deeply discounted GS today for about what the starting base MSRP ME car will be, according to multiple inside sources. A starting MSRP between $65-70K is the best educated guess. Pricing isn't locked in and probably won't be for months, but there are very strong indications that's the GM target.

Like Elegant, I will not burn my source either, and you can believe me or not. I don't care either way.

JDSKY

$70 to $80K for the base car makes total sense. If the new car is better in nearly every way to a C7 then it should carry a higher price tag to start. It the ME is the only Vette moving forward once the eventual discounting begins it's a "step up" car for a similar price range of a currently discounted C7 GS.

Michael A

Every new car is better than the last one, and may see a price increase of a few percent, not 30%.

Zymurgy

I was just about to post the same comment about not using Grand Sport MSRP as the comparison, but rather the typical discounted actual selling price. If you can afford today's discounted medium level Grand Sport, you'll be able to afford the entry level ME (at MSRP).

JDSKY

Yes, every new car can be and should be better in ways than the previous one. While pricing is a definite hot button it seems a majority do agree that moving to a ME design will in fact take the car to another level in absolute capability. This is elevating the platform entirely not just making it better in the same ways that a C7 is better than a C6 is better than a C5........ Depending on how much "better" this makes the C8 then a 30% increase in base price would not be unreasonable at all.

Foosh

I am certain the base price will not be 30% higher based upon MSRP prices. That would be a ridiculous risk for GM to take. There's nothing inherently more expensive in building a mid-engine car, if it's produced in the traditional Corvette numbers.

Obviously, after a year or so, the ME will start seeing traditional Corvette deep discounts as well.