Question? Will Chevy Still Build The C7
11-26-2018, 02:31 PM
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Question? Will Chevy Still Build The C7
Just wondering what your thoughts might be on the continued production of the C7. I’ve been watching the news and it seems that GM is having some serious problems. Building 2 dirrerent Corvettes may be a tall order with the cutbacks I’m hearing about. What’s your thoughts on this? Hmmmmm.....
11-26-2018, 03:07 PM
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Some say yes, some say no. Time will tell. No one outside of GM really knows.
11-26-2018, 03:13 PM
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Not true! There are some on here that think they know exactly what GM is going to do. However, I agree with you, only GM knows.
11-26-2018, 03:17 PM
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Safety Car
Incorrect doomsday and incorrrect posts that no one outside of GM knows.. The Corvette ME is continuing full speed ahead. Here is an earlier automedia article from this morning.
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/g...uick-lacrosse/
Originally Posted by Automobile magazine: from earlier today
Unlike the Ford marque, GM isn’t getting out of sedans altogether. Past 2019 at least, it plans to continue production of the Chevrolet Malibu, Sonic and Spark, Buick Regal and the two new Cadillac sedans, as well as the Chevy Camaro and Corvette.
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/g...uick-lacrosse/
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11-26-2018, 03:19 PM
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Why do people keep making the same threads? Take a second to read and you would see this is already being discussed.
That said, GM is not having problems and is simply responding to the lack of demand for cars in general and positioning themselves for a possible recession in the coming years. Ford is doing the same thing.
That said, GM is not having problems and is simply responding to the lack of demand for cars in general and positioning themselves for a possible recession in the coming years. Ford is doing the same thing.
11-26-2018, 03:29 PM
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Le Mans Master
I would think with the coming of the C8 ME that the C7 will end production at the end of March'19. GM/ Chevrolet will want to focus on the new Corvette which will be a 2020 and will arrive at dealerships around September of '19. There will be different models of the C8 as there are now with the C7 although not at introduction. The C7 from what I heard was not supposed to be a long run as they did with previous generations. Also C7 sales have been waning with the fact that it has been around for a time and buyers are in anticipation of the Mid Engine Corvette.The C7 was/is a great Corvette but it is time for something new. I think it would be a poor move on GM's part to produce the old and new at the same time.
11-26-2018, 03:32 PM
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Sorry! But I could not find anything in the search that I was looking for. Thank you thread police.
11-26-2018, 07:35 PM
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Melting Slicks
One Corvette, Zora ME, will be priced to compete with high end Porsches.
One Corvette, Stingray, will be priced to compete with low end Porsches.
Porsche has been successfully building sports cars longer than Corvette and Porsches are sold all over the world. Seems like a good business model to follow.
11-26-2018, 10:53 PM
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Le Mans Master
Originally Posted by PCMIII
Let me 'splain it:
One Corvette, Zora ME, will be priced to compete with high end Porsches.
One Corvette, Stingray, will be priced to compete with low end Porsches.
Porsche has been successfully building sports cars longer than Corvette and Porsches are sold all over the world. Seems like a good business model to follow.
One Corvette, Zora ME, will be priced to compete with high end Porsches.
One Corvette, Stingray, will be priced to compete with low end Porsches.
Porsche has been successfully building sports cars longer than Corvette and Porsches are sold all over the world. Seems like a good business model to follow.
11-26-2018, 10:58 PM
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Melting Slicks
GM doesn't leak data. Look what happened today. Nobody knew what was coming until it hit the fan. Of course logic and reason suggested that Cruze was history as well as Impala/LaCrosse/CTS which were all the same sedans that are doomed. Logic and reason suggest that Corvette will follow Porsche's strategy which is working well.
11-26-2018, 11:34 PM
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Le Mans Master
All this wait and hype type on a fantom wonder car we may or may no be able to
buy......like waiting to see who shot JR Ewing soap opera. Nothing ever happens or at snail speed at best.
Likely when we get the bill at this unseen automotive café we will fall over backwards and hit our heads on to a new Mustang or Helcat.
Patience is a virtue fugg dat.
buy......like waiting to see who shot JR Ewing soap opera. Nothing ever happens or at snail speed at best.
Likely when we get the bill at this unseen automotive café we will fall over backwards and hit our heads on to a new Mustang or Helcat.
Patience is a virtue fugg dat.
11-27-2018, 02:30 AM
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Let me 'splain it:
One Corvette, Zora ME, will be priced to compete with high end Porsches.
One Corvette, Stingray, will be priced to compete with low end Porsches.
Porsche has been successfully building sports cars longer than Corvette and Porsches are sold all over the world. Seems like a good business model to follow.
One Corvette, Zora ME, will be priced to compete with high end Porsches.
One Corvette, Stingray, will be priced to compete with low end Porsches.
Porsche has been successfully building sports cars longer than Corvette and Porsches are sold all over the world. Seems like a good business model to follow.
You just don’t want to believe the days of the big V8 are over! Your idea doesn’t fit laying off 14,800 folks as they just announced. If you read the article re the plant closing that automotive press who do have some inside information said:
”... that initial investments in modern gas and diesel engine technology, and the platforms that use them, have already been made.”...”GM now intends to prioritize future vehicle investments in its next-generation battery-electric architectures.”
The Corvette will have more efficient, smaller cid, double overhead cam, turbo engines. GM has made the tough decisions as revieled in today’s announcement. They are not becoming a Porsche! They will not continue making cars getting low mpg, especially a “small sedan” as the Corvette is called.
A volume and profit leader for them, the Silverado, is getting a 2.7 Liter, turbocharged, double overcam, efficient 4 cylinder engine in 2019. They sell over 550,000 of those a year and I’m sure many of the macho truck owner’s are not super happy about a 4 cylinder engine. Many of those truck owner’s are as passionate about them as some of us are Corvettes. “Times are a changing!”
Your business model is irrational for a large corporation like GM. Dream on!
PS: For a logical guess at a future Corvette, it will have an F1 KERS system with ~125 hp via an electric motor/generator and a small light weight battery that delivers power for a short duration, say ~30 seconds max. As in current F1, it will recharge the small battery when braking. Whatever power is required (up to ~125 hp) will be used for all typical acceleration from a stop to cruising speed before the gasoline engine starts. Can also be used at full power for a short duration “when desired.”
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11-27-2018, 02:39 AM
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Just wondering what your thoughts might be on the continued production of the C7. I’ve been watching the news and it seems that GM is having some serious problems. Building 2 dirrerent Corvettes may be a tall order with the cutbacks I’m hearing about. What’s your thoughts on this? Hmmmmm.....
11-27-2018, 04:32 AM
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11-27-2018, 06:25 AM
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Racer
would there actually be buyers of a "new" old generation vettes when the new one is released. C7s are sitting on dealer lots unsold at dealers nearby where I live, some of them are still 2018's. My opinion is its not possible the c7 continues once the newest generation drops. If buyers hate the mid engine then its probably time to move on to another make/model imo. We'll find out in the near future though, I can at least say that with confidence ha
11-27-2018, 09:09 AM
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Le Mans Master
Originally Posted by PCMIII
GM doesn't leak data. Look what happened today. Nobody knew what was coming until it hit the fan. Of course logic and reason suggested that Cruze was history as well as Impala/LaCrosse/CTS which were all the same sedans that are doomed. Logic and reason suggest that Corvette will follow Porsche's strategy which is working well.
11-27-2018, 09:57 AM
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Melting Slicks
The Blackwing small displacement V8, combined with electric motors, is the future.
The Porsche business model has been working for 70 years straight: dominating cars sold worldwide. Corvette would be wise to follow that model.
11-27-2018, 10:00 AM
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Melting Slicks
You have no idea if those are final CADs. Now that the Blackwing is available, there is no reason not to use it. A small block Chevy motor in Zora will not be a big seller.
11-27-2018, 10:03 AM
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Melting Slicks