C7pimp

Foosh

Exactly, and I believe Acura/Honda has struggled with pitiful US sales of about 150 $150K NSXs in the first year. You just don't sell very many over $90K sports cars in this country or any other for that matter.

Anyone who believes that GM's senior mgmt, finance dept, and board of directors aren't laser-focused on those sales numbers is nuts.

VETTE-NV

What part of the chief engineer saying that they've taken the FE platform as far as they can don't you understand? Get over it....the C8 is ME and there is no new FE Corvette. If there is, show me some proof....not just your speculation. If you can't, then just the STFU.

Sub Driver

Do you really believe they couldn't improve the FE platform? Here are just a few ideas that would improve it - active aero, less weight, DCT, coilovers, possibly electric AWD. There are definitely still improvements that can be made because there is no way the C7 corvette is the best possible iteration of a FE platform. Tadge says many things that are not necessarily truthful and I think we all know that.

That being said, I do think that the ME C8 will likely be the only corvette whenever it comes out.

ltomn

Aren't you the "meathead" that showed up on another posting? Just because an engineer suggests the platform has been maxed does not make it disposable! It means that they cannot further the performance of the vehicle, which already kicks boot on 99% of the other sports cars made. So...what does this mean? It means a car company like GM simply continues to tweek the model and make it a desirable and better vehicle by the driving experience standard. Take for example; Ferrari Superfast.

ltomn

Agreed! Right up to the part where you suggest the Mid Engine platform will be stand alone. You lose me big time there.

VETTE-NV

Brilliant....compare a $400K car to a Corvette.

Can't wait for the reveal........ there won't be enough rocks for the idiots to hide under..........

VETTE-NV

Name a better FE car for CORVETTE MONEY.

I'll wait..........

Sub Driver

You don't have to wait for anything, price has nothing to do with the point you made. You said the FE platform had reached its limit, which it obviously has not. There are still many improvements that could be implemented. Don't try to change the subject just because you were proven wrong.

ltomn

My example was exactly that: an example. When a company wishes to excel at putting forth a prime example of their auto manufacturing prowess of itself, it comes up with something like a Superfast, or a DB11 or a AMG GT. These are prime examples of front engine efforts. The Corvette can be any of these! Heavens, as you readily boast, it already equals or surpasses them performance wise. Now get real and fess up to the merit of a multi platform effort from GM. It makes complete sense.

I will grant you one obvious concession. If/when Corvette does these enhancements to their front engine platform, it will, no doubt, be at Corvette pricing, which is much more palatable then Ferrari, Aston Martin or Mercedes prices.

JDSKY

Just add rear wheel steer to the C7.

jimmyb

OK....
We KNOW there's an ME Corvette coming.
We don't KNOW if there is an FE Corvette AFTER the C7. All the arguments for a single platform or 2 platforms make sense and are easily justified by their proponents..
Is it really necessary to belittle each other over something that NO ONE on this forum KNOWS at this point?

jimmyb

BTW
It IS possible to have this discussion without it turning nasty...

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-thinking.html

PS. I started the linked thread 5 months ago.

ltomn

I wholeheartedly concede your observation that civility is not only wonderful but should be required. Your earlier post was insightful and you should be comfortable in that realization.

VETTE-NV

You've proved nothing. The Corvette has to exist in a certain price range to survive as it has for the last 65 years.......not the fantasy world of pricing so many clueless people like you think it can live in and succeed. I never said the FE had reached it's limits...I was quoting the CE, who has to build a car that will sell in certain numbers......and building such a car has a pricing limit. If money were no object, than the only limits would be the laws of physics. Seriously? You don't get that?

This forum needs to slap on a ten cent cover charge to keep out the riff raff.

ltomn

Here it is!! First go read Miss Manners and then come back. I might add that the Corvette only exists in the price range that GM selects for it based on all of the various investments that it makes. The front engine has a lot of room for improvement but "meatheads," like you, chose to view it only in a performance vein. Recognize that you are one of about 100 vocal members of this forum that are suggesting GM see the merit of your argument for the betterment of 21,000 buyers. When that sinks in...and after Miss Manners...come back to talk.

VETTE-NV

You mean those measly 21K buyers who keep the car in existence?

jimmyb

I am comfortable with it...
And I am probably DEAD wrong, but this is a FORUM, where, hopefully, people can throw out ideas that are (hopefully) well thought out because of their knowledge and affection for the subject. Obvious click bait (say like $169,900 is THE price) should just be ignored (why not start a thread with the starting C8 price at $34,995, the effect would be the same.)

VETTE-NV

Not sure why you delete this Skank....it's an awesome comeback:



---Quote (Originally by VETTE-NV)---
What part of the chief engineer saying that they've taken the FE platform as far as they can don't you understand? Get over it....the C8 is ME and there is no new FE Corvette. If there is, show me some proof....not just your speculation. If you can't, then just the STFU.
---End Quote---
Is that you Meathead ?
***************

Sub Driver

Anyone that has to resort to insults knows they have already lost. Try not to get so emotional and keep the low rent attempts at insults to yourself. Anyway, just to continue to prove you wrong you said, "What part of the chief engineer saying that they've taken the FE platform as far as they can don't you understand?" Nowhere in that statement did you say anything about price and you know it. That is a quite clear declaration stating they could not improve upon the FE platform, period, end of story. There was absolutely no discussion of price and now that you are trying to walk back your statement by adding qualifiers shows you know you are wrong. Move along.