Will the lack of cargo space hurt the ME Corvette’s sales?
02-13-2019, 12:02 PM
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Race Director
02-13-2019, 12:12 PM
#43
Cooling is side inlet and exits wheel wells. The frunk is larger than that as evidenced by the leaked CAD on here that I cannot find right now.
02-13-2019, 12:46 PM
#44
Personally, I think it's a mistake to attempt to cater to the luggage room crowd. The recipe for a sports car is simple: two seats, light, fast, done. Anything else is is a compromise to what the car is intended to be. Besides, golf is a shi$$y sport, do we really want Corvette associated with that non-sense. This is not a grand tourer, it's a sports car, so let it be a sports car.
If you want a grand tourer, get a Challenger or an Chevy SS, or heck even a Trailhawk. All will get you a big engine and plenty of cargo room.
If you want a grand tourer, get a Challenger or an Chevy SS, or heck even a Trailhawk. All will get you a big engine and plenty of cargo room.
02-13-2019, 12:49 PM
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Agree. I golf. Bought my C6 and C7 with that in mind. If my clubs fit, I'm in. Looked at other sports cars and they didn't meet the requirement. Space has been a hallmark of the Corvette since the C5. Let's hope American ingenuity prevails in the C8. Save the wave (and space)!
02-13-2019, 03:24 PM
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Le Mans Master
02-13-2019, 03:34 PM
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Burning Brakes
02-13-2019, 03:36 PM
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They're both important... my guess is the car will have less usable volume than the C5/6/7, but have more cargo capacity than any other ME on the market and that's what GM will market. You'll be able to fit one set of clubs in the trunk behind the motor and lap the ring in under 7:20 
02-13-2019, 04:37 PM
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The new NSX fits golf clubs without removing the driver (as in what club you hit off the tee not the driver of the car .......) Important for golfers who want to DD their mid engine car. Rumor has it that the Vette has this feature.
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02-13-2019, 04:47 PM
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02-13-2019, 05:01 PM
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02-13-2019, 05:04 PM
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02-13-2019, 05:27 PM
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To dismiss cargo space in the Corvette as a selling point, would be a fools assumption. The amount of space in the Corvette sets it apart, and was an absolute point of interest for me. If you remove all the cargo space in the mid engine car, it will only solidify the fact that the front engine GT car will continue. I think I'll reference Tadge's very common term "bandwidth" as a reasoning why all these theories of Corvette becoming this niche mid engine car, are unrealistic. Corvette is a very profitable product for GM...it's not a halo...and therefore they aren't going to turn it into one. The Corvette needs bandwidth to stay profitable for GM.
I think some guys on this forum revere these cars as toys or museum pieces, but many of us daily drive and use these cars as tools. I don't want to drive around a big dopey SUV, so I choose to drive Corvettes daily...and have for a while....same with my gf...she commutes 62 miles a day in hers. We grocery shop, go to home depot, shop for clothes, go to church and do everything else in our Corvettes. I haven't seen the mid engine car, so I can't speak to what space it has or doesn't have...but if the C8 were mid engine only and of very limited space, I could say quite factually, while I'd love to own the car, I'd be forced to only buy that car when that income became completely disposable. I suppose, something like that would likely compel me to move to a future ZL1 or something similar, which would frankly be pretty damn disappointing.
I think some guys on this forum revere these cars as toys or museum pieces, but many of us daily drive and use these cars as tools. I don't want to drive around a big dopey SUV, so I choose to drive Corvettes daily...and have for a while....same with my gf...she commutes 62 miles a day in hers. We grocery shop, go to home depot, shop for clothes, go to church and do everything else in our Corvettes. I haven't seen the mid engine car, so I can't speak to what space it has or doesn't have...but if the C8 were mid engine only and of very limited space, I could say quite factually, while I'd love to own the car, I'd be forced to only buy that car when that income became completely disposable. I suppose, something like that would likely compel me to move to a future ZL1 or something similar, which would frankly be pretty damn disappointing.
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jefnvk (02-15-2019)
02-13-2019, 05:42 PM
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Well, the dream of a “$65,000” ME car will be one hell of a compromise also! 😜. Go buy a base Cayman.
02-13-2019, 06:22 PM
#60
Personally, I think it's a mistake to attempt to cater to the luggage room crowd. The recipe for a sports car is simple: two seats, light, fast, done. Anything else is is a compromise to what the car is intended to be. Besides, golf is a shi$$y sport, do we really want Corvette associated with that non-sense. This is not a grand tourer, it's a sports car, so let it be a sports car.
If you want a grand tourer, get a Challenger or an Chevy SS, or heck even a Trailhawk. All will get you a big engine and plenty of cargo room.
If you want a grand tourer, get a Challenger or an Chevy SS, or heck even a Trailhawk. All will get you a big engine and plenty of cargo room.
If you are just going to track your Corvette, good for you, but the average Corvette owner, 61 years old by GM statistics, drives their Corvette in real life so a little storage is a must. The Corvette has always teattered between sports car and GT car depending on the trim level of the car.