View Poll Results: Do you firmly believe the Stingray base will start >$80K
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Any >$80K Base MSRP Diehards out there?
07-09-2019, 12:42 PM
#41
Drifting
If it comes out in the $60Ks the ZL1 Camaro is finished.
07-09-2019, 12:59 PM
#42
Why does Ford's GT cost a half million dollars? It has an ecoboost v6 (literally)..
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07-09-2019, 03:43 PM
#43
Melting Slicks
1. it costs 100s of millions in todays market to bring a car to market. when you only sell a couple thousand it forces a much higher msrp to stay out of the red
2. because they can.
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07-09-2019, 04:19 PM
#44
Le Mans Master
It will be between $59-64K IMHO. $80K for a base Corvette? Umm, no.
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mre1974 (07-09-2019)
07-09-2019, 04:23 PM
#45
Drifting
The base MSRP jump from 1982 to 1985 was 36%. I am skipping 1984 because it is a one year car that didn't come with the engine that was actually designed for the C4. That is a huge jump. Maybe the C8 will carryover the LT1 and the cost will stay down for 2020 and when they release the 2021 or 2022 year model it will have the actual engine designed for the chassis. I could see that happening just like it did back in the 80s. However, I still don't think they can offer up C6 Z06 peformance at a $10k-$15k discount in completely redesigned platform. Like I said in the other thread, I think it will be upper 70Ks to low 80Ks but I wouldn't be one bit surprised if it comes in at or near $100K. I don't think GM is as concerned about satisfying the cheap *** types with a bargain entry level C8. They are way more concerned about changing the platform into something that can trounce the supercars at 1/3 - 1/2 the price.
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07-09-2019, 04:38 PM
#46
07-09-2019, 04:43 PM
#48
Drifting
ultra limited production quantities, "exotic" materials (e.g. carbon fiber monocoque chasis), EXTREMELY high cost to engineer, test, and certify for a single platform single model LOW production vehicle, built in demand... As you have been told over and over again...the C8 ME car will be a mass produced much higher quantity vehicle with drastically lower costs per vehicle. Like it or not, you are wrong about the price point of the base model C8.
07-09-2019, 05:20 PM
#49
Instructor
I feel fairly strongly that even those initial sales will probably break records just because of the hype, this will be the last of the corvette no matter what the price point. Chevrolet had a strong niche market with a unique product and I personally think (at least for me) that they missed the mark.
The C5 z06 was an amazing car and was not significantly more expensive than a base coupe. It was simple to maintain and modify. Now we’re into $80k z06’s and $100k zr1’s that require dedicated technicians. I’m not sure who really wants to get the same service department in their $100k car that the Sonic gets but it’s not me.
Cars have gotten exorbitantly expensive for performance 99% of us can’t use anyway. Besides that the computer retards power most of the time anyway....which is another good reason not to offer a manual.
Take the lowly Miata, it still sells well. It’s not terribly sophisticated and it’s slow, but it does what miatas have always done. It’s fun, engaging, and inexpensive. The corvette was at one point as well.
The C5 z06 was an amazing car and was not significantly more expensive than a base coupe. It was simple to maintain and modify. Now we’re into $80k z06’s and $100k zr1’s that require dedicated technicians. I’m not sure who really wants to get the same service department in their $100k car that the Sonic gets but it’s not me.
Cars have gotten exorbitantly expensive for performance 99% of us can’t use anyway. Besides that the computer retards power most of the time anyway....which is another good reason not to offer a manual.
Take the lowly Miata, it still sells well. It’s not terribly sophisticated and it’s slow, but it does what miatas have always done. It’s fun, engaging, and inexpensive. The corvette was at one point as well.
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07-09-2019, 06:39 PM
#50
Melting Slicks
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Hyundai's approach to this issue was to have their people pickup cars from Equus owners when service was needed, and drop them off again. They didn't want Equus owners driving into a Hyundai dealership service area and see a bunch of Sonata's, etc....
07-09-2019, 07:49 PM
#52
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I think 69,999. Keeps it under $70k. Loaded up will hit $80 like the current MSRP of the current grand sport.
This is an expensive engineering project and the general needs to recover costs ASAP.
This is an expensive engineering project and the general needs to recover costs ASAP.
07-09-2019, 09:00 PM
#53
Le Mans Master
Don't you think that is the job of the high performance version and not the base model Corvette? Cheap *** has nothing to do with good biz sense for a large corporation making cars, trucks, etc.
07-10-2019, 09:06 AM
#54
Drifting
07-10-2019, 10:11 AM
#55
I feel fairly strongly that even those initial sales will probably break records just because of the hype, this will be the last of the corvette no matter what the price point. Chevrolet had a strong niche market with a unique product and I personally think (at least for me) that they missed the mark.
The C5 z06 was an amazing car and was not significantly more expensive than a base coupe. It was simple to maintain and modify. Now we’re into $80k z06’s and $100k zr1’s that require dedicated technicians. I’m not sure who really wants to get the same service department in their $100k car that the Sonic gets but it’s not me.
Cars have gotten exorbitantly expensive for performance 99% of us can’t use anyway. Besides that the computer retards power most of the time anyway....which is another good reason not to offer a manual.
Take the lowly Miata, it still sells well. It’s not terribly sophisticated and it’s slow, but it does what miatas have always done. It’s fun, engaging, and inexpensive. The corvette was at one point as well.
The C5 z06 was an amazing car and was not significantly more expensive than a base coupe. It was simple to maintain and modify. Now we’re into $80k z06’s and $100k zr1’s that require dedicated technicians. I’m not sure who really wants to get the same service department in their $100k car that the Sonic gets but it’s not me.
Cars have gotten exorbitantly expensive for performance 99% of us can’t use anyway. Besides that the computer retards power most of the time anyway....which is another good reason not to offer a manual.
Take the lowly Miata, it still sells well. It’s not terribly sophisticated and it’s slow, but it does what miatas have always done. It’s fun, engaging, and inexpensive. The corvette was at one point as well.
Last edited by Foosh; 07-10-2019 at 01:09 PM.
07-10-2019, 10:25 AM
#56
GM wants to sell it. GM knows their "buyer base." The guys that buy the base, the Z51, the Z06, the ZR1 and the ones that trade-in for all of these. Plus, it is a forward looking "halo" car. This will be a big deal. They want them on the road. $62K base, $66K w/Z51 equivalent.
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07-10-2019, 10:40 AM
#58
Le Mans Master
MAGA.
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07-10-2019, 10:46 AM
#59
Race Director
ultra limited production quantities, "exotic" materials (e.g. carbon fiber monocoque chasis), EXTREMELY high cost to engineer, test, and certify for a single platform single model LOW production vehicle, built in demand... As you have been told over and over again...the C8 ME car will be a mass produced much higher quantity vehicle with drastically lower costs per vehicle. Like it or not, you are wrong about the price point of the base model C8.
07-10-2019, 10:59 AM
#60
Drifting
It's a "halo car" like the previous Ford GT. They have never been intended to be a mass produced high volume model unlike the Corvette which is. Different business and marketing models entirely. Like comparing apples to watermelons.
Last edited by mre1974; 07-10-2019 at 10:59 AM.