Zora_Vette

I must say, this article is spot on😂
Jalopnik

Speed Demon 757

I read it already, kinda extreme but okay.

smithers

Carlisle could be entertaining this year. Just hang around the C8 display and watch the old guys yell at clouds.

Zora_Vette

Hahaha yeah it's going to be great. "Its not a real Corvette!!"

tcinla

The comment from Mr. Hively about it not being in the Corvette 'character', to me, implies there is a portion of the community (Old guys) that want to keep to the 'winning' formula. This formula being front engine with room in the back for a set of golf clubs(?) Could it be, now don't get all contrary before hearing me out, could it be that this is an indication that there should be an FE along side an ME? Yes the old guys will eventually die and that is the ultimate solution to the issue , but if GM is trying to expand to a younger demographic.... why bring along the FE traits that the old guys cling to? Isn't that part of the reason younger people were NOT buying corvettes?

If that makes any amount of sense, then why slam old gen traits that the old guys have and prefer to buy into a car meant for a new generation/younger market? THis is a question that has been churned over a lot, I know. The only thing I question about the ME is the back end. the golf club question doesn't affect me. I don't golf. The back end is too square like the C7. Would that keep me from buying one? Heck no! But, if you're going for the young crowd, maybe the car should be more like what the young crowd buys. Just a thought. Carry on.

Hively speaks!:

tractman

I'm an old guy....72 to be exact and moving the engine doesn't bother me one bit. I look forward....not backward. I remember all the negative BS when the C7 was introduced....but it didn't take long for it to take off like a race horse. I'm looking forward to C8....I think it will continue to advance the Corvette brand and make us Corvette guys proud. I've been buying Corvettes for over 40 years and I can't wait until a C8 is in my garage. I don't give a rat's axx what the WSJ says....!

norge1956

Just a copy of the WSJ article --

https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-refus...lt-11563287949

keagan

It will blow off into the wind. The same with the C7, you will lose buyers and you will gain buyers.

Pisswilly

How can the young generation afford a C8 when they have 50k in student loans, make $15 an hour and live in the old guy’s basement? Seems more like an old guy’s car to me.

Zora_Vette

That is quite a boomer generalization of us "young people". Not all of us are stupid. SMH

Steve Garrett

Change is difficult for many. How many people didn't like the C7 tails. This is BIG change for Corvette.....deal with it, people.

smithers

Is that the best you can do? Lol

Zora_Vette

It's always interesting because the people that do the most complaining when change happens are old people who aren't going to purchase anyways. Boomers will need to realize sooner or later that they are dying off and not buying cars anymore. GM isn't going to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a new car and cater it towards a demographic that is dying. A great example of this is Harley Davidson. Instead of targeting younger generations, they kept catering to a certain demographic. And now that demographic has died off a lot and the remaining people from that demographic are not buying bikes anymore. Harley Davidson is just now realizing they screwed up and is working into overdrive to target younger buyers, but their brand is going under quick.

z06inVB

Sort of like the generalization of “ old guys “

It cuts both ways.

C82LT

Me either as long as it does the job better than the current car. You hear the old guard Porsche guys complain about the 718 being a flat four but it performs better in almost every way than the 987 did.

kratedisease

Thank you for clarifying this. Jalopnick is really Junk-nick. They are not a information site. They are a opinion blog.

They just wrote an article ABOUT AN ARTICLE that WSJ did. WSJ did all the homework on and did the groundwork getting interviews.

Junk-nick is just opinionated Junk. why anyone would even go there is surprising.

94Lt1Vette

I don't understand how ME is branded as "young." Young people are driving Priuses and other economy cars. The ones that do care about cars aren't buying mid engine. I'm 36 and I ordered a ZR1 because I'd prefer it over the mid engine concept.

kratedisease

I don't know who you know, but the young generation I know live in mansions, drive Ferrari, Lambo, and make $50K a week........ on youtube or Instagram.

JoesC5

Damn....I wish I could knock off the last 16 years of my life and be a young 61 year old again. I was 65 years old when I purchased my last new Corvette, so old people do buy new Corvettes, and I have just as much money today to spend on a new Corvette, at 77, as I had when I was 65. But, the only way GM is going to get my money, is to build a Corvette that I want to buy, not what some teenager wants to buy with his $100 a month allowance.

Since it appears that GM has lost that 61 year old Florida retiree as a Corvette customer, they had better have a rich teenager lined up to take his place. Once you lose a customer, it's hard to get them back.

Big Lebowski

$50k? That’s it? Maybe for their first year of school.