You don't know the C8 is mid engine only?
You don't know the dimensions, or the storage capacity, yet dropping the front engine layout is a sales failure?

Please take the other trolls with you, and may the door hit you on the way out.






Used, with terrible resale value.

 

This thread is useless. They have already announced the end of production of the C7 and given a date for when it will stop and the plans to auction that car for charity...

That's a pretty clear answer to this thread.

...and I'm 50 and don't golf. By many accounts, GM is trying to appeal to a younger demographic and not just Geezers. Younger buyers probably won't care about golf clubs and if the car is as good as they think they will also not care of a bunch of Geezers are buying the C8 because they will have been successful in attracting that younger demographic.

Embrace Change. It almost always works out to the good, especially with the Corvette.

 

No, they announced when the rights to that car would be auctioned, but said it would be built later. That is not the same thing as announcing the end of production.

 

Yes. It’s called the Camaro SS.

 

Agreed.
But, the failure that the 6th Gen Camaro is needs to be 100% redesigned, with real world visibility, and a interior with a back seat and trunk that you can actually use. Like a ATS-V Coupe.

 

Nitpick much?...the Irony of your reply being wrong is hilarious. They actually did announce the end of production...just not the exact date. When they announce "the last" of something, that means no more of them...

 

dude dont worry... here you go problem solved LOL!

 

If GM's sole goal is to appeal to a younger demographic (and at 50, which makes you a little older than me, you are not the target "younger demographic") and still sell 30,000 C8's per year - it will be a losing effort because that mystical "younger demographic" of people ages 30-45 of decent financial means buying any 2-seat sports car doesn't really exist except in the world of 50-65 year old white male marketing guru's. That demographic is the group, which after going to college and grad school have settled into a lifestyle where at a significantly older age than the Silent, Greatest, Baby Boomer and even to some extent Gen x generations are now buying houses and having kids, 95% of which can't afford to have a $70,000 toy that can't be used to taxi the kids, their kids friends and their stuff around or to run to Home Depot or Costco/BJ's; and of the remaining 5% who could afford the toy, 4.8% could care less about owning a sports car. The market for the C8, is just like the C7, C6 & C5 or the Porsche 718 & 911, Miata, Supra, BMW Z4, etc - people who are very successful and can afford the sports car as an extra vehicle or those of somewhat more modest means whose kids are grown such that the sports car can be used as a daily driver (from Gen X (born 1965-1982) on, that group will consist of people who are almost exclusively over 50, and may who are 60 or older).

 

I'm 37 with a kid and buying new. Will be 38. Would rather have his than spend $50K on a new truck.

 

Its has long been speculated that the C8 HT Version at least could have a top lowering mechanism similar to the Chevy SSR. Chaz’s latest video puts in action that technique and should be well considered. And with that possibility is that probability of even more storage space added to that of the frunk + trunk. But probably only available with the hard top up or maybe that issue has been solved too. For the Targa Top C8, it could also have that storage space for a vertical placement of the top removed. Bottom line, possibly even more storage capacity than any C7!

Chaz has given us a remarkable video illustrating this in motion.

 

Will the C8 have room for a wheelchair holder? Toupe storage?
Inquiring minds need to know. Thanks.

 

 

Jon Olsson is quite the trendsetter.

 

No, that is not nitpicking. It is being something called "accurate".

You even contradict yourself. Your previous post:
"They have already announced the end of production of the C7 and given a date for when it will stop and the plans to auction that car for charity"
So.. what's the date that production will stop? Not the date the last Z06 will be auctioned, but the date production of C7s completely stops?

You stated something as fact, but I'd bet a large sum of money that as of this exact second you can't actually prove that statement.

 

Seriously.

For those worrying about talking half their house with them on a "weekend get away" this is the best answer.

 

Let's see, I'm going on a trip. Do I have my credit card, yep. Do I have my Glock, yep. Do I have some tunes, yep. OK, ready to go

 

All that gum bumping to restate your nitpick...great job. The point is its stopping, has been announced and new C7s will be no more.

 

As long as I have room for my backpack, I'm OK. Even if it has to go in the passenger seat.

 

I think there will be adequate luggage space in the C8 and it'll be more than other ME cars in comparison. It won't have the space in a big continuous form like the C7 trunk space though which allows you to put a lot of wider and longer items. I'm excited to see the C8 ME but also wouldn't mind a FE spin of it down the line, slim chance, I know.

To OP, if you like the FE and luggage space, keep your C7 if you already have one or buy one at a good discount now. It's still a very good sports car and I believe will still look good for years to come.

 

And Tadge has never been wrong... It seems whenever he makes a claim one has better stop listening.

Didn't he state something similar before the C7ZR1 was revealed? About the Z06 being as far as a FE corvette could be taken?

As for the C7 platform, he may be right. Maybe they can't take that further under his leadership. But a FE platform can still be vastly improved from that reference point as I am certain will be proven by Ferrari et al.