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I don’t think the number of Vettes that head to Japan is going to have much of an impact on domestic pricing.
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Ah I missed the article all together. I saw the picture with that many vette's and thought they are being produced and sitting/awaiting going to NA dealers. lol. Though I suppose that could still be true considering the picture could be from anywhere.
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There have already been 200,000+ C8's produced and many more still on the way. The Corvette has always "flooded" the market compared to it's competitors which is why it is affordable and why so many people love it.
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Looks like a lot of Japanese will soon be very happy.
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GM doesn't build a Corvette unless a dealer has ordered one. The dealer doesn't have the option of saying don't ship the car, I'm not ready for it yet. I wonder why those cars haven't shipped to the dealers yet.
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Don't know if an imported car into Japan has this feature, but cars produced in Japan have maximum limits on the speed they can attain on public roads to 74.5 MPH. Top Gear drove a Nissan GTR and was limited on the public roads; they went to a track and the electronic limit was lifted. From what I have read the police are very strict and will cite you for exceeding 10MPH over the posted limit.
So the future owners are not going to have a lot of fun on the public roads.
So the future owners are not going to have a lot of fun on the public roads.
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