Any speculation as to when the Z06 will be available? I have heard 2022!

 

Any speculation on when a 2020 Stingray will be available???

 

Do we have any idea of the starting price point for Z06

 

Likely scenario: Announced in early summer of 2021 as a 2022 Model. Released in Fall of 2021.

Price: Starting at ~$85K-$87K USD.

No insider information, just very reasonable expectations for the new car.

 

At this point i wouldn't expect anything until 2022

 

I think 95k

 

$169,900

 

New to Corvette so maybe a dumb question, but in the past was there a limited number of Z06 they make be per year to make them special? Said another way did dealers have a specific allocation for Z06 or was it all lumped into one number where they get so many Corvettes in a given year regardless if they were all Stingrays or all Z06?

 

Not a dumb question. Not limited, unless there’s a “limited edition” version of the Z06 in addition to the “regular” Z06. Meaning, a Z06 with a particular package, such as a unique graphics package, or maybe a “Carbon” package might be limited. But generally, if you ask for one, they’ll build you one (assuming no UAW strikes or virus-related plant shutdowns).

 

ZR country....

 

You missed the joke...

 

Let's see how this COVID-19 thing plays out!!!

 

Thank you.... I decided to get on the waiting list and wasn't sure what to expect.

 

This is total speculation on my part, and I'm hoping that people are correct about the starting price since I'm hoping to buy one, but I'm concerned that the Z06 is going to be more expensive than most people think... I've seen the low to mid 80's price mentioned a few times, both on car magazine websites and on the forum here. (and FB too). But I'm concerned because that's not much of an increase over the base price of the previous gen C7 Z06. (which was $81k by the end of 2019). I know that the mid-engine Stingray starting at 59,999 was a big shock to most of us, and that the relatively small increase over the base C7 stingray ($4k) may be the reason that some are guessing there might be a similar 4 to 5k increase to the mid 80's for the Z, but in my opinion, that pricing decision on the base model C8 by GM was probably HEAVILY influenced by the desire to keep the image of "attainability", or affordable performance that the Corvette has always been known for, at least temporarily. But consider that before the "mess" that 2020 has become, they had already stated, very early on, that the sub-60k price was going to be for the first year only. (and yes, I'm aware that they have since postponed that increase due to the diminished production #'s for 2020.) And shortly after that came the reports that GM was actually loosing money on every Stingray that they sold for under 80k. (which also led to some wild speculation on what the price may jump to). But they won't necessarily have the same reservation about pricing (at least not to the same degree), when it comes to the high performance versions of the mid-engine C8. They may very well go after whatever pricing they think the market may bare. And if the performance of the base car is any indication, the performance of the Hi-perf versions is going to be absolutely bonkers, and that likely means that the market may bare, well, a heck of a lot more. And on top of that, any bean counters will tell you that for any product to make financial sense, whatever profit they may be losing on base models will likely need to be offset by increasing the profits on the other models. They are after all, a business. And ultimately, I guess I'm worried that the surprisingly low price of the base model, is going to be followed an equally surprising, significantly higher price on the Z06.
I hope I'm wrong, but...
Just my 2cents.

 

 

I don't think that GM ever confirmed the base price was for the first year only, that, like the no profit under 80k was all rumor and speculation. Nothing I saw in the 2021 pricing announcement said they were keeping it low due to Covid19 or that suggested that wasn't part of the original plan. If I missed it, my apologies, but I think we heard so much speculation from online "news" sources that just copy each other and use that as substantiation that it became true in a lot of people's heads without anything real from GM.
That said, it seems likely that the C8 Z06 will have a twin turbo dohc V8 that isn't based on the LT1 like the LT4 and 5 were, so it's not unreasonable that the price increase over a base C8 might be larger than previous generations. At the same time, rumors suggest there will be several tiers of higher performance C8 models, and GM knows that to keep the volume they want, they can't get too crazy with the price, especially if they are having a ZR1 and Zora to slot above Z06 as well.

 

Ok, so it looks like you are correct about no-one ever confirming that the initial starting price of $59k was going up after year one. I mis-remembered that one, as I thought I had read at some point that this info came from GM or Tadge himself, but I just did a quick search and could not confirm that. And for whatever it's worth, you are also correct that he rest of my thoughts are based on pure speculation, and I said as much to start my post. Regardless, I still stand by my assumption that the starting price for the Z06 is going to be much higher than people think.

 

You are correct. As per Kerbec.

 

The new Z06 price will be dependent on the economy rebounding , not just the stock market. Historically GM likes to keep the Z06 as a value proposition too. I would think they want to be below $90k, $89,999 perhaps. But who knows what they will put in it , if it is NA engine then they can keep, cuz it will not be a high torque car.

 

In my post about pricing concerns, I forgot to mention the timing that the OP was asking about, so I just wanted to add that I agree that it will likely be a 2022 model. Introduced in spring or summer of next year, with production hopefully starting in fall of 2021. (and yes, that too is based on assumptions, so no need to call me out on it!)