adjusting for inflation the price has actually gone down. The 2020 price equivalent today is $76,795

 

That's true but using inflation as a metric for how affordable a product is so deceitful. It should be pegged to real wages, and I doubt they've kept pace at the same rate.
This isn't an attack on you it's just how economics is basically "yeah we screwed you but using our metric of how we screwed you it's actually fine"

 

except on average wages didn’t decline they’ve been flat to a slight increase in line with inflation

 

He's a busy guy. Was sitting at his desk this morning. I can vouch for him as I've purchased my last few Corvettes through him.

 

I still haven’t receive a response. He’s had time to post 5+ YouTube vids and an online configuration tool since my last attempt at contact. But no time to answer customers? Ended up moving on with Les Stanford.

 

Thanks for that. I didn't check on today's dollars, but I'm with RayMaq88 in the wages part. In most cases, wages have kept up slightly based on DoL data on average for the nation. Individual sectors saw better performance than others. Either way, I am excited to get back into a new GS and live up to my moniker lol.

 

FYI, appears the black exhaust tips as well as “Intersection Automatic Emergency Braking” are now standard for 2027. There might be other changes, but these are just a couple I noticed. Awesome tool, BTW 😁.

 

This tool implies the Stingray will have a gas guzzler tax for 2027. Can anyone confirm?

 

I would find that surprising if true, considering that new LS6 V8 is supposed to be slightly more fuel-efficient than the LT2 was. Unless it’s only on the Z51 (5.56 gears) equipped Stingrays? Or, the other new models (Grand Sport, 721hp Grand Sport-X) have lowered the overall averages and now they’re trying to spread the gas guzzler tax costs across the entire line?

 

You might be on to something there .... spread it around.
SR, GS, GSX = $1300
Z06, ZR1X = $2600
Z06 w/areo, ZR1 = $3000

 

That was NOT on his earlier versions of his configurator. You would have thought that would have been mentioned at the NCM Bash at some point.
Yet, its "supposedly" more efficient?!

 

just looked again and the GSX is the only one that has no GG tax. hope thats wrong. If true they kept it quite.

 

I messaged him today. He now says that us an error in the configurator and is going to correct it.

 

If I were a guessing man, I would guess that $1300 will appear on the GSX or disappear on the Stingray and GS, when GM build and price goes live.

 

Hey all — Alan at Matick Chevrolet here. Wanted to circle back on this thread directly since the gas guzzler question crept in and a few folks specifically flagged our configurator.

First, to anyone who tried to reach me over the last couple weeks and couldn't get through — my apologies. Between email, text, phone, DMs across multiple social platforms, and messages on the forums, the 2027 inquiry volume has outpaced what one person can triage cleanly. I'm working on a dedicated intake so things stop falling through the cracks, and I'll share details once it's set up. If you reached out and didn't hear back, flag it here in the thread — easier to track than scattered DMs.

On the configurator: yes, we had the gas guzzler tax incorrectly applying to trims that don't have a published rating. The only published 2027 gas guzzler taxes we're aware of right now are on Z06 and ZR1, and that's what the updated tool reflects. We patched the bug, then audited the full option exclusion table to clean up other compatibility quirks while we were in there. Tool's in a much better spot now. If you ran a build before this week, worth running it again.

If anyone's seeing something different on published 2027 ratings, I'd genuinely like to know. EPA hasn't posted the full picture yet, and I'd rather get corrected here than publish something I have to walk back.

Build questions or configurator weirdness — post 'em here. Happy to work through it in the open.

— Alan

 

We've probably had 70 updates to this, and one of the things was that ZR1 and Z06 gas guzzlers were omitted. When we put that in, it ended up applying to almost all the trim levels, so probably a hole in the code. Either way, we patched it.

 

Most of the social media stuff is actually scheduled through a scheduling software. It's the only effective way to do it across platforms, so my apologies for the drop. I can tell you conclusively that a lot of these responses are what's precipitating our workflow changes that we are going to be retooling and implementing very soon.

 

Good to know, sounds like a step in the right direction. I’ll keep you and Matick on my list for any future assistance.

 

Thanks for the update. I really wish Chevy made the Santorini blue interior available in the 2LT trim.