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07-19-2019, 02:56 PM | #408 | |
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My coworker with a 2017 M2 is already saying he'll trade in in about a year or two for this. Crazy lol.
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07-19-2019, 02:58 PM | #409 | |
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The C7 imo was the first one to actually look like it belonged with that group and the C8 now looks like it can take on the exotics. In the end its still a Corvette, so it still has all the pros and cons of being a Corvette. |
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I don't get it. How is this not ringing as too good to be true?
In the year 2020, with all of the fixed costs related to developing and manufacturing a car, especially when factoring in America labor, how can GM sell a low volume, new from the ground up product, built in a retooled factory, for $60k? Or am I setting my expectations to high? Like I'm thinking about this like a bargain McLaren, when really I should be thinking about it like a V8 kit car with working airbags and a warranty. |
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07-19-2019, 04:33 PM | #411 | |
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It's proof that all the internet experts who said the supra had to be a rebadged z4 because Toyota could never afford to make an all new sports car from the ground up at a reasonable price in today's world were all totally full of crap. |
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The $60k number is doing exactly what they wanted, shock and awe and every car forum in existence is talking about the car. The other bomb drop was the right hand drive which is making waves in multiple countries. |
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07-19-2019, 04:42 PM | #413 |
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Automatic.
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07-19-2019, 04:48 PM | #414 |
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DCT.
/Not thread I've always had a manual in the fleet, since my first car in 2002. I'm a die-hard manual owner. I would (will?) own this one. Light grey over black, black wheels, red seat belts, red calipers. Base model other than that, maybe leather. Shifting a DCT wide open near redline is fantastic. I don't believe I've ever felt a better transmission than the AMG GTR. While a DCT isn't exactly manual, it's a whole world better than "automatic". |
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How about a Cayman with a truck engine and interior built in Kentucky by $18/hour laborers instead of Unionized Germans?
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I have adored cars still childhood. Its great to see that in JL, steve sutcliffe and others.
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The c7 IMO has a nicer interior layout. Overall this basically makes any competitor null and void if it performs how they claim. Especially if it comes in at the price they're saying. Claiming this exterior or corvettes in general as "ehh" doesnt carry much weight when driving a twin. |
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Corvettes have always been price/performance bargains for anyone looking for a sports car, but they only really only appealed to specific buyers. Just because its mid engine and has a exotic looking body doesn't automatically make it an exotic. Now its just a really sexy Corvette. |
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Wow I think they knocked the design out of the park.
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Two pedals = automatic regardless of the transmission behind the engine.
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