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<blockquote data-quote="DavidWG" data-source="post: 102160" data-attributes="member: 3145"><p>A lot depends on your personal preference and where you are going to drive it plus your budget as the 8 speed auto is roughly $2000 extra. Both trannys are excellent. Fuel mileage and acceleration are virtually identical. Personally for a true sports car I am a traditionalist and prefer the manual 7 speed and the distinctive sound and feel produced by the manual shift - my wife prefers it too for the same reasons. However if I was doing the GTA commute every day I would seriously consider the auto. I The M7 on my first C7 (2014 Z51) and Got it again on my 2017 GS coupe. Love them both but the GS best. Your dealer is not telling you the complete truth. According to the figures released by the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green production of automatics represented just over 75% of 2016 Corvette production and steadily rising. The figures for Canada are closer to 60% automatics for 2016. Your dealer may be motivated by what he can currently lay his hands on. There was a significant shortage of M7 transmission models for 2017 early in the production cycle as there was a serious delay (6-7 weeks) in the start up of production of for the Z51 and GS models with the manual transmission. Unofficially this was caused by the decision to add an additional cooler to those models which were equipped with the M7 transmisssion. The automatics did not need the additional cooler as they already have the extra cooler for their automatic transmission. Subsequently dealers had to fill their allocations with automatics or loose their allocation. So many Canadian dealers have a surplus of automatics right now. </p><p></p><p>If you take delivery after September your 2017 will already be a model year old so I would certainly take a spring delivery or stipulate that it be a 2018 as 2018 production starts in early July. The 2018 models will be unveiled at the Corvette Museum bash at the end of April. Great event to attend. It is only about a 10 hour drive from the GTA. Google National Corvette Museum for details. While there do the guided tour of the assembly line which is around the corner from the museum. </p><p></p><p>If you delay placing your order you may find some good deals on dealer lots by the summer as C7 supply is now exceeding demand in the US. There are lots of discount deals now showing up all over the US. The only problem with this is dealers often load up their inventory cars with high margin cosmetic options (lots of carbon fibre trip pieces)that boost the MSRP. Getting $5000 off a car that has $10,000 of options that you have little interest in is not a deal. </p><p></p><p>Check out the high volume Corvette dealers around the GTA -Wilson Niblette, Markview??, Humberview and Gateway to name a few and you may find that they have something in storage that suits you. If you are ordering a base model or Z51 there are some really good deals showing up around Ontario on new ones on dealers lots. Check Auto Trader.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavidWG, post: 102160, member: 3145"] A lot depends on your personal preference and where you are going to drive it plus your budget as the 8 speed auto is roughly $2000 extra. Both trannys are excellent. Fuel mileage and acceleration are virtually identical. Personally for a true sports car I am a traditionalist and prefer the manual 7 speed and the distinctive sound and feel produced by the manual shift - my wife prefers it too for the same reasons. However if I was doing the GTA commute every day I would seriously consider the auto. I The M7 on my first C7 (2014 Z51) and Got it again on my 2017 GS coupe. Love them both but the GS best. Your dealer is not telling you the complete truth. According to the figures released by the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green production of automatics represented just over 75% of 2016 Corvette production and steadily rising. The figures for Canada are closer to 60% automatics for 2016. Your dealer may be motivated by what he can currently lay his hands on. There was a significant shortage of M7 transmission models for 2017 early in the production cycle as there was a serious delay (6-7 weeks) in the start up of production of for the Z51 and GS models with the manual transmission. Unofficially this was caused by the decision to add an additional cooler to those models which were equipped with the M7 transmisssion. The automatics did not need the additional cooler as they already have the extra cooler for their automatic transmission. Subsequently dealers had to fill their allocations with automatics or loose their allocation. So many Canadian dealers have a surplus of automatics right now. If you take delivery after September your 2017 will already be a model year old so I would certainly take a spring delivery or stipulate that it be a 2018 as 2018 production starts in early July. The 2018 models will be unveiled at the Corvette Museum bash at the end of April. Great event to attend. It is only about a 10 hour drive from the GTA. Google National Corvette Museum for details. While there do the guided tour of the assembly line which is around the corner from the museum. If you delay placing your order you may find some good deals on dealer lots by the summer as C7 supply is now exceeding demand in the US. There are lots of discount deals now showing up all over the US. The only problem with this is dealers often load up their inventory cars with high margin cosmetic options (lots of carbon fibre trip pieces)that boost the MSRP. Getting $5000 off a car that has $10,000 of options that you have little interest in is not a deal. Check out the high volume Corvette dealers around the GTA -Wilson Niblette, Markview??, Humberview and Gateway to name a few and you may find that they have something in storage that suits you. If you are ordering a base model or Z51 there are some really good deals showing up around Ontario on new ones on dealers lots. Check Auto Trader. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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