I too am a marketing person. I was in the market for an owners manual. Anyone got one? Good one Spence!
Perhaps I am getting old, perhaps I just lack the enthusiasm for not just the C8 but all the ME cars. To me they all look the same, scoops and swoops and maybe a name badge or not. Can't tell one from the other. I can tell the difference between a C7 and a Miata (unless it is really loaded up with race inspired equipment, then it gets confusing). There is nothing about this car that to me says "Corvette".
Like Derek says some people just like a manual transmission that is fully explained in the owners manual. The automatics maybe quicker, higher tech but the manual doesn't do weird things that the manufacture cannot figure out why.
Yep I am getting old. But and bet the C8 will get old quickly as well.