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Will the C8 really be able to compete with other mid-engine sports cars?
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<blockquote data-quote="flyboy999" data-source="post: 143562" data-attributes="member: 2330"><p>Porsches, albeit extremely capable in their latest iterations, do absolutely nothing for me. As Jeremy Clarkson used to say, "its a Beetle". Now, of course he was being a little "cheeky", but the fact remains that the body style is rather, "unimaginative" and hasn't evolved, unlike the Corvette from Generation 1 to Generation 7, with each one being very unique and different, but often sharing some of the same styling cues from previous generations. </p><p></p><p>As Riley P said, when the Corvette starts to get into the $150K-$200K region, the argument "for the money" goes out the window, which was exactly my point for this thread. Quite honestly, the Corvette is already in this territory with my Z06 coming in at $140K (taxes in) and the ZR1 asking price at a minimum of $159K (not including taxes). Still, the power numbers, the practicality, and the reliability, place it, in my mind, above the European competition. But, with the new generation C8, will the power numbers be there? As Zora says, not till the 2022 model, so two years after the initial C8 model is released, which I think is a pretty realistic prediction. Practicality will almost certainly be compromised, despite Zora's assertions. In my mind there is absolutely no way the Corvette team can make the C8 as practical as the C7. And lastly, the first generation of any car tends to have some "growing pains", so reliability etc. might not be there right away. When you take all of these things into consideration, and the fact that I honestly can't see the C8 selling for under $100K in Canada in base model trim, and probably somewhere closer to $200K+ in Z06/ZR1 trim, it will be interesting to see how it fares against the competition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flyboy999, post: 143562, member: 2330"] Porsches, albeit extremely capable in their latest iterations, do absolutely nothing for me. As Jeremy Clarkson used to say, "its a Beetle". Now, of course he was being a little "cheeky", but the fact remains that the body style is rather, "unimaginative" and hasn't evolved, unlike the Corvette from Generation 1 to Generation 7, with each one being very unique and different, but often sharing some of the same styling cues from previous generations. As Riley P said, when the Corvette starts to get into the $150K-$200K region, the argument "for the money" goes out the window, which was exactly my point for this thread. Quite honestly, the Corvette is already in this territory with my Z06 coming in at $140K (taxes in) and the ZR1 asking price at a minimum of $159K (not including taxes). Still, the power numbers, the practicality, and the reliability, place it, in my mind, above the European competition. But, with the new generation C8, will the power numbers be there? As Zora says, not till the 2022 model, so two years after the initial C8 model is released, which I think is a pretty realistic prediction. Practicality will almost certainly be compromised, despite Zora's assertions. In my mind there is absolutely no way the Corvette team can make the C8 as practical as the C7. And lastly, the first generation of any car tends to have some "growing pains", so reliability etc. might not be there right away. When you take all of these things into consideration, and the fact that I honestly can't see the C8 selling for under $100K in Canada in base model trim, and probably somewhere closer to $200K+ in Z06/ZR1 trim, it will be interesting to see how it fares against the competition. [/QUOTE]
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