Official C8 Corvette Thread

[Buster]

GM has never tried to make the Corvette exclusive. They are adding shifts in Kentucky to ramp production as much as possible to meet demand. They want you to be able to walk into a dealer and buy one. Might take a few months.

[90_Shelby]

Good article on Jalopnik regarding the mechanical bits of the car.
I'm still surprised that they finally made the Corvette mid-engine but it looks like they have a winner with this car.

https://jalopnik.com/heres-a-detaile...ssi-1836540969

[ercchry]

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Good article on Jalopnik regarding the mechanical bits of the car.
I'm still surprised that they finally made the Corvette mid-engine but it looks like they have a winner with this car.

https://jalopnik.com/heres-a-detaile...ssi-1836540969

Omg... clutch kicks!!!

That seems like a tall order, since there’s no clutch pedal, but there are paddle shifters, and there is a “double paddle de-clutch feature,” which Chevy says “allows the driver to disconnect the clutch by holding both paddles for more manual control.”

[BavarianBeast]

Def going to be a sick car but everyone is going to have one haha. Not that it’s a bad thing, but they’re sure not going to be a head turner after the first year of them on the streets.

[Ukyo8]

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They aren't underestimating anything, they're creating an artificial demand so dealers can inflate the prices 30+%

Chevrolet - "MSRP of ONLY $70g CAD!!!"

Dealerships - "Yeah, no, $100g please, non-refundable deposit, and you have to be on the waitlist for 2 years."

Any dealer that would do that is obviously not someone you'd want to deal with.
We are selling all of our C8's at MSRP.

We had a customer offer us 100K today to jump the line and we turned him down.

[shakalaka]

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Wait until @shakalaka is selling his.

Haha. I've never been into Vette's personally. That's why I wasn't even checking out this thread until the tag, lol. This one does look tempting though. I guess never say never, but I doubt it.

[JRSC00LUDE]

I like it.

[KRyn]

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[Gman.45]

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GM has never tried to make the Corvette exclusive. They are adding shifts in Kentucky to ramp production as much as possible to meet demand. They want you to be able to walk into a dealer and buy one. Might take a few months.

That was what I was hoping for when I posted, and it makes solid financial sense for GM. They have a real winner on their hands by the looks of it, and what a shame it would be to not capitalize on the hype (justified IMO). As Jeremy Clarkson once said "Well done fat Bob from Kentucky".

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Any dealer that would do that is obviously not someone you'd want to deal with.
We are selling all of our C8's at MSRP.

We had a customer offer us 100K today to jump the line and we turned him down.

Wow, integrity. What dealership are you at if you don't mind me asking (you can PM me if you don't want to say, but such a dealer is where I'd like to put my business, and I don't have a GM "guy" anymore). How are you handling the customization options regarding all the different seats/stitching/etc? I know which seat I'd prefer and the Z51 option, but other than that these are the only options that are "must haves" for me. Are you taking deposits right now as well?

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Any dealer that would do that is obviously not someone you'd want to deal with.
We are selling all of our C8's at MSRP.

We had a customer offer us 100K today to jump the line and we turned him down.

When these actually hit the floor, I'm >99% confident that you will be incorrect. This is a gold mine for demand pricing and no dealership (no business of any kind really) is going to leave that money on the table.

[ExtraSlow]

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70k USD for the upcoming GT500, 760HP, 625 tq, runs the 1/4 mile in the 10s.
60k USD for the C8, making 495HP, 465 tq.
67k for the Hellcat, making 707HP
62k for the camaro ZL1, making 650/650.

What a time to be alive! We have all this, plus lots of half ton trucks making more than 400 Ft-lbs of torque. It's the golden age of power, we'll be telling our grandchildren about this.

[killramos]

Agreed. This corvette is nothing short of something to celebrate, whether you want one or not.

[dirtsniffer]

Can we make this thread the official c8 corvette thread?

[Maxt]

They should have have called it fiero or corvair .

[msommers]

#NextBeyondCivic

[Sugarphreak]

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[Tik-Tok]

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We had a customer offer us 100K today to jump the line and we turned him down.

Which says to me that management is planning on selling it for more than $100g

[Ukyo8]

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Which says to me that management is planning on selling it for more than $100g

Nope, it's going to a customer that had left a deposit over a year ago at MSRP

[Buster]

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Any dealer that would do that is obviously not someone you'd want to deal with.
We are selling all of our C8's at MSRP.

We had a customer offer us 100K today to jump the line and we turned him down.

This makes no sense. The law of supply and demand works just as well for new cars as it does for every other thing in the universe.

[A790]

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More so than the Lotus?

At least I can afford this one lol