iamsuperdan Posted July 14, 2019 Posted July 14, 2019 4 hours ago, SfanGoch said: From motor1.com: ...a $60,000 starting price sounds reasonable. I will be truly shocked if base price is anything close to that.
MrObsessive Posted July 14, 2019 Posted July 14, 2019 31 minutes ago, iamsuperdan said: I will be truly shocked if base price is anything close to that. Same here. You KNOW the dealers are gonna mark them up waaaay higher than that. They know that too many people want to be "first" to own one, so they'll feed on that and laugh all the way to the bank. I'll reserve judgement on the car till I can see one on the street. Pics and video may not do it justice and there's always the chance Chevy could slip us a red herring and the car be TOTALLY different than what we've been shown and speculating.
misterNNL Posted July 14, 2019 Posted July 14, 2019 We only live 6 miles from Interstate 75 here in west central Ohio. Take that far enough South and you drive right by the Corvette factory an museum in Bowling Green,Ky so seeing car carrier loads of new Vettes headed North is a fairly common sight in this area. The cars on those loads are completely cloaked in white fabric/plastic so all you can see is the windshield. These should be the new C8' s so I should start looking a little closer at the shape I guess. We are a few miles from one if the biggest Corvette dealers in the states so this Thursday might be a good day to drive there to see what's new.
iamsuperdan Posted July 15, 2019 Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/14/2019 at 7:21 AM, misterNNL said: Thursday might be a good day to drive there to see what's new. Thursday is just the launch event. Production hasn't started yet, and deliveries aren't scheduled to happen for several months. Having said that, your proximity to the factory tells me you 're probably going to see some press cars and pre-production cars bombing around.
misterNNL Posted July 15, 2019 Posted July 15, 2019 I shall be vigilant. The dealer I mentioned is about 30 miles from here. When he opened his current dealership a few dealership a few years ago it included a service dept with 10 car lifts. When the state inspector came to check things out he announced that the lifts would not be approved unless there were cars up on them while he was present. The owner told him could take care of that and the inspectors next visit he found 10 matching red Corvette convertibles up on those lifts.
iamsuperdan Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 The launch is live right now. https://media.chevrolet.com/nextgencorvette
iamsuperdan Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 Not bad. Front end seems odd. WIll look better in person.
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 If the same primary engineering group who were responsible for the last few Corvette generations did this one, I'm sure it will be a brilliant car to drive. From the C5 onwards, Corvettes have been world-class sports cars, as good as anything on the planet in terms of performance. I expect this one to be stellar.
NYLIBUD Posted July 19, 2019 Author Posted July 19, 2019 Yup,I saw the unveiling video.Your absolutely right.Chevrolet went all out in the technology debt of this new Corvette.They say that ride and handling capabilities remain just as good having a mid engine, or a front engine car.I guess,if that’s what they say.However the Corvette is also known for its looks.I like the look,over all,except the head and tail lights.Never did like them from the beginning anyway.The more you look at the car, the less Ferrari looking it looks.If that makes sense...But one thing else that this Vette has,are two trunks.One up front,and one in the rear..
Matt Bacon Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 Two trunks, eh? Unless it bucks the trend, the front one will be big enough for a bowling bag, and the back one will cook a salmon nicely in a half hour drive up in the hills... I’m looking forward to someone getting it on some nice twisty stuff with an Alpine A110S, Cayman GT4 and an Exige S, which are the driver’s car benchmarks at that price... beat, M.
Rob Hall Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Matt Bacon said: Two trunks, eh? Unless it bucks the trend, the front one will be big enough for a bowling bag, and the back one will cook a salmon nicely in a half hour drive up in the hills... One of the photos I saw somewhere today shows a golf bag w/ clubs in the frunk. Edited July 19, 2019 by Rob Hall
Chuck Kourouklis Posted July 19, 2019 Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) Yup. From just under 16 cubic feet for the C7 to just under 13 for the C8. The same fitted luggage is supposed to work between the two. I'd be quite surprised if it were as light on its feet as the Alpine or the Lotus - the Huracan, the more garden-variety 488 Ferraris, a number of McLarens and maybe even the Aventador are probably closer benchmarks in size and mass - but the ride/handling balance is sure to be an order of magnitude beyond for a Corvette. After 60 years of coyness with prototypes, the time was finally right to do this for a few reasons. For whatever its future holds, the gen-6 Camaro actually seems to manage its power better and play to better press reviews. The Corvette needs to reach a younger audience. And if that audience doesn't have a Ferrari 812 budget, then yes, the C7 was beginning to show the ragged edge of what could be wrung out of a lighter daily-use front-engine coupe. The C8's sub-3-second 0-60 time is thanks mostly to newfound traction and uninterrupted torque from the dual-clutch transmission, and who knows what future performance models will bring. And it's not as if the mid-engine concept is new to the Corvette. This year marks the 60th since Duntov came up with the CERV1, and if he had been allowed to prosecute fully his notion of a Corvette, it might have beaten Ferrari and even Lamborghini to market with that layout. All I got to say is plastic. NOW. And something way beyond "Snap it"/"Build 'N Play" if you don't want torches and pitchforks at the door. Edited July 20, 2019 by Chuck Kourouklis fact-straightening and typo
NYLIBUD Posted July 20, 2019 Author Posted July 20, 2019 Well you’ve got all the space I think you need.Golf bags and a cooler are a must.
MrObsessive Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 Great video Bill! You can best believe that Jay Leno will get one if not one of THE first to get a C8. 6 hours ago, Chuck Kourouklis said: All I got to say is plastic. NOW. And something way beyond "Snap it"/"Build 'N Play" if you don't want torches and pitchforks at the door. Oh no doubt! It would be a sin if they did NOT make this car into a full detail glue kit. Painting it would be a real bear though with all those creases and such.........gonna be using a LOT of Parafilm and Tamiya tape!
Joe Handley Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 Vette, looks better and you could buy a fleet for the price of that GT.
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 Give me the Ford with a Weber-carbed 302. Or the Corvette with a Hewland gearbox.
espo Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 To bad Zora isn't still around to see his vision come to life, finally.
Richard Bartrop Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 I think I like the looks of the Ford GT more, though at that angle, in that colour, the C8 still looks pretty nice. However, if you can't tell the difference between those two, you need to change your prescription.
Classicgas Posted July 20, 2019 Posted July 20, 2019 My point Richard is not that they are identical but that they are very similar. While I basically like it, it just doesn't stand out.
misterNNL Posted July 21, 2019 Posted July 21, 2019 On 7/13/2019 at 1:06 PM, Joe Handley said: No matter what they call it, the engine is in the wrong place for a Corvette, to me anyways. Just for saying that you must move to the back of the line of those drooling over these and waiting to put one in their garage
misterNNL Posted July 21, 2019 Posted July 21, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 8:03 PM, Ace-Garageguy said: Great video,thanks for sharing the link!
cobraman Posted July 21, 2019 Posted July 21, 2019 Doesn't look like working on the engine would be much fun.
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