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I don’t know bout y’all but having a mid engined Corvette that starts at 500HP in the era of CUV hell and emissions requirements is loving incredible and GM gets my respect for even attempting this I have no idea how the boomer jort population is gonna respond to this but goddamn I’m psyched to start seeing these on the road
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Franco Caution posted:Im super pumped to see these sitting on dealer lots once the initial hype dies off.
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PT6A posted:By far the most offensively awful part of the Nissan I drove was the heinous CVT, so going with a manual transmission would seem to be a step in the correct direction. Versas have always had manuals, the first generation even had a 6 speed, they later downgraded it to a 5 speed for the generational change because that's the way Nissan rolls.
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I live literally right down the road from the Corvette assembly plant. I've seen several (un-camod) prototypes drive down the road to the testing track tons of times. I know, I should be the first to be sharing info with y'all & all the other big news peeps like Jalopnik; but I just couldn't help seeing everyone either jizz themselves or claim outright hatred of the new design. But that isn't even the best part...there's new electric charging stations they recently installed at the Corvette Museum which is literally a half-mile from my house. If you want proof let me know. I'll drive up there and take pics just for my SA buds.
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dk2m posted:I don’t know bout y’all but having a mid engined Corvette that starts at 500HP in the era of CUV hell and emissions requirements is loving incredible and GM gets my respect for even attempting this  real Mitsu Eclipse around anymore? Like the market for actual exciting cars seems to have tanked, and near as I can tell the market for exciting bodywork on bland family car chassis went with it... never mind exciting versions of bland family poo poo.Come to think of it, forget sport-coupe styling, what FWD two-doors are even still around?
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Friar Zucchini posted:Come to think of it, forget sport-coupe styling, what FWD two-doors are even still around? Honda Civic Coupe? Mini Cooper?
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Something Offal posted:Rental car companies buy a metric asston of Versas every year. They are usually the most common car on the lot for obvious reason($). Every time I go to rent a car for business it's a hunt to get off the airport bus quickly and find the not-Versa before there are none left. A rental versa was what shifted me from “eh, it’s a rental I don’t care what I get” to someone much pickier. The “eventually” 0-60 time was one thing, but I felt like I was flooring the thing trying to maintain speed when going uphill.
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Every time I see a Mini and think it looks like a pretty cool car I remember the ridiculous options pricing and reliability ratings The new Mazda 3 is frightfully tempting tho And GM had to change up the Corvette since the old man demographic who specifically want a Corvette is dying off, leaving a market of people who want that supercar bench racing performance, and why else would you buy one over a Cayman S Wheeee fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Apr 14, 2019 |
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Jack B Nimble posted:Hey, that's not terrible for the cheapest car you can buy; this is good for the people that end up in one. Aww you don't have the Dacia Sandero?  Bad news!
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dk2m posted:I don’t know bout y’all but having a mid engined Corvette that starts at 500HP in the era of CUV hell and emissions requirements is loving incredible and GM gets my respect for even attempting this Same, I'm actually kind of excited for this car. For my purposes it is just as (im)practical as the C7. Anecdotally I feel like I see a lot of younger guys, and it's almost always guys, driving Corvettes. This might be because I'm in the city and all the old dudes live way out in the burbs by a golf course where their Corvette sits in the garage 360 days per year. It could be the car that starts a downward trend in the buying age. The only bad part about this is it's like some sort of competition by the aforementioned old men to see who can drive theirs the least so there are a lot of really low mileage used Corvettes out there.
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A local dealership has several regular Stingrays with the top of the line trim for $50k. Basically $25k off. I think it's a screaming deal if you're looking for something like that.
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Devyl posted:But that isn't even the best part...there's new electric charging stations they recently installed at the Corvette Museum which is literally a half-mile from my house. If you want proof let me know. I'll drive up there and take pics just for my SA buds. Wait, why would that be hard to believe? Are only people in Corvettes allowed to visit the Corvette Museum?
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davebo posted:Wait, why would that be hard to believe? Are only people in Corvettes allowed to visit the Corvette Museum? No, but only Corvette owners get to park in the front row.
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In their Sierra Denali, just like every other Corvette owner. Oh, the vette itself? That gets trailered in, can't fit an orthopedic cushion on those sport seats.
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mobby_6kl posted:I guess they don't have an existing recognizable brand to milk that's higher than the Corvette, but they could've called it the Frigate or something.
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MrYenko posted:There was quite a lot of speculation for quite awhile that they would run the front-engined Stingray line alongside the mid-engine line for at least a few model years to test the waters. They arguably already do. It's called the Camaro. Franco Caution posted:I guess the C7 market will get interesting. Either the prices will tank, or people wont be all that into the C8, which will drive the price of the used C7s up. I'll bet money on the C8's announcement being the Corvette's "911 moment" when it comes to the used market. The older 911s were always going to be mildly expensive, but they hockeysticked into stupidtown the day Porsche announced the manual GT3 was being dropped. Same thing happened to all Lotus cars made in the last ~25 years, which instantly gained $10K+ in resale the day Lotus announced the Elise/Exige was being pulled from the US market. Interesting C4 and C5 variants are already gaining and C6s worth keeping will be at/near bottom the day the C8 launches. The C7s are new enough to be having standard depreciation, but expect resale values to stay higher than expected. EnergizerFellow fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Apr 14, 2019 |
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EnergizerFellow posted:They arguably already do. It's called the Camaro. The olds who buy Corvettes and then don't drive them have been expecting this for every generation since the C2. I mean it might be different this time but eh
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EnergizerFellow posted:They arguably already do. It's called the Camaro. Meh. Even the 6th gen Camaros were considerably larger and heavier than a base Corvette. Corvette going mid engine makes a lot of room for Camaro to get silly where it used to get kneecapped so as not to steal Corvette sales, though.
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Throatwarbler posted:The olds who buy Corvettes and then don't drive them have been expecting this for every generation since the C2. I mean it might be different this time but eh While it's true they've been waiting for that long, I think it may actually happen this time, at least for the C5 and newer, possibly the late C4s.
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Personally, I'm waiting for the Corvette's 9/11 moment
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Hairy Busey posted:Personally, I'm waiting for the Corvette's 9/11 moment A second Corvette has just hit the Old Country Buffet
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Hairy Busey posted:Personally, I'm waiting for the Corvette's 9/11 moment It already happened when the early opened up under the Museum and swallowed the cars.
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incels interlinked posted:They look a little better in person but that isn't saying much. Chevy really dropped the ball with this generation At last they did finally fix the stupid wheel opening shape
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Hairy Busey posted:Personally, I'm waiting for the Corvette's 9/11 moment Bowling Green Massacre but for real this time
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Goober Peas posted:It already happened when the early opened up under the Museum and swallowed the cars. 
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redgubbinz posted:A second Corvette has just hit the Old Country Buffet I laughed entirely too hard at this.
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redgubbinz posted:A second Corvette has just hit the Old Country Buffet 
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Powershift posted:
Does it come with attachments for getting into corners and under furniture?
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Better looking than the JDM Toyota Alphard at least
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Powershift posted:
would look ten times better if it were monochromatic.....and those wheels, ugh.
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Powershift posted:
Preferably with a blowtorch.
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BuckyDoneGun posted:Better looking than the JDM Toyota Alphard at least You are out of your mind.
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They're both really really bad, even for minivans.
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Vulgar, repulsive, hideous. It's like someone said, "draw a vehicle that resembles the result of norovirus". It's both poo poo and vomit spewing out the front and back simultaneously.
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Japan luxo-vans are the same as American pickup trucks - the whole point is to look as imposing and ugly as possible.
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Powershift posted:
Is that for the North American market? I saw a bunch of ugly French vans in Europe.
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Charles posted:Is that for the North American market? I saw a bunch of ugly French vans in Europe. No. Asia only.
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Powershift posted:
this is so absurd it actually owns
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