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Originally Posted by 2000SoCalBoxsterS
If you want the best bang for your $50,000 you can currently buy a brand new 2007 400 HP Corvette. The 2008's go into production this June for delivery in late July. The 2008 has 436 HP and an upgraded interior so the dealers are selling the '07 Vette's for about $6,500 to $7,500 below MSRP. Vert's $7,500 below MSRP. I'm buying an '08 this fall myself. Keeping my Boxster S of course because it is a great car. It's just I've always wanted a Vette since I was about 10 years old.
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OK. In general I hate Corvettes. I do recognize that Corvettes are the best performance for the money in the world. Why do I hate Corvettes? Remember when I said that the average 911 were the best drivers that I know of? Well the average Corvette driver is the worst! It’s an old mans profiling car (yes I’m almost old). It’s not the cost of the Corvette that hurts; it’s all the gold chains that one must buy before you can be seen driving a Corvette.
Why do I feel this way? Because most Corvettes are automatics! That says something about your average Corvette owner and how they feel about driving. More evidence is that even though there are more than 100,000 Corvettes in California they can’t even host their own track day because so few want to drive them on a track. I’m talking road racing not drag racing. It doesn’t take much driving talent to drag race a street car unless you’re under 18.
Please note I say average and most. I know some excellent Corvette drivers but they are not the norm…
I also think Corvette C4 and C5 styling was poor. If you don’t like the looks of a car, it’s hard to overcome some of it other problems. The C4 had some Euro vibe going. The C5 was their attempt to capitalize on the Japanese car craze of the 90s. They tried to blend some NSX and RX7 styling cues into the car and it didn’t work.
Now I must admit with the C6 they have went with a new look that works. Not as attractive as the Boxster but a nice design. I wouldn’t be ashamed to be seen next to a C6.
You are correct that I could buy a new C6 for around $40,000 and it would ******************** slap both an NSX and any Boxster or Cayman. However, to drive a base Corvette is to admit that I have joined the unwashed masses of Corvette ownership. I can’t bring myself to go there. I would rather loose to a Corvette than drive one. I do have some values.
However, the C6 Z06 is a different story. It only comes in manual so that eliminates some of the performance pretenders. It fears no “stock” car on the track which includes cars costing $100K +. That’s a kind of attitude I could live with. It’s a little more inline with my driving philosophy. It’s still a Corvette but I can still dismiss the base Corvette owners while driving a Z06. I would still rather drive a Boxster on the street but would give that up to have 505 hp at the track.
Unfortunately, I don’t want to spend over $50K on a car purchase. It would interfere with the eventual Ford GT purchase. It will also hurt a lot worse to stuff a $60K car into a wall than it does a $40K car. You can now start to find some Z06s under $60K. If they go below $50K in the next 24 months, I may just buy one. I’m waiting for all the hype to subside. Everyone still thinks that they are worth big bucks even though they have already made about 15,000 of the cars.
The new 600hp Viper will help draw some attention from the Z06. I would guess that by the time the 2009 models arrive you’ll see them discounted just like any other car. This will impact the after market and bring prices into line with what they normally would be on a used Corvette. Some say that in 2009 they will be announcing a 700hp Corvette for the 2010 model year….
Lil Red
2009 Porsche Cayman 2.9L
And your values will still be intact.
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