It will not be an NSX type vehicle. It'll surprise people.max225 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 4:15 pmabout it being epic. I’m predicting an NSX like vehicle that is justDetroit wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 4:04 pm
No, they went full on capex for the C8. It's the last ICE program they went on because it was too far along when the edict came down that nothing could be spent on a platform that isn't electric.
The C8 will be epic. I'm on the looks...which we'll find out more next week...but the car itself should be pretty spectacular. There were few if any cut corners on it.
Sure it will be a good car but it needs to be great, GM can’t make a great car under the current expense/management structure as indicated by the entire product portfolio. I may be but history teaches us a lot of lessons.
Corvette is an entry level “sports/super” car. The name and the brand carries very little weight at the price point this car is slated to debut at, and yes that type of shit becomes important to the 150k-250k customer (see above).
Hurracan, 488, 570s are marvels, there is no way Chevy will beat them at their own game. It’s a purchase that is based on emotion, love of the looks, rarity and prestige.
That’s not what a corvette is at its core.
The C8 program was approved before the current expense/management structure was put in place. In GM speak, the money was spent...and it was A LOT. More than has been spent on the Corvette yet. It's benchmarking legit things...will it beat exotics in every way? No...but it also won't cost what they do. It will do a great job continuing the "every man's supercar" torch.
THAT IS ASSUMING THAT things haven't changed since I was there. It's very possible that the current management structure that made me want to leave, who inherited some sticker shock from the program cost, might jack pricing into the stratosphere. That will doom the thing regardless of how good it is.