Automotive News Discussion

[Ryan T]

Except it's a Corvette and there's a whole cadre of people who aren't interested in owning a Corvette instead of a Porsche or Ferrari. Not everyone cares about hp per dollar or maximizing their value, especially in that price bracket.

The person looking at a new 488 or Turbo S is probably not going to be swayed by the base model Corvette.  I'm talking about the people looking at used 430's, R8's, 911's, etc.

Of course there are people who still would never buy a domestic sports car, but there are plenty of people who simply didn't buy a Corvette because of it's former weaknesses.  The Vette used to be a crude instrument of speed with a poor interior.  Now it handles much better, is much more refined, still has world-beating performance, has a pretty good-looking interior, and now the exterior looks semi-exotic.

For people that didn't buy Corvettes before because of the cheap interior or crudeness, now the Corvette is something that makes a pretty damned good case for itself.  If they had raised the price by $20-30k, then it'd be kinda questionable.  But starting at $60K?  And if the Z06 is still under $100k?  That's hard to ignore.  

We'll still have to see reviews and early reliability but this looks like a game changer.

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Do you still get hammered on resale if you didnt service the car at the ferrari dealer?

Probably not as badly on the older models, but on a 458/488 it would still be a decent hit on resale.  I think as long as you keep records on something like a 430, 350, 550, etc. you'd be good to go.

I’ve talked to several people who (like me) are more likely to buy a C8. It’s at the absolute top end of what I could afford to make payments on, in it’s base model. I know several car enthusiasts who could swing a modded 25-30k and put some money into it or a ~$60k new car. In a stretch I could swing the new Corvette and rely on the warranty until I pay it off. That’s what a lot of guys are banking on and I can’t blame them. Pay $60k for a ten year old Ferrari with questionable history or the same money for a brand new car with a warranty.  Hard to pass up if you want performance and don’t care as much about the name.