Live: 2014 Corvette Revealed!

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You don't buy a Corvette for resale value (or atleast I wouldnt). You buy it to drive it. The most affordable way to be competitive and dice it up with much fancier and more expensive sports cars on the track.

Picture this:
Pack helmets, seperate camping gear for two guys (2 tents, 2 sleeping bags, clothes, toiletries etc..), folding chairs and some tools
Get ~9-10L/100kms driving to the track on DOT rubber.
Set a 1:31 at Mosport
Pack up, drive back, ~1800rpm @ 120km/h, listening to music on Bose speakers
Wake up next morning and drive the car to work.

The car is dead reliable and has seen 4 seasons of track days on it, with many more planned.

It's a 2002 Z06 with 90,000kms. Very few cars that can mix that level of performance, convenience and reliability. Bone stock. And it's 10yrs old...

Sure, the interior looks like classic GM 90s crap, but that's not why you buy these things. Ya gotta give credit when credit is due.
 
^^ Which is why I said they're a blast to drive. It's similar to a fox bodied mustang. Great bang for the buck but nothing that's probably going to end up a collectors item. As for the spokesman for corvettes, there are many cars in that market that hold their value MUCH better than any corvette. Are they quick and fun to drive? Yes. Do they compare to something like say a non turbo 911 around 1998? Not even close (that's just one example)
 
Roomie said:
there are many cars in that market that hold their value MUCH better than any corvette.
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I'm curious what cars you feel hold their value so much better than a vette. Me thinks you'll find that most cars, certainly performance/luxury cars depreciate fairly similar.
 
I'm thinking of buying a corvette next year or a porshe... I can't decide which way to go. Any suggestions/input?
 
Searched on Autotrader (US) for 911s, 1997-1998, sorted by price, low to high. I didn't even specifically ask for Turbos. Cheapest one is $35K or about $10K more than a 2002-2004 Z06. The non-turbo cars would be decimated by a C5 Z06. If you find a unicorn turbo, expect to pay a lot to buy it and good luck if anything goes wrong. With a Vette, parts are as far as your nearest GM dealer.

And from a purely subjective point of view, an AWD, older turbo car just won't be nearly as much fun to drive around. No tail out action and no throttle response like a V8 that revs to 7k...and then theres the sound!

The C5+ Vettes are really a serious performance bargain, especially when you include stock reliability. The downsides are obviously fit and finish and possibly "access to performance", it is after all a light RWD car with lots of torque and a numb steering wheel.


http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/searchresults.xhtml?zip=14201&endYear=1998&listingType=used&listingTypes=used&sellerTypes=b&transmissionCode=MAN&transmissionCodes=MAN&mmt=%5BPOR%5B911%5B%5D%5D%5B%5D%5D&Log=0&modelCode1=911&sortBy=derivedpriceASC&makeCode1=POR&startYear=1997&numRecords=25&searchRadius=0&captureSearch=true&Log=0

Roomie said:
Do they compare to something like say a non turbo 911 around 1998? Not even close (that's just one example)
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Roomie said:
Impossible. The corvette is the greatest automobile ever. Away you go now. :rolleyes:
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Yes, and the 1983 model Vette was the BEST. VETTE. EVER!

People are even willing to pay a million doll hairs for the s/n 001 of the 2014 Stingray! :LOL:
 
SunnY S said:
Yes, and the 1983 model Vette was the BEST. VETTE. EVER!

People are even willing to pay a million doll hairs for the s/n 001 of the 2014 Stingray! :LOL:
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People? Make that "a person".
He also bought a '69 Vette at the same day for $1M.
He also paid HUGE for the 1st 2010 Camaro SS, VIN'd 00001. ($350K)
He also paid HUGE for the 1st 2011 Z06. ($270K)
He also paid HUGE for the 1st 2011 Ragtop Camaro SS. ($205K)
He also paid HUGE for the 1st 2012 Camaro ZL1. ($250K)

I could go on, but you can catch more of his craziness at the Barret / Jackson Sep 27th & 28th on Speed.
You might just see my mug there too. (I'll be there - somewhere).
 
LiNK666 said:
I'm thinking of buying a corvette next year or a porshe... I can't decide which way to go. Any suggestions/input?
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I have an older Volvo that I'm finished using.....

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SunnY S said:
"Just sayin....."
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You continue to crow like a production version is a fait au complet. A working prototype doesn't mean it will ever see production. LOTS of manufacturers build prototypes with the intention of producing a production version. As usual, you're counting chickens.

A special unpainted carbon fiber version of the W12 Coupe set seven 24-hour world speed records at the Nardo Ring[SUP][1][/SUP] near Lecce, Italy. The car's nickname was derived from the circuit."

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The Acura NSX is still not a production vehicle and we still don't know what the price tag is going to be.

Given that there are prototypes / test mules running around, it's closer ... but still vaporware.

I don't think the hybrid powertrain that I've been hearing about for that car, is a selling point in that market segment - it just makes the car more expensive. It doesn't help that Honda has yet to get a production hybrid powertrain right.
 
Add another Vette killing station wagon to the mix.

660 HP, 661 ft./lbs., and it's only Stage 2.

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I just seeing the new 2014 Corvette Stingray just now on broadview & bloor (taste of the dangorth) blue in color and I must say what a sharp looking car, my buddy who works for GM was driving the demo model, he said they start at $52,000.00 well worth it!

I didn't have time to snap a pic...I was on my bike!
 
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