100k for a corvette? I’d get a slower 911 with superior ride, build quality and interior

Trailer Trash Royalty, your ride is here

i understand GM is trying to get some intrest in there brands…but really…100k for a vette?!? didnt they learn from VW Pheaton. It was an amazing car for the money…but once you get over 50k it about the look not the value. it doesnt look like a 100k car. while im sure the performance will be amazing, but GM will lose out bigtime cause it just doesnt look that part. Ill take a 911 over this any day. Viva la Stutgart!

you guys know what a vehicle that has never been shown, even in prototype/mule stage, looks like?

can I have your crystal ball?

^^^^
What are you talking about exactly?? We don’t need a crystal ball. It’s going to be a ZO6 with a supercharger, some bigger wheels, larger fenders, and maybe a couple vents. The overall body style is not going to change. It’s going to be a Corvette priced at 100K. Pretty dumb idea if you ask me.

OK number there is a Nazi… and no one here has faith in the general… i think personally corvette should be its own brand .. but a $100 Chevy? well we’ll have to see… and i bet no in here could afford it anyways so your opinions are garbage… get some cash buy the car then get an opinion. All hail the resurgence of Detroit and where is that real wheel drive impala?

So you’re trying to tell me that a supercharger will cost 30 grand?
Btw people, your argument about “I’ll take a porsche over this any day” is just plain getting old. I won’t say anymore except ya’ll ought to give this car a chance. Who knows, maybe they’ll break out leather on the dash like the V treatment in caddys. Then those of you hugging the dash all day long will be happy.

People are currently paying $100k (a $20k - $40k) premium at the dealer for the Z06 right now anyways so I dont see why people wont buy the Blue Devil / Sting Ray …

#7 is right, the whole Porsche over Corvette argument is as tired as can be. I’ve owned a couple of Porsches (944 and 968 - yeah, I know they’re not real Porsches if the engine is not in the back - that argument is almost as old) and they were good cars. Quality was nothing to brag about on either car and for the money they were a decent purchase. My brother-in-law drives an ‘02 996TT X50 and the interior quality is pretty good but nothing to brag about either. The Corvette may not be made from unobtainium, and heaven help us it’s a GM vehicle, but I’ll gladly put up with a more mundane car with equal or greater performance and pocket the rest of the extra dough.

Hmmm. All the comments about no one paying 100K for a Chevy. Just go out and try to find a Ford GT for MSRP (150K). Good Luck. Or a GT500, they are going for 60K right now, or a Z06 for less than 80-90K.

Also, why are you all assuming its going to be 100K?
It could be 80…

Whatever some dumb people are paying for it right now doesn’t change the fact that the build quality is ****ty, The interior belongs in an econobox, the ride is harsh because the suspension has to be stiff to generate the required g numbers. There is no FINESSE or SOPHISTICATION to a corvette. 50k is too much to pay for one let alone 100k. If you think a piece of leather added to a dash will make it audi comparable you are having a laugh.

I’ll take a Porsche or the new AUdi TT 3.2 V6 Quattro over this any day.

Back on topic a little bit, I gotta admit I like the Blue Devil name better. Never mind its origins or reasons, just think about how BADASS it would sound to say: “Yeah, I got a blue devil”.

Mike once suggested that spending 50K at lingenfelter would make a Corvette better than a Porsche. No it won’t it’ll just make it faster than a Porsche, the subtlety of which I don’t think Mike gets.

#10, I gotta give credit where credit is due, and the Germans DO have their act together when it comes to interiors and tactile feel and just the overall feeling that the car is special. However, imagine if the Vette team spends 5 to 10k extra on that “making it feel special factor”, leather would be just part of it. Think about it for a second, even if it comes to like 80 or 90% of the other car’s interior. (The current gap is arguable in itself - I happen to think the keyless entry and go in the vette is just tits). So, even if it comes to 80 or 90% of the other cars, how completely awesome would THAT be?

I agree with the poster who said over a certain price it’s more about the look and the prestige. What niche does this fill that the Z06 doesn’t already fill? If it was a different car from the ground up (Ford GT, Chrysler MC12) it would have potential as a new halo car for GM, but just another Vette with more power? This is the answer to a question noone is asking.

Quality is designed in from the start. You can’t add it later

“Quality is designed in from the start. You can’t add it later.”

That’s just grand… I’ll bet you think Toyota is making some of the best cars out there too. Lemme tell you how the insides of a Toyota are as garbage as can be. I happen to have one too which makes it funnier, but it’s a 90’s Tercel and it was my first car. But let me tell you that the latest corolla drives EXACTLY the same as that 1990 tercel. (and that’s not a good thing).

Anyways, back to german cars, they’ve been doing great things for a long while now, but it’s gotten them also riding a wave of reputation. The problem is that there’s this innate tendency nowadays to marvel at how something german was made… you look at the freaking sun visor and start saying: “Wow, look at the engineering!”. The point I’m trying to say is that the problem is in our minds, not with the cars. You see, I do not believe that German engineering is really superior to American engineering. It may be that the german engineers are given more of a budget to play with. But if it gets to the point where you start believing that American engineers are incapable, I think that’s a serious flaw of logic.

Wow, I’m amazed at the narrow-mindedness of many of you. I would be willing to bet that many of you have VW Golfs and are throwing stones at the Corvette. People won’t pay $100K for a Corvette? Don’t tell that to the many tuners out there such as Lingenfelter that sold many. You can’t beat the bang for the buck that any Corvette offers, and I will expect the Sting Ray to be the same.

The Blue Devil/Sting Ray names will NOT be used.

It will be the Corvette SS.
The engine is in testing right now and I’ve seen it.

GM is talking about a mandatory driver test to actually get to own one. Which most people buying would love being able to test the true power of the car.

If you don’t read any other post, just know its the Corvette SS.

The Ford GT sold for 150k cause it looks like a 150K car! It has the exotic look to it. you know when that pulls next to you that its fast. The corvette is a nice car for 50k (my best friends mom has an 06 convt.) The Z06 is a performance bagin no doubt…but at 75k i think the styling is a little bland…some vents here and winder fenders there. If GM wants to sell a +$100k corvette it needs to bump up the appearance ALOT. there are only so many corvette enthuists that would be willing to dish out that kind cash. the rest of the buyers they will have to steel away from Porsche, Aston Martin, the new Audi R8, maybe a ferrari/lambo buyer here or there. it will be interesting to see what happens.

The likely-hood of it costing 100K is low, before the Z06 came out there were rumors that it would be like 80-85K now I can get one from the dealership by my house for 65K, look at the C4 ZR-1, in todays dollars that would be near 100K, and no its not just a supercharger that they are adding, according to everything that I have read about the blue-devil/ sting-ray, its going to be a sub 2900 lb car. And if you can’t afford a vette or a porche and have never driven a Z06 or a 911TT then your opinion has no relavence, I have driven both and can tell you that both are amazing cars. I don’t car about the interior not having leather on the dash, and the V-series caddy’s don’t have leather on the dash, at least the CTS-V that I test drove didn’t.

Yeah, the cts is the only one that doesn’t. The STS-V on the hand is quite handsome. Regardless, you make a great point Aaron, when you’re being pushed into the seat like there’s no tomorrow, you don’t really care about the dash.

You know what the problem is about the opinion of people who can’t afford these cars? The problem is people WITH money to spare actually think along the very same lines as some of these kids. The mental aura of these german cars is quite powerful.

I have higher expectations of how the whole ownership experience should feel but i can see that if I was a culturally stunted under-educated hick that going fast in a corvette would be the pigs valise.

I think it good.

pigs valise eh? Est-ce que tu sais ce qu’est une valise?

Stop assuming things.

And the thing that gets me most is those who ARE under-educated hicks trying to elevate themselves socially by getting a german car. That’s what gets me most because that’s what happens most of the time!

And btw, a LOT of europeans secretly wish for corvette. Until you show me a tone that can match that of an American V8, this argument is pointless.

I’m expecting you to come back with a “your mama’s so fat joke”

…any moment now…

Once again it is not about the performance potential or the sound of an American V8. It is about the price. You can say all that crap you want about “when you’re being pushed into the seat you don’t care about leather”…guess what???

You aren’t going to be pushed into the seat 24/7. Charging 100K for a Corvette is just silly. No one is doubting the power of the engine. It’s the shell around it that is ****ty. Super ****ty. I mean the damn roof panel comes loose!!!!!!

How many times have you heard of the roof panel in a 911 lifting and separating during a drive?

hey, the damn shifter came off in the Top Gear testdrive, didn’t it? Shtuff happens.

(that was on a 997 911 btw)

That was a brazillian VW. The Toyota Aygo is a way better car than the Fox

I wouldnt pay 100,000 for a chevy not on my life i also wouldnt waste 100k on a porsche dont get me wrong they are stylish cars but if i want a 06 corvette with power i will buy a regular 1 of around 40 or 50,000 and by a 5 or 6,000$ supercharger pay about 300$ for the vents and u got urself a supercharged z06 its not the real thing but common no one will pay 100k for a vette when they can pay 47,000 ot 57,000 and have the same thing its common since. besides if i had 100grand to waste ne ways id be lookin at some 80’s ferrari’s anyways get somfin thats actually rare in most places!

I’d take this Stingray over a porsche anyday. Not only will this one be more powerful, its also supposed to be under 3000 lbs. People will talk crap about vettes nonstop, but when this one pulls up next to you, I can guarantee the snob in the porsche would get destroyed, and thats what it SHOULD be based on with High Priced “Supercar/Exotics”, not the stitching in the leather.

Yes, a shifter did come off a brazilian VW in the latest episode, but I’m talking back to like 2 seasons ago, when they first drove the 997 (and Jeremy got in the wrong one to start the segment). The shifter came off in that car too!! and it’s much worse than a brazilian VW.

i would pay 100k for a vette if i had the money for that and a new V8 Vantage(better than the 911 cometically), and a nice house. 600 brake in a vette is good, and hopefully they’ll spiff un its interior as well, or maybe make it super spartan, either is fine, but these guys are right, the 911 over vetter argument is old and tired. 911’s are cool, but just kinda bland now. too many Ruf and TechArt tuners just kinda spoiled the shape. my point is i would buy one, and im no white trash (born in Switzerland and raised in South Africa/U.S.), i just have higher priorities and no inferiority complex. aston still looks better tho.

I’m an American living and working in Paris and attended Le Mans last year, where the Z06 carpet-bombed the place; 1,2. No, I don’t own a Vette. But, holy cow, the Vettes there were getting more attention and cheers than either the Enzo or the Porsche GT at the parade on Friday before the race. In 24 Hours of operation, neither Vette had to have its hood lifted. It was amazing. Oh, did I mention they kicked everyones ass?

Viva la Corvette!!

Blue devil = $80K to $90K
Tank of gas = $50
Frown on asswipe’s face who drives a ferrari or Labo when you pull on him at any spead = Priceless

Fact is this car will be a race car that you can plate. Yeah the interior will look like crap but who cares when you can travel time by pressing your right foot down.

Z06s ride is stiff. Its a performance car not a cruiser..take your skirt off and get back into your kia

BTW There are a number of 2008 GM cars that are going to have world class interiors. I’ve seen them.

better get a good chiropractor as the ride is still overly harsh on corvettes

#38: that’s exactly what some of the anti-US folks here don’t seem to understand. American cars *are* better than most other car manufacturers, they’re just afraid to say it. Well, I guess it’s hard to admit defeat when you’re getting your ass handed to you…

Isn’t it just a fact of life, as tob pointed out, that regardless of how nice the car is inside, when somebody is pulling on you, you automatically wonder.. Man.. What’s it like in the other car??? It’s just funny. I guess it will always be like that.

No I’ve never wondered that Carsfeverguy. By the way
Your mommas so fat….. she probably wants to move to Atlanta get a poodle perm and buy one of those new Camaros

WASTE OF $$$ obviously never graduated elementary school spelling class. And i do agree that we should wait and see what the price of this thing is… i have a feeling GM would definatly price this under $85k, rather than $100k, and if that were the case, at least half of you haters out there would be swayed im sure.

Nothing wrong with a camaro. Maybe I don’t know what’s wrong with Atlanta. But as far as the poodle perm goes, I greatly take offense at that! Take it back!

The SS name has been canned for this Corvette.

they should just can the car

Why not call it the “Blue Hair”

People who think defending the corvette is being anti-everything else are f-a-g-s, I own and daily drive a BMW M3, I love German cars, I love Porches, Ferrari’s, Lambo’s, anything with a motor that goes fast, heck a modified S2000 is fine. Fact is the stock Z06 ran 1′22.4″ around Top Gears track, beating the F430, the murcielago, Zonda C12s, the Koenieggsegg CC8, TVR Segaris, Ferrari 575, and boatloads of others, all of which cost at least double to almost 9 times the price. Thats just the Z06. And there isn’t a hillbilly hick in the world that can afford a 70k car, and if they can they don’t because they are very practical, they’ll buy a truck. And everyone needs to stop saying it will cost 100k. It won’t be! I will be fairly priced, and still a great value, if you don’t like then don’t buy it. And I still stick by the saying that if you can’t afford it, or haven’t driven it then your opinion holds no value.

oh and to back up your point about Europeans secretly wanting an American V8 Carsfeverguy, the C6 vette, and C6 Z06 are both very high volume cars over in Europe. In fact, almost as many Z06 were sold the first year in Europe as in the US!!!

#39 and others talking about the “overly harsh ride”

Is that why Ferrari and others are adding the Vette’s shock system to their rides too (magna-ride or whatever it is called…)

#51 they aint adding the transverse lef springs thats for certain

Aaron you are lying about the european sales figures

I like Porsches. They are nice cars. 30 yrs. ago when my daily driver was a 72 Vette I always heard from some guy about how he drove his bother’s or mom’s or cousin’s or friends or etc’s Porsche. How much faster it was. It was never their car! When talking to people who WERE driving Porches or BMWs they were rather friendly and easy going. Not egotistical chest-beating snobs. I guess the new generation has more money than manners and common courtesy. It’s amazing where things go when there is an informed friendly exchange of ideas.

Car news briefs
Corvette Blue Devil project reportedly now called Sting Ray;

AutoWeek | Published 06/07/06, 9:18 am et

Maybe this is why the folks at General Motors can slyly smile and plausibly deny a super-powered Corvette Blue Devil is in the works. We hear Blue Devil (allegedly chosen to get the attention of GM CEO and Duke grad Rick Wagoner) is no longer the working name of the car but has been replaced by the more Corvette-centric Sting Ray moniker. Production of the $100,000 Blue, er, Sting Ray, with a supercharged 7.0-liter 600-hp V8 under its carbon fiber hood, could come as early as 2007.

And if you dont like the vette, shut the hell up.
nobody asked you.

And yes I drive a vette. 05 Z51 supercharged 500 rwhp.
with the price of the car and the work I did my self
I have around $54,000 in the car. Another good thing
about it is that I dont have PAY OUT THE ASS for repairs. Real men work on thier own car’s.

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What, a rich mans Volkswagon, I mean slow porsche.
Not in my family, I was raised on muscle car’s.
Not my mommies little import.
I can tell you guys haven’t driven the new C6’s

the reason why its so light is because it has parts like the roof falling off everywhere. The car is a **** hole. Would rather buy a TVR Tuscan over any american car anyday including the viper which is probably the best american car.

#55 How’s your midlife crisis going Face? How’s the rest of the A-team doing?

What’s in the Cassette player? Great White? Poison? Cinderella? Maybe Tawny Kitaen wants to go for a ride in your vette to the local Roller skating rink!

I would guess that less than 2 of you have ever driven a C6 Z06. I know I haven’t. But I drive a C5 Z06 and if the C6 version is an improvement over the C5, then it’s a fantastic car.

the only thing that sux about internet is that all u haters talk ur **** bout how this new vette isn’t that great. i want someone to name another american car with more power and performance than this vette. or hell name one car that can out perform this corvette and ride smooth u stupid ****s. when ur looking at a sports car u sacrifice the smooth ride. i would like to see u **** talkers put a car together with more styling, more power, and ur smooth ride and then ur opinion will matter!

You guys are a riot. The Z06 already kicks the crap out of most other cars on the track. This is going to be faster, and handle just as well as the Z06. Porsche 911. Purchased for the ride quality you say? Then why not just buy a base model STS or BMW? LOL This is a performance car, if you want a nice ride, don’t get a sports car. Superior build quality? You apparently don’t know much about the vette. BTW, does the phrase “Hand Built Engine” mean anything to you?

i have owned a 2000 ferraro 360, a lambo gallardo 2004, a porsche 911 carrera s convertible a seven corvettes, of which one is a 2006 coupe. the bottom mline is the cash required to buy these cars. obviously the vette is a steal compared to the other exotics. i am very enthusiastic about the blue devil or whatever it will be called. this car will definitely have its place in history!!!!! however, i do hope that they will make the exterior of the car a bit more exotic. why cant gm get it right with the body style? i believe they are stuck on the anti european styles!!!!!!!!!!!

To all you envious snobs from elsewhere, buy AMERICAN bad ass bow-tie, eating porsche, ****ing vantages. take that all you AMERICAN HATERS, AMERICA, WERE BACK!

OK, I think the current Z06 is great. What an awsome car. What you’re getting for the money is outstanding. No one can touch it. We have a 2006 non-Z06 with a “measly” 400 h.p./400 ft. lbs. and that S.O.B. is even more than enough car right out of the box. Paddle shift, magnetic suspension etc. My opinion on the SS/Sting Ray is it will be over priced and send the value factor right out the window.

I have had a few factory specialty cars since leaving college. And I see a misunderstanding of the defference in the flavor of the American sports car vs. European & Asian models, here.

As a former Vette owner (94zo7) and current stroked Cobra owner, I am much more interested in the Aluminum frame, Tunnel Box Frame, weight, and Trans-axle of the C6 than the motor.

Horsepower can be created relatively easily with the vette motor through injector/throttlebody/intake sizing/fuel pump voltage/air metering/programming. The chasis setup of the C6 is worth far more than the HP. I would go as far as saying the C6 without the motor is worth the price to me @sticker.

If I fail to aquire the C6 new, I do plan to get one used. As to the StingRay, what else is adjusted outside of the Supercharger, will determine if the price tag warrants it. A 2900 pound street sports cars is hard to come by, but adding that much torque to the car (what u get with SC) may render much of the power unreachable in manuvers.

As an american v8 tuner, and a vette-head, this looks like a short-lived car with just carbon fiber and a SC. Fantastic used car prospect.

the vette is garbage… go to youtube and watch the top gear episode on it the exhaust is so loud you cant hear yourself think as for you eurotrash lovers…… get real the only thing good on a euro car is the suspension/ everything is overdone. v-dubs audis and bms are all driving electrical problems

i agree with many of you. prior to the gt, the cobra mustang was ford’s flagship performance car. i agree that the corvette stingray should have more profound styling characteristics, but as a corvette fan, i wouldnt want the car to look non-corvette. the only way for one to argue the styling characteristics of the gt vs a chevy would be for chevy to design and build another model as their flagship car. i am a diehard chevy fan but don’t get me wrong, i love the viper and the gt. we should be happy as americans that our automobile manufactures in our wonderful country produce cars like the vette, viper, and the gt. that spank euros for a fraction of the cost. and also if your just into bragging #’s, send your $30,000 viper or vette or what ever to a tuner.

Who ever says the corvette is crap is retarted what car beside it can you get a 7.0 v8, tops at 200mph and so much more for only 100k.it just proves one thing how over price the ferrari’s, lamborghini’s ,porsches,and the worlds fastest car is ,which is no longer the buggati vernyon.OH ya i see that alot of people rather pick a dodge viper over the corvette just because of the v10 well just to let you now a v8 can get just as much power anyday as a v10 even a v16.The corvette is the best out there because you truly get it all for a great price and if GM wanted to make the corvette the fastest car in the world they would. The corvette z06 aka the Ferrari killer.

Seriously, I have a 2002 M3 and love it, but the old “Corvette is crap” thinking is WAY outdated. That backward thinking started to lose credibility with the C5, and was definitely out of touch with the new C6 not to mention the C6 Z06. Get with the times.