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lfalzarano · 04-12-2019

According to Oliver Gavin of the C7R race team, the C8 will be announced on my birthday, July 18, 2019.

See this Instagram photo by @olivergavin https://www.instagram.com/p/BwJIYrdn...n_native_share

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HAWAIIZR-1 · 04-12-2019

Ordering one would be a nice birthday present to yourself!!

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Mystic ZR-1 · 04-12-2019

Wonder if they’ll have it in camouflage
at the NY Auto Show next week? After all, they
were driving it around in camo in NYC (crappy place to drive anything..)?
Maybe have a reason to use my NY Auto Show press creds for a change?
Or, if they’ll have one at Barrett Jackson
@ Mohegan Sun in June where they’re auctioning
off the last C7?

Ccmano · 04-12-2019

For me it will take some getting use to. I know many have been drooling for the day a mid-engine Corvette arrives. To me it just looks like a variation on every other ME out there. Too conservative and not distinctive especially after the C7.

Next the pricing speculation will go into high gear. I’ve read anything from $63k to just under $100k ($100k in Autoweek just today) for the base car. In my opinion anything over $65k for a base car will spell the end of the Corvette as we know it, a world class sports car that every man can aspire to. At just under $100k it becomes a low volume specialty piece. It will be interesting to follow. Will GM have a success or will they kill the Corvette with visions of grandeur?
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lfalzarano · 04-12-2019

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lfalzarano · 04-12-2019

Chevrolet Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter and General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra drive in a camouflaged next generation Corvette down 7th Avenue near Times Square Thursday, April 11, 2019 in New York, New York.

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Mystic ZR-1 · 04-12-2019

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Originally Posted by lfalzarano

Chevrolet Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter and General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra drive in a camouflaged next generation Corvette down 7th Avenue near Times Square Thursday, April 11, 2019 in New York, New York.

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Betcha that didn't help the traffic situation. Not that anyone in NYC would know what a Corvette is?

BigJohn · 04-12-2019

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mystic ZR-1

Wonder if they’ll have it in camouflage
at the NY Auto Show next week? After all, they
were driving it around in camo in NYC (crappy place to drive anything..)?
Maybe have a reason to use my NY Auto Show press creds for a change?
Or, if they’ll have one at Barrett Jackson
@ Mohegan Sun in June where they’re auctioning
off the last C7?

So you’re going to wait for C8 ZR1?

Vette73 · 04-13-2019

Wonder how many front splitters they broke driving around Manhattan...

Corvettes White · 04-13-2019

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vette73

Wonder how many front splitters they broke driving around Manhattan...

I thought the same thing. Then assumed they predrove the route with a Ford GT to check.

04-12-2019	#1
lfalzarano Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Clayton, North Carolina Posts: 1,133	C8 Announcement According to Oliver Gavin of the C7R race team, the C8 will be announced on my birthday, July 18, 2019. See this Instagram photo by @olivergavin https://www.instagram.com/p/BwJIYrdn...n_native_share Sent from my iPhone using ZR-1 Net Registry

04-12-2019	#2
HAWAIIZR-1 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Japan Posts: 3,104	Re: C8 Announcement Ordering one would be a nice birthday present to yourself!! Sent from my iPhone using ZR-1 Net Registry __________________ Craig "ZR-1 NO KA 'OI" "ZR-1 ICHIBAN" 1995 #228 Black/Black with Dunn Heads ZR-1 owner since September 2003 ZR-1 Net Registry Founding Member #0074 NCM Lifetime Member #2048

04-12-2019	#3
Mystic ZR-1 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Mystic CT Posts: 2,628	Re: C8 Announcement Wonder if they’ll have it in camouflage at the NY Auto Show next week? After all, they were driving it around in camo in NYC (crappy place to drive anything..)? Maybe have a reason to use my NY Auto Show press creds for a change? Or, if they’ll have one at Barrett Jackson @ Mohegan Sun in June where they’re auctioning off the last C7?

04-12-2019	#4
Ccmano Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sparks, NV Posts: 2,843	Re: C8 Announcement For me it will take some getting use to. I know many have been drooling for the day a mid-engine Corvette arrives. To me it just looks like a variation on every other ME out there. Too conservative and not distinctive especially after the C7. Next the pricing speculation will go into high gear. I’ve read anything from $63k to just under $100k ($100k in Autoweek just today) for the base car. In my opinion anything over $65k for a base car will spell the end of the Corvette as we know it, a world class sports car that every man can aspire to. At just under $100k it becomes a low volume specialty piece. It will be interesting to follow. Will GM have a success or will they kill the Corvette with visions of grandeur? H Last edited by Ccmano; 04-12-2019 at 01:10 PM.

04-12-2019	#5
lfalzarano Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Clayton, North Carolina Posts: 1,133	C8 Announcement IMG_3352.JPG

04-12-2019	#6
lfalzarano Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Clayton, North Carolina Posts: 1,133	Re: C8 Announcement Chevrolet Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter and General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra drive in a camouflaged next generation Corvette down 7th Avenue near Times Square Thursday, April 11, 2019 in New York, New York. Sent from my iPhone using ZR-1 Net Registry

04-13-2019	#9
Vette73 Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Brooklyn ny Posts: 1,044	Re: C8 Announcement Wonder how many front splitters they broke driving around Manhattan...