Who will Order a C7 ZR-1
 

So....given the odds (better than 50/50 I think) that GM is going to introduce a 6.2L Gen V V8 with DOHC heads and the LT5 RPO in the 2018 C7 ZR-1, how many here plan to put a deposit on one?

What's your best guess at the price?

Re: Who will Order a C7 ZR-1
 

Not until they build one comfortably for someone 6'6". :mad:

Re: Who will Order a C7 ZR-1
 

Ok I'll bite with my guess. North of $100k I'd bet. And much as I'd like a new one, too rich for my blood at this point in my life.

Re: Who will Order a C7 ZR-1
 

better be over 700 hp/not much over 100k/

Re: Who will Order a C7 ZR-1
 

I will simply wait until one of those many that always want to be the first to own every new thing, trades it in a year or two to get the C-8 ZR-1.

It will likely have very few miles, will have been superbly maintained, and oh, bought for a fraction of what it will sell for new.

I can wait, thank you.

:cheers:
Marty

Re: Who will Order a C7 ZR-1
 

Marty has the right idea......

Re: Who will Order a C7 ZR-1
 

More interested in dropping one in my 94 :-D

Re: Who will Order a C7 ZR-1
 

I seldom ever buy the 1st issue, preferring to wait until price returns to normal & most of the nuances are straightened out.

Re: Who will Order a C7 ZR-1
 

Yep the C7 Corvette was designed for little people only!

Re: Who will Order a C7 ZR-1
 

Tho intrigued by the prospect of a FI, 6.2 DOHC, DI, VVT, etc., etc., it comes as the window on the C7 (front engine platform) is closing.

My crystal ball tells me the GT-40 (for one) has put a stake in the ground (again!), and GM will have to embrace the spirit of Zora Duntov; break out out of their ultra-conservative straight jacket, and get serious about bringing out a car at least as capable (formidable?) as the trend-setters Corvette finds themselves being swallowed by.

So... Bringing out a "capper" at the end of the C7 run, only to be followed by a superior platform would be a throw-back to the same market bungling of the past; i.e., the C4 ZR-1. The C7 is up against the (front engine, rear wheel drive) platform's limitation.

Any student of automotive technology knows intuitively that Corvette is at a crossroads: it's time to (poop) or get off the pot! Putting a DOHC motor in C7, only to be "immediately" eclipsed by a mid-engine C8... would be a mistake...again. Once again, customers would "enjoy" paying a premium for advanced (engine) technology, only to have Corvette's C8 besting them a year or so later.

I say, bring the new DOHC LT5 out with a mid-engine C8 and thus give the automotive world a double stroke; engine AND platform that will have some legs; i.e., endure. However, if the C7 ZR1/LT5 does make it to showrooms, I'd expect the same fate for the C7 ZR1 as was the case for the C4 Zs; to be immediately overwhelmed if not by the performance, but by media fanfare of the next Corvette generation.

Think I'll save my $$ and see what the C8 brings.