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Old 04-12-2019   #1
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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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Old 04-12-2019   #2
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Ordering one would be a nice birthday present to yourself!!


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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?
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Old 04-12-2019   #4
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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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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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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?
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Originally Posted by Mystic ZR-1 View Post
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?
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Old 04-13-2019   #9
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Wonder how many front splitters they broke driving around Manhattan...
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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.
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