C7 'Vette Just $1,400 More Than Outgoing Model

by Derek Kreindler

Published: April 26th, 2013

c7 vette just 1 400 more than outgoing model

While I’m not taken with the styling of the C7 Corvette, it’s hard to argue against the value proposition; $51,995 ( $1,400 more than the base C6 Coupe) will get you into a base model C7 Corvette, while the droptop model will cost $56,995. For the improvements in performance, fuel economy and interior materials, it’s a paltry increase. I can’t help but wonder about rumors of an entry-level C7, with a smaller displacement V8 and less feature content. What kind of pricepoint could Chevrolet realistically offer that car at? $52k doesn’t exactly make it a car for the everyman, but for what you are getting, it’s almost impossible to beat.

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Stuki on Apr 26, 2013

If the Japanese finally manage to succeed in grenading their own currency and economy, GM may need to keep costs in check to compete. Last time the Yen was low, things were looking rather scary for the Big once was 3.

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Big Al from Oz on Apr 27, 2013

I like the looks of the Corvette and I hope they do sell them in great numbers. GM needs some cash and the US needs more employment. TTAC missed the launch of another GM product. This might even give this Corvette a good run for its money around a race track. Imagine the Chev SS, but better, much, much better. TTAC where are you with this one. http://www.news.com.au/national-news/hsv-commodore-super-sedan-is-holdens-fastest-ever/story-fncynjr2-1226629539865

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- Larry P2 on Apr 27, 2013
  
  It is the simple and proven pushrod engine of the Vette that makes it so cheap, bulletproof, lightweight, powerful, reliable, and delivers fantastic gas mileage. This drives the Volkswagen-fetishists infecting TTAC into wild paroxysms of frenzied hatred. How DARE GM produce a simple and bulletproof engine that is not materially different than is in their trucks! The fact that this unassuming motor, in all of its simple glory, actually delivers what it should is of no consequence. Porsche and VW have it right according to TTAC: Build an overly-complex (for no good reason), easily explodable engine where the rapacious and felonious thieves at the dealership are entitled to their frequent extortionate shakedowns, with the poor owner helplessly bent over the table with their pants down around their ankles. TTAC is fully invested with the Porsche/VW Stockholm syndrome: they relate to the terrorists, not the terrorized.
  
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- Juicy sushi on Apr 27, 2013
  
  @Larry P2 Just wondering where exactly that coverage on TTAC is? The comments and article here are very much the opposite (outside of disagreements about styling). And it's not like Porsche/VAG isn't roundly mocked or condemned here on a regular basis. According to the B&B all VW's are unreliable money-pits. And I'm not sure I can recall a positive article about Porsche. Perhaps you should try reading the comments and articles and then interacting with us, rather than loud accusations which don't fit with reality.
  
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Cdrmike on Apr 28, 2013

What a chocolate mess of a car. It looks like some kind of Nippon nightmare. Too many damn vents, holes, strakes and candy looking crap everywhere. That's not American muscle, that's foofoo looking import silliness. And, yes, get the hell off my lawn!

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Carrya1911 on Apr 29, 2013

Wouldn't an "entry level" Corvette end up as direct competition with the higher-end Camaros?

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