2020 GT500 vs ZL1 1LE

[JDee]

$69,999.99 is in the $60K range. So is $72,000, or maybe $75,000. All sorta kinda close to the "60K range". I just don't see it either, not if they want to make any money on them.

 

[TMSBOSS]

Which brings up the question. Do they want to make money on the new Vette?

If all they want to do is rebuild the brand by mass producing the one line which has remained since 1953 and then ride that to profitability through their other models. This could be a fun ride.

 

[302BOB]

you are nuts to pay any adm. Been there done that and got burned. Never again. Nope.

My sentiments exactly!!!! The dealer caught me off guard When I ordered my Boss...his only allocation and My Boss is in my garage...so end to a ADM tale that I don't want to relive for ANY car....................If I can't get your car at MSRP or LOWER, you can keep it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[302BOB]

Any ADM Hatred implied here is purely intentional...................

 

[c2fx]

by mass producing the one line which has remained since 1953

except for 1983 Love to point that out to the vette guys.

 

[TMSBOSS]

except for 1983 Love to point that out to the vette guys

They then remind us of the “Mustang II”

 

[Thor 302]

Not sure what the profit margins are on the base Vette but Chevy has made it clear they are making a lot of them. Base is supposed to be $60k.

Likely the same mass production strategy for the Z06 but slightly less in number. Base likely $75k or there abouts with options up to $100k. It will be a performance bargain for sure.

Less ZR1s I would think.

 

[302BOB]

Imho you are nuts to pay any adm.

If I only knew then what I know now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..............cost me $5K to see the light..........................I guess that's cheap compared to today's ADM ripoffs?

 

[blacksheep-1]

I think those days are long gone......I don't care if it's made in Transylvania ...............

Not my numbers, they are GM's but I don't see how they can do it.

 

[ChrisM]

Not my numbers, they are GM's but I don't see how they can do it.

Cheap steel? It'll be interesting to see if the reliability reflects the price tag...

 

[Norm Peterson]

except for 1983 Love to point that out to the vette guys.

I'm pretty sure I saw a 1983 Corvette in the Corvette Museum a few years back (must have been 2008). Supposedly a few were made for preproduction testing, none were offered for sale, and most were destroyed. Not sure if the museum car was a sinkhole casualty.


Norm

 

[302BOB]

They then remind us of the “Mustang II”

OH NO...Not that again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Norm Peterson]

I never understood the hate for the Mustang II.

Not my cup of tea, but apparently neither did some guy named Joe Ruggirello.



Norm

 

[302BOB]

I don't know how others felt, but to me the Mustang was demoted to Pinto status when the Mustang II came out.

 

[TMSBOSS]

The Mustang II was a victim of the Times. It was slower than it older siblings, ran poorly, smelled bad (all early converters did) was hard to “Hot Rod. Bolting a 4 barrel onto a 8.5:1 motor did not yield neck breaking results. Blocks were lighter/thinner and were almost impossible to build into a “Real Motor”. Besides these few points, she was a beauty. Gut the engine compartment and fit in an older mill and you had something,

 

[302BOB]

The Mustang II was a victim of the Times.

This was VERY true.We just were getting over the gas lines of late '73/ early'74 and no one wanted to buy a gas guzzling hot rod. The muscle car era of that tyme was just about thru anyway...I still don't understand how that Smokey Bandit Trams AM car wiggled thru? Just glad to see Performance back with a vengeance today, with today's technology helping immensely!!!

 

[VoodooBoss]

Imagine the excitement when you’re in high school and your mom says she’s going to buy a Mustang! Then the horror when you come home from school to find a Mustang II Ghia in mustard yellow parked in the driveway.

 

[Norm Peterson]

Have to admit, I wasn't a fan of the Mustang II in Ghia trim. Seemed like instead of taking the II to the gym to work out, they ended up in the upscale department store instead.


Norm

 

[JeffV8]

I never understood the hate for the Mustang II.

Not my cup of tea, but apparently neither did some guy named Joe Ruggirello.



Norm

Did Roush build that car?

 

[Norm Peterson]

Yes . . . Back when it was Gapp & Roush. I read where it's been restored closer to its original "Sudden Death" condition.


Norm