RE: Mid-engined Corvette Stingray revealed!

[LuS1fer]

Hellbound said:

Okay okay, how about this....in the interest for all those who don’t have £80k to drop on one of these....

Theoretically would it be possible, all things considered, to pick one of these up in 3 years from a dealer in the US, have someone knowledgeable convert it to RHD using oem parts, and then ship it over? I estimate the savings to be somewhere in the region of a ‘boat load’.

I would estimate a double boatload more - a complete RHD dash and console, moving the pedals over, possible change of power driver's seat (passenger may not be powered), hours and hours of labour then the additional insurance on a non-standard converted car...

Compared to leaving it LHD, cheaper specialist insurance and standard car.

[DeltonaS]

Kawasicki said:

Good job on the looks. Can’t wait to thrash one.

It's probably already trash stationary.

[fernando the frog]

DeltonaS said:

It's probably already trash stationary.

he said thrash

[sideways man]

Talk is cheap. When do we get driving impressions?

Can’t wait to see this tested against the Italians.
Thanks for the Jay Leno link.

[unsprung]

sideways man said:

Talk is cheap. When do we get driving impressions?

Can’t wait to see this tested against the Italians.

+1

and that's to include a basic servicing, lol

car A: £1500

car B: £150

[la grange]

Stunning and more importantly a naturally aspirated 6.2 litre V8 inches behind you !

[Esceptico]

Looks pretty good to me and amazing value for money. Pity that almost no one in the UK will buy one.

[BJWoods]

Esceptico said:

Looks pretty good to me and amazing value for money. Pity that almost no one in the UK will buy one.

Why.. it is going to be rhd.. I'd certainly buy one

[nickfrog]

Ho Lee Kau said:

It is much bigger (longer, wider) and much heavier than before, like +160kg heavier.
It has Big V8, yes, but otherwise It is a generic mid-engined car.
Corvette Stingray it isn’t.

It is. The manufacturer decides that.

[unsprung]

mucked about with the configuration gizmo

the site is overloaded with traffic -- so GM allows only paint selection at the moment

[Marc p]

BJWoods said:

Esceptico said:

Looks pretty good to me and amazing value for money. Pity that almost no one in the UK will buy one.

Why.. it is going to be rhd.. I'd certainly buy one

Same, I'm already starting on the journey of trying to find a US dealer that will take an order for export, although I'm wondering if I should wait for UK pricing to be released or not? The LHD/RHD factor doesn't bother me in the least, it's more from a hassle/warranty vs price premium aspect.


Already been playing with specs on the configurator and looking at something like the below:

[Kawasicki]

DeltonaS said:

Kawasicki said:

Good job on the looks. Can’t wait to thrash one.

It's probably already trash stationary.

Pardonnez-moi, je ne comprends pas.

[ReaperCushions]

erikgj said:

Also not a coincidence that it was released in Orange County, California, the exotic/supercar capital of the US.

And annoyingly, the hangars they used are about 10 miles from where I live and only about 2 miles from where I work. I had no idea it was going on!

Cool story etc...

[FourWheelDrift]

Jay Leno has a look around the new Corvette - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZGCJu2OaAg

[130R]

unsprung said:

mucked about with the configuration gizmo

the site is overloaded with traffic -- so GM allows only paint selection at the moment

I like the look of that

[irocfan]

it's not ugly - however it does edge towards the, disappointingly, generic. I'd prefer a C7

[NDNDNDND]

nickfrog said:

Ho Lee Kau said:

It is much bigger (longer, wider) and much heavier than before, like +160kg heavier.
It has Big V8, yes, but otherwise It is a generic mid-engined car.
Corvette Stingray it isn’t.

It is. The manufacturer decides that.

I'm not convinced. The corvette's USP used to be that it was front-engined and available with a manual gearbox. There wasn't anything else in it's segment quite like it. Now it's mid-engined and auto-only its USP is ... being cheap?

I'm also with those who say it doesn't really look like a Corvette. It has Corvette-y details and styling cues, etc. but the proportions just aren't Corvette.

I think it's a pity that the Corvette has lost its unique identity. Rather than be confident about what it is that makes a Corvette a Corvette, they've decided (again!) that they somehow need to justify themselves by copying the Europeans. People on here (weirdly, often on threads about the latest weird, niche-of-niche coupe-crossover-SUV-supercar) bang on about how choice is a good thing, and yet here's something genuinely different that's left the market and been replaced with something rather more generic.

I'm sure it'll be a good car. I'm sure it'll be faster, grippier, easier-to-drive etc, etc. but I wonder if it's lost a little of the Corvette's key important ingredients - character and fun.

[anonymous-user]

FourWheelDrift said:

Jay Leno has a look around the new Corvette - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZGCJu2OaAg

If you’d posted that link before 17:11 this evening, you would have been the first

[FourWheelDrift]

garyhun said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Jay Leno has a look around the new Corvette - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZGCJu2OaAg

If you’d posted that link before 17:11 this evening, you would have been the first

Says it was only posted 23 minutes ago on my youtube feed.



Oh it was a facebook link posted earlier. I don't do facebook.

[LuS1fer]

Esceptico said:

Looks pretty good to me and amazing value for money. Pity that almost no one in the UK will buy one.

You mean like the Mustang which went on to outsell all the Euro coupes combined?