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Originally Posted by snizzle
Chevy is charging 50+K for a Blazer RS. Good luck with that.
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Yes, the Blazer RS's price is ridiculous. I could see ~$50k for a true SS variant, but not for some black cladding and different wheels.
The Corvette, on the other hand, has always been "The Best Bang For The Buck" versus its direct competitors. ~$55k for a stripped-down Stingray is a steal (unfortunately, the aforementioned Blazer RS isn't much cheaper). At that price, the Stingray packs a lot of performance.
GM has to keep the C8 obtainable to a lot of people. Sure, $55k isn't a drop in the bucket to most folks, but if GM prices the entry level C8 at $75k, that's a huge jump and you're going to alienate a lot of customers looking to enter into "The Realm of Corvette" for the first time. IMHO, keeping the Corvette reasonable, means implementing no more than a $5-6k jump in price from the current trim levels. A stripped-down, entry level C8 should cost no more than ~$60-62k.
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