[newmoon]

Originally Posted by Baldilocks01SS

I've wanted a Corvette since I was old enough to know what cars are. It's more about affordability than anything else. Much easier for a 19 year old kid to buy a Camaro or Mustang than it is a brand new Corvette.

The Corvette has always been the better car when it comes right down to it.

Maybe you are right but from my experience with the auto world 9/10 Corvette owners are 60+yro. The youth battle has always been Mustang vs Camaro, and the Challenger bringing up the middle age crowd.

[Laststandard]

Originally Posted by newmoon

I get it all but when you say Corvette I immediately think old men same way I think of Cadillac. I don't think that the C8 is going to change that. I would still much rather have an A10 ZL1 than a C8, but I am not ready for the nursing home just yet.

I'm 38, and if I can finagle my way into a C8 I'm gonna do it.

I'm seeing more and more C5's and C6's being driven by the 'younger' crowd around here, prices are coming down to where they can easily afford it. Hell, the first C7 ZR1 I saw on the street had a kid driving it.. or at least he looked a hell of a lot younger than me.

[ST1LE]

Originally Posted by newmoon

You keep thinking that but the target audience of the Corvette and Mustang are very different. What is the average age of a Corvette buyer 70?

That will be the same average age of GT500 owners. Soooo.....what exactly is your point?

[ST1LE]

Originally Posted by Laststandard

I'm 38, and if I can finagle my way into a C8 I'm gonna do it.

I'm seeing more and more C5's and C6's being driven by the 'younger' crowd around here, prices are coming down to where they can easily afford it. Hell, the first C7 ZR1 I saw on the street had a kid driving it.. or at least he looked a hell of a lot younger than me.

He is JUST deflecting because no matter how he slices it, there are cars faster than the upcoming GT500 in its price range and cheaper. The demographic for the cars being discussed has NOTHING to do with their performance.

I think if he really thought the GT500 was THAT great, he would buy one and we all know he won't.

[Martinjlm]

Originally Posted by Idaho2018GTPremium

With all these awesome cars available for under $100k (or under $75k for most models) the party is just getting started for car enthusiasts. Has there ever been a better time for performance cars that those with a good but not amazing salary can afford? I like talking vs., but in reality, all these cars are sweet, starting from the SS/GT/Hellcat/GT350/ZL1/GT500/C7/C8/etc. and that’s just the American brands. Germany and Japan are also in on the performance game albeit less affordable per hp.

^^^ This!!! Can’t we just let it rest here?

[NW-99SS]

I have to agree we are in the golden era of muscle and performance cars. The cars available to us today would destroy the baddest cars available in the late 60's and early 70's.

Thankfully, the big 3 are still competing with each other, pushing each one to make a better car for us to enjoy based on our own preference.

All expensive performance cars carry a higher age of ownership...it's a matter of capital money available to the individual. I was 32 when I bought my Corvette, just saying.

p.s. No 7th Gen Camaro is no argument at all, there is no 7th Gen S550 replacement either...

[Martinjlm]

Originally Posted by newmoon

So now it takes a Corvette to compete with a Mustang

Shelby Mustangs have been Ford’s “answer” to Corvette since the ‘60s. Books have been written about that rivalry. And this is one rivalry where Ford fanboys can’t scream “but the sales”....

[ST1LE]

Originally Posted by NW-99SS

I have to agree we are in the golden era of muscle and performance cars. The cars available to us today would destroy the baddest cars available in the late 60's and early 70's.

Thankfully, the big 3 are still competing with each other, pushing each one to make a better car for us to enjoy based on our own preference.

All expensive performance cars carry a higher age of ownership...it's a matter of capital money available to the individual. I was 32 when I bought my Corvette, just saying.

p.s. No 7th Gen Camaro is no argument at all, there is no 7th Gen S550 replacement either...

All great points, except I think we can make better arguments than "Today's Pony Cars are faster than the best available 50 years ago."

[newmoon]

Originally Posted by ST1LE

He is JUST deflecting because no matter how he slices it, there are cars faster than the upcoming GT500 in its price range and cheaper. The demographic for the cars being discussed has NOTHING to do with their performance.

I think if he really thought the GT500 was THAT great, he would buy one and we all know he won't.

Since the performance data has not been released for any variant of the 500, how exactly do you arrive at your above statement which you are posting as fact?

[Chadicus]

Originally Posted by newmoon

You keep thinking that but the target audience of the Corvette and Mustang are very different. What is the average age of a Corvette buyer 70?

Originally Posted by newmoon

Since the performance data has not been released for any variant of the 500, how exactly do you arrive at your above statement which you are posting as fact?

Well the ZL1 and C8 and Hellcat are all FASTER than the 500 already. The 500 is the one limited at 180. So yes, data is out and yes the 500 is already slower. It is also slower 0-60 than the base C8. That data is also out.

[ST1LE]

Originally Posted by newmoon

Since the performance data has not been released for any variant of the 500, how exactly do you arrive at your above statement which you are posting as fact?

Uhhh....just following your lead my man.

Originally Posted by newmoon

All these folks in here worried about the 500 being a failure, I wonder how they will feel when this failure beats them by 3 car lengths at the strip and once again moves the ZL1 to dead last place behind the Hellcat RE and 500, with no assurance that there even will be an 7th Gen to save the day. Enjoy today because the party will soon be over.

[NW-99SS]

Originally Posted by ST1LE

All great points, except I think we can make better arguments than "Today's Pony Cars are faster than the best available 50 years ago."

Agreed, I could have elaborated to braking, handling, and driving dynamics as well. I'm obviously a big fan of old school muscle, I wouldn't own my GS if I wasn't, but I would be lying if I didn't admit to being anxious to perform an LS swap with a 6 speed manual on it

[Ethanolic]

Just for the record the average age of a Corvette owner is 61 and 911 owners average 52. By the logic used here 911 owners would be older given the higher cost of the Porsches but the inverse is true.

I know members here like to make up their own facts , but this info literally is just a click away.


Don’t mention Ferrari’s, McLarens and Lambos in the same breath as corvettes, you just sound silly

[ST1LE]

Originally Posted by NW-99SS

Agreed, I could have elaborated to braking, handling, and driving dynamics as well. I'm obviously a big fan of old school muscle, I wouldn't own my GS if I wasn't, but I would be lying if I didn't admit to being anxious to perform an LS swap with a 6 speed manual on it

Oh man, now you're talking!!! As amazing as the cars we are discussing are, for the money of the hi-po versions, I would much rather have a resto mod 60's muscle car. In this order: Barracuda, Fastback Mustang, Camaro SS/RS. That would be a dream, and all manual....of course!!