I don't care what options fools waste their money on. I'm talking base price. Options are too subjective to count. The performance packs have never cost 10-15k+ and I don't see them starting that trend now.
So you really think a z06 option is going to nearly double the price of the c8?
Yeah the regular ZL1 beat the GT350R in every possible performance metric, and chose the GT350 for feels. But what do you care what they say anyways? They sandbag the Fords and cheat with GM products to make them faster, if you listen to some of these fine folk.
It barely edged it out on a track that favors high hp cars. At least you are setting up the excuse when it loses on a tight technical track.
That is an impressive feat for both cars given their advantages and disadvantages.
This is something that some people just can't wrap their brains around. I get that there is a long standing rivalry, and a lot of it is in good fun, but you can tell that's not all there is.
Some folks have a need to justify their choices to an extreme. I just ignore them.
On the flip side, in...
Man there are some delusional people in here. I can't even fathom why you folks are defending Ford for not participating in competition that essentially everyone has agreed to being the gold standard.
I'm pretty disappointed in GM for not posting up their zr1 times, so what if they didn't hit...
You already answered your own question. They are most definitely factoring in R&D costs, which will amortize over time, resulting in more profit the longer they make the car.
I thought the base c8 price was going to be higher, was shocked when 60k was announced. At this point it's hard to say...
The ZLE is a helleva bargain for track performance.
Definitely agreed that the CFTP will put down similar performance with a more comfortable ride.
On tracks like VIR the CFTP will very likely win, but I predict closer results, perhaps even leaning to the ZLE, on more technical tracks. The...
Ding Ding Ding.
When I join these sorts of forums I quickly spot these types of individuals and update my ignore list. It is not worth the time to remember their usernames so you can skip past their comments.
Those are required options for sure. Didn't realize the suspension was extra on top of the z51 package, so yeah, seems pretty close then comparing that spec to a base spec GT500. I would suspect the GT500 comes with more options in the base model than the c8 too, since we're comparing the top...
I read his rants on C6 for a while but he made the ignore list pretty quickly. To be fair, there are people over there who want to have good discussions. I've seen quite a lot of praise for the GT500, as there should be.
The GT500 is 10k more expensive base for base. Add the 5k z51 package and it's still cheaper. This is disregarding ADM's.
Seems like a reasonable price difference to me for what you are getting, though. I think the GT500 would be an overall more fun car than the base C8 on the street. For a car...