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I have no real info but if I were to guess, I would doubt if there would be much of a horse power change for the next couple of years for the base C6. Over the 8 model years of the base C5 it only got a 5 hp bump for the last few model years. There is still a pretty good price gap, a bit of a performance gap and lot of appearance gap between the C5 Z06 and the base C6. I believe the C5 prices have leveled off and will simply have the usual depreciation over time.

What I think might happen if the C6 Z06 is a $75K MSRP, is that you will see a pick up in building 427 LS6s or C5R 427s and put them into C5 Z06s. I have certainly given that some thought. My current 01 has been paid off for over a year and a trade-in might fetch upper $20K. Heck, you can rebuild the LS6 into a 427 (easily get 500 rwhp) also do a brake, suspension and tire upgrade for way less than the $50K price difference from my current model to the C6 Z06. And I still have my "notchback that I like the looks of much more.

Just my 2 cents.

Don

Originally Posted by tdzee

While a relatively high C6Z price may hold up our C5 prices a bit, it will only be a small effect and will be short lived. The argument that it is better than a std C6 is only true this year. They had to "hold back" the LS2/std C6, in order to sell remaining C5's. I bet next year will see the LS2 at 425hp and any performance gap to the C5Z will be gone (......and so will this "hold up the C5Z price" argument).

Now that the technical details are mostly public, everyone is whining about the $75K M/T "price". This is just someone's guess. I believe that Rick D was right and we will see a $59.9 base price and around $65-67K loaded. This gives GM about a $15K premium for the Z over the std model. This is a much higher incremental price than we experienced with the std C5 vs C5Z (was only about $8K extra). I believe that this will cover the incremental costs of the upgrades and still deliver profit margin.

FWIW.