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[Chevrolet will produce around 2,000 units a year with pricing to be below $100,000. Official pricing will be announced later this month. Speaking on the issue of dealer price gouging, Juechter said that “We’re strongly encouraging dealers to charge MSRP.”]
My local dealer(Boardwalk in Redwood City, CA) told me they were adding a $50,000 mark up and they have pre-sold their allotment, with additional people on a waiting list. Kind of makes gas mileage irrelevant.
nice article. For the most part, Corvette's have always done well in fuel economy for the performance that they produce. Consider that the current Z06 is at 505hp w/o the gas guzzler tax which a lot if not all other cars coming close to this hp rating does have to pay the tax. Here's the list for 2008...of course the Vette is not on it http://www.epa.gov/fueleconomy/guzzler/420b07018.pdf
The EPA fuel economy rating for the 2009 ZR1 has not been released yet. In fact, ZR1 fuel economy testing has not been completed yet. 15 city / 24 hwy is for the current Z06. The ZR1 is expected to be somewhat less than that, per the article...
"He said that the the fuel economy of the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 ”will be somewhat less than a Z06, and we expect a small gas-guzzler tax."
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