67k

If true that's about 72K with taxes for a base Z over here :mah:

 

NO WAY! Remember the ZR1 !!! uke:

 

Base of 67500 loaded 72500. I think it will be lower because they are taking so long to decide. GM is not very good at pricing when you consider they were knocking 12000 off of an 04' last year. Figure they were still making money. The new Z06 will use the same formula because they are expect people paying through the nostrils fresh out of the box.

Do not buy them and the price will drop! Let them sit for a few months and watch the discounts! Get off the list now and save some money! :thumb:

 

When the C6 first came out people were paying 5K over sticker to get an early one. The same will happen with the ZO6. Wait til next year. They will still be making them. And yes, remember the ZR1...although I don't think GM will limit production to such low numbers.

Rich

 

You know, I was just thinking- there haven't been quite enough of these 06 Z price threads lately. :roll:
Between here and Corvette Forum, it's enough to make you uke:
Don't get me wrong, I'm anxious for a final $ as well, but haven't we all been speculating enough over the past few months.
Rest easy guys, pretty soon it'll all be over. Some of us will be :drunken: with joy, and some will be . Either way, we'll know soon.

 

I'm hoping $57,600.00 base unit Z06. Like it's been said, remember the ZR1.

ZR1's built, 1990=3049, 1991=2044,1992=502, 1993=448, 1994=448, 1995=448. History, gone. Priced right out of the market.

Now that says a lot when GM plans on at least 5-7 thousand C6-Z06 in 2006.

 

When the C6 first came out people were paying 5K over sticker to get an early one. The same will happen with the ZO6. Wait til next year. They will still be making them. And yes, remember the ZR1...although I don't think GM will limit production to such low numbers.

Rich

I got an early C6 (VIN # was less than 650) and I did not pay over MSRP. One needs to shop around.

 

here we go again, price price price...i guess soon we will know for sure.

but my guess is 59,999k...

 

67k

NO WAY !!!!!

GM needs to add no more than a $10k premium over a similarly optioned coupe for this thing to sell.

 

NO WAY !!!!!

GM needs to add no more than a $10k premium over a similarly optioned coupe for this thing to sell.

Too bad they didn't add any additional style. :mah:

It still doesn't pass the grandmother test.

 

No More Than 58 Base...65 Loaded.

I Will Buy 2 At This Price

 

I want one....and will have one. Question is when, and that depends on price. We are anxious to hear.
My son was in the Chicago burbs looking at a used C5 for a shirt tail relative who wants to buy one for her husband's birthday (gotta love that). Dealer in Schaumberg. He talked to the Vette guy. He says 75k will be the sticker and that he has several orders for 15k over!!!! (OK, just how high can you stack it?)
I'll sure be anxious to hear the number. Just wonder if the General will shoot themselves again by putting it in this price range. The plus side of this is that there will be huge discounts/rabates by next spring.
The sled will have a ton of content and again lead the field in "bang for the buck" but at mid 70's, one is getting into serious territory of the 911 which will hold a helluva lot more resale a couple more years down the road.
Wait and see I guess.

 

Initially i was thinking the car was gonna be in the 70ks but the more and more i think about it i dont think they will make it that high. i think base in the low 60s with a fully loaded in the high 60s. They truely do want to not break that 70 barrier or it puts them in a whole new bracket in my opinion. Then they are competing in the viper/porshe territory. GM wants to beat these cars in performance but doesnt want to be in their price range. In all the tests of the c5 and c6 the vette's only saving grace to win a lot of the shootouts was the price.

 

I will tell anyone.. I LOVE CORVETTES. But lets face it, for your 70 or 75k you wont get all the perks that you get with a Porsche or a BMW. What perks am i refering to? SERVICE! Does anyone own a porsche or a BM'er? Whats the dealer service like? Will THEY come and pick your car up for you? YES.... Do they give you a hassle over warranty claims...NEVER.... Do they appreciate your business AFTER the car leaves the show room...ALWAYS... Thats my exeperience with these 70K+ cars..

I have owned 3 Corvettes..including my current 04 Z06.... and I have owned 2 Camaro's, 4 Caprices, 1 Impala SS, and a Buick Regal.... I have at least 4 bad experiences with EACH car from the respective dealer service centers... FOR 70K+ I expect a whole lot more from GM than the car itself... therefore:

I WILL NOT PAY MORE THAT A 58 BASE FOR ANY CORVETTE IN THIS DECADE... BECAUSE GM AINT CHANGING THEIR SERVICE FOR NOBODY..AND I KNOW THAT MUCH FOR A FACT...BEEN THERE DONE THAT....

Has anyone noticed how expensive GM parts have gotten lately?...

 

I actually had a friend with a 330xi that had trouble trying to make a warranty claim on a battery issue. It was worked out in the end though. But it does happen, admittingly not as much. No dealership is perfect, but it seems most GM dealerships are a little further from perfect than the european dealers.

 

I will tell anyone.. I LOVE CORVETTES. But lets face it, for your 70 or 75k you wont get all the perks that you get with a Porsche or a BMW. What perks am i refering to? SERVICE! Does anyone own a porsche or a BM'er? Whats the dealer service like? Will THEY come and pick your car up for you? YES.... Do they give you a hassle over warranty claims...NEVER.... Do they appreciate your business AFTER the car leaves the show room...ALWAYS... Thats my exeperience with these 70K+ cars..

I have owned 3 Corvettes..including my current 04 Z06.... and I have owned 2 Camaro's, 4 Caprices, 1 Impala SS, and a Buick Regal.... I have at least 4 bad experiences with EACH car from the respective dealer service centers... FOR 70K+ I expect a whole lot more from GM than the car itself... therefore:

I WILL NOT PAY MORE THAT A 58 BASE FOR ANY CORVETTE IN THIS DECADE... BECAUSE GM AINT CHANGING THEIR SERVICE FOR NOBODY..AND I KNOW THAT MUCH FOR A FACT...BEEN THERE DONE THAT....

Has anyone noticed how expensive GM parts have gotten lately?...

very good point!

And thats why, new 06z06vette will go for about
58-59,999k!

 

very good point!

And thats why, new 06z06vette will go for about
58-59,999k!

And being wrong about my guesstamite for the base price, yes I sure hope I'm wrong. And 58-59K is the real base price. However a engine as strong as this one is with the correct parts to make it reliable seems a bit on the low side.
Again definatly will not be upset if it is lower.
Must agree with the consideration by Mercedes & BMW dealers for customers which is on a much higher level with the training given to their personel, including parts personel that Chevrolet dealers could definatly learn from for the courtesy extended for owners of all despite the entry level 30K or a 100K car.
For obvious reasons, they wan't you to stay with them and return to perhaps get that AMG or M-Class neat ride, yes, the correct way to do business.

 

$57-58K base model. As I've said if they get to greedy and hope for a ZR1 revival they will see plenty sitting on the lots. Remember the 2001 Z06, oil problems, 2002 shifting fork and clutch problems 03-04 Z06's have steel shifting forks. Oil problems fixed by 2002.

So if the price is to high plenty will drop off the list and wait to see if there are any problems and save several thousand dollars getting one a year later. Which would be smart.

Remember, GM is in trouble I really don't think they can afford to loose anymore faithful customers to foreign competition. :usa:

 

I have heard a loaded C6 convertible runs $62,000! Doesnt that seem a bit high???

CHRIS

 

I have heard a loaded C6 convertible runs $62,000! Doesnt that seem a bit high???

CHRIS

Not at all. More sell in that range than those in the mid-high $50's. I expect the price of the new Z06 to exceed the convertible and also believe the Z buyers will have a harder time and pay higher premiums to get the cars.

 

Current Prices
Starting at $44,510*
Price as shown $46,555*

That is before the current $1000 incentive!

What makes people think the Z06 will cost so much more? A small block is a small block cost wise and eventually the 427 will cost no more than the 6.0 when they start using it in other cars, and GM will. The already have plans to sell the 427 SB has a crate motor. (Jay Leno Toranado) The current 6.0 came from there trucks. The hand made bull crap is just because they do not have assembly lines setup for it yet. If people remember the last Z06 actually had a cheaper base price than the rest by a couple thousand because people were sacrificing some comfort, style and refinement for pretty much a pure street legal race car, the new Z06 looks to be even more so. Much 2 Fast post about the 70-80K price range is 100% true the people in this market will either buy a foreign car for the status / refinemenet and if they want a race car they will spring for the 600 HP Viper. If Chevrolet wants to maintain their current market they cannot go a dime over 60K fully loaded with base in the upper 40s.

By 2007 or 2008 you will see the return of a less expensive GM performance car (maybe Camaro or Chevelle) with the 6.0 selling for 25-35K and all the corvettes (coupe, convt) will have the 7.0 not just the hard top.

 

Not at all. More sell in that range than those in the mid-high $50's. I expect the price of the new Z06 to exceed the convertible and also believe the Z buyers will have a harder time and pay higher premiums to get the cars.

There is always a chance that you may be correct, after all we are all just speculating anyway. However I would like to point out that at no time in history has the Corvette Coupe (or any coupe for that matter) cost more than the convertible version. Typically the fixed roof car is the cheapest, and the convt is anywhere from 5-10 thousand more. I am not sure that GM can break that tradition.

These are just opinions of course but I feel the Convertible buyers buy a car for a completely different reason than a Z buyer and expect to pay more for the "style gain" The Z buyer is sctrictly in it for the raw perfomance and will strech their income to buy the car, where the convt buyer is usually just buying to car because they can. The Z06 if designed correctly will not be a commuter friendly car, whereas the convt is. People that can afford a 60-70K car wil not pay way more for a car that is less drivable of US roads, when they could be in a camparitively road and fuel friendly convt for less.