The exhaust is pretty tame, especially if you're used to roaring V8's, but that's definitely not a V6 sound, lol
The exhaust is pretty tame, especially if you're used to roaring V8's, but that's definitely not a V6 sound, lol
Definitely auto-manual. The areas where some shifts are happening you wouldn't be one handing it.
This! Is this what auto makers are all going to these days? I'd prefer purely one or the other. But I don't race either.
Yes. The main reason is gearing. The auto-manual gear boxes are usually 8-speed which allows for torque basically anywhere but would be a pain in the arse to have a 8-speed manual. Typically the makers who also offer a manual alongside their auto-manuals do a 6-speed manual (which makes the acceleration times slower compared to the 8-speed auto-manual).
FWIW, I don't mind the auto-manual in my F-Type. However, I still have the S2000 race car which gives me my manual fix.
If you’re not skipping gears you’re wrongI basically never touch 5th unless I’m sending it.
I can count the amount of times I’ve touched 5th probably on two hands.
Every time we write about the mid-engine 2020 Corvette—and it’s been a lot lately—its price tag inevitably comes up. We at Jalopnik, like others, have speculated that this powerful and advanced sports car will carry a much heftier price tag than the current front-engine Corvette, which starts around $55,000 and goes all the way up to the $130,000-ish ZR1. Then come the emails.
“This is America’s sports car, sir,” these aggrieved emailers write. “There is no way it will have a starting price tag over $100,000. There is no way GM would abandon the Corvette faithful.”
Well, here’s the thing—what if it is that expensive? What happens to the Corvette market then?
I can see $170K for a top trim level ZR1. Around 100K for the Z06 and 65ishK for the base model.
My '16 Z06 had an MSRP of $110K. A fully loaded C8 Z06 may be at the 130K to 150K level.
There is no way the base would be $65k if it were also a mid-engine model. The entire price range of the car would have to move up significantly.
There has been talk of a mid-engine product being released alongside the usual front engine layout model for a period of time. I wouldn't be surprised if THAT followed a similar price structure to what we have now. But a mid-engine model... no chance.
The Corvette has succeeded this long because it has been reasonably affordable for the average guy that's been working his career for a while. Moving the car up to $90k+ puts it into that weird Viper market. You know, the car people didn't buy and has been cancelled twice now.![]()
I think having 2 separate model lines works in this case (front engine traditiona vette, separate mid engine vette), but having both being called corvette? not so sure about that.... Would it be better to have the mid engine Vette actually be called something else? I mean if they gave it to Cadillac for example that would work out pretty well.