Holden announce RHD Corvette.

[whitels1ss]

https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/her...t-in-australia

That article says.....


"Wheels understands, the C8 Corvette will be priced between $150,000 and $170,000 in Australia when it arrives in right-hook from the USA."



I reckon they are literally on the money.

[Souljah]

Just have to wait a few years and get one at a realistic price.

[SASLS1]

https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/her...t-in-australia

Wheels (same magazine.... their article quoted in "which car article" above ) speculated $120K back in their May 2017 article below...






Now Wheels are speculating $150K - $170K AUD, what are they smoking... the C8 Corvette requires Zero... R/H drive conversion costs as the HSV ZL1 R/H drive converted Camaro does, so the C8 Corvette has a huge price advantage from the get go being Factory R/H drive...

The Z51 package currently is only $5K USD on top of the base model C7 Corvette 1LT $56995 + $5000 so $61995 USD... Equals only $89681 AUD.

Top spec C7 Corvette 3LT with Z51 package is only $71740 USD, so $103779 AUD...


Current L/H drive ZL1 Camaro is $62995 USD in the US, so only $91128 AUD... plus HSV's R/H drive conversion costs ( $40K AUD + approx ) would take price to around $130K AUD plus GST / LCT and Australia tax to come to HSV's list price of $159990...

Looking at the numbers, around $120K AUD is alot more logical than $150K to $170K AUD for the C8 Corvette IMO...

If Holden price the C8 Corvette at or above the current HSV ZL1 R/H drive converted Camaro $159990, it's Blatant Price Gouging...

If Holden are smart, and price it very competitively like Mustang, they'll sell bucket loads of them.

Time will tell how greedy Holden want to be...

[Micks]

If Holden are smart, and price it very competitively like Mustang, they'll sell bucket loads of them.

Time will tell how greedy Holden want to be...

Exactly Aust. being the @sshole of the world we cop the shit were given, if you want a nice V8 you will pay through the nose for it.. I could be wrong!

[Wonky]

Think I'll be keeping my Senator forever............

[Tre-Cool]

How do you know this? Did you click the click bait?

I base it on reality of how all manufacturers make shit to fit into the car on the production line & are not concerned about working on them afterwards. Good example is the fuel pumps in the VE, No external filter, no access panel to the pump module from inside the car. You have to drop the exhaust, tailshaft & rear subframe to change the ****er when it dies.

at-least up to the ve if you had a pump die you could change it on the side of the road with basic tools.

I love the corvette's regardless but working on them is even harder then a commodore.

[JJW501]

I base it on reality of how all manufacturers make shit to fit into the car on the production line & are not concerned about working on them afterwards. Good example is the fuel pumps in the VE, No external filter, no access panel to the pump module from inside the car. You have to drop the exhaust, tailshaft & rear subframe to change the ****er when it dies.

at-least up to the ve if you had a pump die you could change it on the side of the road with basic tools.

I love the corvette's regardless but working on them is even harder then a commodore.

Fair points.

I am trying to look at this positively.

Consider the alternative if you are into a mid-engine car with this sort of HP - ? a 7 year old lambo or McLaren, knowing full well it would be an exercise that might cost $100K in depreciation and maintenance etc over 2 or 3 years.

If the corvette hit the market at $100K offering a mid engine chassis, came with a warranty and $50K resale after 3 years - I am in like Flynn!

But it is still a GM product with the engine in a different spot, so I don't see $190K in it.

And I am not going to speculate on mechanical issues as any initial buyer will have warranty, so we won't know about the hard luck mechanical repairs for at least 3-5 years from when they hit the market here.

I'm watching closely but after observing the Mustang madness, I have no interest in paying an inflated price to be the first of something commonplace. That is not a criticism of the Mustang - they are great bang for buck now, but Ford really raped their most enthusiastic customers, and that is a shame.

[Tre-Cool]

Yeah I wouldn't be buying the base model regardless.

Needs to be FI, crazy power for me to even think about buying.

maybe even wait for a few of them to crashed & hit the auctions... lol

[whitels1ss]

Yeah I wouldn't be buying the base model regardless.

Needs to be FI, crazy power for me to even think about buying.

Be interesting when we see some of the blower packages that places like Harrop bring out.

[white lie]

Be interesting when we see some of the blower packages that places like Harrop bring out.

You think there's room for that?
Twin turbo would be a more logical option, there's no room for much else. Even camming it would be an engine out job.

Plus who knows how long it will take to crack the ECU and tuners here to actually understand what they're doing with it? Many still can't tune a Gen F properly and they're only a small step from where we're coming from. The C7 Ecu was/is a lot more complicated from what I've read, the C8 will be much the same.
Given the terrible fuelling I've seen from big name "tuners" on Gen F's, I wouldn't be letting them near direct injection in a hurry.

[whitels1ss]

You think there's room for that?
Twin turbo would be a more logical option, there's no room for much else. Even camming it would be an engine out job.

Plus who knows how long it will take to crack the ECU and tuners here to actually understand what they're doing with it? Many still can't tune a Gen F properly and they're only a small step from where we're coming from. The C7 Ecu was/is a lot more complicated from what I've read, the C8 will be much the same.
Given the terrible fuelling I've seen from big name "tuners" on Gen F's, I wouldn't be letting them near direct injection in a hurry.

Yeah, there are some "Big Name" tuners who are not what they crack themselves up to be.

Harrop can build some low sitting blowers, I am sure they will come up with a cracker setup.

Guess we will just have to wait & see.

[SASLS1]

You think there's room for that?

Twin turbo would be a more logical option, there's no room for much else.

I'm sure GM have designed it in mind from the get go, for their hypo model Z06's and ZR1's to have the required space to be Supercharged, or TT, or which ever path they take...

They made the LS9 Supercharger very low mounted / packaged in the valley, they could easily do that again, for their completely new designed from scratch C8...


LS9 low mount Supercharger...





LT2 cutaway...

[SASLS1]

US pricing released...

Z51 Performance Package, still only $5000 USD...

[CLUBRED]

My sums puts that at ~$115,000 to $150,000 for the fully loaded version.

[Micks]

I'm still not sold on these phaser cams! I know plenty of manufacturers now use them but for mine there seems to be too many moving parts in a high rpm V8!!