The C8 Corvette now shown without camouflage - 'vette going mid-engined

Lashout_UK · 13 Oct 2020 at 14:20

£81,700 for the UK Launch Edition was the previously stated figure.

Better than the ~£100k it'd cost you to import a LHD one, that's for sure.

Clive Sutton is asking a comical £132k for the red one featured in that video.

Chris1712 · 13 Oct 2020 at 14:35

Lashout_UK said:
£81,700 for the UK Launch Edition was the previously stated figure.

Better than the ~£100k it'd cost you to import a LHD one, that's for sure.

Clive Sutton is asking a comical £132k for the red one featured in that video.

Nice I totally missed that, sounds like it's basically LT3 Z51 with a couple extra 'Launch Edition' badges. Definitely interested at that money, I wonder if there will be a similar delay for the E-Ray model etc. or if RHD will be quicker to release.

grudas · 13 Oct 2020 at 21:09

Jesus Christ the stitching on that.. are they blind?

Nasher · 13 Oct 2020 at 21:21

It has a proper sounding exhaust at least. No fake rubbish through the cheaper

Yaayuh! · 13 Oct 2020 at 21:32

grudas said:
Jesus Christ the stitching on that.. are they blind?

Indeed, you’re not wrong.

MissChief · 13 Oct 2020 at 22:14

It's cheaper than the equivalent Ferrari or Porsche (at least in the US)for a reason.

Lashout_UK · 14 Oct 2020 at 07:43

MissChief said:
It's cheaper than the equivalent Ferrari or Porsche (at least in the US)for a reason.

Still inexcusable, though, but then there have been issues with the early cars (as there often is). Might be worth looking at later ones.

It is significantly cheaper than the premium alternatives, mind; the cheapest Ferrari in the US is $215,000, which is $156,000 more than the C8.

CaptainRAVE · 14 Oct 2020 at 07:46

Not bad and pretty cheap. Of course this is where they save their money -

Yaayuh! said:
Indeed, you’re not wrong.

Nasher · 14 Oct 2020 at 09:27

The actual panels dont line up either. I guess they were made in two different places.

The leather on the dash looks like the seams are splitting.

a1ex2001 · 14 Oct 2020 at 10:25

Nasher said:
The actual panels dont line up either. I guess they were made in two different places.

The leather on the dash looks like the seams are splitting.

100K and they can't even stitch something as well as a Primarni sweatshop worrying!

Lashout_UK · 14 Oct 2020 at 10:28

a1ex2001 said:
100K and they can't even stitch something as well as a Primarni sweatshop worrying!

It's no excuse but it's £46k if you just do a straight USD to GBP conversion; you could argue that the money (as is often the case with Corvettes) has been spent where it matters – but, regardless, I wouldn't be happy with it. They can do better.

grudas · 14 Oct 2020 at 10:58

Lashout_UK said:
It's no excuse but it's £46k if you just do a straight USD to GBP conversion; you could argue that the money (as is often the case with Corvettes) has been spent where it matters – but, regardless, I wouldn't be happy with it. They can do better.

I'd rather it had no stitching than that.

Hopefully it's just early cars! Either way for a press car(I presume that one is a US spec press car) that's bad.

mjt · 14 Oct 2020 at 11:13

Seems like it's par for the course :eek:

https://www.thedrive.com/news/32981...appy-about-their-cars-wavy-interior-stitching

Chris1712 · 14 Oct 2020 at 11:53

I think there was a lot of QC issues with the very first batch, but the car will be close to 2 years old by the time it get's here so should be a lot better.

MissChief · 14 Oct 2020 at 12:01

If you want the interior quality of a Ferrari or Bentley, buy a Ferrari or Bentley. These cars are cheap for a reason.

grudas · 14 Oct 2020 at 12:51

MissChief said:
If you want the interior quality of a Ferrari or Bentley, buy a Ferrari or Bentley. These cars are cheap for a reason.

Cheap Kia's and fords come with better stitching. It's not rocket science.

Nasher · 14 Oct 2020 at 13:07

They arent really that cheap. Its a nice V8 but these American lumps arent expensive engines.

How does the interior of a 50k Merc look?

Iamzod · 14 Oct 2020 at 13:16

MissChief said:
If you want the interior quality of a Ferrari or Bentley, buy a Ferrari or Bentley. These cars are cheap for a reason.

The stitching in my 17 Year old Mondeo seats aren't allover the place like that, nor the 18 year old Jeep we have sat on the driveway so there are no excuses here that are valid IMO.

Jokester · 14 Oct 2020 at 13:20

I don’t think it’s asking much to expect stitching to be “straight” or panels to match up

Are they going for the hand built excuse?

vanpeebles · 14 Oct 2020 at 13:21

Iamzod said:
The stitching in my 17 Year old Mondeo seats aren't allover the place like that, nor the 18 year old Jeep we have sat on the driveway so there are no excuses here that are valid IMO.

seats aren't arl ower the place like