jb_va2001

It may be many months before we know any real details about the C7. Do you trust Corvette engineers & designers? Are you ready to put down a deposit on the C7 now? Or, are you pessimistic who thinks C7 won't live up to the C6 we've come to know and love. Maybe you just plan to wait and see, pay off the C6, and buy a C7 in 3-4 years.

BuckyThreadkiller

I'm a 3rd model year guy.

I'll be there for the 2017.

LS1LT1

Yes.





That's probably more my style, I might have to really see/absorb all that the car is before actually committing to it.
If it's overall straight line performance is slower (I do not believe that it will be) than that of the current base C6 though, I won't be buying one.

SCM_Crash

I'm likely buying a '14. We'll see how things shape up financially for me and aesthetically for the car.

millpond

I'm optimistic that the C7 will be better than the C6, but won't make a deposit on one before seeing one. Will probably get one once forum dealers offer decent discounts.

69L79

Usually, I buy about four to five MYs into the new generation when I buy new. I think the C7 may be a relatively short generation. So, I'll buy my C7 three years in. As much as I love my GS I think the C7 will be a better all around performer. And, a good looker.

CRABBYJ

I bought an early '05 C6 (8/31/2004) and loved having something so new so early. Even though the C5 was a great looker the C6 raised the bar and I kept it for 6 1/2 years.

I plan to buy an '14 C7, just not as early as the last time. I will wait and see what it looks like and whether there are any significant service bulletins that subsequently are addressed in factory builds. The crank pulley issue is still a bad memory even though my C6 was not affected. Also most visual guesses here are of a coupe C7 which would probably be more dramatic than a convertible (comments welcome regarding this).

So probably over the winter into 2014 when hopefully discounts will start to be offered but spring is not in the air here in the North East.

Aozora

I have no doubt the c7 will be one awesome ride. Depending on my career advancement, I may buy a new one the first model year. If all else fails, most definitely in 2015.

SanDiegoBert

Yes, I trust the engineers at GM.

The designers? The Aztek? Let's just say I'll wait and see what the C7 looks like.

I do not trust the bean counters that require that substandard parts and components be the norm. Or even be the exception. The C7 must be well-executed throughout. Think of how many nickels and dimes GM is saving by not giving out brochures! So don't nickel and dime the pieces that make up the C7, guys.

I've been burned on first-year GM cars. "Once burned, twice shy." I'll buy one late in the second year if I love the design and the first year isn't a poster child for recalls.

This is assuming the design is excellent, and the early-adopter frenzy has died down, of course.

OnPoint

I trust the engineers on Team Corvette. There's a long, and mostly solid, track record there.

I won't buy a '14. I'll let them make a couple years' improvements and see if they are going to make a higher performance model, such as a Z or ZR (or whatever they call it under the C7 program; Stingray would be cool), as it's the higher performance models I'll be most interested in getting.

That's assuming I like the looks of the thing. I refuse to own sports cars I regard as homely, no matter how well they perform. If it isn't sexy or cool, it's not in my garage.

JoesC5

Depends on how much my Social Security check increases next year.

Z_Rocks

Not that I'm arguing with your response, but I'm very sure it will not be slower.
Seeing how Corvette has evolved since C3, here are the improvements I expect:

• Better performance
• More efficient engine
• Better interior
• and a bit more external changes

Toilets

Performance and a DCT are the two things that will make me by a 14 c7 early.

I think GM needs to make the base corvette faster than the top of the line camaro. Right now, it takes a 80k zo6 to beat the 55k zl1. ( gs would be a drivers race)

If not, then I think sales will hurt.

If I do buy a 14 c7, I really hope I don't get burned like the poor 2012 Shelby folks.

icyteddy

Yes I do trust GM engineer. They did a pretty good job for the last 60 years. I am confident the C7 should raise the bar just as it's predecessors before it. However I just upgraded to a C6 Grandsport and very happy with it. Also I do not prefer to buy a new model in the first year. I like to buy the later models where are the bugs, gremlins have been worked out.

LS1LT1

Rapid Fred

Yes -- in 2022 for my 70th birthday. First gotta get a 2005 C6 for my 60th -- might not happen until my 62nd, though...

Jinx

I don't need to put down a deposit today to buy a 2014. I don't need the first C7, just a first-year C7. Four months into production, fit and finish will be more consistent, options won't be as constrained, production and delivery won't be as mysterious, and dealers won't be as demanding of premiums for their allocations.

But that's not the only reason I'm waiting. I've been in basically the same car for eleven years. It's amazing, but I might want to give something else a try before getting another Corvette. I want to size up the ATS-V and the new Cayman, for example. And if GenV isn't a big step forward, the CTS-V wagon keeps calling my name... At least I know the next Miata won't be out for a while, and Lotus seems stuck in neutral, so the list is shorter than it was.

I have no doubt that C7 will be a great car. Will it fix the little things that have bugged me about C5 and C6 and be so compelling that I daren't try anything else? I'll know next spring.

.Jinx

HyperX

Not first year anything gm (or any car manufacturer). 3rd year minimum.

BlueOx

No way in heck will I buy or want to buy a 2014 C7 in the first year!

amlarson2001

There is no way I would buy Camaro over a vette if it was a little faster in a straight line. I want the entire package of turn, stop, and go. I know a new vette will take a ZL1 around a track. I do want the vette to be faster all around