Who will buy at MSRP?
 

Looks like you'll have to pay MSRP for the C7 until at least the Spring of 2014. I nicely loaded 2LT will probably sticker at 70k+. Any early adopters up for this?:cheers:

I would love one, but that's out of my league... :(

Discounts soon (:
 

Discounts soon (:

Trust me (:

You will not have to wait till Spring 2014

I'm not paying anywhere near MSRP. The forum dealers will come through sooner of later.

alot of first year buyers will pay MSRP to be the "first on the Block"

I hope so. I believe they are asking MSRP now. You can bet your local dealer, with a small inventory, will hold out.:(

Not me

I bought my 12 1LT for 39k. I figure a 14 2LT will run around 62k. Thats a huge difference.

Would like to consider one but not at MSRP. I can wait.

I wont either its really a dumb idea to pay MSRP thats just throwing money out the window.

No MSRP here*

Not in a rush to spend more than needed.
Patience pays off.

*Unless I lose it when I see the car in person and can't control myself.
it's possible.

:iagree: :lol:

I don't get it.

What valid reason would anyone pay MSRP for anything, let alone anything over MSRP especially for a car that is most likely your second car.

It must be the.....I got to have it factor or look what I have and you don't.

Never have paid MSRP or over and never will.

:iagree:

GM wants to pump out as many as possible.. there will be big discounts!

The only way I buy a car is 1k or less over invoice. Period. I got the cash, I make the rules or I wait.

Lots of folks will pay MSRP. Do you remember the Chrysler PT Cruiser? That car had an MSRP of $18,000, and they were so popular dealers couldn't keep them in stock. They were getting $20,000 to $21,000 for them.

Look at the hottest video games fly off the shelves at $59.00, when everyone knows that 3 months later that same game will be $29.00.

The latest fastest video cards sell for $500 when first released, then drop back to $350 a year later.

There is always a market for people who want what they want, and want it NOW!

Not in the first few months. I remember getting my 05'C6 about 14 months after they were first out. I only got 5Gs off MSRP.:(

I will buy at MSRP as soon as I can. I have deposits at 2 dealers:thumbs::thumbs:

We have to keep those poor dealers in business.......:cheers:

When the C5 came out most dealers sold them at list price for the first 4 years.

The 2006 ZO6 was list or above

The 2009 ZR-1 was $25K above

We are spoiled here because of our sponsor dealers give great deals. How many people go into dealers to buy new Vettes and the price is thousands more than our sponsors? Not all dealers are in the habbit of giving Vettes away. I had one dealer tell me he gives his price and people say I can buy it at---- for less. He says go 200 miles away and buy it but don't bring it here for warranty work and expect a loaner car etc. Also my customers come first for service and you will be at the end of the line.

Who?Everybody who has to have one immediately,that's who.Just like the C6.At first it was over sticker,then sticker,then 5 grand discounts all by the end of the 2005 model year!

This will be the first time I pay anywhere near MSRP. I'm not being impatient because I have to be the first one to have one. I'm being impatient because I just think they are too sexy to wait!

I think you are WAY high on your estimation of MSRP and option pricing. My .02. I was told that if you can afford a 2013 C6, you will be able to afford a 2014 C7. That suggests to me that you will see pricing right in league with current pricing and that would be in keeping with pricing structures from the last two generation launches.

To frame that in the form of my guess/prediction I would be very surprised if you saw a 2LT even top 60k and I believe significantly less than that.

Prices will drop
 

As with anything the prices will drop. Matter of supply and demand. Just like when the ZR first came out people dished out the the bucks like it was no ones business. :crazy2:
And then like anything else prices fell. The same will happen with the new vette. There will be lots of hype for a little bit,but as time goes on and the demand slows the prices will taper off and it will be just another vette on the road. Seriously doubt GM pumped all that money into this corvette project just so they could produce a handful. The will produce a sufficient quantity for the masses. I am going to hang on to my ZR1 which to this day still gets some serious neck strains as people pass by. Lol! Then when GM decides to make a high performance version (if they do) then perhaps the rear end will have grown on me enough to trade in my ZR. Who knows.

My biggest question is to whether or not mod my Z or leave her stock. I can always take the parts off and return her to stock for sell. Hmmm

Undecided.

But officer I was only doing 150!!!! LMAO! :rock:

What happened to all you people who said they put down deposits at MSRP when CRISWELL CHEVY said he was accepting deposits to get on the list. I don't see none of you guys chiming in now.

I've never paid MSRP for a car in my life. I'm damn sure not starting now.

I agree. I will compare the new C7 price with a new 2013 with similar options. I will then have to decide if it is worth the upgrade cost and I feel it probably won't be at MSRP so realistically I won't end up buying one until late into the second model year.

There are forum dealers willing to do $1,000 under MSRP right now. They are the smart ones in the dealership world.

:iagree: Another reasonable thinker on here! :thumbs:

I buy other vehicles from a local dealer, but I went out of state to get my Corvette. So far, I get treated right here. If not, all my business goes somewhere else. Too many dealers nearby and those other brands work pretty well.

I have only had my '12 for just over 3 months. With the rebates and discounts totaling 15 grand it was easy to buy. At MSRP for the C7 I will not be a buyer, at least for awhile.

Me neither.. At least not that I can remember. It would have to be fatal attraction which is within the realm of possibility for me to pay MSRP. On the other hand, if I can muster up any level of patience, the likelihood will diminish.

The only way I could imagine myself paying MSRP is if I leased one and the lease rates were such that it was hard to refuse. I did that with my first C6 and actually got a great lease deal. When the lease was up, I picked up my current Z06 at a great price which I financed. I have no regrets either because my first C6 gave me 3 great enjoyable years at a very reasonable price and when I was ready to upgrade, I found an amazing deal on my Z. When the times comes for my C7, I will have plenty of equity in my C6 Z06 to make a seamless transition without an increase in overhead. If for some odd reason I decided to lease a Z51 model, I would stash my equity so I had it set aside for the Z06 version as that is really what I want.

When I bought my C5 in early '98 it was the hottest thing since sliced bread....I only got a small discount just under and 5% GM discount and this was because the dealer screwed up on allocation and my negotiation (he thought he had much more) . Everyone else was paying MSRP back then at other dealerships. The C5 was freakin' hot:thumbs:

It was so hot that after I waited 4 months for the RedC5 to come in the dealer offered me $1500 cash to just walk away....of course I said no wanting it so bad (I bet no one has ever had this happen:D). I could have sold it 2 years later and lost $0.

I wonder it the C7 will yield such excitement......

A big shout out to the guys that pay MSRP or above. You are the guys that work out the bugs and make it possible for me to buy the second model year for thousands less. :cheers:

Hopefully the Corvette team puts more HP into the second model year.:yesnod:

F*** that! Not only pay MSRP but pay MSRP for the first model year with all the bugs??

By the 2016 model year it should be pretty well sorted out. :yesnod:

Bahawahahaha my thoughts exactly! :rofl:

:iagree: I will be ready in April 2014. MSRP or not. Hopefully not.

Hi Paul...I'm sure you're much more informed than I am but I looked at the "available" options over and above the 2LT; 6-sp auto, NAV, custom brake calipers, Z51, MAG ride control, competition seats, carbon roof panel, fancy wheels, spoilers, ETC...I can see how a 2LT with these options can easily hit 70k assuming the base model with no options is 55k. A 2013 GS coupe, 1LT, with no options except a 6-sp auto is 58k.:cheers:

I agree with Paul's comment that Tadge stated ".. if you can afford a 2013 C6, you will be able to afford a 2014 C7." A "nicely loaded" 2013 2LT with Crystal Red Tintcoat paint, wheel upgrade, AT, MRC, red calipers and dual mode exhaust has an MSRP of $59,000. There is little reason to believe the C7 will be dramatically higher.

I guess you may be defining 'nicely loaded' as actually being 'fully loaded to the nines', but us common folk wouldn't think that way. :cheers:

And now I see you have edited to bump the model to a 2013 GS. There ain't one of them yet in the C7.

Hi. I'm new here. Typically, how long after the first batch of arrivals hit the dealership until you start seeing discounts off MSRP (without having "connections" to the dealership).

Is there a possibility the 2015 model may get a power increase? I know GM did that in 2001/2002 with the Z06 but doing that with the C7 would piss off the new blood they're trying to pull in with the C7 (like me).

Also, what you consider a decent price/discount when the cars hit the showroom vs. in 6 months vs. in a 1 year?

Put my deposit down today. Pretty cool. Very excited.

No answer. No answer. No answer. :cheers:

I would say that a 13'GS compared to a C7 is a much more valid comparison. How do we know what model C6
Tadge was referring too? Bet it was a GS, (it would be logical, no?). Chevy doesn't sell many base coupes. And a C7 2LT has way more standard equipment (except NAV) than C6 2LT. And, I didn't mention All the "available" options for the C7, I left many out. Look it up. Even NAV for 14' is NOT standard according to GM's material. Since you don't have two different models to choose from in 14' The C7 model referenced, I'm convinced will be 70k. Factor in the HUGE discounts you'll get on 13' leftovers compared to close to MSRP you'll pay for the C7. I think Tadge forgot to factor in THAT 15k "real world" difference when he made his comaprison, but we shall see:cheers:

If the base is around 55k, I'm not expecting much of a car. You get what you pay for.

I would like to have one but will not get gouged on price in the first year. Considering there will most likely be changes in the second year that marketing is keeping in their back pocket I may consider the 2015 but only if the dealers get reasonable on price.

:iagree:

:iagree:Maybe a 1LT. There are a huge amount of "available" options for the C7. Seems like NAV is an option also. That and the optional 6-sp auto which the majority of buyers want, and you can see how fast the price can jump. I figure for the first year, there will be a "real world" difference of about 15k between a leftover 13'GS and comparable 14'. Maybe a 20k difference between a BASE 13' and a 14'. :cheers:

Not a chance on MSRP, but if I hit the LOTTO:D

I am thinking that the large forum dealers will be discounting. Most of their sales come from people buying out of their area/state. If a person can buy locally at the msrp (all though many local dealers will add markup), the forum dealers will have to do better to sell all their cars.

This will also be a way to find which of my local dealers are price gougers that I will avoid for anything in the future.

I really like the C7 and will probably pay MSRP, at my age I can't wait. Oh I am not paying with my CASH, you guys are.... I be sending my Obama social security check back to Obama motors. LOL

I'll probably wait it out for a couple of years. Base coupes work fine for me. I like to mod to my own tastes.:thumbs:

No way I would pay MSRP

I would gladly pay MSRP if I had a crystal ball that I could sell it in a year for minimal loss like the intro C5's were. But at 6% tax on 65k there would be no way to not lose cash first year. You tax free state guys have it made!

:iagree:The C5s were hot for a long time. I remember a dealer getting close to sticker for a used, two-year-old, C5 in the summer of 2000.:eek:
Those days are over.:(

Makes sense or cents:thumbs:

No way. I'm interested in a Yellow one but not at Sticker. I'll keep my 19,000 mi. C6 I think, I haven't made up my mind for sure. Would be nice to have both if I could swing it.

No hurry.

C64Lucky

MSRP at $70k for the 2LT version?!?

HA, good luck with that... in this economy to come out with a price like that, I'd be surprised if they sold a thousand.

I am hoping for 52k MSRP for a base model and around 48k for invoice.
I'll buy one when they sell for invoice minus 3k and allow 1k in gmcard money. That puts me at 44k. That will realistically take at least two years.

For now, the new 2013s have 3K in GMCard available, a 3K owner loyalty, and 2k in rebates putting them at 8k under the dealer's best price if you qualify. So I might end up buying another C6 to wait it out.

With the all aluminum frame, carbon fiber parts, new engine, advanced electronics, I don't think you'll ever see that kind of pricing.

This is a screen shot from Motor Trend magazine's website.

According to their "inside" information, the base starting price will be approx. $59,000.


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Paid MSRP when the C6 came out in late 2004. Will not do that with the C7. That's why I took advantage of the deals on 2013's. In a couple of years when the prices are reasonable, I hope to make the jump. :D

If this is the case, there will be a whole lot of 70k+ C7s on the lot with so many "available" options.:(

I wonder how many 2005 C6 and 2006 Z06 buyers paid MSRP or more when they bought? That's not unusual, guess it depends on how long you want to wait before buying a C7.

I see no problem paying MSRP for a C7, as I strongly believe buyers are getting what they are paying for. I'd go even further to say with the C7 you are really getting more than what Im paying for.. as nothing in the $55-60k price range can touch the C7 in my opinion. Where else can you find a $55k car that has an aluminum frame, 0-60 in less than 4 seconds, exotic supercar looks and world class interior with the latest & greatest technology?

That said.. my budget for a "new" car has never been pass the $30k range. And a $30k loan.. is the limit of what I spend on any car.. new or old. As much as I love the C7 announcement, it has not changed my position. Two years ago, when I went shopping for a C6 I was able to stay under my budget of $30k. And 2-3 years from now when the C6 I purchased is paid off.. I'll be looking to trade it in for a pre-owned C7.

I figure if my C6 has a trade-in value of $20k. And I'm willing to trade that car + take on a new $30k car loan. I will then have $50k worth of buying power for a newer C7. That should be more than enough $$$ to get me into a C7 sometime around 2015.. all while having a reasonable car payment of no more than $500 monthly. Who knows.. in 2-3 years I may be able to get into a new C7 for that $50k buying power.. as dealers will surely have loyalty incentives for current Corvette owners.

I love having a plan for my goals. Its keeps me grounded, financially responsible and forces me to be grateful for things that I am able to purchase and own. It also gives me a realistic plan to enjoy the things I want in life, without having to wait until retirement or burdening myself in debt.

There are plenty of GS coupes with 70K+ MSRPs on the lot. (See MacMulkin). And remember there are two models that are even more expensive. The C7, I feel, is there to replace the GS since very few people bought the base coupe since 2010. That's why I think the C7 pricing will be in-line with the GS coupe.

A lot of folks - I remember when the C6 first became available, buyers were routinely paying MSRP. I purchased one of the first C6 convertibles...from a forum dealership...paid MSRP. If you wanted to be one of the first to own the latest/greatest - you pay the going rate...all about supply/demand.

Not only that, with the 2014 being a short model yr, the best bet would be to simply wait for the ramp up to 2015. There will be plenty of 2014's let over at huge discounts.

I think you are right. If you want to estimate the price of a C7, just price a new 2013 GS with the same options and you will be pretty close. Of course, you will not get the same discount.

If the 2014 is going to be as popular as I think it will be, there may not be that many left over and the dealers won't have to discount.

I really dont know how many 2014's will be left over from what my dealer told me is they are making between 12000 and 12800 cars because of production will start in mid July or early August.

A few days ago I saw at least one of the forum dealers were offering orders $1,000 under MSRP.

Once all the suckers and the people with with so much money they don't know what to do with it are done paying MSRP or $1-$2k under MSRP, and the demand goes down, then the rest of us can by at invoice.

The sooner this initial demand dries up, the better for the rest of us.

2014 would not be a short model year as they will start production around the normal time (June/July) and production of 2014s will run through June/July of the following year.

Most likely everyone will buy at msrp

I'll not pay sticker, got my 09 for 9k under from a local dealer, although it 's a big dealership, I'll wait for the bugs to go and the price to drop.

I will pay msrp, assuming they offer me retail for my 06

When you go to negotiate the trade value on your C6 tell them that since you are paying MSRP for their C7 if you so much as hear them start to utter the term "back of book" or anything similiar when discussing the trade value on your C6 you'll get up and walk away so fast they won'tt know what happened :D

Will be waiting for high performance version (ZR1). Won't pay MSRP though

Southern California is a different market place. I've called 3 dealers and they each told me there will be a premium of 10 to 15 thousand over MSRP. So I've ordered one from the sponsoring dealerships outside of my area.

The Southern California dealers didn't come close to the price offered by Forum dealers when I bought my 2012 GS. I also bought out of the area. I guess they think they can sell them to someone at that price.