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Originally Posted by 280z/300zx
Yeah, you can easily load it up and get the price up but I built and ordered mine at a decent price of 66k. I ordered a 1LT Z51 with black mirrors/spoiler, yellow color option, yellow calipers. Honestly aside from gadgets and color options what does the 2LT and 3LT interior options offer that is really needed? The engine appearance package is pointless as aftermarket will undoubtedly have better and cheaper options. So I opted out, which was a huge consensus on the Vette boards. The lift feature is nice but the C8 rides higher than my current lowered Z06 and I get around okay. So I'm sure my C8 will be even easier to get around in. I'm sure for others the lift feature is a necessity. Wheels are a joke. Going to go aftermarket with that as well. Most on the Vette board found after the excitment wore off and things settled out that most of the options weren't needed/wanted. Most built a car in the mid 60's to low 70's.
Now while the supra at that point doesn't compete in price I will say that here on the west coast toyota is still marking them up. I have one dealer here in town wanting 82k for theirs and another dealer is asking 70k. While I like the supra, one thing I can personally think, is that in person it looks like the same class as a 370z, Camaro, Mustang. Meaning looking at it it doesn't look like a 50k car. It looks like it should carry a price tag closer to 40k. I also think price for performance this car should start about 10k lower than it does. The only way I would cancel my Vette order would be if the supra came with a manual. And then it would be an easy choice: base model supra with manual tranny. Because again, there is nothing on the options list aside from color that interest me.
I buy cars for the engine and suspension, not the gadgets. So understand thats where I'm coming from. I still enjoy driving my bare bones 280z with no a/c or heat. So again things like heat seats and garage link and memory seats and BS like that doesn't even register to me on a sports car.
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I did put the LT2 pkg and the lt 3 in both my configs. I have the same mindset as u when it comes to sports cars EXCEPT with these American sports cars. If you're buying them new? A base model tanks in depreciation way worse than a LT2 or 3 model. And if you pl azz n on shelling out 70k or better on a sports car... you might as well get your money out of it. Like say a camaro. A 1SS here in texas you can get for as low as $27k used. A 2SS will go around 33k to 35k. The spread widens from new to used... same with the vette. American cars in their base configuration look cheap. So without the extra crap people in the used market keep fishing. So making a corvette stand out from the rest is basically how u get top dollar. At least here in tx. This is s state where sports cars sell though. So you have to make the resale more appealing to get top dollar.
Unlike a 370z the used market stays tight. A base or base + sport only has a 1500 difference on the used market. Most people are willing to buy any used Z they can get their hands on. The abundance isnt there. And nismos sell about 7k more which is right in between a 1ss and 2ss in price.