Buying an M3 is hassle-free?
Not only is the M3 more expensive than a base vette ($50k vs. $70k), it's quite a headache (at least here in Philly), to talk with a BMW salesperson. Not saying Chevy is any better though. ** I was referring to the E90 M3 and not a used E46.

In order to land yourself the GT-R, you're gonna need that money + $30k. The GT-R is an amazing car (and a bang-for-your-buck if you compare it to the cars it can compete against performance wise)... but it's still pricey.

But I do agree with the author... sort of. That title is doodoo.

 

Of course I would not expect nothing else form those who don't know ****** about cars but make big bucks that can get them the badge on the hood. Thats how most of them reason in south Florida and that's why 911 is just like a Corvette, they are everywhere and everyone has them.

Next step is to go ahead and buy red Ferrari to go together with your gold Rolex just because you heard Ferrari is the best there is when it comes to cars and just because you heard Rolex is the best watch you can get.

 

I don't know about the article, but I still think the C6 corvette is a graet vehicle. If I didn't have my truck to pay off, I'd definitely jump in one.

 

Great timing on this... stopped by EVS on my road trip yesterday... sat in a new Grand Sport... 436HP w/ Z06 handling, better mileage AND targa top.... for $61K!!!! BMW hassle-free--- BAWHAHAHA!!!! Read my post on International Autos Milwaukee for "hassle free"...

Ehhhhhhhh.... I'd get it and rock most any car at the track and the street... and still beat an M3 in mileage AND price... AND reliability

My guy had 57 Vettes on the lot this time last year and sold them all... he has 11 right now with no plans to order before late November... NOW is the time to buy a Vette!!!

 

My dad has a Chevy salesman talk him out of buying a Corvette. He went with a BMW. D'oh for GM.

 

^ Yeah, same thing happened to me, really. We were shopping for a pickup truck at the time and have had a Chevy salesman talk us out of buying a Silverado, and instead told us how much better the Ram, the F-350 and the Toyota Tundra were. It seems like the dealers themselves are more aware about how lacking of a product they're selling even though the consumers have, well, consumer reports to rely on... yet it seems they appears to utterly refuse to believe the inconvenient truth.

I'm not even going to bother replying to the rest because, to be honest, it would be futile to waste my time bashing the Corvette on an almost exclusively American member-base, even though it is rather idiotic to spend $50,000 on a car that hasn't really changed since the 90s. A nicely equipped Corvette is almost $90,000... and that's the price of a GT-R, which will outlive and outperform the Z06 on so many levels.

 

When I graduated from high school years ago, there was no way I can buy a brand new Corvette, same with todays high school grads. Corvette is still a very nice sports car, but thats just it, its a sports car and nothing else. At least one can try to sit 4 in a M3 and slap on some snow tires and get around in the winter. Cannot do any of that with a Corvette. The Corvette is a good week end car or second car, but as far as second weekend car goes, there are quite a few other car I would rather have.

 

Not sure about reliability......like the M3, one of the Corvette's weak points. For the last several years, their reliability, according to Consumer Reports, has been worse then average.


Well, you had a deal going on a new Z06 some months ago, and it fell through. Are you going to reconsider?

 

+1



Love my C6. 06 bought in 08 with 9000 miles for about $31k OTD.

no other car could give me the performance for this price

IMO:
beautiful body style
interior is far superior to previous models
maintenance costs are low (had a Boxster and I was always worried about this)
reliability is good, NO ISSUES (see note above, Porsche parts are expensive as HELL)
mileage is decent (not a daily driver anyway)
fun as heck to drive

 

I don't really understand the comparisons between the Corvette and the M3, unless of course we are talking about them both having two doors, four wheels, and eight cylinders.

One is based off a sedan that is the equivalent of a European Camry and the other is a dedicated, tried and true sports car. I am not knocking the M3 because it's a great car but these are two vehicles that come from different ends of the earth and offer completely different things to the buyer.

Want a civilized coupe with good road manners and a luxurious interior that can seat 4 and still light up the race track? Get an M3.

Want a die hard, true sports car with good ole fashion American V8 power? Get a Vette.

This is an apples to oranges comparison. Case closed.

 

This guy is an idiot! Z06>GTR>911>M3

 

I think Corvette is one of these cars that you're either totally love it and have a great passion for it, or just don't care for it. Whereas cars like Ferrari's are just impossible not to love.

Seriously, if any of you guys where to hit the lotto big, how many of you would run to the Ferrari dealership, and how many will even remember that Corvette exists?

 

Fixed it for you.

 

the article was well written and a lot of fun to read, but wrong or at least highly illogical on many fronts.

writer says base vette at 49k is too expensive, yet he'd rather have a 911 GT3!?

writer says people don't care about how fast, well if that's true then it's only about looks and the vette isn't ugly, although i still don't like the huge 'butt' and i think the vehicle is too long. but the visceral punch and sound of a vette's v8 is incomparably more thrilling than an infiniti g37's great v6.

the vette will survive.

 

Your numbers are way off. A base E90 M3 for $70k? E90 M3's have a base price of $55k. Are you sure you went car shopping ?

You will not need an additional $30k to land a GTR right now.

The article about the Vette is just cyberbabble & carries no weight.