Nascar is another topic.

The Vette I'm not worried about, GM is more troubling for sure.

Unlike Saturn and Hummer which were nearly worthless when sold as divisions (Saturn was never sold=$0, Hummer sold for probably $150 million), the Corvette division could probably be sold successfully if necessary.

 

If the Corvette division went independent and started producing cars in the same fashion as say, Koenigsegg or Zonda (wishful thinking there), perhaps I would consider purchasing one. As long as they are part of GM and using GM parts, they are invisible to me.

 

Can you imagine if the Corvette went Chinese the same as Hummer did? Oh my, the mid life crisis in this country would hit a new high.

 

Corvette isn't going anywhere, the GM plan is for it to account for 70% of sales...

 

Where did that get posted? 70% will never happen.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/gener...5985A020091009

Chevrolet to take 70 pct of GM sales: exec

 

Which is not the Corvette taking 70% of GM sales.

 

Ahh, misread it, thought you meant Corvette would =70% of sale.

 

If the Corvette went independent, it will cost twice as much since it can not long share its parts with othe GM product.

 

Care to tell us what parts those are? I have a feeling you are again, passing off opinion as fact.

So please, do tell us, what parts does the Vette share?

 

Just more pointless speculation on the internet, CHIT CHAT too.

 

The reason Corvette's days are numbered is because socialist countries don't produce products like that, and in Chairman Maobama's new USSA, they will be axed for the greater good.







(only partically kidding here...)

 

This may not be a fact, its just my opinion that the CTS-V use the Corvette engine

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/04/m...-devil-engine/

 

Well let me explain to you how this works. The Corvette is the basis and is THE platform. The development is into creating the Corvette from the ground up. Its not some car that shares parts with a Cobalt or Malibu or anything. This includes a very lightweight body.

The Corvette's price has never changed even as the engine has been shared. They even tried to make a Caddy SLR based off it and the SLR sold horrid and is canceled. All that is left is existing inventory.

Sharing a 550hp engine with vehicles that sell in very small quantities doesn't spread out costs much if at all. The ZR1 and CTS-V might sell 1,000 or so vehicles a year and that is optimistic.

For all intents and purposes the Corvette is already pretty independent when it comes to manufacturing.

 

Lol, if you say so boss.