martinjlm
Retired from GM
I retired from GM almost exactly a year ago. I already had a good feel for the pricing of the next gen Corvette before I left. A car doesn't get anywhere close to production approval without having a solid business case. That business case is rooted in [What can we sell it for] minus [what will it cost to produce] times [how many can we realistically expect to sell]. If pricing wasn't already at least penciled in, you'd be seeing no camouflaged testers running around. Same goes for GT500. I live about 5 miles from Ford WHQ and have seen the camo GT500 more times than I can count on the Southfield Freeway and side roads near Michigan Ave and near Rotunda.Considering that the GT500 has already been officially announced and we don't even have pricing on that yet, I doubt there's even talk of pricing within GM for the ME Vette yet.
As far as timing for GT500, I am expecting LA Auto Show in November. Ford has said the car "will be available in 2019". They didn't say WHEN in 2019. I am assuming second half of 2019 as a 2020 MY. LA would set them up to start taking orders into December / January with deliveries happening around May / June.
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