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Originally Posted by Dragoneye
All we've been told so far is:
Roof/Deck lid stripe will be optional
SSX wheels optional
Microfiber suede steering wheel and dash insert optional
Sunroof
nothing on the automatic yet, or anything else.
When all is said and done, I don't expect much to be optional...just like the CTS-V and GT500...
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I was thinking about this, and wondering where they're going to price the ZL1 in relationship to the GT500. I don't agree with you on saying there's not much optional on the GT500. The base price is $48,645, and optioned out it comes to $57,325. That's almost $8,000 in options (the difference is the destination charge).
From what's been released so far regarding the ZL1, there doesn't seem to be many options. If you add it all up, I doubt there's more than a few thousand dollars in options (suede, sunroof, stripes, wheels). Add in the likely GG tax, and I don't see how they're going to compete the the GT500's base price. It doesn't seem like there's going to be a "base" ZL1, and a higher performing one ala GT500, just a full performance model with a few appearance options.
So it will be interesting to see how this all plays out. Unless something changes from what we've been shown so far, the ZL1 isn't going to be competing with the base GT500, it's going up against a loaded SVT package car. That car is well into the mid 50's, so anyone thinking it's going to be priced anywhere near the 50K mark is dreaming IMHO.