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Originally Posted by 35th02ss
Wow ok so some of you expected a car with a LS7 ceramic brakes thinner glass to come in around 60k...Please pass whatever it is your smoking......Like I said before if you took a base 1LE dropped a LS7 and just put the brakes on it your at around 65K. That doesn't include labor tunning etc...Change the tires and your at 68K.
So please tell me where this price is bad considering everything else that your are getting.
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exactly.
Someone talked about the cost of the original Z/28.............that was nearly 50 years ago and the world has changed. In 1967, we had one emission standard to meet: California. Today we have three. We had no crash standards back then - we have many today. We did not have fuel economy numbers to hit (CAFE) - we do today...and I remind everyone that by 2024, we must hit 54.6 mpg corporate average - and that includes LD Pickups and SUVs.
The reality is that in the future, you will be able to purchase blistering performance - it may not always come from a V8 engine --
That said, I don't see the V8 going away anytime soon - but I DO believe that based on the Law of Supply and Demand - coupled with CAFE - that V8 engines will continue to get more and more expensive. Don't like it? Tell your elected representative....but frankly we need to conserve our resources.
The 2014 Z/28 - for what you get and what it will do - is a bargain. So is the 1LE and so is the ZL1 -- frankly the LS Camaro at 323 hp is a bargain.......
Lastly - the new Z/28 isn't for everyone (....we 'mellowed' the Z/28 over the years - ) -- rather, it's a serious road course car -- NOT a daily driver.