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Originally Posted by 35th02ss
This dosn't have the normal Camaro body on it. Futhermore this car has 40% parts that are new just for the Z/28. GM basically engineered a new car. That costs a ton of money.
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If GM engineered z28 as a "new car" it wouldn't weigh 3800+ pounds and its Corvette motor would make a lot more power than it did in z06. Having said that, GM did a very nice job overall enhancing an existing car, including adding Multimatic's suspension (likely the best "part" of the car IMO). But, if anyone buys it to "reign supreme" at track events they might get a heck of a surprise when a C6Z flies by them at the same price.
And then a C7 Z51 at 17 grand less. And quite possibly a ZL1 on R comps at a similar discount. To be honest, I expected the z28 to cost LESS then the ZL1. So, would I buy it at 65Gs? No. Because I'd buy a Vette (for track) and still have 10 grand left in my wallet. Or buy a ZL1 and spend 2Gs (max) on better tires. In closing, if somebody buys the z28 as an "excusive statement of uniqueness" - all the power to them, as there is no such thing as "value" in art. But if they spend that kinda money on it as a dedicated track car, my response would be different, given the aforementioned choices from GM.
However, we live in a free society, so my opinions are just a single voice and it is certainly great to have all those choices! And hey, if I had enough $ I'd buy one each of all of them. But instead I am just enjoying my C5Z - for now anyway
