All about value. If that $142k hangs with cars costing x3 as much, then yeah -- good deal. 

What I find hilarious is the dumb things some reviewers find to bitch about, especially with the Corvette. You may do this for a living, but I have just as much experience with cars as you do, if not more and one of my best friends owns what you would call a “specialty” car store. I have had my ass in Audi R8s,…

Even Genesis uses unique switchgear and interior components as does the Kia Stinger compared to the rest of Hyundai and Kia cars. VW uses stuff that could pass muster in an entry leve luxury car in the Golf. GM uses crap parts in everything from their Cruze to the Cadillac ATS-V to the ZR1 supercar killer. In a Cruze…

Thank you for saying this.

The ZR-1 is still a Corvette. And Corvettes are much cheaper than $150k. Do you expect them to redesign the interior for just the ZR-1 model? The premium for the ZR-1 is for performance parts, not interior parts.

nah, they still can. It’s a $150k car that offers superior track performance than cars that cost significantly more money. there’s a value proposition associated with that.

I’m a corvette owner.

I wouldn’t pay ten cents more for better buttons.

If I wanted a nicer car, I’d buy a nicer car.

if I want a cheap performance beast I can throw into a wall or two, I buy the vette.

They know their market and do it well. 

That’s the entire problem - the Corvette’s precis has always been “affordable performance” and it isn’t trying to compete directly with Daimler, BMW and VAG in the interior space. GM’s E/E engineering organization is literally about one-tenth the size of Daimler’s and the majority of Corvette customers don’t want to…

Your not making a lot of sense here. Sure, they could make more expensive parts, but then the car would cost more. I am not sure where you are getting the idea that they have the margin room to make unique switch gear. It could easily take on thousands to the price of the car.  

I can’t listen to anyone make excuses for that in a halo car

Yes, this is 100% true. It’s simple physics of mechanical systems.

Think about the most basic representation of a chassis: a line connecting two circles which touch the ground. As one circle approaches a bump and begins the climb over it, the other trails behind and remains on level ground. The chassis begins to…

The reason cab-overs went away is very simple. They ride like shit

There is so much misinformation here...

Let’s just get the biggest bit of info out there, because once you understand that, everything else falls apart.

The reason cab-overs went away is very simple. They ride like shit. In any mechanical system that transverses an undulating terrain and has multiple points of contact…

It always amazes me when a bunch of people decide what other people should drive. People don’t need a sports car but some love them. There are many examples of what people ‘don’t’ need. I work hard for my money and I will buy what I want. Car companies build what sells. 

Cab over trucks are ugly.

Your legs are the crumple zone. 

<You’re suggesting they take out a 550$ a month loan, vs. a 564$ a month loan. The only difference being the term of the loan.>

This is one of the stupidest things I've ever read on the internet. 

“I’m not saying I disagree with you. I’m saying that offering longer and longer terms on heavily depreciating assets is, by nature, predatory. Because the issue isn’t that the consumer can’t afford it, but that the term and depreciation is likely to catch them in a debt trap. Which is significantly more complex than…

Dammit it sounds like his body went into septic shock. He should recover but it’s going to take one of a hell toll on him. One thing going for him is his youth and physical condition.