You might want to go look up the weight of a 911 Turbo, Ferrari SF90, McLaren 750S, etc. etc.

Indeed. Personally I’m not a fan of slapping turbochargers on everything, but I’m impressed they preserved the high redline; especially since it already makes 800 lb-ft from 3,000 rpm.

You actually can buy a Z06 for $150k (or less depending on options), most dealers are selling at MSRP now even though allocations are still limited. I know because I have an order in at MSRP. 

Yes, compared to an Elise weight has gone up quite a bit, but it’s not really an Elise replacement; the Emira replaced the Evora which was already at 3,175 lbs.

Porsche 911 Turbo : 3,635 - 3,790 lbs

TBD, no pricing released yet. Will be on sale “middle of next year”; which probably means deliveries start in September of 2025 given how the production schedule has been running for the last few years. 

When C8 production started GM seemed to be giving priority to higher trim/equipment levels, but it was an odd time during the pandemic with all sorts of constraints on optional equipment due to supply chain issues. There are still constraints on some parts today (mostly carbon fiber bits), but there is currently no…

The 2025 911 Turbo starts at $199,195; the Turbo S starts at $232,395. So maybe the way to think of the ZR-1 is that it offers 911 GT2RS ($294,450) performance for +/- 911 Turbo pricing?

Exactly, although it’s not quite as simple as just accounting for inflation, because you’re getting more equipment, safety, better technology, and more performance per dollar than in 2002.

I hate to say it, but $100k is the new $75k. Cars generally have gotten more expensive across the board, especially performance cars. I think a better way to look at Corvette prices is to compare them to their competitors of the time. For example:

Hysteria “purple” looks a lot more like a dark indigo blue to me. It’s an intriguing color, but I feel like it does hide some of the design elements.

That’s a lot more power than I was expecting honestly. And impressive they preserved the high redline with the turbocharging. I wouldn’t be surprised to see these priced at an MSRP over $200k, but I guess that still makes them a relative bargain compared to the competitors. 

I’m sure Zuck was “ready”, but something tells me he’s still bluffing with all of this. Seriously, what kind of trained fighter takes on an opponent who he knows can’t hold his own? 

This has to be the greatest example of “hold me back, bro!” in recorded history. Musk and Zuck have the resources to make this happen in 5 minutes if they wanted it to… except here we still are 12 months later. The best part is that nobody is holding them back, rather everyone seems to be encouraging it (well, except…

I’m not that familiar with buybacks, but wouldn’t these cars have some type of warranty from GM for the repairs? I assume they still have the original 8 year/100k miles warranty on the battery at least, no?

I’m sure this new AMG GT is objectively better than the previous one.. but the previous one just looked so much better. This one almost looks like a caricature of the last one to me; as if a street artist made a comical sketch with a giant goofy grin and exaggerated eyes.

Your information is outdated, Dark Horse pricing already increased to $61,080 for 2024. Now with the new increases for 2025 the base Dark Horse will cost $64,875. The Dark Horse Premium will now cost $69,870.

True, I guess that’s why their response was so oddly specific.

Well said. In the end one always has to “do the math”. When I was looking to potentially buy an eTron GT RS, I asked about both the purchase price and the lease cost to compare them. The lease cost was essentially the depreciation minus the $7,500 credit. Then I found several for sale that were a year old, CPO, with…

I mean, I linked just one article. There are other articles and videos out there of interviews with him where he defends the design and praises it.