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Originally Posted by Bhobbs
The manual take rate argument doesn’t make any sense to me. I guarantee GM sells a higher percentage of manual cars than Corvette owners track their car. GM might as well stop putting money into developing the track capability of the car. Just put base shocks and all seasons on the Z06 because most people just want the Z06 badge on the car. Hell, make the Z06 badge an add on for the base model and most people wouldn’t tell the difference.
The fact is a person that buys an automatic, drop top Z06 doesn’t want a Z06. They want the hype of owning a Z06. They want the image of driving the car. The C7 Z06 sold well, not because it’s a great Z06 but because it was so anti Z06.
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I agree with you that a higher percentage of Corvette (and Camaro) cars are sold with manuals than the number of owners who track their car.
However, I am coming out of a M7 C7 Z06 Convertible, and my purchase had nothing to do with “hype” of a Z06. Yes, I was proud to own a Z06 but my decision to buy one had more do with owning a drop top with all the power I could afford to own. It was an absolute blast to drive, but though I have tracked Z06’s, I never intended to track my Z06 Vert. Strip the badges off and I still would have wanted that car.