If Chevy can get a big following started over in Europe, they may be able to hit 25-30K the first year.....but doubtful. The economy isn't any better in Europe than it is here. Otherwise, 20K is a good number.
They may also get a good turn over from the C5 owners. I bought 2 C5s.....I was going to get a C6 instead of a C5...but wifey wanted a C5. So I made the decision to skip the C6 and wait for the C7....hoping it would be a "knock your socks off" car. Soooooooo glad I waited!!
My biggest concern in all this is....price point. I hope they don't price themselves out of a market!! Yes, the C7 is absolutely the best Sports Car for the money.....hands down. But there has to be some "sanity" put into play here. To get many of the bells and whistles, you're looking at 60K....plus some. Not sure in this economy how sustainable selling 30K cars/year for 60K and up, this will be.
This appears to be an incredible car both technologically and performance wise for the price....BIG kudos to everyone who had a part in developing the C7 and bringing it to production. I just hope their market analysts didn't "pad" the numbers.....and create unrealistic expectations. For if they did.....ugh I hate to even think this.....this might be the last Generation Corvette that even an upper middle class family man can afford. And the "real" Corvette sports car becomes an "elitist" sports car well into the 6 figures.
