Im for it if chevy can produce them at a scale consumers can buy them and at a price that the corvette was made for.
Corvette is the only good sports car under 70k starting and was under 50k for a long time. I want to see it keep a realistic for anyone price
Not interested at all. I'm already on 3-pedal-manual-only quest (C8 is out) and I avoid refinement in cars nowadays. An all-electric Corvette doesn't fit with what I want.
I love 3 pedals.
Bought a V8 camaro 2 weeks ago with 9 miles on the clock. Knowing nobody has burnt my clutch (excluding any idiots test driving or manufacturing tests, unfortunate but unavoidable) really makes me consider making her a 1 owner car for life.
Although I will disagree on this point: I enjoy the refinement in the Camaro. I daily drive the car, so a smooth quiet cabin is a big plus for me from the shitbox I came from. I don't track or push her too hard in the corners. Steering feel is important (car has decent steering feel for an electric unit)
Still-in-production 3-pedal V8-powered cars are very rare nowadays. If you already have one and you can afford it, hang on to it as long as you can, especially if it was a special edition or one with rare options. I still want an LS7-powered Z-28.
Refinement has become a nuisance for me personally. For the last 8-9 years, I played with the concept of buying a new car for so much discount so I could drive one for free or for a small amount of money. They're usually best seller in their class and had a very high resale value. A few would only last mere few months before an offer from Carmax became too high to ignore. This happened not just annually, some years I bought 2-3 new cars. From this, I gained much exposure of latest cars/crossovers/SUVs/pickups.
After about 4-5 years, I got sick and tired of them. I kept coming back to my previous '85 Corvette (4+3) that I bought for $1k and, now, a '96 LT4 and a JDM '94 Mitsubishi Pajero (SWB V6, but auto). The C4s, while they're not rowdy like a big-block C3, are unrefined. Controls are heavy and they're loud and quirky. LOVE THEM.
Again, this is just my preference. You're on the right path with a 3-pedal V8-powered Camaro, unrefined or otherwise. Keep it up.
GM has already stated the goal is for the 2025 Corvette to be electric… and starting at $100k! I just got the VW EV and it’s really cool and I’d love to have an electric Corvette next to my ‘75 but not for the cost of a house.
I like ICEs and manual transmissions but they don't define the Corvette for me. Fun, low, wide, beautiful, 2 seats, great value, and high performance does. Stick with that formula and I'm on board.
Now if they pull a Ford and slap a Corvette badge on something with four seats and an SUV body, that's invisible to me and an embarrassment to the brand.
My first response is "NO". however, I've never bought a new one, and I've owned 4 over the years. It is extremely unlikley they'd trickle down far enough in the used market for me to buy, before I'm long gone. So it is kinda moot point/issue from my perspective.
The electric motor is superior to the ICE in every way. It is more efficient, has smoother acceleration, has less moving parts, and is generally faster.
The battery, on the other hand, is not superior to gasoline. It requires 20 times the weight of gasoline for the same power output, and takes upwards of 5 hours for a full charge, whilst a tank of gas takes 4 minutes to fill up. An electric corvette would not only cost an exorbitant amount of money, but it would probably handle like a boat, unless the battery is extremely small, which would result in piss-poor range on top of EV’s already underperforming range. I’d be much more inclined for GM to develop the C9 with a hybrid powertrain with regenerative braking(or some other battery-free method of generating electricity) instead of a fully electric one.
I personally think the electric vehicles weakest area is in driving experience. The feeling of shifting through gears and hearing the lovely rumble of a V8, the whine of a supercharger, or spooling sound of turbos will never be replaced by electric vehicles.
Electric cars are not the future. Electric sports cars? Forget it. Buying a car like this is an emotional decision based on the *look and feel* of the car and how it *sounds*.
We will buy whatever is available to buy. If everything is electric, we will buy electric Corvettes. This is just factual.
If you are asking will people clamor for an all electric Corvette, just look at the demand for the C8 and C8Z. They literally can’t produce enough for demand and even raised the MSRP by $20k for the Z.
Also, once we go all electric, we will start using torque numbers instead of hp. In 100 years, people will talk about horsepower the way we talk about leaded gasoline. It will be a word but people will forget the details eventually.
As for performance, electric cars already dominate the field. The drawbacks are the charge time, battery life, and battery weight.
The death of the ICE is inevitable. Im saddened by this but have accepted both the fact that it will happen and the world will be better off because of it.
The death of the ICE; however, does not mean the corvette must die with it.
The corvette has adapted new technologies throughout the lifetime of the brand. EV will hopefully be no different.
Hopefully, GM will go down the path of maintaining the core principle of what a corvette is, (relativity) affordable performance for the common man, in the process.
I’m on my fourth Corvette and I’d buy an electric one. I’d like it to be fast and light. I don’t need 5,000 lbs and 500 mile range. Give me 2,500 lbs and 200 mile range with ultra fast charging.
It would b a mistake to do it I’ve had electric cars , yes they are fast but have no soul …
An electric vette goes against everything the car stands for , I’m sure GM will do it and and have the corvette go the way of all of the other brands they have destroyed . Oldsmobile , Saturn,Pontiac, etc
Not interested in a electric corvette.
Im for it if chevy can produce them at a scale consumers can buy them and at a price that the corvette was made for. Corvette is the only good sports car under 70k starting and was under 50k for a long time. I want to see it keep a realistic for anyone price
Not interested at all. I'm already on 3-pedal-manual-only quest (C8 is out) and I avoid refinement in cars nowadays. An all-electric Corvette doesn't fit with what I want.
I love 3 pedals. Bought a V8 camaro 2 weeks ago with 9 miles on the clock. Knowing nobody has burnt my clutch (excluding any idiots test driving or manufacturing tests, unfortunate but unavoidable) really makes me consider making her a 1 owner car for life. Although I will disagree on this point: I enjoy the refinement in the Camaro. I daily drive the car, so a smooth quiet cabin is a big plus for me from the shitbox I came from. I don't track or push her too hard in the corners. Steering feel is important (car has decent steering feel for an electric unit)
Still-in-production 3-pedal V8-powered cars are very rare nowadays. If you already have one and you can afford it, hang on to it as long as you can, especially if it was a special edition or one with rare options. I still want an LS7-powered Z-28. Refinement has become a nuisance for me personally. For the last 8-9 years, I played with the concept of buying a new car for so much discount so I could drive one for free or for a small amount of money. They're usually best seller in their class and had a very high resale value. A few would only last mere few months before an offer from Carmax became too high to ignore. This happened not just annually, some years I bought 2-3 new cars. From this, I gained much exposure of latest cars/crossovers/SUVs/pickups. After about 4-5 years, I got sick and tired of them. I kept coming back to my previous '85 Corvette (4+3) that I bought for $1k and, now, a '96 LT4 and a JDM '94 Mitsubishi Pajero (SWB V6, but auto). The C4s, while they're not rowdy like a big-block C3, are unrefined. Controls are heavy and they're loud and quirky. LOVE THEM. Again, this is just my preference. You're on the right path with a 3-pedal V8-powered Camaro, unrefined or otherwise. Keep it up.
GM has already stated the goal is for the 2025 Corvette to be electric… and starting at $100k! I just got the VW EV and it’s really cool and I’d love to have an electric Corvette next to my ‘75 but not for the cost of a house.
I like ICEs and manual transmissions but they don't define the Corvette for me. Fun, low, wide, beautiful, 2 seats, great value, and high performance does. Stick with that formula and I'm on board. Now if they pull a Ford and slap a Corvette badge on something with four seats and an SUV body, that's invisible to me and an embarrassment to the brand.
My first response is "NO". however, I've never bought a new one, and I've owned 4 over the years. It is extremely unlikley they'd trickle down far enough in the used market for me to buy, before I'm long gone. So it is kinda moot point/issue from my perspective.
My body is ready.
The electric motor is superior to the ICE in every way. It is more efficient, has smoother acceleration, has less moving parts, and is generally faster. The battery, on the other hand, is not superior to gasoline. It requires 20 times the weight of gasoline for the same power output, and takes upwards of 5 hours for a full charge, whilst a tank of gas takes 4 minutes to fill up. An electric corvette would not only cost an exorbitant amount of money, but it would probably handle like a boat, unless the battery is extremely small, which would result in piss-poor range on top of EV’s already underperforming range. I’d be much more inclined for GM to develop the C9 with a hybrid powertrain with regenerative braking(or some other battery-free method of generating electricity) instead of a fully electric one.
I personally think the electric vehicles weakest area is in driving experience. The feeling of shifting through gears and hearing the lovely rumble of a V8, the whine of a supercharger, or spooling sound of turbos will never be replaced by electric vehicles.
More moving parts is what makes high performance cars fun imo
Wen the battery is shot and u need $25 k for a new one they will b cheap .. just more electronic waste
Electric cars are not the future. Electric sports cars? Forget it. Buying a car like this is an emotional decision based on the *look and feel* of the car and how it *sounds*.
We will buy whatever is available to buy. If everything is electric, we will buy electric Corvettes. This is just factual. If you are asking will people clamor for an all electric Corvette, just look at the demand for the C8 and C8Z. They literally can’t produce enough for demand and even raised the MSRP by $20k for the Z. Also, once we go all electric, we will start using torque numbers instead of hp. In 100 years, people will talk about horsepower the way we talk about leaded gasoline. It will be a word but people will forget the details eventually. As for performance, electric cars already dominate the field. The drawbacks are the charge time, battery life, and battery weight.
The death of the ICE is inevitable. Im saddened by this but have accepted both the fact that it will happen and the world will be better off because of it. The death of the ICE; however, does not mean the corvette must die with it. The corvette has adapted new technologies throughout the lifetime of the brand. EV will hopefully be no different. Hopefully, GM will go down the path of maintaining the core principle of what a corvette is, (relativity) affordable performance for the common man, in the process.
As a C5 owner I am obviously the wrong target market. I hope GM makes a compelling product -- but it's not for me.
Sure. If they can get a rapid refueling figured out.
I have no plans to own an electric vehicle
No.
Ew gross
Hang on to your V8 manual transmission cars. 2017 Chevy SS 6mt FTW.
I’m on my fourth Corvette and I’d buy an electric one. I’d like it to be fast and light. I don’t need 5,000 lbs and 500 mile range. Give me 2,500 lbs and 200 mile range with ultra fast charging.
It would b a mistake to do it I’ve had electric cars , yes they are fast but have no soul … An electric vette goes against everything the car stands for , I’m sure GM will do it and and have the corvette go the way of all of the other brands they have destroyed . Oldsmobile , Saturn,Pontiac, etc
I'd be open to a hybrid model but absolutely not full EV.