Holden announce RHD Corvette. [Archive] - Australian Land Rover Owners

ramblingboy42

19th July 2019, 08:04 PM

It will likely be half the price and twice the reliability of any exotic supercar with near or equal performance.

I know a guy in Melbourne who chose a Corvette over a Ferrari , he would have preferred the Ferrari but he was paranoid about considering driving the Ferrari to places he has no bother taking the Corvette.

I can't remember the model of the Corvette but it is one of those tricked up models like a Callaway or something, offers similar performance to Ferrari and although he paid an absolute motza for the Corvette...up around the Ferrari pricing...people he meets , like me don't consider him in the same league as those that drive their Ferraris and Maseratis (and Lambos) through Lygon St on fri and sat nights.

SPROVER

19th July 2019, 08:17 PM

Those new corvettes are a serious machine. They look great and they are bloody quick! I'd love that motor in my Rover Sd1 [emoji16].

Bigbjorn

19th July 2019, 09:16 PM

I know a guy in Melbourne who chose a Corvette over a Ferrari , he would have preferred the Ferrari but he was paranoid about considering driving the Ferrari to places he has no bother taking the Corvette.

I can't remember the model of the Corvette but it is one of those tricked up models like a Callaway or something, offers similar performance to Ferrari and although he paid an absolute motza for the Corvette...up around the Ferrari pricing...people he meets , like me don't consider him in the same league as those that drive their Ferraris and Maseratis (and Lambos) through Lygon St on fri and sat nights.

If you buy an Italian exotic buy a bloody big tool box at the same time. Most are not in any way daily drivers needing much maintenance and repair. You work on them all week so you can drive them on Sunday. I had a Ferrari 212 Export which cured me of Italian exotica for life. I traded it on a Corvette. Grease, oil, and filter changes were all it needed. Started every time and drove no fuss in traffic and hot weather. Went like a race car. HiPo 327 with Duntov cam, Saginaw 4 speed, twin Carter four barrels.

RANDLOVER

19th July 2019, 09:58 PM

It will likely be half the price and twice the reliability of any exotic supercar with near or equal performance.

IIRC the news said 0-100 in 3 seconds.

goingbush

19th July 2019, 10:08 PM

IIRC the news said 0-100 in 3 seconds.

so a lot slower than a Tesla Model S !

101RRS

19th July 2019, 11:05 PM

so a lot slower than a Tesla Model S !

Not after the second or third run when the Corvette is still laying down its 0-100 times but the old Tes has run out of puff.[bighmmm]

SPROVER

20th July 2019, 05:54 AM

I know what sounds better!

Pickles2

20th July 2019, 06:04 AM

If you buy an Italian exotic buy a bloody big tool box at the same time. Most are not in any way daily drivers needing much maintenance and repair. You work on them all week so you can drive them on Sunday. I had a Ferrari 212 Export which cured me of Italian exotica for life. I traded it on a Corvette. Grease, oil, and filter changes were all it needed. Started every time and drove no fuss in traffic and hot weather. Went like a race car. HiPo 327 with Duntov cam, Saginaw 4 speed, twin Carter four barrels.
Your Corvette sounds like it was a great car. Never owned one myself, but I like pretty much every model, "Spirit Of America" is how I feel about them. Did you ever watch the TV Show "Route 66"?...
Pickles.

V8Ian

20th July 2019, 08:11 AM

Entry model $85,000, so not a great threat to i20 and its peers.

Geedublya

20th July 2019, 09:11 AM

Chevrolet Corvette confirmed for Australia - motoring.com.au (https://www.motoring.com.au/chevrolet-corvette-confirmed-for-australia-119578/)

At $100k I’d be interested.

Arapiles

20th July 2019, 12:21 PM

so a lot slower than a Tesla Model S !

Yep, and that's only with the "optional performance package".

But it's going to be electric in any case:

Two executives involved in the project told CNBC that the latest coupe will be followed by a convertible — and even more dramatic changes are in the works. The new platform underpinning the C8 was specifically designed to be able to use battery-based technology, they said, adding that it will included a battery boost system to improve launch acceleration as well as a battery-based all-wheel drive system.

Chevy reveals new 2020 Corvette Stingray as it guns for Ferrari with mid-engine design (https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/18/the-new-2020-c8-corvette-stingray-guns-for-ferrari-with-first-mid-engine-design.html)

Have to say that it now looks like a sports car.

Tombie

22nd July 2019, 08:08 PM

Not after the second or third run when the Corvette is still laying down its 0-100 times but the old Tes has run out of puff.[bighmmm]

Go look on YouTube.... there’s a guy racing a Tesla that takes on vehicle after vehicle then drives home.

Gets quite a lot of runs (I was surprised and impressed)

SPROVER

22nd July 2019, 08:12 PM

Go look on YouTube.... there’s a guy racing a Tesla that takes on vehicle after vehicle then drives home.

Gets quite a lot of runs (I was surprised and impressed)I have watched those... He has peed off a few people to... funny to watch... although he does say now that the ETs are getting a bit slower... his thoughts are maybe the batterys are losing a bit of power. It's actually quite interesting to watch.

Pickles2

23rd July 2019, 06:53 AM

Pricing on the Aussie RHD "vette" will be interesting.
U.S, sources are quoting $60K U.S.,......but that is for the very base model, and there will be a multitude of options for this car.
I would expect Aussie versions to be, as usual, well specced up when they arrive, so just guessing, I'd expect the price to be well over $100K.
Pickles.

d2dave

23rd July 2019, 09:35 AM

If I had a tattslotto win I would certainly like one of these.

Unfortunately, on my income I will have to settle for my good old D2

Bigbjorn

23rd July 2019, 11:04 AM

Chev. displayed new super you beaut brake discs at their display at the Indy 500 couple of years ago. Made of some composite material. Said to last the life of the car and would be standard on the next Corvette. The rep. told me that the greatest source of complaints about service life was customers complaining about having to replace brake discs which most owners thought should last forever so GM think tank came up with these. I wonder if these got into production.

RANDLOVER

1st August 2019, 06:46 PM

YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZGCJu2OaAg)

Jay Leno has the first look at the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray - Jay Leno's Garage

shanegtr

2nd August 2019, 08:39 AM

I see wheels are predicting $150-$170k for the vette:
Here’s how much the Corvette will cost in Australia (https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/heres-how-much-the-corvette-will-cost-in-australia)
My thinking however that HSV is doing the Camaro from $159k so I cant see the vette undercutting that price in Australia.

101RRS

2nd August 2019, 09:36 AM

My thinking however that HSV is doing the Camaro from $159k so I cant see the vette undercutting that price in Australia.

I thought the Camaros started at about $85K.

shanegtr

2nd August 2019, 10:50 AM

I thought the Camaros started at about $85K.
Yes your right, its the top of the range ZL1 that's $159k

crash

2nd August 2019, 06:32 PM

RANDLOVER

2nd August 2019, 07:11 PM

In my opinion the front looks good, the rear also looks good it is what is in-between the two I do not like.............

The middle still has the Targa Top i.e. removable roof panel/s.

Pickles2

3rd August 2019, 07:09 AM

In my opinion the front looks good, the rear also looks good it is what is in-between the two I do not like.
It has been designed to compete with the euro supercars.
It has been reported that a lot of people cancelled their 2019 Corvette orders once the new mid engined one was confirmed for 2020.
I would buy a C7 before a New C8 purely on looks.
"Cancelled Orders"?....I didn't know that, but I reckon I can understand it, because the new model is a big departure from what we're used to seeing in Corvette.
I wonder what they'd buy instead?
Pickles.

crash

3rd August 2019, 01:19 PM

"Cancelled Orders"?....I didn't know that, but I reckon I can understand it, because the new model is a big departure from what we're used to seeing in Corvette.
I wonder what they'd buy instead?
Pickles.
I understood it was to buy the new C8.

Pickles2

3rd August 2019, 02:37 PM

I understood it was to buy the new C8.
Oh right, I misunderstood, should have read your post properly,...I thought you were saying that the buyers didn't like the C8 because it was no longer a "conventional" Corvette!!
Pickles

crash

3rd August 2019, 03:46 PM

Oh right, I misunderstood, should have read your post properly,...I thought you were saying that the buyers didn't like the C8 because it was no longer a "conventional" Corvette!!
Pickles
Since Chevy announced that they were going to build a new Corvette - the C8 (around 2015/16) sales for the Corvette have slumped since in anticipation of the new C8. It is actually a very good time to buy a C7 in the US - as dealers are having trouble getting rid of them as everyone is waiting for the C8.
The Corvette is a very profitable car for Chevrolet so I hope they have the sales success they want and it lives up to everyones expectations. Chevy has built about 4 or 5 mid engined prototypes over the years. The C8 is a game changer for the Corvette. I wonder how many people will see it as a super car now and not just a sports car. Now being mid engined I wonder how many potential Porsche / Ferrari / Lambo / Maserati buyers will seriously look at the Corvette now. Hell you could buy 2 Corvettes to their one (His and Her cars!)

Bigbjorn

3rd August 2019, 04:44 PM

Since Chevy announced that they were going to build a new Corvette - the C8 (around 2015/16) sales for the Corvette have slumped since in anticipation of the new C8. It is actually a very good time to buy a C7 in the US - as dealers are having trouble getting rid of them as everyone is waiting for the C8.
The Corvette is a very profitable car for Chevrolet so I hope they have the sales success they want and it lives up to everyones expectations. Chevy has built about 4 or 5 mid engined prototypes over the years. The C8 is a game changer for the Corvette. I wonder how many people will see it as a super car now and not just a sports car. Now being mid engined I wonder how many potential Porsche / Ferrari / Lambo / Maserati buyers will seriously look at the Corvette now. Hell you could buy 2 Corvettes to their one (His and Her cars!)

The big block Corvettes (427 & 454) were rightly regarded as super cars. They were popular in Germany and German journalists raved about them. They outperformed anything made in Europe at three times the price, and needed 10% of the maintenance. Likewise the earlier Corvettes with the fuel injected 327 solid lifter Duntov cam engine. These revved like turbines up to 6500 rpm on the street.

Pickles2

3rd August 2019, 04:46 PM

Since Chevy announced that they were going to build a new Corvette - the C8 (around 2015/16) sales for the Corvette have slumped since in anticipation of the new C8. It is actually a very good time to buy a C7 in the US - as dealers are having trouble getting rid of them as everyone is waiting for the C8.
The Corvette is a very profitable car for Chevrolet so I hope they have the sales success they want and it lives up to everyones expectations. Chevy has built about 4 or 5 mid engined prototypes over the years. The C8 is a game changer for the Corvette. I wonder how many people will see it as a super car now and not just a sports car. Now being mid engined I wonder how many potential Porsche / Ferrari / Lambo / Maserati buyers will seriously look at the Corvette now. Hell you could buy 2 Corvettes to their one (His and Her cars!)
Spot On, although I believe it will not meet "Supercar" criteria until the higher performance versions are released.
Always been a fan of the Corvette myself, particularly the earlier 427/454 big block versions (last of the chrome bumpers?)
Pickles.

DiscoMick

3rd August 2019, 05:30 PM

Good to see the Corvette finally aiming higher than a rear drive tyre shredder.

ramblingboy42

4th August 2019, 08:50 AM

Bigbjorn

4th August 2019, 09:33 AM

was the 427 the 'rat'? or it might have an LS something, it was a crate special.

my mate put one in his panel van had extra lumpy camshaft, "wedge" heads huge exhaust pipes.

he shattered the diff first time he got up it , so in went a special tall diff , around town you drove it in first, maybe sometimes second.

but the "pull" from that engine was astonishing. I'm pretty sure he said it was a Corvette engine. Apparently you could buy them crated straight from the states almost turnkey.

and I was ****ing about in 4cyl Land Rovers at the time.

"L" prefix in GM option codes is for an engine. "M" is transmission, "G" is rear axle. I have a GM Performance Parts catalogue dated 28/3/88 which lists two complete or "crate" 454 engines. LS6 had 10.2:1 compression and LS7 had 12.25:1 compression. Both were iron heads and block. An aluminium bare block is listed for both 427 & 454 capacities. The contemporary Chevrolet Power Manual states LS6 is a high performance street engine and LS7 is a competition engine that should be regularly opened up for inspection if used that way. No claims made for horsepower. Several iron bare blocks were listed for Corvette, truck with 0.400" higher deck height, and a couple of "off road racer" blocks. The highest horsepower claim I can find for a street Corvette was 465 @ 5600 rpm in 1970 with one big four barrel carb. I would suggest that a 1988 LS7 was pumping out over 600 horses with awesome torque.

ramblingboy42

4th August 2019, 09:50 AM

I drove a few corvettes courtesy of Raymond Motors when they used to trade in sports cars.

the amazing lazy performance of those cars was just delightful to use a word.

this was the late 70's early 80's and Ray's yard was full of V8 performance cars plus sportscars.

I actually bought an MGB from him , the opposite end of the spectrum.

Pickles2

4th August 2019, 11:03 AM

Yeas indeed, some of those big block factory GM engines of the late sixties produced power & torque WELL in excess of their advertised figures.
Bob Jane bought out two ZLI Camaros powered by aluminium 427 engines. There was an orange car which Bob used for circuit racing & a blue car. Bob removed the engine from the blue car which car was subsequently used for drag racing & eventually destroyed, along with the tags.
However, when Bob's orange ZL1 Camaro was restored, Bob had a "correct" engine, because He still had the unused alloy block 427 engine removed from the blue car, unused for all those years!
I was recently reading an article about a '69 ZL1 427 Corvette Convertible, capable of mid 10s & 120+MPH down the 1/4!! (from the showroom floor)
Pickles.

Bigbjorn

4th August 2019, 12:47 PM

Yeas indeed, some of those big block factory GM engines of the late sixties produced power & torque WELL in excess of their advertised figures.

Like the Chrysler Hemi 426. Chrysler never advertised the production option version, the "Street Hemi", as anything other than 425 horsepower. Popular opinion was that this was to soothe the insurance companies so that buyers could get insurance at any other than exorbitant rates. Dean Batchelor, Engineering Editor at Road & Track magazine, wrote that one did have to be all that expert with a slide rule to work out how much horsepower was required to get the performance figures that R&T observed on test. Somewhere a good bit more than 425 in the 600+ region.

Pickles2

4th August 2019, 02:32 PM

Like the Chrysler Hemi 426. Chrysler never advertised the production option version, the "Street Hemi", as anything other than 425 horsepower. Popular opinion was that this was to soothe the insurance companies so that buyers could get insurance at any other than exorbitant rates. Dean Batchelor, Engineering Editor at Road & Track magazine, wrote that one did have to be all that expert with a slide rule to work out how much horsepower was required to get the performance figures that R&T observed on test. Somewhere a good bit more than 425 in the 600+ region.
426 Hemi?...Do you remember the original "Vanishing Point" with Barry Newman?...One of my favorite Car movies, although obviously the Challengers used in the movie weren't real Hemis!
Pickles.

Bigbjorn

4th August 2019, 02:47 PM

426 Hemi?...Do you remember the original "Vanishing Point" with Barry Newman?...One of my favorite Car movies, although obviously the Challengers used in the movie weren't real Hemis!
Pickles.

I owned a 1970 Dodge Challenger convertible with Hemi 426 and four speed. Got married in 1975 and sold it for $5,000 to buy fridge, washer, furniture etc. Rare car and now worth a fortune. Only a handful of convertibles built with 426 & four speed. It had been my Sunday play car. I had a full private use company car. I got it from a Sydney used car dealer who was glad to see the back of it. It had cost him his driver's licence. Needed 115 octane Avgas which is no longer available. Current owner runs it on 98 octane Premium with 20% benzol and ignition timing retarded a bit. Never before or since have I driven anything as fast. Standard convertible body with no added aerodynamic features so it got a bit loose and floaty over 130 mph.

Mercguy

4th August 2019, 03:01 PM

426 Hemi?...Do you remember the original "Vanishing Point" with Barry Newman?...One of my favorite Car movies, although obviously the Challengers used in the movie weren't real Hemis!
Pickles.

Yes!
The Kowalski car was a 1970 Dodge R/T Challenger with a 440 6-pack wedge (RB) ;)

Awesome movie. According to some it's Mopar, or No Car... [tonguewink]

Bigbjorn

4th August 2019, 03:02 PM

Yes your right, its the top of the range ZL1 that's $159k

Here are a few photos of a new 2016 Camaro I spotted at the Little America Hotel in Cheyenne. It was outside one of the family units. I saw the ZL454 badges and went and got my camera. 454 not then available in Camaro. When I got back a woman about 35-40 was sitting outside the unit. I asked if it was their car and did she mind my photographing it. I mentioned it was the 454 badges that caught my eye and that I didn't think the option was still available. She told me they were the Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac dealers in somwhereforgotten, Iowa, and got a special build for their 10th anniversary.153264153265153265153266153265

Pickles2

4th August 2019, 04:08 PM

I owned a 1970 Dodge Challenger convertible with Hemi 426 and four speed. Got married in 1975 and sold it for $5,000 to buy fridge, washer, furniture etc. Rare car and now worth a fortune. Only a handful of convertibles built with 426 & four speed. It had been my Sunday play car. I had a full private use company car. I got it from a Sydney used car dealer who was glad to see the back of it. It had cost him his driver's licence. Needed 115 octane Avgas which is no longer available. Current owner runs it on 98 octane Premium with 20% benzol and ignition timing retarded a bit. Never before or since have I driven anything as fast. Standard convertible body with no added aerodynamic features so it got a bit loose and floaty over 130 mph.
UNREAL, UNREAL, UNREAL!!!
If it was a genuine factory hemi, it would be worth MILLIONS today.
I've owned some nice cars that I've sold which have since increased in value, but nothing that comes close to that!
Pickles.

Pickles2

4th August 2019, 04:10 PM

Yes!
The Kowalski car was a 1970 Dodge R/T Challenger with a 440 6-pack wedge (RB) ;)

Awesome movie. According to some it's Mopar, or No Car... [tonguewink]
Lol,....my son in law's a "Mopar Man", and that's what He says!
Loved the movie in the 70s when it was released, still do,...I've got the remake, but it doesn't compare to the original.
Pickles.

crash

4th August 2019, 05:58 PM

Like the Chrysler Hemi 426. Chrysler never advertised the production option version, the "Street Hemi", as anything other than 425 horsepower. Popular opinion was that this was to soothe the insurance companies so that buyers could get insurance at any other than exorbitant rates. .
That is true, the manufactures were not lying about the horse power rating, they were not telling the whole truth. The HP figures were quoted at a lower RPM than what the true Peak HP was at a higher RPM.

A good mate of mine has a 71 Cuda with a 440 in it - that halls butt, can not imagine what it would be like with a BB Hemi in it.