Asshat aye? If you don’t pay attention to the prices of high end cars, perhaps you shouldn’t come into threads about said high end cars and spout off with your great insight into their potential pricing then, should you? Perhaps you shouldn’t announce something that’s been painfully clear for about 2 years now as if you had just bestowed some great new piece of automotive knowledge on us all, and we should thank you for your wisdom. Perhaps you should stick to the threads about Hyundais. Douche bag.
Insane repair costs don’t stop ppl from buying the Lotus/Exige or Vipers (all of which have ub3r costly one-piece front “clam shell” type hood/fenders). And in the ZR1’s case most of the new use of expensive materials are in the roof and B pillar. If your roof and B pillar are damaged in an accident I think it’s going to be expensive no matter WHAT they’re made out of.
Believe it or not, I actually agree a little bit on some of the ub3r expensive CF and the clear-coat on it. The roof panel only saves something like 6lbs. They needed to save a whole lot more weight than that, since the SC setup etc. means the entire car (WITH it’s extra CF and other weight saving measures) is 200lbs heavier than the Z06.
If (as Motortrend did) you compare the C6 line to Porsche’s 911 line I think the ZR1 is slotting in where a 911 turbo does. The most tech and forced induction, and a demonstration of technology and “racey” parts. A C6 would be more like the Carrera having targa and 'vert versions (though no hartop C6 as in the 911, I think it’s a shame we never got a FRC C6) and a range of luxury vs. performance (“base” vs. S models for the Carrera, base and mag susp vs. Z51 for the C6). The Z06 you would compare to Porsche’s GT3: lighter, more power, sharper, a track weapon. I think a few tweaks need to be made to the Z06 to really take a GT3 role (real tires and brakes, and options for more weight deletes like the P-cars do) but that’s where it’s lined up. Then the ZR1 falls in like the 911: top of the line. Now, will GM ever do a 'vette to battle w/ the GT2???
-TJ