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Aug 22, 2023

GM Specialty Vehicles Announces Eye

After Chevy shocked everyone with an entry level price below $60,000 for its new mid-engine Corvette Stingray back in 2020, the company now appears to be changing its attitude about pricing.

After Chevy shocked everyone with an entry level price below $60,000 for its new mid-engine Corvette Stingray back in 2020, the company now appears to be changing its attitude about pricing.

Especially when it comes to righthand-drive models for export to places like Australia.

Indeed, GM Specialty Vehicles, which handles sales of the Corvette in “The Land Down Under,” has just announced the 2024 Corvette Z06 will cost a whopping $336,000 there, and that’s before on-road costs are tacked on! The website whichcar.com.au predicts the final drive-out price will be between $350,000 to $400,000.

Of course, these Z06s will be the top-of-the-line 3LZ, with upgraded interior, etc., but an optional Z07 performance package with Carbon Revolution carbon fiber wheels, stickier tires, bigger ceramic brakes, suspension tweaks, and a carbon fiber aero kit will send that price even higher.

The beginning price of $336,000 for the Z06 will be $131,000 more than the $205,000 price for the 2024 Corvette Stingray 3LT convertible in Australia.

The Z06s to be sold there will also have lower performance numbers, thanks to the export-spec exhaust system with side exits and a petrol particulate filter designed to meet European noise and emissions standards. That system will slice the output of the 5.5-liter LT6 flat-plane crank V8 to 635 horsepower (474kW), down 35 from the 670 horsepower (499kW) in the U.S.

That decreased output means the Camaro ZL1 at 477 (kW) or 635 horsepower is still narrowly the most powerful car ever offered by GM in Australia.

Exact export allocations of the Z06 aren’t known yet, but GMSV says “availability will be very controlled,” with the first cars expected to arrive by the end of the year.

Source:whichcar.com.au

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