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[Pre Order] 2027 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - $299,990 (Save $36,010) + On-Road Costs @ GM Speciality Vehicles

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In case anyone is interested in a 2027 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 over one of the EV/PHEV deals posted on OzBargain.

Previously $336,000 but now reduced to $299,990 (plus on roads).

The Z06 uses a 5.5-litre naturally aspirated V8 producing 475kW at 8550rpm and 595Nm at 6300rpm, driving the rear wheels through an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox for a 0–100km/h claim of 3.0sec.

Source: https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/2027-chevrolet…

"The Chevrolet Corvette Z06 has scored a big price cut for Model Year 2027, its new $299,990 plus on-road costs sticker a substantial $36,100 lower than before. However, it will now be built to order, with customers able to choose from new colours, wheel designs and carbon-fibre design elements, as well as the Z07 Performance Package. Customer orders can be taken now, with production starting in January 2027."

With the $36,010.00 savings you can get a BYD Atto 2 PHEV as a daily and use the Corvette for the weekend and still have spare change.

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  • (profanity) yeah, cheers OP, bought 10

    • Buy 10 and one is essentially free

  • You Bought 10 more than me :)

  • Missing a 3rd pedal.

    • seems crazy they would make something so obviously geared to motoring enthusiasts and… not at least OFFER it in a manual?

      • Can anyone explain to me what a manual car is?

        • It involves extra pushing.

        • ….explain what a manual car is

          It's a car that's been endorsed by John Cleese because it's not fawlty.
          He even been known to pat the roof in approval.

        • its a less intelligent car for smarter people :)

        • It’s a car that comes with a manual, so you can look up how things work.

          Or if you are serious: the driver controls the clutch.

        • You have to do EVERYTHING yourself..

      • To be fair, it's geared toward American motoring enthusiasts

      • I’m not a mechanic, however changing gears on your steering wheel and saying you’ve got a manual are two completely different things.

          • @Rimas: Manual requires a clutch that you have to push in with your foot, it's not the same as paddles behind a steering wheel. Surely you are taking the piss.

            • @itsmoe: I know but the last time a super car was made with that for public sales was when?

              • @Rimas: I drove a small sports manual car for 10 years (XR5 and tuned the shit out of it), loved it and if I want to drive another sports car, I would want it to be manual. It's more engaging. And I don't care about quarter mile numbers or 0 to 100 numbers. I just want to enjoy the car I drive and I want it to be manual.

                • @itsmoe:

                  (XR5 and tuned the shit out of it)

                  I bought the Volvo T5 Ford borrowed that engine in the XR5 from when it owned Volvo. It seemed a safer decision than buying an XR5 because that would have had a very hard life.

                  Was thinking about tuning it. Someone was offering a rechip of the ECU up another 15% or so from the Volvo tune, which is already 20 kW and 20 Nm more than the Ford XR5 tune. And 30% more torque. I wasn't brave enough to retune a car with a drivetrain designed to take the standard load up to the torque output close to a 5 litre V8.

                  • @GordonD: I had zero issues with mine, only had to do the timing belt which is a normal thing to do and a couple of drive shaft boots, the rubbers only.

                    I was pretty much running a stage 3, upgraded everything, intercooler, clutch, exhaust, suspension, intake you name it, was a really fun car to drive.

                    I assume yours was auto? I think they only came in auto right? They are nice cars too.

                    I got married a couple of years ago and that manual life was no longer viable for me especially that I drive to work and city traffic is a bitch in Melbourne.

                    • @itsmoe:

                      I assume yours was auto?

                      Mine is, though they did come with a DCT instead. The DCTs had a reputation for being more likely to have expensive problems when the kilometres started clocking up. Like everyone's DCTs do.

                      • @GordonD: Nice, I think you would have like a manual XR5. Do you still have yours?

                • @itsmoe:

                  I would want it to be manual. It's more engaging.

                  you would change your mind when you drive a proper sports car lol. Porsche PDK, Nissan/BMW DCT and ZF 8HP are all very very engaging to use.

                  manual is more fun when the car isn't that special, or isn't that powerful or when the auto counterpart is quite literally @ss (i.e. BMW SMG or just robotised manuals in general).

                  • @dukeGR4: Nah I know that newer cars are seriously powerful and need DSG to perform better. My car was a hatch and pushing more than 300hps. A lot of power, wasn't a 911 that's for sure, but the power to weight ratio was proper.

          • @Rimas: Oh we can tell who the auto driver is alright.

          • @Rimas: So it's like going to Maccas for a salad or a brothel for hugs?

            Gotta ask since we're making irrelevant comments.

          • @Rimas: So a cvt with paddle shifters is a manual right? lol

          • @Rimas: F1 drivers can't beat supercar automatics and the manufacturers weren't selling enough manuals to make it viable.

            Obviously supercar engineers and bean-counters should've asked the OzBargain brains trust on what buyers want and will pay for.

            • @Big L: Also most drivers find "extremely challenging" having to shift gears AND ALSO use a clutch as well. All in synchrony. Far too challenging for most.
              So auto is the lowest common denominator.

              Remember the popular mantra: "I don't have time for that" (meaning: I cannot do that).

          • @Rimas: We are all the what?!

      • no one who knows how to drive manual would ever say this lmao

        • Hey, it could have been a CVT….
          I'd take this over that or a traditional Auto anyday.

          • @Danthemanz: hey no comment on whether it's better or worse! it's just different.

            i daily a cvt (with a big lazy motor attached…) and i am perfectly happy with it. beats a slushbox old school auto any day.

            i ride my motorbike when i want to select my own gears. it's tough to get much fun out of driving cars once you've had bikes…

          • @Danthemanz: Good point. I had someone seriously say to me that a CVT isn’t that bad as you get used to the sound.

        • Hell even the automated manuals of your arent really manuals.

          That said traffic killed manuals more than anything else

      • Is there a risk of stalling, delaying traffic and panicking?

        • Yes.

          Like with auto: crashing into parked cars, driving into children's playgrounds, plowing in your own front-yard, coffee shops tables set in a footpath, etc etc etc

          Happens all the time.

      • It's a dual clutch so technically it's a manual

        My car has cruise control does that technically make it a full self driving car?

    • So how does Ferrari rate in that regard?

      The 12Cilindri "manual" is the first V12 Ferrari in 15 years to have a clutch pedal. And its not even connected to the clutch. The actual clutch operation is simulated electronically. You choose to either pretend you are choosing the gear and operating the clutch by moving the shift lever and pressing the pedal, and let the computer actually do it, or not bother and let the computer do it.

      And if you pretend its a manual you actually lose two gears. There's only 6 gears available in the open gate 6-speed shifter. but its actually an 8 speed dual-clutch gearbox. You can't select 7th and 8th.

      • Dog clutch hasn't been mentioned by anyone?

        Again, only a very small subset on ozbargain are into motorsport, despite the keyboard warriors on all EV lost comments.

        • Dog clutch hasn't been mentioned by anyone?

          Dog clutches do something else altogether. They are the alternative to synchro rings for synchronising the speed of the input and output gears in a gearbox. In a car gearbox you disengage the clutch, move the gear lever to the next gear you want, with the synchro rings doing the job of preventing any crunching, and re-engage the clutch. With a dog clutch gearbox you can just ram the gearbox into the next gear you want, and the dog clutches on the gear you select force synchronisation. But they are less able to handle a lot of load, and they wear out quicker as a result.

          • @GordonD: Abarth 695. Had a good run in it. Don't recall another street legal car that came with a dog clutch.

      • Obviously a poor implementation if you can't access 7th and 8th gears - but I actually really dig the idea of a simulated manual shifter. I can turn it on when I want to enjoy some engaging driving around twisty roads and switch it off when I'm in bumper to bumper traffic or to gain adaptive cruise control with stop/start. It also means my partner who doesn't drive manual can drive the car.

        I enjoy driving manual, not because of the mechanical connection, but because of the engagement and communication it provides. If that can be accurately simulated and have all the benefits of driving an auto, I do not care if its mechanical or not. There are a few companies working on this tech, Toyota and Hyundai being the front runners - every petrol head who has tested the tech, loved it. Here's an AE-86 converted to electric, with a manual gearbox. They've also had electric Lexus mules, with switchable manual gearboxes that have been tested on track.

      • Does it go make a crunch sound if you don't press the clutch and does it stall if you drop the clutch?

        • Would the sort of very rich old guy who can afford a 12 cylinder Ferrari want to look like an idiot by crunching the gearbox or stalling it? No. So … no, you can't.

    • Unfortunately that's the way most performance cars are these days, while Porsche will sell you a 911 with a manual it's only available in select model variants and they begrudgingly only do it because of customer demand which the customer pays a fair premium for. Porsche engineers will look you dead in the eye and say that a PDK dual clutch gearbox performs better over the manual with faster shifts etc ignoring the "better connected" feeling you get from a gated manual transmission.

      • It's so strange to me. average joes aren't buying these cars to set track times, they're doing it out of joy of driving. and for that, imho, clutch is king. i have a fairly undepowered rwd manual car (toyota 86) but would take this any day of the week over a much more powerful auto (like an m2 for example)

        • I've been watching the SBS show Precious Metal and they talk about how cars can feel fast without actually being fast like a 70's Mini or how driving a old car can be such a fun experience because how striped down it is. The 11 year old who restored a Landcruiser that had been sitting in a paddock for 15 years but is obsessed with V8's was cool.

          • @Rockets84: That sounds like a really cool show - I'll check it out

        • It's more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow.

          • @Caped Baldy: I quite enjoy driving my daughters Honda Jazz, sure it's only a 1.5L with CVT but it does accelerate pretty quick for what it is and once it's up to speed you can flick it through corners or roundabouts with ease and other stuff that I wouldn't do with a SUV. Honda really missed a opportunity to have a Jazz R Spec, that could have been a really fun car.

        • That's the thing though, average Joe's aren't buying this. Unfortunately a lot sports cars are bought as status symbols, or worse - investments to be hidden away in a garage, rather than being used for driving pleasure. Most of those people don't drive manual.

          • @poppingtags: Well according to the Epstein files he bought a WRX….in auto.

        • i have a fairly undepowered rwd manual car (toyota 86) but would take this any day of the week over a much more powerful auto (like an m2 for example)

          M2 is the more engaging car to drive overall, just cause of more power despite the auto.

          i did a drift lesson/motorkhana in the GT86 before, it's not a nice car to drive at all. very sloppy steering and shift feel, and uninspiring powertrain. They are good for what they cost, but not objectively a good car to drive :(

      • Crazy that they charge more for things that people demand, it's like they want to make a profit

        • Like I said they don't actually want to build 911's with manuals any more so Porsche is like "fine, we'll do it but you are reallllllly go to pay for it" but at the same time I'm glad they do actually listen to what some of their customers want and don't try to pigeon-hole every customer into the same box. And it's not like Porsche isn't very well known for near endless options list including options that a lot of other manufactures would include by default.

          • @Rockets84: Or maybe they do want to do it but they make out like they don't want to as that allows them to gouge more money

      • I saw it explained well on Redriven explained that some fast cars you dont enjoy and you can never drive them what they are capable of, but cars such as the Kia Picanto are a real laugh at low speed, I still remember driving an original mini around a carpark and it was a hoot

        • issue with Redriven is - every car is "fun" for him. my car happens to be on there and he's saying it's fun to drive which i don't disagree, but i've driven more fun cars than my current fun car.

    • If you need extra pedal you combine with this deal.
      https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/977405

    • Also, a 3rd leg if you feel the need to be driving around in a 300k car.

  • Wonder how much these actually are in the US. I would imagine nearly 1/3 the price?

    • $175k AUD starting price plus whatever state taxes. For here add $50k luxury tax , $30k GST conversion and shipping seems about right actually , I’d still never pay $300k for a Holden

        • You have the choice not to buy a $300k car

          • @kakarot4664: Sounds like something a poor person would say. Tall poppy syndrome at its finest.

            • @cheekymonkey97: Nope, its about equivalent to an older performance holden with 3x the price.

        • What a criminal country we live in

          Country with lots of rich people 🤣

          • @boomramada: Yep, a forever growing wealthy political class. While everyone else gets poorer.

          • @boomramada: who probably pay less tax proportionally than us mugs.

        • What a naive monkey that would be outraged if his/her little tree wasn't on a gold paved road, with golden power through a golden grid, with all sorts of golden benefits in his/her little world.

          The criminals are those that earn shiteloads and don't pay their share.

          • @rooster7777:

            The criminals are those

            … who are disloyal to this land, and its people.

            • @whyisave: what happened to the last bit you first posted….
              "and give foreigners access to the land's minerals.…"?

              If you'd left that comment in, and added…. without paying a proper amount for australian resources… I would have agreed with you.

              • @rooster7777:

                and give foreigners access

                A disloyal person, would give away this country's wealth to foreigners.

        • What a criminal country we live in.

          Well I mean the first of the original colonies were created expressly for that reason.

        • In all fairness its to protect cough our local car industry

          • @Franc-T: no… to be technical that would be through customs duties, which used to be significant and are now sod all.
            10% GST replaced the previous (effectively) 24% sales tax
            The only different/ bigger tax is the luxury car tax…. which taxes stuff so expensive that no one I know considers to be essential vehicles, but rather …luxuries

            • @rooster7777: I was referring to the the whole basis for the LCT when introduced was to protect local manufacturing

              • @Franc-T: Well… I googled, and stand corrected… google was not my friend.

                Given the original "justification" I can only assume that australia was bound by trade agreements not to introduce a customs duty at such a high rate. (there was no legislative reason why they couldn't have a duty "and for vehicles with a VFD of over (say $70K)…. duty rate is (say) 35%.

                While I didn't/don't like GST on principle, there was a significant drop in tax the government received from car sales after july 2000, when 10% gst replaced the effectively 24% sales tax on cars.

                Personally I had/have no problem with "average" cars getting cheaper at that point, and "luxury" cars getting more expensive, to make up a bit of shortfall. I mean, effective tax on "luxury cars" only increased from 24% to 10% plus 30%.

                For anyone game enough to buy a jag or bmw etc, that cost was not going to be significant compared to keeping the things running.

        • No choice BUT to buy a $300K car? That's not the logic of a cheeky monkey or a silly monkey…. that's a deluded monkey!

        • Yeah but the minimum wage in the US is like 50 cents.

          • @smartazz104: Should be lowered in Australia.

            • @cheekymonkey97: I vote you to lead by example.

              Please, be first to volunteer reducing your wage…

              • @Some Random Guy: My skill set isn’t unskilled/minimum wage skills though. Try again champ.

                • @cheekymonkey97: ?

                  So why are you talking?

                  If you won't volunteer to lower your own wage then why are you telling other people?

                  • @Some Random Guy: Because I don’t believe unskilled or low skilled labour deserves to be paid almost $30/hour. It’s the reason the base cost of everything is so high in this country and why we produce almost nothing other than natural resources.

                    • @cheekymonkey97: I believe people flipping burgers, wait staff, labourers, garbage disposal people,etc deserve to be paid at least $30/hour.

                      I think office staff, receptionists, etc should not be paid what they are but it should a liveable wage (smth around $30/hour).

                      People earning minimum wage are not the one pushing up prices. I'm an intern and I earn $30/hour for essentially learning on the job. I said to the company that I would complete my work experience for free and they declined.

                      However, me getting paid is not pushing up local coffee prices. I am very frugal and a good saver. I understand there are people in the same situation who spend like no tomorrow. It's almost like there is no general rule to be applied.

                      But when talking in absolutes, people with higher incomes would have higher disposable cash and their time is worth more than an $8 coffee. My time is worth less than an $8 coffee. (This is in terms of someone with a high wage losses money by making their own coffee while I look to save/make money by making my own coffee/along around)

                      • @Some Random Guy: This isn’t about who has higher discretionary income (discretionary is the correct term here not disposable btw). It’s about the base cost of everything being so high because the lowest level of labour is so expensive. The fact we have pretty much no manufacturing industry in Australia is proof of what I’m saying.

                        • @cheekymonkey97: We literally have manufacturing…

                          Tindo solar is down the road from me. And they're expanding operations due to… Government investment.

                          The reason we don't have manufacturing is due to the lack of consistent government assistance since the 2000s. Would China be the manufacturing power house it is without its early (and current) top down economic style?

                          Note, most of China was a slum-style, back-water, hell-hole until the 80-90s.

                          The whole of Africa is cheap labour. So is Latin America. And parts of the middle east. And parts of Asia.

                          The theory that cheap labour equates to a manufacturing boost is dud. There's a million and one examples of poor countries with no manufacturing. The entirety of Europe shows that high wages and high living standards can exist with competitive manufacturing.

                          Disposable income is calculated before essentials. However the definition of essential would change person to person. Some would, incorrectly, assert that having a house maid is essential, etc. And maids are be quite inflationary, as I would personally know. Note, poor people can't afford maids.

                          But to your point. Discretionary income either goes toward savings/investments or spending (both can be inflationary). Lowering the amount leftover over for people to spend lowers inflation hence why interest rate increases exist.

                          Anyways, the base cost of good is energy+labour. However, you can lower the cost of labour through automation (which usually means an increase in energy). This makes a single worker more productive. And that's the single biggest issue Australia had been facing since Keating. We can lower the cost of energy (and we are doing that through renewables).

                          Australians are opposed to automation (see the current push against AI). When facing the reality, we need higher unemployment to force higher productivity (as workers face higher competition) skiing with massive investments in all things automation (robotics, AI, technology, etc).

    • Pretty sure these need an aftermarket conversion which adds a lot of $. That is why mustangs are vastly more popular. RHD at the factory means they are relatively a lot cheaper

      • C8 Corvette comes in RHD right out of the factory.
        It was the Camaro that had to be converted and became way more expensive than the competing Mustang.

  • Upvoted for the bravery of posting this

    • $300k for a Chevy 🫪

      • "drove my chevy to the levy, …but the levy was $300k?"

    • I agree. Now done the same

  • i thought the point of the new Corvette was it was meant to be cheaper than the euro's?

    • Have you seen the prices of the competition? This is half to one third the price of the euros.

    • a 911 rwd gts has the same 0-100 time. Without a single option added its $150k more than this. I didnt bother going through the configurator and trying to get like for like options between the two cars, however I'd bet you a dollar that would widen the price gap

      I'd rather the Porsche too but its a fair bit more.

      Obviously I'm not buying either and sticking to my 10yo CX5

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