A $65,000 car that's a bargain?

It goes from 0 to 60 in 3.7 seconds.

Its top speed is about 200 miles per hour.

At $65,800 some are calling it a bargain.

General Motors announced the price tag for the high-performance Z06 version of its Chevrolet Corvette on Monday, making it the cheapest sports car on the market with more than 500 horsepower.

"A lot of people were expecting it to be in the high $70,000 range or even into the 80s," said Jim Hall, an analyst with consulting firm Auto Pacific. "Sixty-five thousand is astonishing, and it all but guarantees it will sell out in its first year. Probably its first few years."

Built in Bowling Green, Ky., alongside traditional Corvette models, the Z06 has an aluminum frame instead of steel. Its body panels are made of carbon fiber rather than heavier fiberglass. Its 7-liter V-8 engine, hand-built in Michigan, is a liter larger than the traditional Corvette's.

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DjDATZ - 6/16/2005 10:12:40 PM

+1 Boost

gm has rilly screwed themselves over...im actually thinkin of lookin into a vette in the "distant" future...*pssst* im 17.

Chip - 6/24/2005 6:25:40 PM

+1 Boost

This "Dealer Mark-up" thing is getting out of hand!!!

The recents ones I've seen first hand in Saint Louis.

Nissan 350Z- First year- Track model up $7,000

Any M BMW or AMG Benz. M5 is claiming $15,000

Ford GT Mustang- Ridiculous markups. Makes it NO bargain at all.

New Corvette is marked up close to 10,000 !!!

These markups allow people to get in much nicer cars than the ones they are planning on buying. STUPID STUPID Dealers.

Those dealers watch me walk away laughing.

Just because a car is new or a "hot item" I refuse to be ripped off!!!