Correction... The Viper is a GREAT deal, the Corvette Z06 is just a better deal... There lots of other V8, V10 cars that are twice as much but don't equal the performance.

Atleast the Viper (at only 10k more than the Z06) brings you good looks...

 

2006 Z06 Corvette Coupe MSRP - $65,690 http://www.chevrolet.com/corvette/

2006 SRT-10 Viper Roadster - $85,745 http://www.dodge.com/viper
2006 SRT-10 Viper Coupe MSRP - $86,995

Only 10k? I must have failed Algebra 2 then....

 

I think he's talking about them being a year or so old when price drops

 

Corvette's depreciate faster then a Viper....so how would the price ever really be that close? Least, I had always been told that.

 

well maybe you did, because not only was the sticker on the Z06 I sold 2 weeks ago $68,500(no nav or anything special)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...&category=6168

But it sold for $75,000 so yeh that would make it $10,000 difference at this point...

and the gentleman that purchased it has a Lambo, a Porsche and a couple of other exotics and is basically a casual buyer of first-outs who will probly drive it a few times and then turn around and sell it at a small loss(to him) to buy whatever is next out. $10K is a moot point(to him). So RIGHT NOW a Viper is a good deal vs. a Z06 all things considered.

 

02/03 Viper sitting on the lot compared to a new Vette. They're about the same price with a possible 10k offset.

 

That's eBaY....and the car you sold was also again...roughly 20k less then the Viper MSRP. I dont care what they sell for on eBaY. We all know new cars can sometimes go for anywhere from 1k-20k over MSRP if they can find someone dumb enough to buy it.


That would make sense.

 

dude, go to your local Chevy dealer and see if they even have a Z06 on the lot! If they do, I bet you its marked up $10K over sticker. It supply and demand right now, the only people that have them are the ones that ordered them a year ago, like the one that I sold. And to say you dont care about EBay just goes to show you how little you must really know about it... fact is that for the most part vehicles usually sell for about wholesale on there, regardless of the type that it may be. The Z06 sold for what it did because that is what they are going for... and for you to say that the guy that bought the Z06 from me on EBay is "dumb" really shows your lack of knowledge towards people that can actually afford them to begin with. $10 - 20K seems like a lot more money to us than to them, believe me, I deal with them on a daily basis. The guy that bought the Z06 probly just made 10G's in the time that it took me to type this post.

 

I wasnt referring to eBaY when I said the 1k-20k mark up on MSRP. I was referring to dealers and that is my fault for not clarifying it.

I also dont care about eBaY because it HAD nothing to do with what I was talking about. How do we go from MSRP to eBaY? Not even the same thing I was referring to.

eBaY is a great tool and people find plenty of great deals on it. My family's business uses it for sales and purchases and I myself use it for things I need.

 

Mark-up. Plain and simple and the dealers are the worst at it... instead of me marking up that Z06, I started it at MSRP and let it roll to where it got to. That was the price that the market would bear for it at the moment. For vehicles that are in high demand, but limited in quantity or availability, EBay is a perfect representation of a vehicles true value and what somebody will pay for it at any given time. It offers high visability, for a decent duration with a complete and full description along with plenty of pictures to make potential customers feel comfortable with what they are bidding on. Even better than going to the dealership to look at one when you are already aware of its characteristics and since most dealers dont have one on their lot for you to test drive much less look at anyway.