Lets say a year from now, how low do you guys think C7 prices will be? Used ones.
I'm thinking about selling my Mustang and trading up but I'm definitely not buying new.
There's plenty of C6s that are easy to afford, but the C7s are still pretty pricey.

The other option Im considering is building an Exocet. Much faster and cheaper, but not as practical.

wait for the Z06 to be sold to public and the rich guys will sell the base models for cheep

The autos will drop quite a bit because the new auto is the 8 speed. The manual cars probably won't drop a ton though.

this pretty much


I'd be willing to bet around this time next year you would be able to get a lightly used one for 50s OTD, upper 40s for higher mileage ones. depends on ur state and options of course.

And I say ^ because some people see them for 50s in their area but I dont ever see these cars hit anywhere in the 50s, even before TTL. At least for me I won't be expecting to see the c7 in the 50's until about this time next year

This post was edited by Epicexecution on Aug 3 2014 11:53am

Base msrp is like 52k i think.

A 6 speed car with 15k on it should be in the mid/upper 40's if you can find one with that kind of mileage. The used market on vettes is always best on cars 3-5 years old. That's the time frame that garage queen guys trade them in on an updated model. For the first 2 years there are too many people trying to do just what you are doing.

The other problem is there are more options available on the c7's. The msrp range is huge. I think you can option them into the low 80's. I'd have to check. I'm curious now.


There are 5 on autotrader within 300 miles of me used in the 50's. They all have 50-3,000 miles which isn't even to the first oil change interval.

I can't wait for the C6 prices to start plummeting so I can buy my next toy....

Im patiently waiting for the prices to drop, this will be my next car

I'm hoping the c7 z06 will start dropping the price of the zr1 even more.

I just checked my area and about the cheapest c7 I see is a green automatic asking 58k + TTL which would still be mid to low 60's for me.

3 years they will be in the low 30s range range
C6 cars will drop faster as more C7s are hitting the road also c5s are already 10-15k now
You can pick up a C6 LS3 car for mid 20s now

Best time to buy a used car is when it is 5~ years old or so
Payments are up for people that bought them on payment and they want to sell to buy something new to make payments on again

Corvette prices never plummet. It is a gradual fall until they bottom out. I wouldn't expect LS3 C6 Z51's in good shape/good mileage to ever drop below $18k. That will be a few years from now still. The ones in the mid 20's are higher mileage or have something wrong with them however minor it might be.





The ZR1 probably won't drop a ton because of the C7 Z purely because of production numbers. There is a lot of theorycrafting going on on corvetteforum about that just like there was with the C6 Z/C7 relationship. The C7 barely put a ding in C6Z prices.




I think low 30's is a bit too low unless you are talking about a base car with high mileage. You might stumble upon 1 or 2 but as you know there aren't many base model high mileage vettes running around. In 3 years I would expect a C7 manual car to be right in line with current C6 Z06 pricing. Mid/upper 30's to right at 40k. That's still a $30k drop in 3 years. Time will tell though.


I will have my C6 Z eventually. I promised myself that. I already have the exhaust and cam picked out. I just have to decide who I want to port the heads and what wheels to put on it. Oh and I have to buy one of course.