[VIDEO] Throwback Thursday: The Failed Assassination of a Motoring Icon

1. Thanks to Jim Perkins when he came back to Chevy after a stint at Toyota we have the C5, 6, 7 and 8.
   My dad worked at Chevy around that period but retired after 50 years in 1987.

2. Overall a great look back at the history and evolution of America’s Sports Car. Interesting behind the scenes information of how we almost lost it. Glad we had some risk takers in the right places.

   I’m disappointed that they left out the C7 accomplishments. The refined handling &
   performance. The quality, comfort & interior improvements. The 755HP monster ZR1. I know the high tech visual changes are controversial but I think they hit another Home Run

3. Great video, made me proud to be a Corvette owner, proud to be an American, God Bless.

4. Really enjoyed the video, but yeah why no mention of the C7. All Corvette enthusiasts know it is the greatest generation of the front engine Corvettes.

5. Hey Everybody, great video look at our Corvettes –
   In 1999, at the Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, during the April Corvette Birthday Bash, I was standing next to Dave Hill, the Corvette Engineer at the Plant’s Entrance Doors giving out small candy bars to the Employees of the Assembly Plant as they were heading home from their shift, shaking their hands and telling them that all of us, maybe 200 people or more standing there, just loved our Corvettes, old, new, fast, expensive or used.

   I turned to Dave Hill and recognized him during this candy bar salute to the Assembly Plant technicians, and told him “You know Dave, I just love my 1996 Collector’s Edition Convertible especially with the top down on a cool desert night in Scottsdale, Arizona, listening to the engine working through the gears and enjoying the best car on the Planet!”

   He smiled with his trademark huge grin in response and told me “Thanks alot.”

   The previous models of Corvettes were the best for everybody to purchase, enhance, modify, race, polish and Drive as my new ’96 Convertible with everything optioned from B.G. was right at $50,000 with even a rebate from Chevy before the new 1997 Generation was introduced.

   Now for 2024, the new base model of the 8th Generation Corvette Stingray Coupe 1LT has a starting cost of $ 67,895 (including an outrageous / greedy $1,585 destination fee just to be moved across the street to the Museum for delivery)

   As shown today on the Corvette website Build & Price:
   Your 2024 Corvette Stingray 1LT RWD
   Net Price
   $67,895
   Standard Vehicle Price
   $66,300
   Exterior: Riptide Blue Metallic
   Wheels: 19″ front/20″ rear 5-open-spoke Bright Silver-painted aluminum wheels
   Michelin® Pilot® Sport All Season 4 245/35ZR19 front and 305/30ZR20 rear, performance, run-flat tires
   Interior: GT1 bucket seats
   Sky Cool Gray, Mulan leather seating surfaces with perforated inserts
   Black seat belt color
   8-speed dual clutch transmission
   Chevrolet Infotainment 3 Premium system with Google built-in compatibility
   6.2L V8 DI engine
   Destination Freight Charge: $1,595
   MSRP Total Vehicle Price: $67,895

   So for your hard earned cash of $67,895, you can still buy the best automobile on our small Planet that uses gasoline and enjoy your life in a brand new Corvette (with the top off on a cool night’s drive with your friend)!

   Please keep all the Corvettes alive for generations to enjoy with a gasoline or E85 engine, but always more power.
   Thanks for listening! Corvettes Rule Everywhere!

6. Thanks for watching! As a die hard Japanese car enthusiast my whole life, I was never quite keen on the ‘Vettes until I got the opportunity to drive a C6 Z06 and ZR1 around a racetrack.

   Immediately, I got it. This is the most fun car per dollar money can buy. We’re all fortunate for these brave men that saved the C5 (and all the other people who’s struggled to keep the Vette alive over the years) and I hope my video did them justice!

   <3 Squidd

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