Potential Owner - C6 vs C7 (and short future depreciation)

[Stingray]

The idea that cylinder deactivation "stresses" anything sounds far-fetched to me. It switches in and out pretty seamlessly.

If an A8 car is driven on the paddles (i.e. in manual mode) cylinder deactivation is disabled.

 

[Chuffer]

My Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi V8 has cylinder deactivation when under light load and cruising or pootling at 30mph in traffic . 65000 miles and never missed a beat and the change over is imperceptible .

 

[Fishy Dave]

Just to correct one thing in your post, the LS2 is as reliable as the LS3. As you are only looking for a wide body then that rules out an LS2 anyway, as they were a later model.

 

[Yellowshark]

When you consider costs consider that Corvettes have always been cheap to service and repair - although I cannot speak personally for the C7. The C7 is also the last real Corvette so maybe it will hold its price well. Do not worry about 60,000 miles. I have now done 160,000+ miles in my C5 and it purrs like new

 

[Yellowshark]

..... oh and do not dither until we run out of petrol pumps

 

[Iamnotarobot]

When you consider costs consider that Corvettes have always been cheap to service and repair - although I cannot speak personally for the C7. The C7 is also the last real Corvette so maybe it will hold its price well. Do not worry about 60,000 miles. I have now done 160,000+ miles in my C5 and it purrs like new

Any idea of potential C7 annual warranty plan costs? Did a bit of reading up and Lexus charge around £1700/year for the LC, Porsche around £800 for the 718, NSX is £3-4k lol

The one thing about the 370z (touch wood) is that the platform has not really changed since 2002 with the 350z. The engineering is p basic so there is less that can go wrong. I have friends with Alfa 4Cs and Lotus Elises and they have had troubles.