A Car & Driver article from Oct. '76 had the TR6 at US$6366, and the 'vette
at just over $8000. At 75% of the cost of the Chevy, a 1997 TR6 would be
around $30,000.
Now I know why Miatas sell so well.
Rod. '70 TR6 CC55899L
At 17:55 19-11-97 -0600, Roger Helman wrote:
> I'm not sure they where lots cheaper. I think the sale price of my
TR-6 was
>4020 in 71, I would have to dig up the bill of sale. I think the average
US car
>was around 2500-3000 at the time. Does anyone know the cost of a 71 Sting
Ray?
>
>
>James Charles Ruwaldt wrote:
>
>> I think the main reason the Mustang sold so much faster than the Corvette
>> is that it's a more practical car. After all, most people have little use
>> for a two-seater, even though a Mustang's back seat isn't really suited to
>> holding more than kids. Our cars, for example, may have been a lot less
>> expensive than Corvettes, but they probably didn't sell much better, which
>> may have been because few people would own one as a first car, families
>> almost entirely unlikely. You can't say from sales figures that the
>> Mustang is a better car than the Corvette. They just show that people
>> have had more use for Mustangs.
>> Jim Ruwaldt
>> '72 TR6 CC79338U
>> Bloomington, IN
>>
>> On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Joe Curry wrote:
>>
>> > fred thomas wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Interesting note on vettes, watching the speed vision channel on the
dish
>> > > Sun. and this question was asked, What did Mustang do in less than 2
>> > > years that it took vettes 40 years to do ?? One Million sales.
>> >
>> > That begs for the assertion that cheap cars usually sell more than
>> > expensive ones. But lets look at the competing vehicle. I think it
>> > took the Camaro far less than 40 years to top One Million.
>> >
>> > Also, one must note that collector value is much higher on the Corvette
>> > because of the limited numbers produced (by design).
>> >
>> > Joe Curry '63 Spit (previous Vette owner)
>> >
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