<VV> Corvettes> Not so fast, G.I.!

[BBRT]

Would you accept "most popular" in place of "best"?  Or how about "most 
marketable"?  At 30-50 thous copies a year, no matter how good the Corvette 
is, she ain't gonna carry the freight!  Corvettes can't compete in the 
market place with Mustangs. Different customers. Price.  Insurance costs. As 
a prior Corvette owner, and I would love to have a new one, the 'Vettes of 
the '70s and early '80s suffered from a lot of the ills of the rest of the 
industry-post gas crisis, increased mileage demands/requirements, and 
greatly stricter EPA requirements... Didn't help GM.

Mustangs are inexpensive-go price one, and they look "just like" they are 
remembered.... Can you see, a whole generation of young folks buying into 
Fords?

Chuck S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Brandt" <f111a at austin.rr.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 11:42 AM
Subject: <VV> Not so fast, G.I.!


Re "If GM and Chrysler would ever get their heads out and try and catch up 
to
the Mustang...... (w/ Challenger and Camaro)... Nothing like bringing your
best stuff to a fight where the outcome is no longer in doubt...  Can you
say, 'A day late and a dollar short'?"

G.M.'s "best stuff" has been on top of the fight since 1953. Can you say, 
"Corvette"?

Phil Brandt
Austin, TX
CORSA since '71 (18 Vairs in 41 years)
'96 C-4 convert.