Superformance and GM unveil their 1963 Corvette Grand Sport

[ACademic]

All price points aside, how many GS replicas have you seen at the local weekend "Cars & Coffee" gatherings lately? Or even the larger shows?

Exactly. One to none.

So forget the price point. Someone out there will pay good money and dare to be different. And with more anti-smog and big government legislation undoubtedly on the way (the green movement), you can bet that e-rods like this ARE the future. Look no further than Australia to see how they are adapting these high-powered GM engines to Cobras and everything else...because they HAVE to, not because they choose to. Australia is light years ahead of our level of thinking on this subject because of necessity. We will all be asking them for advice on this forum in 4-5 years.

The GS will most likely do just fine, even with low production numbers. It's more a marketing exercise by GM (Gee, wasn't the Ford GT the same goal for Ford?!? Ford did not make a dime on the Ford GT, but they won the hearts of many over). Plus Superformance gains additional exposure to cross-sell the rest of their fine line of offerings. A win-win. A no-brainer.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by ACademic

All price points aside, how many GS replicas have you seen at the local weekend "Cars & Coffee" gatherings lately? Or even the larger shows?

Exactly. One to none.

Not that you are, but I wouldn't base their future market on historical patterns. I could be like Patrick and quote some made-up percentage, but I'm sure nearly all mid-year Corvette buyers, pre-SPF GS, are purists and would never cut up any model mid-year Vette to produce a GS replica. That's why you don't see more.

If SPF/GM can get the SPF GS accepted into vintage racing, then I see a much larger market for it. Right now, most Corvette owners are purists and wouldn't buy a replica.

[ACademic]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

I could be like Patrick and quote some made-up percentage, but I'm sure nearly all mid-year Corvette buyers, pre-SPF GS, are purists and would never cut up any model mid-year Vette to produce a GS replica.

Totally agree on the latter and please don't do the former. We would also expect a photo essay to follow.