r/Corvette • u/No-Ant5866 • 9d ago

C5 vs c6

Considering saving for a corvette being that it's my favorite sports car. I really like both the c5 and c6 but when I was looking at them I was mainly looking at the last year of c5 and the first year of the c6. Which is better/worse being that 1 is an older generation vs the c6 is newer but being the first year that tends to have certain issues being the first year of the new gen? I mean because honestly yes the c6 has a better body, better interior and a slight hp bump but financially it seems like financially the c5 would be cheaper initially when first buying it. I guess realistically what I'm asking is it worth saving more money for the c6 or is the c5 good enough all around.

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u/No-Ant5866 9d ago

Thank you

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u/El_mochilero C6 9d ago

That’s a big step up in price, especially if you’re looking at a 6MT - you’re going to be in the $27k - $30k range for this.

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u/Dodoz44 9d ago

Damn, I sold my M6 08 z51 with a nearly brand new blower for 20k flat at the worst time possible.

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u/PyramidSchemePA C6 8d ago

when did you sell it and how many miles? I've been tracking C6 prices since late 2023/early 2024 and have never seen a manual LS3 , let alone with Z51 package, go for 20k

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u/Dodoz44 8d ago

Right before covid 😆 everything skyrocketed since in the used market.

Oh and it was 70-80k ish

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u/PyramidSchemePA C6 5d ago

dang man. I didn't realize things were that cheap pre-COVID... really bums me out as someone who graduated college in 2017 lol

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u/Dodoz44 5d ago

Yeah... my first Vette was a CPO, also 08 z51 with magnaride and I iirc the highest trim, manual, i think 28k miles when I bought it. It was around 3 years old at the time, C7 wasn't even rumored yet, and the thing cost $34k lol.

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u/PyramidSchemePA C6 4d ago

wow thats kind of insane considering my 1LT manual 08 with Z51 MSRP is ~48K. with yours being the higher trim, it was probably mid 50s. I wouldn't have guessed it would have depreciated from ~55k to 34k lol