2022 Corvette Pricing Announced For Australia, New Zealand
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The 2022 Corvette is headed to Australia and New Zealand, and now, pricing information for the two Oceania markets has been revealed.
Customers in Australia and New Zealand will have several trims to choose from, starting with the 2LT, the mid-ranger in the U.S. market, priced at AU$144,990 (before on-road costs) in Australia, or $110,305 at current exchange rates. The 2LT will start at NZ$154,990 in New Zealand, or $108,323 at current exchange rates.
The 2022 Corvette will also be offered in the top 3LT trim level, priced at AU$160,500 in Australia ($122,104 at current exchange rates) and NZ$169,990 in New Zealand ($118,806 at current exchange rates).
In addition to the 2022 Corvette 2LT and 3LT Coupe, both markets will also get the drop-top convertible body style in both trim levels, with convertibles adding a $15,000 premium across the board compared to the fixed-top model.
Finally, both markets will get the 2022 Corvette Carbon Edition as well, although pricing information for the Carbon Edition has yet to be revealed. More info will be available in the second quarter of the year.
As for the greasy bits, the 2022 Corvette set to arrive in Australia and New Zealand will match the U.S.-spec models, with the naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 LT2 gasoline engine mounted just behind the cabin, sending 495 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque to the rear wheels by way of an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. The Z51 Performance Package will be equipped as standard across the line, as will the Front Lift feature.
Critically, the 2022 Corvette will be delivered from the factory in Bowling Green, Kentucky in a right-hand-drive configuration, as opposed to undergoing a conversion from left-hand drive post production. The vehicle will be launched by General Motors Special Vehicles (GMSV), the new sub-brand taking up the mantle following the departure of Holden.
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Price puts it against AMG C63
So? Do you think that compact sedan is better C8?
This must be the very first time that GM is able produce a right hand steered car in the Americas.
Congrats!
incorrect, Volt and Acadia were factory RHD when sold here. Equinox and Suburban (1999/2000) were RHD too (but both were sourced from Mexico)
Wherever your “here” is, I stand corrected.
I checked Wikipedia for the Volt/Ampera, and read that this model was assembled exclusively in Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant, Michigan. Since Opel needed a RHD version as Vauxhall Ampera for the country UK and Opel branded for Ireland, Cyprus and Malta, so there could also have been a RHD version badged Chevrolet Volt for Australia and New Zealand.
On the GMC Acadia, I found:
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The Acadia was sold in Australia and New Zealand as a Holden-badged vehicle. It went on sale November 12, 2018. The Holden Acadia was built in Tennessee with RHD specifications, and marketed as a full-size CUV.[20] Australia and New Zealand were the only markets in the world where a right-hand drive version of the Acadia was sold.
The Holden brand was phased out in 2020. The Holden Acadia was due to receive an update for 2020 like the GMC Acadia, but it was canceled.[21] By the end of 2020, Holden sold 1,407 Acadias, down 56% from the previous year.[22]
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Could it be that this was meant as “the new flagship car” for Opel/Vauxhall, but was cancelled here (in Europe) when GM decided to sell Opel to PSA?
“Here” for me is Australia, I work in the parts department of a Holden dealership
That explains it!
“An der Quelle saß der Knabe” one likes to say on those cases here in Germany (“At the source the boy was sitting”).
I have most of my knowledge from books and newspapers and … the Web, and especially Wikipedia.
pricing for cars they can’t even produce well for here ! Great job GM, keep looking for those suckers.
How about making mine,13 months+ wait and counting, instead of sending to other continents!
C8s already sold out in New Zaland after talking to several dealers, or they wont take any deposits as they have no idea what spec they will receive, or colours? What a joke GMSV. No organisation at all.
More money wasted here than typhoid Mary’s bonus