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If I'm still waiting for the swiss final MY15 prices, I have received definitive informations regarding US and our Stingray model main differences:
• 3 years / 100'000 Km Bumper to bumper warranty and 6 years Corrosion
• 3 years Roadside Assistance
• Z51 Performance Pack Standard
• Exhaust Performance system 4 Valves (add. 5HP) standard
• Performance Traction Management standard (TC system like in a race car, 5 modes. 3 of the 5 modes are with stability control system)
• Rear Fog Lamps
• European language package for Driver Info, Radio, Navi
• European Audio System (European frequency, TMC and Digital Audio System DAB/DAB+/DMB-R)
• European Navigation System
• Up-level Anti-Theft System
• Euro 5 homologation with lower CO2 emission rate (Eco default mode)
• Magnetic Suspension Standard with specific calibration (EU: Tour and Sport Mode are refined for speed and handling)
• No garage door opener in Europe cars
• ECE lighting on Europe cars, front headlamp washers
• Metric instrumentation and driver info
• Front and rear tow hooks
• European noise calibration
• European regulatory compliance and labeling
• ECE rear cargo restraint system
• ECE outside rear view mirrors with side repeaters
• Electronic steering with specific calibration (EU: more precise at center and specific tuned for speed)
• Electronic steering column lock
I can add:
• No 1LT option here
• Navigation system is still included in 2LT
• PDR is an option for 2LT and 3LT : very good idea as the overprice you must pay for 3LT, even if you don't need this PDR, is a bad thing. I was interested by the system but the informations refreshing's speed an the quite poor image quality don't match with the price.
We don't have:
• The US warranty level (why ?)
• The free maintenance (why ?)
Thousands of $ spared by GM !
YOU'RE LUCKY GUYS.... There is the main big difference:
We will pay here approx. $89'000.00 for the swiss "basic Z51 2LT model" (including our 8% tax)
So, even without the tax and including say $4000.00 of transport cost to Europe, seeing this price we are just considered by GM as "cows to be milked" !!!
They just have compared the prices of the competitors here and adjusted the C7 to be better. If it's a good price vs the competitors, it's not a justification to make a so big profit on our back.
Last "cherry on the cake": from the 01/01/2015 we will have to pay between $4500.00 and $5'500.00 of CO2 swiss tax for the C7, it's new and it's a "special option" I cannot avoid as my car will arrive here end of January
• 3 years / 100'000 Km Bumper to bumper warranty and 6 years Corrosion
• 3 years Roadside Assistance
• Z51 Performance Pack Standard
• Exhaust Performance system 4 Valves (add. 5HP) standard
• Performance Traction Management standard (TC system like in a race car, 5 modes. 3 of the 5 modes are with stability control system)
• Rear Fog Lamps
• European language package for Driver Info, Radio, Navi
• European Audio System (European frequency, TMC and Digital Audio System DAB/DAB+/DMB-R)
• European Navigation System
• Up-level Anti-Theft System
• Euro 5 homologation with lower CO2 emission rate (Eco default mode)
• Magnetic Suspension Standard with specific calibration (EU: Tour and Sport Mode are refined for speed and handling)
• No garage door opener in Europe cars
• ECE lighting on Europe cars, front headlamp washers
• Metric instrumentation and driver info
• Front and rear tow hooks
• European noise calibration
• European regulatory compliance and labeling
• ECE rear cargo restraint system
• ECE outside rear view mirrors with side repeaters
• Electronic steering with specific calibration (EU: more precise at center and specific tuned for speed)
• Electronic steering column lock
I can add:
• No 1LT option here
• Navigation system is still included in 2LT
• PDR is an option for 2LT and 3LT : very good idea as the overprice you must pay for 3LT, even if you don't need this PDR, is a bad thing. I was interested by the system but the informations refreshing's speed an the quite poor image quality don't match with the price.
We don't have:
• The US warranty level (why ?)
• The free maintenance (why ?)
Thousands of $ spared by GM !
YOU'RE LUCKY GUYS.... There is the main big difference:
We will pay here approx. $89'000.00 for the swiss "basic Z51 2LT model" (including our 8% tax)
So, even without the tax and including say $4000.00 of transport cost to Europe, seeing this price we are just considered by GM as "cows to be milked" !!!
They just have compared the prices of the competitors here and adjusted the C7 to be better. If it's a good price vs the competitors, it's not a justification to make a so big profit on our back.
Last "cherry on the cake": from the 01/01/2015 we will have to pay between $4500.00 and $5'500.00 of CO2 swiss tax for the C7, it's new and it's a "special option" I cannot avoid as my car will arrive here end of January