Wow factor

frost

I read somewhere that they don't want high bolsters on the vette's seats because their target demographic is men in their 50s and above, so they don't want to make the seats too difficult to get in and out of.

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370z OG

UNKNOWN_370

Hahahahaha. To sell better to its target customer... The corvette will be renamed the "Geezermoble 5000 in 2013:

Hambone1

I guess it makes sense, but still, kind of contradictory to the overall mission of the Corvette itself.

frost

Well, we could say their overall mission is to sell cars, so if old dudes are the ones buying them, they have to cater to that. From my experience owning a vette and running with that crowd, I would say very few of these things are seeing the track. Most of them become weekend cruisers.

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370z OG

Hambone1

True. Obviously they want to sell cars, but it almost seems to me that if you go that route why not offer a V6/V8 package type of thing. To all who are gearing up their flamethrowers, yes I know it's blasphemy, but if you're going to neuter the seats in a car that runs like a raped ape, might as well neuter the engine too

whoady4shoady

I have to disagree there. swapping seats out is much easier than doing an engine swap. Just swap the seats if you dont like them.

Hambone1

Very valid point. I was more playing devil's advocate there, if you're making certain areas of your car "soft" to better cater to your target demographic, 430+ horsepower, huge brakes, etc seem a little redundant wouldn't you say?

Red__Zed

Word. Most people that drive hard do that anyways.

Its not like the 370z seats are that great either. The civic si an the maxima have better bolstering.