GM unveils Corvette S-Limited for Japan
Click above image for a gallery of the Corvette S-Limited
In celebration of GM's 100th Anniversary, GM Asia-Pacific has unveiled the Corvette S-Limited, a 30-car special for the Japanese market. priced at ¥7,980,000. The allotment is split evenly by color -- 15 in Arctic White and 15 in Black. All the cars get the full leather-wrapped interior package; a rear spoiler, mesh grillework , and screened inserts for the side coves and the plate between the exhaust outlets. 'Vettes in Japan are probably scarce enough that they still draw plenty of attention. Hey, in the land where the best-selling car's engine displaces 660cc's, a thundering, 430-horsepower American pushrod that displaces 6.2 liters is always gonna make people look. Appropriately, the Corvette S-Limited officially goes on sale on the Fourth of July.
Gallery: Chevrolet Corvette S-Limited (JP)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
inteller 9:33AM (7/02/2008)
hahahahahaha....maybe this is what GM should do, start making special editions of vehicles nobody wants!
Next up, the HUMMER S JDM edition. Only 3 will be made and they double as a house in Japan. can be yours for a cool 4 mill.
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Alex Nunez 9:37AM (7/02/2008)
Right, dude, because nobody wants Corvettes...
MTU 5.0 9:36AM (7/02/2008)
Nobody wants?!? I would love to have a C6 Corvette. What are you smoking?
And I'm sure they won't have a problem selling 30 of these in Japan.
Jim 9:47AM (7/02/2008)
I know you have to be a rice burner fan or some kind of idiot. There is no denying the Corvette is the best sport car in the world for the money!
John R 9:54AM (7/02/2008)
@inteller:
Come off it.
@Jim:
Miata owners would disagree.
Ookuma 12:51PM (7/02/2008)
Actually, the Japanese get quite excited over the Hummer, and if sold for that lofty a price, I don't doubt that they would buy them. All of them.
George 2:19PM (7/02/2008)
Actually, the Hummer H1 has a cult following in Japan, even though it was never officially imported there. Owners even have GPS which lets them know which streets are too narrow to travel through. Just look up the Hummer club of Japan and learn something...
Pokey 2:47PM (7/02/2008)
Actually, Corvettes are pretty popular in Japan, though not necessarily plentiful. Alot of people in Japan spend quite a bit of money to have Corvettes shipped to them.
SimbaDogg 3:35PM (7/02/2008)
@ John R?
Seriously...miata...really? i'd take an s2000 before an mx5 hands down for only a couple grand more. mx5 gets killed in EVERY aspect except mpg, and even thats close. oh yeah, i did pick the s2000.
LMBVette 4:21PM (7/02/2008)
I guess that makes me nobody...because I own one! I absolutely love this car!
jonathan charak 9:55AM (7/02/2008)
Jim,
I agree the 'vette is sweet, but what about the GT-R. Isn't that the best for the money (MSRP vs MSRP)?
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Matty 9:59AM (7/02/2008)
Now you've gone ahead and done it. I'll check back in an hour when this post has 300 comments.
Wally 9:57AM (7/02/2008)
I'm too lazy to do the research so I'll ask the question: How much money is this over the regular C6 for some chicken wire? I didn't see any mention of performance upgrades.
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Adam Marcello 12:19PM (7/02/2008)
I read that as a full leather wrapped interior, meaning the dash and all. It sounds like a nice package. Im confused why they dont offer that on the american vettes
BlackCanary 12:25PM (7/02/2008)
I asked the same question a few vette posts ago and I was told that it is an option on the standard vette and standard on the zo6 and zr-1. Or something like that.
Josh L 10:35AM (7/02/2008)
Wouldn't right-hand drive be helpful in Japan?
I couldn't but laugh when I saw the steering wheel in the wrong place for a "Japanese-only special edition."
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Ookuma 12:31PM (7/02/2008)
Lots of cars are left in left-hand drive when imported to the
Japanese market, it makes them exclusive. The Astro and Ram vans have cult followings in Japan, and they are all still left-hand drive.
quagmire 12:46PM (7/02/2008)
The Y-Body isn't able to switch to RHD. GM states it will be an expensive re-engineering of the platform to convert it to RHD. Maybe they will do it for the C7 'Vette.
why not the LS2LS7? 2:26PM (7/02/2008)
In "All Corvettes Are Red", Hill mentions that the C5 Vette was designed to be able to easily be RHD.
It's probably not cost-effective to tool up to make the few RHD models it would sell. Even if the chassis can do it, you have to make a new interior.
Ovidiu Miron 11:16AM (7/02/2008)
Really? On the Fourth of July? Let's see how the japanese market will receive this. It's interesting to watch if the consequences of the economic crisis will affect the Corvette S-Limited.
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