Presentation…this has it!
What we have here today is a VERY well put together listing for, dare I say…… “just” a C5 Corvette.
Now, I want to make absolutely clear that the 50th Anniversary C5 Corvette is a very good sportscar. Produced in 2003, they all came in a great color combination and featured the trick F55 Magnetic Selective Ride Control suspension, a very cool piece of suspension engineering.
In fact, this would be the C5 I would pick aside from the 2004 Z06 Commemorative Edition.
This particular example looks solid. 67k miles, coupe body style, no accident history, etc etc. Yes, it has seven owners listed, but I wouldn’t worry about that too much. It’s a California and Washington state car, which are arguably the best climates for cars.
I don’t believe the red calipers are stock, but someone please correct me if I am wrong.
Now that that’s out of the way, what I really want to highlight is the presentation in this auction. For a car that will likely go in the high teens/low 20s a considerable effort was put into it by the seller, and I think that’s fantastic.
The lighting, the dark background, the position of the car with turned front wheels. It all makes it look so goooood.
The car itself is very clean and appears to have had a superb detail (just look at that engine bay!), and the photography is great. The lighting, the angles, they all make the car look so, so….good.
Love the low angle shots. Really highlight the quad tail lamps and exhaust tips.
And take a look at this engine bay:
The proverbial “So clean you can eat off it”.
Props to whoever did the detail job on it. Virtually no dust or dirt anywhere. Looks close to a brand new car.
The interior is the highlight for me. Yes, you can see some carpet age and wear in the driver’s footwell for example, but the pictures don’t hide it or make it difficult to determine like in so many cell phone pictures.
So, so clean. Great picture as well. Almost like you can reach out and touch the wheel, knobs, and buttons!
But the photos look like something out of a dealer sales brochure. I can just picture myself sitting behind that wheel, touching all those buttons. Just very nicely done.
Another quality shot. The tech in new cars is pretty nice, but this makes me long for simpler, analogue controls.
I mean, you kind of hope (expect, really) this kind of stuff in auctions for six and seven figure cars, yet the seller, Jelliott, appears to do this for a car that will realistically go for substantially less than that. Taking a look at the selling history, this is the norm, rather than the exception. Check out the $3,500 1978 Mercury Zephyr.
Has roughly $20,000 ever looked so good or so fast?
I hope all the time and effort put in result in a good price for the seller, and also instills confidence in the buyer that they are purchasing a car being sold by someone who really cares.