you are pretty far off base
you are pretty far off base on a lot. Chevy would be going backwards to play with the Ford GT. Corvettes rival is the Viper not the Mustang (thats Camaro your thinking of). and Camaro has stepped into the old shoes that Corvette once filled. As far as price going up I dont think it will hurt as bad as you think. As it is its running with Ferrari, imagine the drastically better performance with mid-engine and how it will rip up Ferrari. So even raising the price to $150k-$160k for a car that will trash a $300k car is very reasonable. and for those track enthusiast that thats a bit out of reach for they can grab themselves a Camaro ZL1 1LE and Chevy still wins.