In Britain the base model Corvette coupe rings in at £45,850 ($85,660) and the convertible at £51,850 ($96,867). Those are entry level cars, not Z06's.
If the slowest available Corvette, the drop top auto, costs over $100,000 after tax, titles, and fees...would you buy it? Would you give it a good reveiw if the price put it in the same territory as Ferrari's and Porsche's? If I had 70,000p to spend, It wouldn't go into a Z06, it's go into a Ferrari or a GT3.
A good $40,000 car is a shitty ass $100,000 car.