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The raison d'etre of the C8 is said to be to capture a crowd other than 55 year old golfers.  We'll see how that works.

I'm not sure many 911 drivers would be caught in a Vette no matter the numbers.

true and true, but they don't seem to gamble on losing the 55 year old golfer
they just want to add another group or two

probably wouldn't hold my golf clubs

With your scores your probably throwing them anyway

I'll die before the sport does
that's ok with me

Get the score card out and add some years instead of removing strokes

So, if you had $80,000 to spend on a "sports car" today, a new one however defined, what would you buy?

You can't keep the change. 

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/g4277/the-13-best-cars-under-100000-dollars/?slide=18

Some of the options available, using the term loosely.

As noted before, I think I'd lean to a Cayman S pretty well equipped.

The new "Vette would get my attention also.

I'd have to make sure I fit in one of these, but I already said I want one. Starts at $74K.

https://www.arielna.com/arielatom-4

Obviously this assumes that it never has to see "daily driver" duty. If I had to have one as a daily driver, I think I'd look at a 911. (Possibly lightly used to stay within $80K). 

There aren't that many Ferraris sold in the US each year anyway new.  Chevy could nab every one of them and it would be a small percentage, and they won't nab more than a few at best.  The sell about 2,500 a year in the US.  Porsche sells under 10,000 911s a year, a nifty market with their markups and options pricing.

Corvette sells about 20,000, more than that when the C7 was newer (34,000 in 2014).

Might they nab some 911 buyers?  Might get more Cayman buyers, and some high end Mustang buyers.

That's if the car is really well sorted out and the interior is nicely done, the little things.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/chevrolet-corvette-history-c2/?sm_id=organic_fb_MT_trueanthem&utm_campaign&utm_content=5d534150a341320001aaf4ff&utm_medium&utm_source&fbclid=IwAR3pvSdCfhlojpEx_JAGOgOcaaiV6KVLX6KBM1_muMWbZu7rECWgnQ3rYbA

The C2 was in essence the first "real Vette".  Jaguar was laying the foundation and Chevy was following the model.

My favorite "generation" of the Corvette.
For pure looks, I love the '56-57 models, but they were trucks.  And the '58s shared in the general uglification of GM cars of that year.
But the '63-67 Corvettes still look sharp, crisp, clean, and exciting.  And they had the mechanicals to back up what the looks promised.

I've dug that Atom ever since I first saw them demo it on Top Gear, years ago.  But it's pretty much a track car isn't it?  I don't believe they're even street legal unless they ship to you as a kit car in pieces, and you assemble yourself, or something like that.

I think they might be street legal but only via the kit car (even if they assemble) exceptions. I'd figure it out before buying one, obviously.