2014 Chevrolet C7 Corvette fascia gets accidental web preview

John, I never knew about that one, but after your recommendation "Once Upon a Car", was so terrific, I will definitely order this one.

 

I'd send you my copy,but this one is on my I-Pad

 

Thank You very much.

 

in today's On the Table column,Peter DeLorenzo comes out to and says why he has "issues" with Sergio Marchionne :http://www.autoextremist.com/on-the-table1/

 

One Porsche Drive was interesting...
CH

 

Cool Video of the C7 today posted, the interior sure looks a lot better. Isaac care to post.

 

Guess he's not a fan....

 

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=c7+corvette+interior+video&mid=4D37BBB0FF765B6C522A4D37BBB0FF765B6C522A&view=detail&FORM=VIRE7

This it? Scotty, beam me up.....

 

i would agree with that assessment ....

 

That seems very very nice

 

That status monitor graphic on the dash is clearly a C6. Also in the shot with the computer in the luggage area the side window behind the B pillar looks non-functional.

Really looking forward to seeing the car in Detroit in January.

 

The differences from C6 to C7 aren't subtle I still will say that the aim was 911, and is still short of that.

 

Finally, thank god, where have you been?

 

Careful not to ruffle the hen house too much

http://jalopnik.com/5965140/five-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-2014-corvette
I still laugh at the notion that they will be using a 5.5 liter v8. Maybe they know something I don't. I'm much more interested in 7 liter news, which there isn't any.

I'm also surprised that there haven't been any spy pics of the C7. It has been out undisguised!

 

http://jalopnik.com/2014-corvette/

 

Thanks John as always. I am so hopeful that the car will look better in the flesh then what we have seen so far. I just hope they maintain some Corvette character of the last 60 years.

 

Wow, do they do this just so someone can snap pictures and post them? Seems like cheap press.

 

I like the front...its the rear Im concerned about. That notch in the rear quarter window makes me cringe. Its the stylistic equivalent of a stop sign on an open highway.

 

It would "hurt" the unveiling and press that surrounds it. GM, and any Mfr. want to control what media gets released, and when it gets released. Can't say I blame them.

In 2004, when a member of the media gave away the press images to a friend, who emailed them to somebody else so they could put it on CF... GM got it's legal team on him in a New York Minute. They never did find out who the original leak was. Did it harm the car? Probably not. Before it leaked, there wasn't any real talk of what the engine was. if I recall correctly...
more on that story
http://www.z06vette.com/forums/f64/old-c6-z06-news-70048/
http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25709

 

a long,long,time ago back in the early mid'90's,someone at GM Photographic leaked pix of the Grand Prix we were working on,and they showed up on the cover of Automobile magazine.

GM legal tracked him down,and prosecuted...............he wound up in Milan Federal Penitentary,in Milan,Mi.

I'm sure he's out by now

 

Ouch. At the same time, I'm sure it didn't happen again in that 'generation' Today, everything is so instant. I still think there is a lot of pride in the products by the workers; however, instant media at our fingertips has made it tougher for some to keep their mouths shut publicly.

Regarding the 2004 leak, the basic plan was the entirety of the US press were going to have the Z06 on the cover for their January issues, or February at the latest. Autoweek were the only group to respond to the leak as appropriately, and legally as they could. And, they were the only group who legitimately could respond with the long lead-up time for print. Thankfully, the Z ended up being so much more than just an initial release press kind of car, and like Corvettes of past, it challenged how the world thought about the way we build cars

I'm looking forward to January!

 

looks like someone else will be doing some "hard time" for intellectual property theft:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-30/ex-gm-engineer-husband-found-guilty-of-trade-secrets-theft-1-.html

After an almost month-long trial, former General Motors engineer Shanshan Du and her husband, Yu Qin, were convicted Sunday of stealing hybrid vehicle trade secrets from the automaker. Qin was convicted on seven counts, while Du was convicted of three trade-secret counts but acquitted of wire fraud charges.

Prosecutors said Qin used the data in attempts to either get employment with or form partnerships with GM's Chinese competitors, including Chery Automobile Co. GM claimed in the trial that the secrets were worth more than $40 million. Defense lawyers said the data wasn't secret, wasn't stolen and was "useless for other companies."

"These defendants stole trade secrets, which General Motors spent many years and millions of dollars to develop, to give an unfair advantage to a foreign competitor," US Attorney Barbara McQuade said. "We hope that this prosecution will send a message that stealing proprietary information from an employer or competitor is a serious crime."

Du worked for GM from 2000 until her resignation in 2005. Prosecutors argued that Du and her husband had formed Millennium Technology International through which they had hoped to sell the stolen information. Lawyers said 16,262 stolen files were found on Du's computer.

Sentencing is scheduled for February. The couple face maximum sentences of 10 years on each trade secret count and fines of as much $250,000.

 

The new issue (Jan.'13)of Car & Driver magazine has a cover story with a 5 pg. article on the C7.