Why cant the Corvette C7 look like this ?

SOOOO 1982.....



Yeah, they did look cool then. But the ZO6 is pretty awesome too.



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That's also what they should have done with the new Camaro. The one that came out in 2009 is gross, they should have just used the 2009 technology in a 1967 body.

 

Far from my favorite style vette. That is sooooooo 80's.

Here's what they should base it on (but they won't). GM has lost all imagination in styling.
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problem is it would never pass modern protection rules, etc.....i remember how close that windshield was in that model 'vette......no wonder the drivers then always laid the seats back so far

 

Interesting poll in the Corvette forum. The C3 is the 2nd least liked design (the one Jerry picked) by Vette owners when discussing the new C7.
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No, I understand that. But, look at today's Mustang and the one's made in 66. Both are pretty cool. I'm not a retro lover but the modern Vette has been warmed over too many times to be interesting anymore.

 

sry, i didn't mean the '65 split window (i was actually commenting on the c3 vette )

but i too like the the retro-modern look of some cars (others i don't care for)

the silver vette used in the last transformers uses some elements of the split-window, which is cool

i think as a personal hotrod a rally clean c3 with a full c5/c6 aluminum chassis + drivetrain (i'd use a z06 with a vortec + zr1 ccr brakes) would be a hell of a kool car

 

i too can't understand other peoples tastes? ....i see these new cars on the road, and not a single one do i find interesting, if not down-right ugly

the c5 did get a bit bloated looking, the c6 improved somewhat, with the sharper edges and lines, but still a tad full figured


makes me more-and-more want to start my own boutique car building coachworks business

 

Because that is the ugliest Corvette ever made. GM would be mad to redux something so badly aged. Give it 30 years

Give me a 1968-1971 C3 instead.

 

I would agree to that. Like I said, the latest version has been warmed over too many times for me to pay attention anymore.

It seems either like their marketing department doesn't want to take any risks or they are trying to save tooling money.

If you look at the C2 vs the C3, the C2 has aged well while the C3 looks really dated. NONE of the C4's, C5's, or C6's will every be viewed as "classics" IMO -- even 20 years from now.

 

+1

 

Whenever I see a C3 on the road, I think of the movie "Boogie Nights" about the 70's porn industry.

Maybe that's why Jerry likes it!

 

I agree with you about the C 5. I'm sure it's a lot of car for the money, but it does nothing for me aesthetically. I'd rather have a late model C 4 and very briefly considered buying one before getting a 308.

As for the C 6; I think they're beautiful....and I own one !

 

A good buddy of mine had an '82 collectors edition and daym is was pretty but I hated driving it.

 

A lot of the styling of current cars is out of the hands of the designers, and new cars will never look like ones that were designed when stylists were king.....

On today's cars the nose has to be higher so that you don't hurt pedestrians. The sides have to be flatter and go down to the lowest point of the sides so that you get good aerodynamics and don't expose the wheels to the airstream. The width of the front tires is often limited by aerodynamics (as they were in the C5). The C2 Stingray had terrible front end lift, you could never produce anything that looked like that today.

I have a C5Z and I don't think it is or ever could be a thing of beauty, but I do enjoy it for its performance.

Frankly, it's very difficult to style something that is beautiful with today's regulations and aero requirements. To my eye the Cayman is a handsome car, but other than that there aren't many cars that I look at and say "man I want one of those". If some company hits a home run on stylling it's going to sell like hotcakes because there isn't much out there that is good looking.

Unfortunately if the supposed spy shots of the C7 are accurate I'm not going to be in any hurry to trade in the Z.

 

Interestingly, I have a friend that works for a company that builds the seats for the new Corvettes. They are having a heck of a time at the moment. They are building seats that are similar to Ferrari seats (really a copy). The problem is the way the material is stretched over the seats and hooked on the back. It's very labor intensive,and a machine can't do it. GM has to pump these things out rapidly, but it's taking their guys almost a day to complete 2 seats. He told me the 2014 will should have doors that open similar to a Lambos as well.

1963-67 is my favorite. I think it's the dash thats really cool.

 

For the 68 C3 GM's target was the 250GTO

I have a 68 roadster, next year I'm buying an SRiii frame & dropping in C6 engine, trans, suspension, brakes, AC etc
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I think you're right, but it goes back to the original Mako Shark 2 show car, then was given some GTO flair.

Too bad really. The Shark 2 was a bolder statement than the C3.
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I had a C6 and it was a beautiful car to look at. The C6 will go down as one of the better designs. I prefer 68-69 C3s over any of the other C3 models. Especially 68s - those had no trim, 4 red taillights. I owned a 427/400 68. I also owned a 78 SA and they were like night and day. The later C3s were like Elvis...they got very fat and lazy toward the end of their run.

But no question, the C2s were the business!

 

Disagree. The earlier models were the best looking of this body style. Just slimmed down and basic with chrome. Very svelte!

I can only imagine what people in late 1967 thought when they saw the "coke bottle" body for the first time on the street. Must have made quite the stir.

The 82 collector model you posted...actually from 1980 and up -- just too much air dam and finnage for me. In fact, every one of them after 1972 - meh.
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I read that the fenders on the C3 concept were so high the driver couldnt see over them LOL
Details, Im sure Lambo wouldnt have cared about that

 

Give me a C6 Z06 any day of the week over the earlier cars.