C7 has NO targa top?
09-02-2012, 01:45 PM
#21
Drifting
I have to say, it will be very interesting to see what the convertible version of this car will look like.
I'd like to hope that they do away with a cloth top convertible.
I've always liked how a vert looks with top down, but NEVER liked it's looks with top up.
I'd like to hope that they do away with a cloth top convertible.
I've always liked how a vert looks with top down, but NEVER liked it's looks with top up.
09-02-2012, 02:05 PM
#23
Race Director
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Having owned a retractable roof car for 2 years, I found that it wasn't worth the wasted room and we got rid of it. It got out of synch/adjustment once and it took a week to get it adjusted so it wouldn't leak in the rain.
09-02-2012, 02:08 PM
#24
Safety Car
09-02-2012, 02:53 PM
#25
Burning Brakes
I love the targa top personally. Could have used a bit better execution on the C6 but if given the choice I would keep it and deal with any minor issues.
I did not want the convertible for several reasons (cost, looks) and think the targa top is a great selling point for the Coupe. Like any other feature, it is not for everyone.
I did not want the convertible for several reasons (cost, looks) and think the targa top is a great selling point for the Coupe. Like any other feature, it is not for everyone.
09-02-2012, 03:14 PM
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I love the targa top personally. Could have used a bit better execution on the C6 but if given the choice I would keep it and deal with any minor issues.
I did not want the convertible for several reasons (cost, looks) and think the targa top is a great selling point for the Coupe. Like any other feature, it is not for everyone.
I did not want the convertible for several reasons (cost, looks) and think the targa top is a great selling point for the Coupe. Like any other feature, it is not for everyone.
09-02-2012, 03:21 PM
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I've always owned a Targa Top in my 4 corvettes. Its what I choose to purchase on the c7 if it is available.
It would truly suck tremendously if it was true that they don't offer it on the new c7....
It would truly suck tremendously if it was true that they don't offer it on the new c7....
09-02-2012, 03:39 PM
#28
Drifting
I wouldn't worry about losing the targa top. If you seen some of the spy shots from car and driver I think, there is tape on the roof showing that there's a top.
09-02-2012, 03:56 PM
#29
Le Mans Master
I predict the C7 coupe will still have a targa roof.
Look at the "snow" photos. You can see (1) the roof panel isn't a C6 panel because the center depression isn't the same, and (2) the rear roof panel seam aligned with the rear edge of the side window.
I use the targa. C7 would be much less appealing to me without it. I dislike cloth tops, and a moonroof is a poor substitute. A folding hardtop means no hatchback, and I don't want to give up the hatchback either.
GM might make more folks happy if on the base C7 they offered a fixed roof that made the car stiffer than the latched-shut targa or convertible. Weld/bolt it in, and eliminate the halo seam. Just don't eliminate the targa option; it's too cool.
.Jinx
Look at the "snow" photos. You can see (1) the roof panel isn't a C6 panel because the center depression isn't the same, and (2) the rear roof panel seam aligned with the rear edge of the side window.
I use the targa. C7 would be much less appealing to me without it. I dislike cloth tops, and a moonroof is a poor substitute. A folding hardtop means no hatchback, and I don't want to give up the hatchback either.
GM might make more folks happy if on the base C7 they offered a fixed roof that made the car stiffer than the latched-shut targa or convertible. Weld/bolt it in, and eliminate the halo seam. Just don't eliminate the targa option; it's too cool.
.Jinx
09-02-2012, 04:53 PM
#31
Team Owner
Took the targa off of my first C5 maybe five times the first year i owned it(2006). The 4 1/2 years I owned my 2nd C5, never took the targa off. Now I own an FRC. So I would not be heart-broken if the Targa went away.
09-02-2012, 04:57 PM
#32
Drifting
TOTALLY disagree. What is wrong with a cloth top? The take up far less room and weigh a lot less than a retractable roofed car.
Having owned a retractable roof car for 2 years, I found that it wasn't worth the wasted room and we got rid of it. It got out of synch/adjustment once and it took a week to get it adjusted so it wouldn't leak in the rain.
Having owned a retractable roof car for 2 years, I found that it wasn't worth the wasted room and we got rid of it. It got out of synch/adjustment once and it took a week to get it adjusted so it wouldn't leak in the rain.
I have yet to see a cloth top anything where the top looks good.
It never looks like it's part of what the car should look like.
It looks like "in case of rain, put this over the interior so it doesn't get wet".
I do agree with the rest of your statements though. They do weigh less and do take up less space. They just don't look as good as a removable top or a retractable hard top.
09-02-2012, 05:02 PM
#33
Le Mans Master
All this is very interesting, but the C7 will not have a completely new chassis and body support
structure! if we are to believe so-called insiders. That means a lot of the more radical guesses about it are not even possible. I'm guessing most of the conjecture about changes that require major structural changes will prove to be wrong.
structure! if we are to believe so-called insiders. That means a lot of the more radical guesses about it are not even possible. I'm guessing most of the conjecture about changes that require major structural changes will prove to be wrong.
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09-02-2012, 05:13 PM
#34
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They look like crap.
I have yet to see a cloth top anything where the top looks good.
It never looks like it's part of what the car should look like.
It looks like "in case of rain, put this over the interior so it doesn't get wet".
I do agree with the rest of your statements though. They do weigh less and do take up less space. They just don't look as good as a removable top or a retractable hard top.
I have yet to see a cloth top anything where the top looks good.
It never looks like it's part of what the car should look like.
It looks like "in case of rain, put this over the interior so it doesn't get wet".
I do agree with the rest of your statements though. They do weigh less and do take up less space. They just don't look as good as a removable top or a retractable hard top.
Hey, you materials science students! Get to work!
09-02-2012, 05:20 PM
#35
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All this is very interesting, but the C7 will not have a completely new chassis and body support
structure! if we are to believe so-called insiders. That means a lot of the more radical guesses about it are not even possible. I'm guessing most of the conjecture about changes that require major structural changes will prove to be wrong.
structure! if we are to believe so-called insiders. That means a lot of the more radical guesses about it are not even possible. I'm guessing most of the conjecture about changes that require major structural changes will prove to be wrong.
09-02-2012, 06:28 PM
#36
Le Mans Master
First, there are no "photos" of the C7 so we don't know if it has a fixed roof ala the 'rendering' or not. Also, an open car (coupe or 'vert) accounts for a majority of Corvette sales. GM would really eff up the car without this feature. 
09-02-2012, 06:32 PM
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Le Mans Master
09-02-2012, 07:11 PM
#38
I love being able to remove the top! I hate the look of a convertible with it's top raised so that has never been an option for me and taking the targa off is an awesome alternative IMO
09-02-2012, 09:34 PM
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I am glad that this thread was created so I can segue into a complaint that I have had about the steel frame car. In 08 I had the aluminum Z06 , sold it and every so often, borrow my friend's Z51 C6.
I felt that the Z06 was stiffer , no rattles, and just all around felt better.
I could do without a lift off roof to get an ultra stiff platform.
I felt that the Z06 was stiffer , no rattles, and just all around felt better.
I could do without a lift off roof to get an ultra stiff platform.
2 of the 3 vettes I've owned have been fixed roof coupes. Both tight as a drum, no squeaks, no rattles.
I'm with Ox on this one - go with a fixed roof coupe and a vert.
09-02-2012, 09:41 PM
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Race Director
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Because I don't like them anyway, I have no real skin in the targa top game!