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Original Camo


New Camo

There is one glaring difference between this photo from a few months ago to the recent one taken a few days ago. Notice the cut-outs in the camo for the tail-lights, its a rectangular opening. The newer photo's show the cut-out in the camo to be 2 round circles. My theory is the lights aren't round, they're rectangular thats why the older camo was made that way to reflect the taillights shape. After all the controversy, I think they made subsequent camo covers to hide the real shape with the 2 circles and also to try to deceive and trick. Think about it, if your the guy who originally has to order the camo covers and they ask you what shape do you need for the taillights, your going to say the shape of the tailights, not what you think people would want to see in a debate months ahead in the future! Just a guess, what do you guys think?

CSixDude

The inner set of tail lights are most definitely round. I've seen them from 5 feet away. I also believe the outer two (brake lights) are round. I've seen the brake lights both on and off from a very close distance, numerous times. I saw the tail lights on five different cars, all from close distances, numerous times. The outer two lights are not in the same horizontal plane as the inner two, and are slightly higher up. The holes in the "bra" don't line up properly with the outer lights, so it masks them somewhat.

Everyone seems to be so focused on the stupid tail light issue that they are missing many other critical details about the car.

I have photos of three different types of wheels on the different cars, and the rear spoiler appears to be different on some of them. I also have a photo that shows new seats in the car. I also believe I detected slightly different exhaust notes coming from some of them, and I think they had several engine configurations they were testing. I followed several of the cars at close distance.

I'll also add this. Those cars in camo covers with their raspy exhaust note, look and sound very sinister out on the road.

Brenda Priddy has about 2 dozen MORE photos from me that have not yet been released to anyone (including Road and Track), and they are by far the best ones of any taken by anyone. I suspect once they are released, you'll have some more stuff to talk about.

Beach

Yeah, like how did it look inside? Did you hear it run? Does it sound like it's an LS car?

Badluck33

how many pics were taken?

I'm guessing that Brenda only released the decent ones and is probably going to sell the better ones for $.

CSixDude

I heard five different cars from litterally feet away. Most of them had a very raspy, hollow, sort of sound, but the tone wasn't quite as deep as the C6's. It's pitch was maybe just slightly higher.

One car I heard sounded like it "might" have had a 6 cylinder in it, but I can't be sure of that.

Another car snuck up from behind me and glided by without making a sound at all. I don't know if he put in the clutch and coasted by or what, but it was like it was electric, and totally silent. I suspect he just lifted off the throttle and put in the clutch.

They played a game of cat and mouse with me, trying to avoid my camera, and tried to make it difficult for me to get good photos.

All cars had open laptops in the passenger seat doing data logging at all times. The dash was covered with camo as well, and the instruments were also shielded from view, so I never got much of a look at the interior, but I did get one shot that shows the upper third of the passenger seat in full view with sunlight on it.

I also got to watch one car perform at high speed through some twisty mountain roads for several miles when he tried to run from me. It corners very flat with almost no body roll.

BlueOx

Hmmm, could be cylinder deactivation and other such trickery.

Luster

I think the reason the taillights are such a "big deal" is because Corvette taillights have been round for 60 years!

It's exactly the same reason that back in '03 and '04 when there was much speculation about the new C6 for '05 and the "fixed headlights"....

Ooohhh, the HORROR!

But look at us now.....

CSixDude

Let's just say, I have a LOT. Some of them Brenda got after she had already released some to Road and Track. The best ones haven't been released so no one but me and her have seen them so far. I'm letting her handle the release of them, as this is her business and I'm letting her take care of it. I trust you'll see them soon.

Badluck33

c4 were square...

BlueOx

And these don't exactly look round either...and I love these!

Jinx

Except that this time there's no credible "they're more functional" argument to be made.

It remains to be seen if a different taillight design brings people into the Corvette fold who confess they never liked the round-taillit butts of previous cars.

I still contend that what we've seen on camouflaged cars so far are temporary taillights, not production units.

.Jinx

BlueOx

But it's just gotta have round tail lights! They are so unique to Corvette!

Beach

UGH!! This is some crap!! Csixdude get the c7 in his backyard, I got the ats-v! Those guys tried to run from me (i was driving a police car) bad idea! If it was the C7 you guys would have a ton of info! Lol before anyone ask I didn't have much interest in the ats-v they were testing, except it was a QUICK car

Jinx

Beach, you're such a tease. Did it sound like a V8 or a blown V6?

Jinx

This doesn't count -- it's just a pedal car.

BlueOx

No, no, it's a future Mustang!!

mmtr

You think they could be round inside of the rectangle? Something kind of like the cruze tail lights?





Maybe round instead of the half circle in a rectangle housing?

Cobra4B

What are you talking about? The exterior canvas "camo" has round openings on both. The crazy white/black stuff you see on the rest of the car is just a vinyl wrap they slap on to make the lines of the car harder to interpret. It comes on rolls that have to be cut. It's rather reasonable to expect they're just going to cut out rectangular strips and plaster them on the body as they see fit. This is why you see the "shape" around the temporary tail lights looking different from mule to mule... just imagine ripping off strips of 3" painters tape to sloppily cover the area around the light. Furthermore, the actual lights on these cars are just generic round LED units you can get most anywhere.



There's no mystery... look at the Omega tooling rear fascia mold and compare it to the Jalopnik rendering. It's going to be a trapezoidal type housing with some kind of light elements inside. Not rocket science.

JoesC5

Those are round. You remove the red tinted outer cover and you will find the same round taillights/lenses as used in the 1956 and 1957 Corvettes, just in white. The outer covers give the white bulb/lense a red tint.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNf3Twjcptc

MikeG37

Ox, this is a very good (Corvette) example of what we'll end up seeing on the C7. Round tail lights of some sort housed in an overall assembly that isn't round.