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Old 09-20-2012, 12:38 AM
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Default Motor Trend C7 rendering

http://wot.motortrend.com/2014-chevr...ed-263305.html

Looks far more realistic than Jalopnik's nonsense.




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Old 09-20-2012, 12:49 AM
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Looks like a C6.5
Old 09-20-2012, 01:03 AM
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Motor Trend = Fail..

The front end is clearly wrong just from the recent spy photos. However this picture was probably produced before thy came out.
Old 09-20-2012, 01:14 AM
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Looks like they didnt see the spy pics even the wheels are off
Old 09-20-2012, 01:17 AM
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Old 09-20-2012, 01:44 AM
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The wheels don't matter since those won't be shown anyway so I don't know why people keep mentioning them like they matter. Not sure how I feel about the rear but the front is sick.
Old 09-20-2012, 01:47 AM
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Dude. It has... lips.
Old 09-20-2012, 02:04 AM
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WTF are they smoking at Motor Trend???. Looks like a C6 with a Camaro rear.
Old 09-20-2012, 02:12 AM
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I think it looks SWEET!
Old 09-20-2012, 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Nuieve
Looks far more realistic than Jalopnik's nonsense.
I don't know if I would say that.
That's just some newfangled C6 Grand Sport morphed into a poor interpretation of what a C7 might look like LOL.
Old 09-20-2012, 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Qwik01
Looks like a C6.5
C6 and 7/8
Old 09-20-2012, 05:51 AM
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Looks like a Grand Sport with an angry face and a Camaro rear end. My bet is that it will be far better looking than this rendering.
Old 09-20-2012, 09:04 AM
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This is a major fail....from poor design through to poor photoshop skills....ugh.
Old 09-20-2012, 09:07 AM
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Historically MT has incorrectly predicted the "next Corvette" .
Old 09-20-2012, 09:18 AM
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Yeah... hey guys at MT... there's tons of spy pics out there (and have been for a while now) showing stuff blatantly different than this goofy rendering. Sheesh... at least get the rear window right... that's pretty much a forgone conclusion at this point isn't it?

MT has always kind of been like the goofy uncle that every family has. When he's around you nod at his crazy stories (because you really don't want to encourage him to go into more depth)... and you love him cuz he's family... but deep down everyone knows, he's just not quite right!
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Sure does look a lot like the thing in my sig, and garage!

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Old 09-20-2012, 09:32 AM
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Why does MT even bother?? They've clearly been outdone on the C7 by Jalopnik and others. They might as well just wait to get a C7 to test next year.
Old 09-20-2012, 09:42 AM
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It's not very different. I'm dissapointed in the hatch. Unless it had some big time improvements I'd just keep what I've got.
Old 09-20-2012, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueOx
Why does MT even bother?? They've clearly been outdone on the C7 by Jalopnik and others. They might as well just wait to get a C7 to test next year.
Exactly... this is garbage on their part. Jalopnik nailed it. Ever subsequent detail we see on the mules ends up matching EXACTLY to the original renderings. It's not just sort of close... it's the car. Now it may look different in person when viewing the real deal vs. an artists rendering, but there's no doubt in my mind that the artist saw the real car.


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