TorqueDriver

I'm right there with ya' Bill. Mine is also on order with Mike@Criswell.
The waiting has begun

Aviator

jr3

They did a GOOD job on the car.

The real car turned out better than some of the renders that were floating around last year.

I like 95% of the car..... I still think the rear end could use a little work but that is just my personal opinion... I think the horizonal reflectors on the rear bumper would look better if they were removed or made smaller and relocated to the bottom of the bumper, less visible. Kinda like on the Ferrari F12, they are located at the bottom of the bumper (Kind of hidden in a seam)... It would also be cool if a REAL rear diffuser was offered.

.

Two other things i would do is rethink the chrome "mouth brace" in the front bumper grill area (The chrome looks very out of place)... and maybe think about adding some fog lights in the bottom of the front bumper or some LED light strips in the sides of the grill area.

But overall a good job was done and congrats on the new car.

Oh yeah,... and dont forget we want ATOMIC ORANGE back. (Kick @$$ color for the C7)

Sin City

I drove this car a few weeks ago. Amazing machine. The rear looks so cool in person. And 730 HP ain't bad, particularly at 8500 RPM

Gary '09 C6

I agree with the OP's sentiments and similar thoughts expressed by others.

GM knows the paradigm: meaningfully upgrade the content, only add a relatively
nominal price increase, and sell as many as can be produced !

User 2623

Okay peeples got end this love fest it's making me sick.


This car is a B- at best with one exceptionally ridiculous design statement the rear.

Otherwise they are still behind the curve as to interior design, materials and engineering. I love corvettes, but they are your discount sports car, a price per features car.
This iteration they just moved up one step in the auto retail hierarchy. They went from Walmart to Tarjay [i.e. Target].

Okay now we have balance.

rcallen484

Man you are bitter over your C6 experience. When you word your displeasure with the C7 this way are you actually expecting respect in return?

gthal

Thanks for your opinion... it's fortunate it isn't shared by very many (i.e. there still isn't balance )

speedlink

Well said. It is hard to incorporate the new technology and design a new car that keeps the heritage of Corvette. And keep the pricing where it is. Well done GM team!

BlueOx

It's sad that you **** on Jimi's aura by using his image in your avatar. Okay, now we have balance...ohmmmmmmmmm

Supermassive

Hi all first post here, I've been lurking on these boards for a few weeks now absorbing as much detail as possible on the new Vette as possible and finally decided to register because i think I am dead set on owning a Stingray.

I agree that this was a difficult car for GM to make, especially with so many people in the Corvette family, all with their own expectation of what the new Vette should or should not be. I am glad that GM stuck to their guns and designed a car that is somewhat polarizing to the community. I personally have been around and driven my fair share of Corvettes but never owned one due to a few reasons (mostly financial), that said I have only ever had that "gotta have it" feeling over one of them and that was a '63 Split window back in 1999...it needed some work but was being sold for just $20k. I kick myself for not buying it.

The C7 is the first Corvette I have wanted as badly as I wanted that '63, I've driven the C4 ZR-1, C5 Z06 (numerous times), the C6 Z06 and ZR-1 (flogged the **** out of the Z06 at Willow Springs) and have always come away impressed with the performance but pretty much neutral feeling about the car as a whole. The C7 is exciting, at first I didn't like the rear, but I think that I got caught up in the wave of hate and discontent that all the "purists" were spewing instead of really taking the whole car in. Pictures just showing the rear end can't possibly make it look like a part of the cohesive "whole" unit. The profile is pure Vette, while the details make it fresh.

I'll be putting a deposit down soon on a White (or Yellow Z51, 2LT with Black wheels, competition seats, Nav, CF interior trim, and red interior and calipers...in manual of course. Should be interesting joining a community thats been thriving for 60 years for the first time with the 7th gen car as my first foray into the fold

JustinStrife

Feel free to go to the sub-forum that you prefer to be in. If you don't like this generation, fine. You don't have to be here.

SCM_Crash

I'm going to have to disagree with you disagreeing with me disagreeing with you.

The C7 has a new engine design, completely new exterior and interior design (including the departure from the round tail lights).

The C5 to the C6 used the exact same engine platform/design and had a nearly identical interior and exterior. That was an evolutionary change.

Trackaholic

I agree. I was certain I'd be driving a Cayman by now, but this C7 has grabbed my attention in a way that has completely surprised me. I still would like to test drive one (I actually started to type "pre-order" instead of "test drive") before fully committing, but as you can see from my Freudian slip a few words earlier, that test drive may end up being on my own car.

-T

JerriVette

I look forward to hp,tq and performance confirmation that the c7 ends up as the latest and greatest yet from what we've seen so far? It's everything you said and more,

Red with black interior m7 c7 z51 MRC competition seats NPP 1lt ...that's what I'm dreaming of...

Glenmcp

Let me know when you find a new Ferrari at a new Vette price.

Dominic Toretto

Another +1 to GM, good job guys.

And a quick note to everyone else... don't feed the trolls, they will go away if they have nothing to eat.

-Alex

Zymurgy

to the forum !

Thanks for sharing your perspective and I hope you love your C7 as much as I know I will love mine.

04_Z06_CE

Why does every retard think that just because one doesn't bow down to the c7 , were haters or were bitter cause we have a c6. Lol. C'mon guys its forums , where we can be open and talk. By the way I like the car although not a huge fan of the rear and weak 450 hp numbers. Gm can make all the nice cars they want but when it's a shi$$y service and quality is awful , it won't matter. Lets just hope the c7 interior doesn't start the plastic on plastic noise violence gm is known for and that they actually have some quality ..cause let's face it service and quality are gm's is by far the worst in industry. So drive that pretty c7 around. Lets just hope it doesn't see too much service time.

gthal

Pot meet kettle