DREAMERAK

Lamborghini had that years ago, GM has been borrowing European design elements for about 70 years. Other manufacturers do it too.

C7 4 Me

I really like the fangs. Nice front-end accent. I am a bit worried about them scraping the driveway though.

I have a question for you all. I have a sort of V shaped driveway entry and I have some concern about the c7 scraping on my way in. I also have a neighbor with a Cadillac CTS-V. Does anyone think it would be worth my time to ask him to try and pull into my driveway to see if he can do so without scraping?

I think my question is, does anyone think the CTS-V's front end height and overhang is similar enough to what the C7's will be?

Chicago1

People still don't know what the fangs are for? For ****'s sake they are on Camry's. All cars will need to have them. Safety reason as it's been said in this thread and the other hundreds of post since last year...

Pisswilly

Read Post 5 dude.

torquetube

For some reason it's accepted as axiomatic on CF that the whenever a car runs over somebody it's the pedestrian's fault, which is nonsense.

Wherever you have cars and people in close proximity (crosswalks, sidewalks, parking lots, etc.) you're going to have accidents, but the pedestrian will always come out the loser.

Add more cars and more people and eventually enough folks get maimed/killed per annum that somebody decides to impose minimum safety standards. The market will never select for these standards because the person getting run over isn't the person buying the car.

Apparently its possible for a car to comply with these standards and still look cool (see C7, Viper, F12, Aventador, etc.) Assuming the new cars are materially less likely to injure pedestrians, this hardly seems "insane."

SCM_Crash

85scott

Stupid Europeons! Another example of how Big Gov will use any excuse to expand by
continually attacking the average Joe with needless higher costs & less freedom.

That being said, I don't think it really detracts from the car. Of course if every new car is
forced by law to look the same, then that could become a problem very rapidly.....

Kappa

It's not very stupid at all which is probably why the new designs have adopted them even though cars such as the Impala probably will never see overseas markets.

Glenmcp

This could get embarrassing. You park your car in a lot. Come back an hour later and try to unlock an Impala.

Kappa

Or try to unlock a Camaro or Malibu or 599 or Viper or 280Z or Vega if people on this forum are to be believed.

texvette2

Some are a joke. There are some similarity and you just can't admit it.
You second coming corvette is not all that unique, Sorry

Aviator

Are we a little paranoid this morning?

Speednet

I really wish the mods here would delete trash threads like this.

StingRaycer

I am not going to valet park in my C7.... I might get Malibu or a Spark when I get my car to leave !!!!!! or even a Citroen

JoesC5

You're correct. I remember back in late 1962 when the new 1963 Sting Ray was released. First thing I said to myself...."looks just like a 1963 Biscayne".

In 1968 I bought the wife a new Chevy Caprice because it was a dead ringer for a 1968 corvette.

JustinStrife

Not as much of a joke as those who are trying to compare the new Corvette to the Volt and Impala on some styling cues.

Big Dan 427

Justin with all due respect many try to compare the C7 to the Ferrari too! I think he was just pointing out some of the similarities that do exist.

Bill17601

Your bitter reaction is not becoming.. You just can not stand that some love the new Corvette. That is sad for you.

JustinStrife

The C7 looks more like an F12 from the side than the front splitter looking like a Volt or Impala. Comparison pictures have been done to show that.

And has been said above my posts by others, European safety standards are forcing a more fang like splitter/bumper on everyone. Even having said that, those splitters aren't even in the same ballpark as the C7's. They are radically different.

And as a C7 supporter, I'd even say the C7's isn't as good looking as other examples.

Stingray Sam

Exactly! I mean, look how much "Big Gov" has already done to make cars look alike. Requiring things like headlights, taillights, turn signals, side view mirrors, windshield wipers, not to mention interior items like rear view mirrors. I could go on but you can see how "Big Gov" has added unnecessary cost for these supposed "safety" items and made all cars look alike. Why, just the other day I accidentally got in someone else's pickup truck, thinking it was my wife's sedan!

(Falls to knees, shaking fist at sky for dramatic emphasis) "Damn you, "Big Gov", damn you to hell!!"

*sarcasm off*