There was a that poll a while ago that asked if we believed there would be a major leak before the the unveiling of the C7 in all it's glory without camo, etc. I voted their would be a leak. With less than a week to go, it looks like I may have to give major props to GM if they manage no leaks by then. Their security is tighter than military security...:rofl:

That poll is why I started this thread. It started months ago, when the official reveal website started. I posted in there that we would see the real car (actual uncovered pictures) about a week or two out from 01/13/13. I thought for sure, as there has to be pictures of the C7.. they just have not been leaked.

To my surprise.. we are just 6 days away and have seen pretty much nothing new but the same ole drawings & renders.

I want to know also.

I would love to see the designs on the mid engined car ( this was going to happen ) and I am curious how old ( or new ) the C7 design is. Was it around before the mid engined program or did they go all out with a clean slate after the bankruptcy ?

There will probably be a book on the C7 with pictures of rejected drawings/designs and the whole process Chevy Studio went through in designing the car. Hopefully it will enlighten us on whether the design was in place before the mid engine car was axed once again. That is why I am not holding my breath on a mid engine C8. GM will be in another self made crisis and the C8 will continue with a simila platform we now have.

Intellectual property of that value won't be revealed.

I thought I remember hearing that C7 development was delayed and changed because of GM's financial situation, and that they focused more funds on developing the Volt. My guess is that the actual C7 was mainly designed after the bankruptcy.

Just to kill more time, the history lesson again:

C5

http://palmeter.com/wp-content/pics/C5Spy01.jpg

http://palmeter.com/wp-content/pics/C5Spy02.jpg

Above – Automotive News – October 28, 1996 – Along with sister Crain Communications publication AutoWeek, AN showed the first public pix of an undisguised C5.

"When finally introduced at Detroit’s North American International Auto Show on January 6, 1997, the first publicly displayed C5 represented Chevrolet’s first truly all-new Corvette since the original was introduced at the 1953 Motorama."

Therefore, the C5 was spotted more than two months before intro.

C6

http://palmeter.com/wp-content/pics/C6Spy69.jpg

http://palmeter.com/wp-content/pics/C6Spy71.jpg

Above – November 16, 2003 – Two pix caught during a GM publicity photo shoot by Benjamin Kopf IV of San Francisco and contributed to CorvetteForum.com. He got the BIG prize for the first shots of the final version!

"On Sunday evening, January 4, 2004 at 7:00 pm, the 2005 Corvette was officially announced to the world.

So the C6 was caught about a month and a half prior to intro.

C7

Way to go GM; I want to be surprised!! :thumbs:

David

I have always maintained that we have seen whatever GM wanted us to see and NOTHING MORE. Based on how tight the security has been (NOT ONE UNDISGUISED CAR HAS BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED), to think that GM had an undisguised C7 laying around somewhere in November 2011, in an unsecured location, ripe for Jalopnik picking, is silly.

Jimmy

I'm absolutely amazed we haven't seen more too.

I am also surprised that no real pics have been leaked, but I think we have seen very high quality renderings that are probably extremely accurate.

Great point

Yeah real silly to believe Jalopnik saw some early body panels instead of believing GM itself let them see the car and do a controlled release :rolleyes:

Do you think Keeks got his stuff from the same place Jalopnik got theirs ?

Keeks works for GM....true story:D

Yep. He's a security guard on the 3rd shift at the St. Catharines Engine Plant in Canada, or something like that :rock: :rock: :rock:

I'd love to see the link to that story. :D

Ox and Keeks are "gift horses" and I will not look at their mouths. :nono:

You should know you work with him in the same department:rofl:

C'mon in for a closer look, dude!
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