HeyMark

I came across this a couple of days ago. The editors of Popular Mechanics came out with an article, "The Hottest Cars of All Time" recently. Here's the link:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars...kw=ist#slide-1

C1 Corvettes were rated 86th, and the C2s were rated 7th. Not my opinion, just reporting what the article felt. You have to skip an ad every fifth vehicle pictured. If you can tolerate that obstruction, there are some pretty cool vehicles in the list.

dahogan

63Corvette

Um...................................... ........I kinda tend to agree

63 Coupe

Bluestripe67

It's a good rating for one of our favorite cars, but I see that some of the content of the list as fodder for new editorial/writer types to learn what the cars really look like, not just a name on the writers desk. Don't forget, this list helps sell copy. Lets see; what will the list look like next year or in five years? Dennis

babbah

Nothin better than a 67 Vette with a BB!! WOOT!!!

MrPbody

apparently there are 6 things better.

Russ

Plasticman

I found it overwrought with English & Italian vehicles, and where was the early C3 (68 through 72) Corvette?

Plasticman

bb62

I think most automotive writers and designers consider the C3 to be something of a failure. Look at the words in the other article posted - "too flamboyant to stand the test of time", and a time when "technological paralysis set in".

Sure there are many of us who love the cars for what they are, but the C3 has always been on a downward slope when it came to either performance or quality. Especially in a time when Porsches were getting faster and better every year. It really did take the C4 to rescue the Corvette brand on many levels.

sub006

C3s had their problems, bigger on the outside yet tighter on the inside, longer and swoopier yet no aerodynamic improvement, etc. But remember that back then a restyle was needed to stimulate new-car excitement and sales. And tires were rapidly getting wider, needing opened-up wheel wells!

The first few years of lightly-smogged C3s had equal or better street and track performance, and all have looked better to me with each passing decade and new-generation 'Vette introduction.

-never owned one newer than '66

MaineDoc

I was surprised that the 1932 Ford was not included. It seems like that one had a very pronounced influence on automobile culture.

bb62

While I agree that new styling was always a driver in new car sales in those days, I do not agree with some points:

- Tires were also getting wider for the competition (like Porsche) and yet they managed to find a way to get wider tires under their bodywork with the same 911 styling as they moved from the early 911s in 1963 on to the later models through the 70s and 80s.

- Street performance was not better with the C3s than the C2s. No big block C3 had a 1/4 mile time in the 12s in any magazine test. Both the 66 and the 67 big blocks had multiple magazine tests in the 12s. The reason is that the 68/69 was heavier than the 66/67 and had more restricted intakes. Check out the 435 HP intake manifold of a 68 compared with a 67. The 67 rises higher and affords better breathing. The 69 was worse because of the reduction in the exhaust to 2" pipes. And after 69, except for the 70 LT1 and the 71 LS6, the Corvette offered nothing but low HP smog motors. It took the L98 tuned port engines (and more importantly the LT5 motors in the ZR-1s) to start bringing real performance back to the Corvette.

tmarko

Thought we should revisit for some Throwback Thursday action...
https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...test-car-time/

GTOguy

Totally subjective list. Many, many ho-hum Jags listed, yet NO Mercer Raceabouts or Stutz Bearcats.....and only one Duesenberg. No '36-'41 Buick Century, and No Pontiac GTO: the first muscle car that started the whole musclecar revolution in '64. Obviously not written by a real car guy.......Meh........

3JsVette

Really a matter of opinion. We have the share it or form our own.

Jan25

I would more or less agree with the picks for the top 12 (not necessarily in this order).
For the rest I believe that 4 cars from the TVR brand in the top 100 is way too much and the current Audi A6 has nothing to do in there (same for the 80's BMW M6). There should be a Superbird somewhere, and an old Le Mans winner from Bentley too.

Stan's Customs

I agree ...

Bill32

Popular Mechanics:

The magazine - most articles are like "How to make a picnic table out of pallets."

The writers - probably have a big smile on their face when they jump in their Prius to drive home.

sub006

JoeCT

Love the C2 and personally, I see a lot of it in the C7. Famiglia