[QUOTE=BarryK]I don't think ANY year or generation of Corvette is any less of a vette because of the type of styling it's generation is. appreciate and accept each one for what it IS, not for what it isn't.

Stylists can't go too retro for success. A new design is penned years ahead of introduction, so stylists have a lot to consider from different generations to life style changes that will occur before D-day. The design needs to be fresh and project an image of it's own. We never had retro styling before, stylists always came up with new trends and the public looked forward to seeing them every year. Does anyone line up at the showroom door on intro date anymore? Is there an intro dat anymore? A new car was a new car, not a copy. Compare the new Camaro and Challenger concepts. DC basically built a brand new 1970 Challenger, it's cool, but it's not fresh, it's a copy, (can I say clone) and the Mopar faithful will drool over it, but will they really buy it and for how long? GM has the right idea with the Camaro, do a modern interpretation and add just the right amount of retro to please the masses and don't rebadge anther Holden saying that this is the modern interpretation of todays GTO. Although, I think the Mustang is probably at the retro limit, the design is fresh enough to be a modern interpretation but Ford is limited in evolving that car without losing it's character.

The C6 has enough C2 styling cues to be fresh but not overdone. I think it's right on.

 

 

We probally have 15k into our car including the cost to buy it. Like I said it's mine and ym dad's project and hes not buying all the parts for me.

 

I think it's alright As others have said, comparing the styling to a C3 is pointless, the important thing is the philosophy behind it's design ie. the best bang for the buck available with the current technology & good sales figures in its target market. I think each successive generation of Vette managed that well & the C6 has probably done it best of all. I gotta admit that I don't like the gaping mouth at the front, but that wouldn't stop me buying one. If I had the cash available for a new car then the C6 would be right up the top of my list of choices. Would I sell the C3 to finance buying it? oBllox! That's not being derogatory to the C6, the fact is that I wouldn't sell my C3 for any modern car.
Comparing the performance & handling between any generation of Vettes is just dumb, technology moves on so each successive generation should outperform the previous (unless external factors, such as smog laws in the 70's, limit the designer's options).
One big thing in the C6's favour is that Jeremey Clarkson, a man famed for hating US cars, is rumoured to like it. If that's the case then it speaks volumes for how it's succeeded in competing with other sports cars from around the world.
As for the overall style, I don't think it's perfect, it's not how I'd ideally like it but manufacturers have a mountain of rules & regulations to comply with, then they get the laws of physics demanding designs that give low drag coeficients so that they can get the speed/economy required, and so on. This is why most modern cars look, to me, like variations on a central theme: a computer designed jellybean with 4 wheels on it.

 

They have. But they're either to small for most of us to get in/out (Lotus Elise/Exige), they're made in the wrong country from others views, or they're just too darn expensive.

Have you seen the Ariel Atom?

 

Intresting observation! I saw an article somewhere where a guy did a v8 swap into the sister car of the Sky, cant remember the name at the moment but it was pretty cool and of course, fast.

 

Im sorry every one, ill have to say this, I think they messed up on the z06.... The drivetrain is amazing, the new zo6 is bad yes. But is it me or are the new vettes turning into "tuners".... I think theyre getting off the american ways... ITs sad when you see people turning them into ricers....

 

OK, it's official! The C6 is a fine car. The reason being that even Jeremy Clarkson rates it. For those people who've been living in a bio-dome for the last decade, this man despises american cars (or publically does - he left his wedding in a Viper), so the following is a massive about turn for him, meaning that the C6 must be good
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/sec...,27909,00.html

 

My C6 is a daily driver and my c3 is my Hobby. I enjoy both for different reasons. ... I will be putting fix head lights on the 72 C....a good stock car is a good starting poit each to is own.

 

I dont hate the C6. I just dont like what they did to the rear and the headlights.