True, they are NOT nice looking rides

 

I ve come to like the C4 more .than the soap bars on wheels series with 6 ft wide rear ends ...like American women ...I like the ZR 1 motor a lot...

That said


C4 -C6 ....styling..never will be classic anything .


Ah C7 is in an category by its little stepchild self....the push me -pull me Corvette ....C7
The rear end of a C7 corvette from certain angles ....looks like the nose of. 78 firebird trans Am sliced off and glued on to a Corvette ......just bazaar looking to say the least ....two cars in one.

 

To me I look at the generations as the following

c2-c3 best looking not great handling imo more of a muscle car vs a sports car. classic cant go wrong

c4 start of the corvette being a sports car good handling and best price for the money out there

c5 modern corvette great handling and performance plus a looker but not to that of a c3

c6 not a fan like the pop of headlights of previous gens

c7 great looker besides tail lights and great performance for a base car. A poor mans Ferrari imo but that's not saying anything bad towards it as I would rather have this then a 60k Ferrari any day

 

Kidding.....Kidding........

 

To me C4's are not my taste at all
I personally believe C4's are the worst corvette ever made besides are very uncomfortable. The designers of those cars the lost the concept of the lines of C3's corvettes

 

I meant they lost*

 

Wow, why not just come out and call them a POS, while you're at it. You're entitled to your opinion, because everybody has one, but you are wrong, wrong wrong on the comfort level, especially the late C4's (92-96). Chevrolet used Connolly leather on the seats and they are soft, but supportive and very, very comfortable.

 

The designers lost the lines of the C3 on purpose. While the 80's styling has not stood the test of time, buyers were looking for something new and different in 1984. I'm over 60 years old and well remember how well the C4 was received at the time. The C4 Corvette and later are well engineered car's but with the passing of time they haven't achieved much of a collector following. That has more to do with styling than the fact that they weren't a good car.

 

I have a C4, and a C3.

The C4 is better in every way.

I'm in the process of putting a VBP perf plus suspension, and borgeson steering into the C3, and I doubt it will even be as good as the stock C4.

Looks are subjective.

 

When your C4 breaks down you could always tow it with your C3 .

 

C4 can't come close to the lines of the C3....though the C4 is a more advanced, more comfortable car.

I love my C3!!!

 

What, are you implying C3 handles like a truck?

Well yeah.

But I plan on having some fun and autocross the C3 after I finish these mods over the winter.

C4 is my summer time daily.

 

I’ve owned An 84 with Z51 Handling package. Far superior to my C3 in every way but in my opinion not nearly as cool. My C3 just feels a little more raw and unrefined (and smog exempt if you happen to live in California) That's allot of the appeal for me. It’s still old school. There is no mistaking what it is. My C4 has been mistaken for a Pontiac Firebird on more than one occasion lol

 

When the C4 came out it was dead on for the market at the time. They knew what they were doing, just times have changed. I still like the later C4's, but I doubt I will ever buy one. I've had my C3 for 20 years now and don't see ever selling it.

 

Nice car .

 

Great image

Pretty much says it all.

Just look at TV programing .....what do they show,to,please the majority or viewers . Drugged up, white trash, biker shows , sleazy fat redneck families , over eating and preg teen shows..... nascar , trailer park and all the rest .

Glade other counties have NOT given up .

 

Mrichi - find a few for sale that you may be interested in, and drive them. It'll tell you a lot more than opinions, although you know that how they drive will be relative to the condition they're in.

I searched for 9 months for my C3, which ended up an L46 '69 manual. The guy I bought it from basically did a ground up restoration over a period of a number of years, and the suspension and driving comfort of the car is amazing. So, much of the suspension will depend on what has or has not been done to it.

When I was looking, I found a 1991 10K mile ZR1 for sale, and decided I had to drive at least one C4 before making the final plunge into an older C3. The C4 didn't feel like a classic to me (probably a duh, with only 10K miles), from inside or outside. It drove great, but also didn't feel more powerful than my L46. And my L46 with the work done to it, actually felt like I could more easily use it as a daily driver than the C4 (although I never would - it's a classic I plan to have for a very long time). I didn't pay a lot of attention to the interior space, but the C3 has all the driver and interior space I could want.

Point being - there are a lot of variables to the question you ask. In the end, it's just what turns your crank!

 

This has been a very good post. If I was to summarize, most former C4 owners would say "I really like/love it a lot, but...", and a C3 owner would say "I love/d it just as it is because it has more character, original Corvette mystique and that legendary swoopy style than a C4 - any day of the week, even if in the C4's rear view mirror. And, they're still just a blast to drive in a spirited way. All the generations have their place. I am glad the C4 came along when it did, setting the world class performance standard in America; and, despite the apparent styling miss compared to the C3 (sorry, but ask any kid) it did a great job in its day of taking the Corvette mystique to the next level. And, I notice that the C4 owners always seem to wave!

 

I love my C3 and would not trade it for anything, You are right in that the C3 has more class and looks all day long. I also have 2 ZR-1's a stock 93 and a modded 91.

But the statement in red is very hard for me to comprehend, The ZR-1 must have not had the power key on. Even stock it puts out 375HP and 370TQ up to 7200RPMS....Will do 125mph in 3rd. And with just headers, exhaust, tune, P&P will do 500HP.

 

I think the C4 is a great looking car, especially compared to almost everything made in the last 20 years including the later Corvettes. The C3 however is one of the best looking cars every made, so, yes, I'd say it has it on the C4 in the looks department. But if I liked the rest of what the C4 had to offer I certainly wouldn't be discouraged by its looks.