C3 Vs C4
Team Owner
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From: Thomson Georgia
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...
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.
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.
Perfect description.
Le Mans Master
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From: Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Just because you guys think C4-C6 styling will never be classic doesn't mean it won't be. I think the C1 and C2 are a couple of the ugliest cars ever made but that doesn't stop people from paying big bucks for them.
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From: Eustis ( Area 51 Bat Cave ) Fl
I can't resist...but Priya...you wanna paint your car bright pink....
I believe if you wait long enough anything becomes a "classic" in someones eyes....I just really hated my c4....my c2 ( 66 ) was more a toy not really what most people would want but I did drive it daily I just really liked all my c3's....
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Le Mans Master
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The C3 and C4 are very different cars. Unless you're talking about a high horsepower C3 the C4 will do everything better...........except hold it's value.
The sills are much higher but the seating is more cockpit like. There are a lot more creature comforts. The handling is far superior at the expense of ride comfort especially with Z51 suspension. The performance is OK. The gas mileage is far superior. There's a lot more electronics (but by todays standards not overly complicated). As far as styling goes that's personal preference. You really need to sample some of them as a '84 is very different than a '96. Also IMCO if you decide to buy one buy condition not price.
The sills are much higher but the seating is more cockpit like. There are a lot more creature comforts. The handling is far superior at the expense of ride comfort especially with Z51 suspension. The performance is OK. The gas mileage is far superior. There's a lot more electronics (but by todays standards not overly complicated). As far as styling goes that's personal preference. You really need to sample some of them as a '84 is very different than a '96. Also IMCO if you decide to buy one buy condition not price.
I own both and the C3 wins hands down in the looks. The C4 is still an amazing car on auto cross tracks after all these years. It gets the least respect when in its time it sent Europe back to the drawing boards. The clamshell hood,disco dash and high sills to climb in and gave that fighter jet feeling. These blew away everything at the track in its day. I have fun with mine and would never get rid of it. Pretty cost effective too! One of the best bangs for the buck!!
The first Vette I drove was a '78. I love the C3's curves, but the C4 is the generation that made me want to BUY a Corvette. I'm on my 2nd C4, but I'd love to get my hands on clean C3. I have a feeling I'll get one eventually...The C3 has the sexiest body of any generation IMO. 
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Burning Brakes
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From: California
I started thinking that the C3 / C4 line is the line between classic and modern. Then thought - this thought will be laughed at in a few decades years when the C4 a classic, and C3's and earlier are dinosaurs.
I cannot imagine thinking any of the corvette generations is inferior or "ugly". Each was huge progress in it's day, and they all retain beauty in their own right, continuing on forward into the C7.
I can only hope to live long enough to see more future generations, and be able to experience (and possibly own) a few more of the earlier generations.
I cannot imagine thinking any of the corvette generations is inferior or "ugly". Each was huge progress in it's day, and they all retain beauty in their own right, continuing on forward into the C7.
I can only hope to live long enough to see more future generations, and be able to experience (and possibly own) a few more of the earlier generations.
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From: tucson arizona
c4/c3/c1
I own 2 c4 corvettes (84-85), 1 c3 (77), and 1 c1 (61). All are different animals for sure, however they "all" say (I am a Corvette) when you drive them. I enjoy each one for what it was designed to do and how it looks. The C4 cars ride a bit hard on rougher roads. When you ask them to do something, they do it "right now", and with ease. In stock form not the fastest, but in their time of design not lazy either. The C3,to me, is the one with the best looks. I love the cocpit look of the dash, and the inside of the car. Also the way it looks from the drivers seat down the hood. I recently drove it between Tucson and Phoenix, a little over 100 miles each way, on the freeway, and it is a great cruiser. My feet also managed to get a bit warm,.......LOL. The C1 is more of a raw open sports car. Mine is a 4 speed, modified 350 motor, and a blast to drive. It drives and rides quite well when you think of the years the parts were designed. A C1 does not (drive like a tractor) as some people have said. I have owned this car since 1969, and drove it from Tucson Az. to Columbus Ga. and back, in 1970. It was a lot of fun. I love them all....................
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From: Lynnwood WA
Seeone
"The C3,to me, is the one with the best looks. I love the cocpit look of the dash, and the inside of the car. Also the way it looks from the drivers seat down the hood."
I agree completely. I love the view down the hood of the C3 more than any car I have ever owned. I like to see the car I'm in, out in front of me as I drive. I have had cars that you can't even tell what color they are from the drivers seat. The view out the windshield of the C3, for me adds a time machine feel to the experience.
Zorro
"The C3,to me, is the one with the best looks. I love the cocpit look of the dash, and the inside of the car. Also the way it looks from the drivers seat down the hood."
I agree completely. I love the view down the hood of the C3 more than any car I have ever owned. I like to see the car I'm in, out in front of me as I drive. I have had cars that you can't even tell what color they are from the drivers seat. The view out the windshield of the C3, for me adds a time machine feel to the experience.
Zorro
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From: Newcastle NSW
When I was buying my Corvette I could have got a C2 if I had wanted to, but my taste lies towards thinking that the 68-9 Corvettes are better looking than the C2s.
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As an American I can say there is some painful truth here. When I go to Europe their women tend to be in better shape because the portions of food there are smaller and don't come with as much crap (preservatives) as our food does. Plus they walk everywhere (which is good exercise) where we need cars to cart our fat asses around.
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From: antelope ca
I own both and the C3 wins hands down in the looks. The C4 is still an amazing car on auto cross tracks after all these years. It gets the least respect when in its time it sent Europe back to the drawing boards. The clamshell hood,disco dash and high sills to climb in and gave that fighter jet feeling. These blew away everything at the track in its day. I have fun with mine and would never get rid of it. Pretty cost effective too! One of the best bangs for the buck!!
Le Mans Master
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From: Raleigh North Carolina
As an American I can say there is some painful truth here. When I go to Europe their women tend to be in better shape because the portions of food there are smaller and don't come with as much crap (preservatives) as our food does. Plus they walk everywhere (which is good exercise) where we need cars to cart our fat asses around.