C5s
Burning Brakes
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From: socal
I havent driven or even sat inside a C5 but what makes my opinion worth something is that I saw an hour-long documentary on how the C5 was developed 
To sum it all up, they took the idea of the C4 and made it more sedan-like roomier, more comfortable, less noisy, taller. Everyone who worked on the car kept emphasizing all of that to the point you think they might have only made the C5 a sports-sedan in order to make $$ for the later gen Vettes haha And while I personally don't appreciate sports cars that are made to be more like sports sedans, it was important bc less sales = no C6, no C7 maybe no used C4 for all of us if the old Vettes would have been the last ones left (higher prices maybe)
As far as the styling goes, it is my least favorite Corvette styling of all 7. It was stuck between being smooth and retro like the C4 and wanna-be cool design like many late 90s and early 2000s cars
But whatever it was set out to do it did it well of course.
To sum it all up, they took the idea of the C4 and made it more sedan-like roomier, more comfortable, less noisy, taller. Everyone who worked on the car kept emphasizing all of that to the point you think they might have only made the C5 a sports-sedan in order to make $$ for the later gen Vettes haha And while I personally don't appreciate sports cars that are made to be more like sports sedans, it was important bc less sales = no C6, no C7 maybe no used C4 for all of us if the old Vettes would have been the last ones left (higher prices maybe)
As far as the styling goes, it is my least favorite Corvette styling of all 7. It was stuck between being smooth and retro like the C4 and wanna-be cool design like many late 90s and early 2000s cars
But whatever it was set out to do it did it well of course.
Last edited by jay23ls; Jan 20, 2017 at 04:58 PM.
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2016
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From: N.E. Ohio OH
Finalist 2020 C4 of the Year - Modified
They can't get rusty. They're all fiberglass and aluminum. I had one. Loved that damn car. Still feels like I gave a child up for adoption. The 97s (year one) are classics now. Mine was a 98. Would've been a classic next year.
http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/vem...rvette-frames/
The C5 design team found a clever solution to this problem: It made the new frame out of a 14-foot-long, 3mm-thick steel tube. The tube was closed off at each end and filled with high-pressure water. The water bent the steel into the correct shape without welding. This new process was named hydroforming and was introduced in 1997. Frame strength proved so high that when the convertible was introduced in 1998, it didn't require any extra bracing
Last edited by drcook; Jan 20, 2017 at 08:59 PM.
