Will be be Mid-years now?
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Burning Brakes
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Will be be Mid-years now?
With what appears to be the 8th gen Corvette looming, and since we are the 4th gen, would that now make us the soon to be Mid-years? When I first was introduced to the corvette world in the early 80's, the 63-67 were Mid-years. Now with all of the "C" nomenclature, we've lost the Mid-year moniker.
I just thought it'd be funny if I would be the owner of a Mid-year corvette, finally!!!
I just thought it'd be funny if I would be the owner of a Mid-year corvette, finally!!!
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C4s get bashed on this forum more than anywhere else. Once I dumped the POS 2.59 the **** talkers I knew found other cars to talk about.
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So the first year a C4 was offered for sale was 1984 and the last year was 1996. 1995 does fall in the middle of a decade but the C4's don't. C2's were from 1963 to 1967. It is the only generation of Corvette that had a previous generation and a the next generation in the same decade. The C2 is the shortest run of all Corvette Generations so far. If the C8 comes out in 2019 the C7 will tie the C2 for being produced for 5 model years.
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The only real difference between the 2's and 3's is the skin. The chassis and running gear are basically the same, not much changes. Of course the engines and trans were different as was pollution control and plastic bumpers towards the end of the run, but the frame, suspension and running gear didn't really change. Not like the change from the C1 or the change to the 4's, then the 4's to the 5's etc.