Timeless is not the same thing as modern/leading edge.

Look at an E-type Jag coupe...no need for LED's or different wheels or anything, really. It is a truly timeless design. As is the C2 Corvette, especially the split window coupe. Etc.

Will the C5 be in this elite group of timeless designs? Dunno. It certainly has aged well and has the potential.

 

Good point--timelessness doesn't necessarily relate to modern.

What looks pleasing to the eye can be modern or/and classic.

What looked good 60 years ago will probably look good now. Think of a 57 Chevrolet --full size and Corvette. It has no modern leading edge styling --but still looks good to the modern eye.

Good proportioned flowing lines will look good now and in the future. And the C5 has these flowing lines. Like the 57 Chevrolet.

The down fall of design is when it incorporates unnecessary current trending design elements that disrupt the proportioned flowing lines.And the current large mouth bass design of the radiator grill opening of the new cars would be an example of design that will not age very well. And the rear end of the C7 will not age well--because it is disruptive of flowing clean lines . Contrast the rear of a C7 to the rear of a 58-60 Corvette--and which is more pleasing to the modern eye? And why?

Many of the current new 21 century design will be compared to the late 1950s automotive design. The large grilll openings of the new cars will be as unnecessarily dated and ugly--like the dog leg front windshields and the out of proportioned fins of the 1950s.

Trendiness of design will always date a product. But if it part of a clean design and pleasing to the eye--it will be timeless.

 

When I first seen the C7 I really liked it,the more I see the less I like it.i have never not liked the C5.i guess the C7 is already losing it style and edge JMO..does anyone else feel the same?

 

 

Every time there is a drastic design change for a model it dates the other ones. It's no different than having a C2 parked next to a C4. The C7 was such a drastic change it makes the C5 and C6 look dated. Love my C5Z though and have no plans to get rid of it. It will be handed down to my daughter when I pass. Not that it matters, but the only C5 holding any kind of value is the Z06.

 

Tell that to the two different friends of mine who have both offered me 25 K for my 16 year old 100,000 mile C5 couple. Both are very successful business men. One owns a swimming pool company the other owns 7 restaurants. One of them upping his offer of last years from 20K to 25 K and willing to take me to the bank " On the spot " to make the deal... Both of these guys are serious as a heart attack.... I've had hundreds of requests to buy my car.. but those offers are just courtesy with little to back them up.. People will say that IM crazy not to take either of these offers... and to them I say, I would have to spend 70 K to get the buzz and attention I get daily to replace my C5...
Bill aka ET

 

Evil Twin, I was hoping you would include some pics since your Vette is stunning and very easy on the eyes.

 

I think by last count over the last 15 years here, there are about 873 photos of my car... not sure If I were to post any more that some might want to shoot themself... especially the ones who have been around here for a long time.. MY car is fairly nice but it pales in comparison to many well thought out visionaries on this forum.. I could probably name 20 right off the top of my head but then that would disappoint those whose C5's are also as nice...

One of the things that gives my car a lot of credibility and appeal especially to my two friends is that I have a book of every receipt, every mod, every upgrade, every maintenance item, every touch I made to my car. most of them at my own hands... I think I have tastefully brought along the exterior without making it look modified. Nothing in your face.. the 2" flairs I chose were based on that principle.. of looking stock, but somehow different... everything subtle..
my car does not look like some young hot rodder built it. I took some of the original design keys and just amped them up a bit... Mike Mickoz already took care of sculpting the beautiful lines of the front end and front fenders, not short of visionary, without being in your face. Too me, the L5's and TPE flairs look like what the ZO6 bolt on air scops represent from a design point of view.. something that was added on after... my flairs look more like what I would design to a factory car.
I added a Nav system to bring the interior into the new millennium. Lowered the car slightly, changed up the interior a bit, and kep[t the paint looking fresh with a lot of Zaino.. One of the tricks to keeping the car looking fresh are clean wheel wells, clean rotors and wheels.. Ive always kept what you see clean, and also what you don't see clean...
The End..
PS IM easily swayed to post pictures, but right now I'm being considerate of all those who have had it up to here with my car photos.



I forgot to mention, thank you for the kind words about my Car, Glock23C

 

Yeah-I feel the same way about the C7 and it's transformer/origami type of 21 century styling .And most 21 century motorcycles! Most 21 century vehicles look like they ALL have been designed by the same defective individual with no sense of beautiful flowing lines--like the lines on our beloved C5s.

What is ugly now-- will be the same ugly 20/30 years from now.