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C7 Rendering
Drifting
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From: Winter Garden, Florida
Very interesting. Thanks for posting. At least it gives us a glimpse of one of the designs being toyed with. Not bad IMHO. An evolution of the current design as the article states, but the front fender is reminscent of the RX8 as Je zz says. In 2010 as a 2011 model? That soon? Those HP numbers really got my attention:
450 hp LS3
600 hp LS7
750 hp S/C LS9
450 hp LS3
600 hp LS7
750 hp S/C LS9
Safety Car
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From: Tampa FL
I would expect the base model to be 500hp. The other two make sense. Good article.
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The horsepower increase is nice but I am too thrilled with the rendering. These designers should be presenting new ideas, not rip offs of existing platforms (as someone already noted).
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Safety Car
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I like it and tend to believe that the body design changes will be almost "cosmetic". As the level of sophistication and knowledge of air flow has increased, fewer major body changes are made. It will be hard to tinker with an optimum air flow design without hurting performance at higher speeds.
Team Owner
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With the exception of the Chevelle, all have the typical uninspired styling we've come to expect from GM.
The bastard child of a C6 and an RX8, that CG C7 is a mess.
The bastard child of a C6 and an RX8, that CG C7 is a mess.
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