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Dec 11, 2007 | 09:18 AM

RushThruLife

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From: GEAUX TIGERS PSL FL.

Remember This

This picture is out of Corvette Quarterly Mag Special Issue back in early 05. Sorry about the quality of pic as it was scanned, but you get the idea. This was what the C-6 could`ve, perhaps should have looked like. Notice the CTS/XLR front end. ME likey. I like the way the roofline slopes at the rear also.

Dec 11, 2007 | 09:30 AM

MNVette

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Too Nissan GT-R for my taste. There is no way GM would have put that out there because it doesn't follow the design legacy created by C1-C5. The only blood oath each Vette chief designer has to take is that every new Vette has to naturally flow from its predecessor. When you see a Vette, you should know it's a Vette, not have to guess. This design leaves me guessing - Japanese? A new Volvo? What is it? It doesn't scream "Corvette."

Dec 11, 2007 | 09:34 AM

johnodrake

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I like what they did with the C6 better....

Dec 11, 2007 | 09:38 AM

Bowhunter2001

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I like the color.

Dec 11, 2007 | 10:09 AM

rws.1

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I don't like the gills, other wise it would have been ok...
BUT like the previous post, I like what GM did with the actual C6

Dec 11, 2007 | 11:19 AM

BigJoe

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Why oh why do the designers love those little tiny side windows? Ugly and impractical IMO. It's like the Crossfire, I got claustrophobic just sitting in one.

Dec 11, 2007 | 11:24 AM

dvilin

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I think the 08 C6 looks better.

Dec 11, 2007 | 11:27 AM

kygakman

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Originally Posted by dvilin

I think the 08 C6 looks better.

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Dec 11, 2007 | 11:32 AM

chet b

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Im glad the designers went the way they did with the C-6.

Dec 11, 2007 | 11:50 AM

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Good lord that front-end is ugly.

Dec 11, 2007 | 12:00 PM

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anothercrisis

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From: North Carolina

St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08

If this was an early 2005 pic, can we assume it is a late 2004 pic? If so, I am surprised that changes take place so late in the design process. The C6 began production in July ? of 2005.
Of course, that could be a much earlier mock up.

I like the end result better than this iteration.
anothercrisis