torch red
Safety Car
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 3,717
Likes: 2
From: Westlake Village, Ca
Sometimes Its way easy to differentiate the Vette owners who bought their vette for the Performance and the ones that bought it to be posers...
WHO THE HELL CARES!
Red looks good...What ever it might be as long as its not brown...
Flaaame away ladiez!
WHO THE HELL CARES!
Red looks good...What ever it might be as long as its not brown...
Flaaame away ladiez!
Racer
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 334
Likes: 2
From: Sugar Land Texas
Torch Red at the Museum
Would you be so kind as to provide a link to the TR C6 at the Museum? I've been searching with no success. I am really interested in comparing Torch Red and the Metallic Red. Thanks!
Team Owner
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 20,352
Likes: 568
From: Ventura County, Calif
Here are a couple of threads showing the various reds side by side but I can't find any with Torch next to the Crystal:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1569697224-post62.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...t-kerbeck.html
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 808
Likes: 10
From: CV Rancho del Rey SoCal
Does anyone know whether Torch Red or a similar color will be available on the Corvette at some point? As silly as it sounds, one of the reasons that I sold my '05 vert is that I grew to hate the Victory Red, especially when the car sat next to my '00 Torch Red coupe in the garage.
As tempting as it is to get another C6, I just can't pull the trigger until my preferred shade of red is available.
As tempting as it is to get another C6, I just can't pull the trigger until my preferred shade of red is available.
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 16,684
Likes: 1,193
From: La Center WA
Team Owner
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 82,175
Likes: 1,319
From: McKinney TX
St. Jude Donor '21-'22-'23-'24
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 3,822
Likes: 64
From: Area Z51
Despite Nevada Bob's assertions and since I've not only been spreading the forum tripe I recall I was the first one that said it. 
The C6 looked hideous in Torch Red. I've seen it in person. I too owned a C5 in Torch red and it worked on that car. While not my favorite red it did garner its fair share of attention. I always hated the way it would go orange in the wrong light.
Just to be fair, it wasn't the GM executives that didn't like the Torch red. It was the design team.
The Torch red car that I'm referring to was painted at the factory on June 25 2004 under the authorization of Joe Spielman and Wil Cooksey. It was then shipped to Detroit for evaluation of the Corvette Brand Team.
Engineering students from Kettering University were present at the evaluation along with select GM executives and when polled liked the Torch red. Both camps (Corvette design team vs. Corvette brand team and executives) made strong arguments. A comprimise was reached in the Victory red.
The C6 looked hideous in Torch Red. I've seen it in person. I too owned a C5 in Torch red and it worked on that car. While not my favorite red it did garner its fair share of attention. I always hated the way it would go orange in the wrong light.Just to be fair, it wasn't the GM executives that didn't like the Torch red. It was the design team.
The Torch red car that I'm referring to was painted at the factory on June 25 2004 under the authorization of Joe Spielman and Wil Cooksey. It was then shipped to Detroit for evaluation of the Corvette Brand Team.
Engineering students from Kettering University were present at the evaluation along with select GM executives and when polled liked the Torch red. Both camps (Corvette design team vs. Corvette brand team and executives) made strong arguments. A comprimise was reached in the Victory red.
Does anyone know the story of the Purple Corvette beside the torch red C6 in this photo?.. i have seen parts of this car in other photos on the web but never really found out any info. on it. Thanks
Last edited by jr3; Apr 26, 2009 at 02:48 AM.
