Got a kick out of watching this young couple "drool" over a new Torch Red Z06 at the Museum .....I still haven't been won over by the "edgy" look of the C7....but it is nice to see younger folks taking an interest in Corvette.

 

That design was pretty much built to draw in the younger enthusiast!

 

Thank you.

I always like being called young and hot!

 

25 here and I think it looks, well, like crap

Nothing against people who like it though.

 

My only problem with the C7, is that GM had so much potential with to create a vet with major down draft and road course performance numbers(instead of the fake vents is has now), and did not so it, it's not funny.


Hence they put in a hood vent to vent the radiator better and pull that air up and out of the top of the hood, but fell short with the venting on the front bumpers to pull more out, isntead of going under the car,

Then we get to the back of the car, and instead of pulling the air out from the back under the car and pushing it up and out over the back top fender vents for back down draft, when the other way to pull air in instead.

Now we come to the back valance and instead of venting the last of the air still under the car up and out of the valance to push the back in down even more, didn't bother.

Hence instead of making the car with huge down force numbers so it sucked the ground like a vacuum cleaner to create some high cornering G force numbers at speeds with light taxing to top end speed that most will never use instead, went the other way instead (still having lift/slightly higher top end speed, and better gas mileage instead).

Really, when Audi figured this all out with the R8 a long time ago, how hard is is for GM to follow suit so the Vet is just as scalpel like in the technical section of the track too.

But no, this is not GM market for the C7, and instead are focused on the new toy car look that sisters the camero/ stupid spec numbers to try to draw in the newer muscle car guy isntead.

Think about it, and the Hellcat that is selling so well now. It has some good chalk board HP numbers, but is like trying to throw a wallowing pig around a road course instead.

Bottom line, the super cars over all performance numbers for road course work are climbing by leaps and bounds each year, while the Vets, it just gaining weight and moving into a muscle car/ GT touring type car instead.

Hence this is what the C7 should have rolled out of GM doors for the new model instead.

 

Not my favorite design.

 

I like most of the C7, the part I don't like is the gauges. Probably think I'm nuts but I love the C5-C6 gauges. To heck with the lcd screen. The C5,6 gauges look cool, night or day. But at night, they almost look like they are just floating in the cluster.
The C7 gauges look so much more generic on the outsides of the lcd screen.

 

I agree that Vettes are much more porky than they need to be. They could be a lot more lighter than 3300 pounds. Then again, all that unnecessary stuff like power everything does sell. Do we really need electric motors for things like telescoping steering wheels and door latches? As far as arodynamics go, most people won't reach those limits to make it much useful anyway.

 

Which is the guy and which is the girl?

 

I still don't like it. I'm no 'purist' either. It doesn't resemble any previous generation. I'm in a group here in Houston that has majority C6, a few C5 and a few C7s. I really try to like them when I see them, but it just ain't happening.

 

See which bathroom they use. Oops, that won't work anymore.

 

Neither will assuming the handbag holder is the female...damn

Looks like we have a mystery on our hands...is it possibly a lgbtq couple? Are they allowed to own vettes?

 

Here's the new normal....

I was filling out a certain application the other day and when I came to the drop down list under Gender, it had Male, Female, and Other.

Sorry OP for redirecting the thread.

 

ABSOLUTELY AGREE. The other day my wife said they should have called it the Chevrolet Enterprise . . . cause it really doesn't look like any Corvette, but they worked real hard to make it look like a movie spaceship.

Maybe a little dramatic, but I get her point.

 

It's kinda like they missed a generation lol...either way...I'd rock one

 

^^^^ yep!!
May not be everyone's cup of tea, but I'd take one in a heartbeat. Certain colors make it look a little goofy, then again ... I'm kinda partial to Black as evidence of the 3 vehicles I own.

 

 

I don't mind the new C7 at all either and more than likely I'll wind up with a nice low mileage garage queen in the future.

 

HA! A bit later on in the video....the blonde is obviously the girl!

 

A regular c7 I could never do. Too bland imo.

Now a c7 GS or a c7z, yes. Much more aggressive and the overall look of it can make up for the Tetris style tail lights.