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But if you're considering one because of the way it will impress the general public, fahgeddaboutit!
If that's why you're buying it, then IMHO you're buying it for all the wrong reasons anyway. If you want to impress the public, there are other cars that will do it better and there always have been. The vette is about having awesome performance in a good looking package. It's a balanced deal for the driver who wants a great mass produced sports car. It's not optimized for maximum social impact.
Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
Slideshow: A Jaguar designer's personal project imagines what a modern front-engined Corvette might look like if Chevrolet revisited the golden age of the Stingray.