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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 09:04 AM
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Don't get me wrong, people, I think the C6 is an all-around sucess and I have ordered one, BUT, the more I look at the nose, the more it looks 'Viper-ish" to me. It's starting to gnaw away at me.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 09:05 AM
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Get a C5 and you will never have to look at the front of a C6 again
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nawwwwwwwwwwwwww. If I do that, I will never forgive myself the 1st time I see a C6 go by me.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Hernan
Get a C5 and you will never have to look at the front of a C6 again
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Hernan
Get a C5 and you will never have to look at the front of a C6 again
Stick with the last true Corvette
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 11:11 AM
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The same Viper which is a nearly complete ripoff of the C3?

It's not that the C6 looks like the Viper. It's that the Viper looks like a Corvette gone wrong.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Hernan
Get a C5 and you will never have to look at the front of a C6 again
Stay in a C5 and the only part of the C6 you'll ever see will be the back-end.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 11:17 AM
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The same Viper which is a nearly complete ripoff of the C3?

It's not that the C6 looks like the Viper. It's that the Viper looks like a Corvette gone wrong.
i disagree. i see very little resemblance froma viper to a C3, but a strong resemblence from a C6 to a viper.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 11:23 AM
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If the look of the nose bothers you, get in the car and drive it. You can't see it from behind the wheel, and behind the wheel is what matters.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 11:26 AM
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If the look of the nose bothers you, get in the car and drive it. You can't see it from behind the wheel,
My thought exactly.
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Originally Posted by smokeyburnouts
i disagree. i see very little resemblance froma viper to a C3, but a strong resemblence from a C6 to a viper.
Get up close to a Viper some time. Guru_4_Hire and I did (he's our local C3 expert) and he spent a solid 10 minutes pointing out everything that the Viper took from the C3. Everything from door handles, to fenders, to side pipes, to the rear window. And lots more.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ALLR RED
Stick with the last true Corvette
Riiiiiiight.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 12:28 PM
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Well, I think the new Viper SRT-10 is one of the meanest looking cars on the road and it's definitely NOT a Corvette gone wrong. Hell, it has a lot more presence than either the C5 or the C6 as far as I'm concerned, but it's uncivilized and not something I would want to drive on a daily basis. It kills me how some people in this forum bash the Viper, though. I just don't get it.
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Originally Posted by BMadden
Well, I think the new Viper SRT-10 is one of the meanest looking cars on the road and it's definitely NOT a Corvette gone wrong. Hell, it has a lot more presence than either the C5 or the C6 as far as I'm concerned, but it's uncivilized and not something I would want to drive on a daily basis. It kills me how some people in this forum bash the Viper, though. I just don't get it.
I agree, their both awesome cars and if they were the same price I think a lot of the same people who bash them now would be driving them. As for looks I don't know for c3 similarities, but I do know from a strait on view the c6 and current Viper do share some similarities. Now who came up with them first...we'll never know.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 02:31 PM
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They look much different to me.

http://www.freepichosting.com/Albums/421538687.html

The "Click to zoom" does not work. Apologies.

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Originally Posted by John George
They look much different to me.
Good comparison pics.
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Old Aug 4, 2004 | 04:55 PM
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I not really sure I understand what the problem is. They both look pretty good to me. Who cares who copied whom?
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It kills me how some people in this forum bash the Viper, though. I just don't get it.
Hmmm....me neither. I'll have to think long and hard on that one.
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Originally Posted by John George
They look much different to me.

http://www.freepichosting.com/Albums/421538687.html

The "Click to zoom" does not work. Apologies.
I agree, they look very little alike. I think you need to study the Viper front a little more and maybe you will finally see the big difference.
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Originally Posted by vettesurfer
I agree, their both awesome cars and if they were the same price I think a lot of the same people who bash them now would be driving them.

Absolutely!
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