Your New C7 Corvette.
06-27-2007, 04:14 PM
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Team Owner
I sure as hell hope not.
06-27-2007, 04:43 PM
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Absolutely awesome. Anybody notice the side windows aren't the same. The yellow ones look better IMHO.
06-27-2007, 04:53 PM
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Safety Car
I thought one was front tengine?
I may have to re-read the article, but I thought these mockups were based on the possibility of a rear engine version (most likely not), and the more likely evolution of the C6 (on right), retaining the traditional layout.
06-27-2007, 04:53 PM
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The yellow one looks like a photoshop of the Cadillac Cien concept from a few years back. I like the idea of 2 distinct Corvette models - a traditional front engine car that offers the best performance-per-dollar in the world and a mid-engined ultra-super-duper high performance model that might cost $100k+.
Don't forget, Zora always wanted a mid-engined Corvette, so it would honor his memory to build one.
Don't forget, Zora always wanted a mid-engined Corvette, so it would honor his memory to build one.
06-27-2007, 04:56 PM
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06-27-2007, 05:01 PM
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Take a look at the Chevrolet Monza (not the Corvair) and tell me Chuck Jordan didn't try in some subtle way to make it look like a Ferrari 365GTB/4 "Daytona".
Didn't Ferrari's egg-crate grille on the early cars, like the 340 Barchetta - perhaps more of Carrozzeria Touring's idea than Ferraris - look a lot like the grille that first appeared on the 1955 Chevy?
You'll never convince me that Chevrolet - albeit through their styling department - didn't emulate a lot of ideas from Ferrari. Saying that however, most of the early Ferraris were bodied by Italy's Carrozzeria (coachbuilders, bodyshops, stylists) so most of the credit really must point in that direction.
And, I might add, we're all the better for it.
06-27-2007, 05:10 PM
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St. Jude Donor '11
Considering this is an artists rendering, and the in-the-flesh car would be less cartoonish, I kind of like 'em.
I looked back at all the buff magazines' predictions on the C6, and most weren't even close, so these will likely prove to be off base. But fun thinking about it.
I looked back at all the buff magazines' predictions on the C6, and most weren't even close, so these will likely prove to be off base. But fun thinking about it.
06-27-2007, 06:35 PM
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I'm thinking they are keeping the real C7 design ideas locked down pretty tight. All these supposed next Corvette pictures are 
I think.
I have seen some of the "next gen" ideas that were lifted straight out of some of the concept pics that were from the C6 development too btw. I have a book that has a bunch of those pics, so some of those "new" designs are actually several years old.
I think.I have seen some of the "next gen" ideas that were lifted straight out of some of the concept pics that were from the C6 development too btw. I have a book that has a bunch of those pics, so some of those "new" designs are actually several years old.
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