C7 Mule Drivetrain Photos
08-14-2011, 08:31 PM
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Because the M5 and M6 compare in performance to a base 'vette and cost...a little more.
Also, BMW's interior blows the 'vette away hands down. Their lowest quality 3-series feels nicer than my Z06 to me.
It's a nicer car. It' costs more. Just because it doesn't pull more g's or have a faster 0-60 does not place it lower on the food-chain. It's a nicer, more expensive car.
Also, BMW's interior blows the 'vette away hands down. Their lowest quality 3-series feels nicer than my Z06 to me.
It's a nicer car. It' costs more. Just because it doesn't pull more g's or have a faster 0-60 does not place it lower on the food-chain. It's a nicer, more expensive car.
08-14-2011, 09:00 PM
#82
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supposedly now that GM has all hands on deck..the new C7 interior is supposed to be far and away better than any competition...
I don't really care about interiors at all. I'm fine with my c6 interior. The cars a blast and I just ordered up a DSVette Alcantara D shaped wheel for laughs..The center console...and the arm rests have aftermarket pieces as well.
what I want to see is a DCT or MCT transmission as an option and 475hp standard....
BMW's are nice sedans and Crossovers......the convertibles and sports cars are kind of .......
Nothing beats driving a vette if you dig sports cars...supercars ...worlds best..
JMO
I don't really care about interiors at all. I'm fine with my c6 interior. The cars a blast and I just ordered up a DSVette Alcantara D shaped wheel for laughs..The center console...and the arm rests have aftermarket pieces as well.
what I want to see is a DCT or MCT transmission as an option and 475hp standard....
BMW's are nice sedans and Crossovers......the convertibles and sports cars are kind of .......
Nothing beats driving a vette if you dig sports cars...supercars ...worlds best..
JMO
08-14-2011, 09:24 PM
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If we were able to send men on the moon in the seventies, what's car interiors really. It's just a question of attitude. I just hope the critics will be silenced once and for all. It could be the start of something big. Like taking back the reigns of our economy. Someone take me off my soap box. I'm getting tense. LOL
08-15-2011, 08:53 AM
#84
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Critics will never be silenced. Once the interior issue is "solved", they will move on to how the corvette isn't made entirely out of kevlar and carbon fiber. Or how it doesn't get 45mpg, or that the wheels don't fold in to make it fly, like that delorian in back to the future.
08-15-2011, 11:07 AM
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As for your other idea...the car was designed, from day one, to be a proper sports car for americans. It was built to be competitive with the cars from over the pond, which were perceived to be only for the wealthy, for various reasons. It has remained true to that ideal for over half a century. 50,000 IS a lot of cash to throw down on a limited use 2 seater, but it's not unobtainable. A plumber, carpenter, restaurant manager, etc, can all work towards the goal of buying one of these cars new. Sure, they have to work harder than non middle class, upper crust folks, but again, it's not unobtainable. Yet, anyway.
The real issue GM is facing right now, is that the middle class in america are vanishing like a fart in the wind. So the question becomes, how long do they design a car and market it towards a demographic that is increasingly more rare? How long before they decide that the middle class can no longer support the car's existence, and either do away with it altogether, or make it more appealing to the folks that would rather buy an AMG Mercedes, Porsche 911 turbo, or Audi R8? Times.
They are a changing.
The real issue GM is facing right now, is that the middle class in america are vanishing like a fart in the wind. So the question becomes, how long do they design a car and market it towards a demographic that is increasingly more rare? How long before they decide that the middle class can no longer support the car's existence, and either do away with it altogether, or make it more appealing to the folks that would rather buy an AMG Mercedes, Porsche 911 turbo, or Audi R8? Times.
They are a changing.
I can agree with that.
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08-15-2011, 01:22 PM
#86
Melting Slicks
I thought they said there would be a dramatic change in the C7, this doesnt look dramatic to me. Dont like the looks of the exhaust at all. I hope they change the body more than that.
08-15-2011, 05:20 PM
#88
I believe if you remove the bullcrap from the front and rear of the concept you have the actual c 7 corvette sweet design. It's low, narrow, has the hips of the stingray and the car gets narrow towards the rear. totally stingray.
08-15-2011, 07:25 PM
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Critics will never be silenced. Once the interior issue is "solved", they will move on to how the corvette isn't made entirely out of kevlar and carbon fiber. Or how it doesn't get 45mpg, or that the wheels don't fold in to make it fly, like that delorian in back to the future.
08-15-2011, 08:43 PM
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Yeah... Let them bash our cars while their jealousy seeps out from behind their grins. They'll never be happy as long as the Corvette keeps demolishing everything they come out with.
08-16-2011, 10:05 PM
#91
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supposedly now that GM has all hands on deck..the new C7 interior is supposed to be far and away better than any competition...
I don't really care about interiors at all. I'm fine with my c6 interior. The cars a blast and I just ordered up a DSVette Alcantara D shaped wheel for laughs..The center console...and the arm rests have aftermarket pieces as well.
what I want to see is a DCT or MCT transmission as an option and 475hp standard....
BMW's are nice sedans and Crossovers......the convertibles and sports cars are kind of .......
Nothing beats driving a vette if you dig sports cars...supercars ...worlds best..
JMO
I don't really care about interiors at all. I'm fine with my c6 interior. The cars a blast and I just ordered up a DSVette Alcantara D shaped wheel for laughs..The center console...and the arm rests have aftermarket pieces as well.
what I want to see is a DCT or MCT transmission as an option and 475hp standard....
BMW's are nice sedans and Crossovers......the convertibles and sports cars are kind of .......
Nothing beats driving a vette if you dig sports cars...supercars ...worlds best..
JMO
08-17-2011, 12:13 AM
#92
Race Director
It may have nothing to do with a C7.. Manufacturers have design teams that are
constantly working on something. They could be testing a motor or some driveline
for 10 years down the road. Probably some C6 running around with nothing but
batteries under the hood. Or a 4 cyl model. They got to look further down the road
than next couple of years.
constantly working on something. They could be testing a motor or some driveline
for 10 years down the road. Probably some C6 running around with nothing but
batteries under the hood. Or a 4 cyl model. They got to look further down the road
than next couple of years.
08-17-2011, 07:55 AM
#93
Le Mans Master
It may have nothing to do with a C7.. Manufacturers have design teams that are
constantly working on something. They could be testing a motor or some driveline
for 10 years down the road. Probably some C6 running around with nothing but
batteries under the hood. Or a 4 cyl model. They got to look further down the road
than next couple of years.
constantly working on something. They could be testing a motor or some driveline
for 10 years down the road. Probably some C6 running around with nothing but
batteries under the hood. Or a 4 cyl model. They got to look further down the road
than next couple of years.
08-17-2011, 12:41 PM
#94
The official 2013 911 pictures just leaked. I think the Corvette guys can match it style-wise and easily trump the base and S models in performance.
08-17-2011, 04:18 PM
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08-17-2011, 08:18 PM
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