Top interior ideas for C7
Drifting
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http://www.netcarshow.com/mercedes-b...llpaper_42.htm
But that is not what I would want to see in the C7. No wood anyways. Lots of better quality leather though and a bit simpler. Something like Ferrari F430 and with customization.
Last edited by vettesweetnos; Aug 19, 2011 at 06:17 AM.
Le Mans Master
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That just looks cluttered up to me. Buttons and do-dads all over the place. I'm a fan of keeping it simple and flowing... Rather than being afraid to put you hand down on a button by mistake. Looks like you can't touch anything in that car without turning something on or off.
Safety Car
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Nope. There hasn't been a single German car made with an interior I actually like. A lot of people rave about BMW interior, but I despise it. My friend's Audi RS interior is decent, but I'm not into red-lit controls and gauges, as well as the layout isn't good at all. I've seen a few Mercedes interiors and they look cluttered.
The Japanese design MUCH nicer interiors. And Cadillac has really raised the bar lately.
The Japanese design MUCH nicer interiors. And Cadillac has really raised the bar lately.
Safety Car
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And I like the German appearance and layout infinitely better than what Japanese and U.S. interiors offer. You're right, to each their own.
Burning Brakes
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The materials in the Vette are cheap but well organized, large and easy to read. I like how they are angled toward the driver, and how the top of the dash isn't sprouting kermit the frog eyelids. I think it is the stunning interior of the Lexus LFA that BLOWS AWAY the interior of all the German cars, and the LS460/600 interior is much better organized and pleasing than the cluttered Audi.
Le Mans Master
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Comfortable...the 1-Series and TT have matched or beaten just about every Japanese counterpart they've been directly compared against.
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Le Mans Master
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Having fewer buttons isn't the golden ticket. There's a lot to do with lighting, color, layout, etc. I don't exactly like the interior on the Model T just because it's got 1 or 2 gauges and no buttons. LOL
Le Mans Master
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BMWs are nice cars but their interiors are basic, and can be rather cheap. Have you noticed the base seating is pleather? As for Audi, aren't you by now sick of every gauge behind ugly tunnels? Porsche has a nice interior in the Panamera, and even nicer in the new pepper utes, but without the choice of colors, the 911 series would be spartan.
The materials in the Vette are cheap but well organized, large and easy to read. I like how they are angled toward the driver, and how the top of the dash isn't sprouting kermit the frog eyelids. I think it is the stunning interior of the Lexus LFA that BLOWS AWAY the interior of all the German cars, and the LS460/600 interior is much better organized and pleasing than the cluttered Audi.
The materials in the Vette are cheap but well organized, large and easy to read. I like how they are angled toward the driver, and how the top of the dash isn't sprouting kermit the frog eyelids. I think it is the stunning interior of the Lexus LFA that BLOWS AWAY the interior of all the German cars, and the LS460/600 interior is much better organized and pleasing than the cluttered Audi.
Agreed on the LFA; it's a surprisingly good interior (and well-resolved first effort for Lexus in the supercar area).
As for Audi, there is a reason why GM have benchmarked them. Same reason why BMW do too; they've said as much in one of the industry trade magazines when the 7-Series was released.
Also, from a C&D blog at the Detroit auto show:
"So whom do premium brands benchmark? I asked around for a bit, and it emerges that Audi tops the list by a wide margin, followed by BMW. Lincoln takes a close, analytical look at Lexus and Cadillac as well. Conspicuously absent from the list is Mercedes-Benz, which should give the former global standard of automotive quality and engineering something to think about."
http://blog.caranddriver.com/the-con...brand-tidbits/
Le Mans Master
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Color was mentioned, yet the 370Z also has many red-colored gauges. As to why Nissan, BMW, Audi and submarines also use this color, here is a pretty good explanation:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...ght-situations
It would also seem to be less distracting than white, green or blue gauges. At night, you'd want the gauges to be as subdued as possible. You'd also want to keep glare on the windows down to a minimum; likely a reason why deeply hooded/tunneled gauges are used in addition to reduced glare from sunlight. These have been in use long before Audi's eminence as an interior design benchmark; the detail is there to serve a function.
Drifting
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Check this
Do a search on the Cadillac Ciel Concept car announced a couple of days ago and look at the interior. Or check here:
http://wot.motortrend.com/cadillac-c...rs-109167.html
There's a new interior from GM that's near production ready.
IBT
http://wot.motortrend.com/cadillac-c...rs-109167.html
There's a new interior from GM that's near production ready.
IBT
Safety Car
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I am optimistic that the C7 will be a great improvement over my C6's. I am envisioning a quieter interior -- no more squeaky of the center console when I rest my leg against it, no more creaking of the roof panels when the road is slightly irregular, that the interior panel gaps will be more uniform, and the like.
Take a look at GM's Cadillac interiors, or even those in the much lower priced Cruze and Malibu and you can see that GM can/will produce a really nice, quiet but bold C7 interior. They are benchmarking the best of the German interiors and I am not worried that the interior of the C7 will disappoint me.
Take a look at GM's Cadillac interiors, or even those in the much lower priced Cruze and Malibu and you can see that GM can/will produce a really nice, quiet but bold C7 interior. They are benchmarking the best of the German interiors and I am not worried that the interior of the C7 will disappoint me.
Le Mans Master
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Well, I think it's obvious we are comparing cars from relatively the same era.
Color was mentioned, yet the 370Z also has many red-colored gauges. As to why Nissan, BMW, Audi and submarines also use this color, here is a pretty good explanation:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...ght-situations
It would also seem to be less distracting than white, green or blue gauges. At night, you'd want the gauges to be as subdued as possible. You'd also want to keep glare on the windows down to a minimum; likely a reason why deeply hooded/tunneled gauges are used in addition to reduced glare from sunlight. These have been in use long before Audi's eminence as an interior design benchmark; the detail is there to serve a function.
Color was mentioned, yet the 370Z also has many red-colored gauges. As to why Nissan, BMW, Audi and submarines also use this color, here is a pretty good explanation:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/...ght-situations
It would also seem to be less distracting than white, green or blue gauges. At night, you'd want the gauges to be as subdued as possible. You'd also want to keep glare on the windows down to a minimum; likely a reason why deeply hooded/tunneled gauges are used in addition to reduced glare from sunlight. These have been in use long before Audi's eminence as an interior design benchmark; the detail is there to serve a function.
Honestly, I like 70% of my C5s interior. There are certainly a few things that bother me, and the same goes for the C6s. The layout isn't great, and of course the hard plastics make it feel cheap. But it was only a $55k car. I definitely got a lot for my money and I don't complain about the interior to anyone (other than the retarded seats). The Corvette really does offer a lot and even if you don't see what you paid for in the interior, you see it in the technology and performance of the car.
GM says there's definitely going to be a huge class upgrade to the interior. Would be nice as long as they can keep the Corvette affordable to guys like me. Even if I were rich, it would bother me a bit if the base Corvette jumped to $80K. The Corvette is pricing itself out of the "Working man's sports car" legacy.
Drifting
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Of course, the press really drove the car pretty hard.
Intermediate
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I think there should be a two tone leather option to match to any available external color, with matching color trim. It just gives a higher level of detail to the car. The Z06 Carbon Edition is an extremely nice interior IMO, and I think they should bring the trim idea from it over to the C7. Perhaps some suede mixed in with regular leather, not unlike the 04-06 GTO's.
I always felt the GTO had the basics of a very nice interior. The seats were perfect, it matched wonderfully to the car and overall had a very solid feel to it, if slightly unrefined, it was luxurious like a Bentley, but it was much nicer than the interior of any C6 aside from the Carbon.
I always felt the GTO had the basics of a very nice interior. The seats were perfect, it matched wonderfully to the car and overall had a very solid feel to it, if slightly unrefined, it was luxurious like a Bentley, but it was much nicer than the interior of any C6 aside from the Carbon.
Burning Brakes
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I like what they did with the interior of the stingray concept
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goMxupIoQfE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goMxupIoQfE
