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From: Waterford MI
All those cars in the movie was supposed to come out and be real... a lot of them did not make it when the government took over.
My eyes were wandering about the new GTR and the Cayman the other day. Cayman is not the same class I know, but it looks like a fun toy.
Racer
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From: Oakville On
The funny part about this is that they said this after they said that it was to be the new corvette.
All those cars in the movie was supposed to come out and be real... a lot of them did not make it when the government took over.
My eyes were wandering about the new GTR and the Cayman the other day. Cayman is not the same class I know, but it looks like a fun toy.
All those cars in the movie was supposed to come out and be real... a lot of them did not make it when the government took over.
My eyes were wandering about the new GTR and the Cayman the other day. Cayman is not the same class I know, but it looks like a fun toy.
As for the Cayman, I test drove one a few weeks ago and it is an absolute blast to drive. Very fast and very easy to control.
Burning Brakes
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From: KADS- If it has wings or an engine, I can break it. Dallas TX
Boy, tough crowd. No offical C7 pics, and people already hate the styling. (how is that possisble) Bitching about panel gaps and the pre-production prototypes are not even built yet.......... geesh.
The new porsche is cool, The boxster S, i drove was one of the best handling cars, i ever driven. 2nd only to F430F1. Now, if the cayman/boxster had another 50HP. I might just sell my z06 to buy one.
I don't expect any offical C7 pics, for at least a year. Just relax guys, its coming.
The new porsche is cool, The boxster S, i drove was one of the best handling cars, i ever driven. 2nd only to F430F1. Now, if the cayman/boxster had another 50HP. I might just sell my z06 to buy one.
I don't expect any offical C7 pics, for at least a year. Just relax guys, its coming.
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We'll see the real McCoy C7 when GM wants us to see it.
Also they won't worry about a few hundred/thousand leftover 2013 C6 models (if it's a 2014 intro). The bargain hunters will grab those in due course. 
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If it's anything like the last two generations of Corvette, there has been a very small sample group of Corvette owners who have worked on focus groups for C7.
Some have had input on interior, some on the exterior.
If you read the book "All Corvettes Are Red", you'll be walked through the C5 development from pre-start to finish.
Some have had input on interior, some on the exterior.
If you read the book "All Corvettes Are Red", you'll be walked through the C5 development from pre-start to finish.
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From Steve Jobs: Advise for Corvette
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower"
“It’s not about pop culture, and it’s not about fooling people, and it’s not about convincing people that they want something they don’t. We figure out what we want. And I think we’re pretty good at having the right discipline to think through whether a lot of other people are going to want it, too. That’s what we get paid to do.”
"Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.”
“It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”
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History really is a great teacher. They withheld any information on the C4, C5 and C6 until they squeezed every sale they could out of the present generation. Why would they change now?
Patience is a virtue. I am enjoying my car now. I can wait. (I guess I wouldn't be here if I wasn't interested though).
History really is a great teacher. They withheld any information on the C4, C5 and C6 until they squeezed every sale they could out of the present generation. Why would they change now?Patience is a virtue. I am enjoying my car now. I can wait. (I guess I wouldn't be here if I wasn't interested though
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From: Acworth GA
You wont see anything on the C7 until much later after the Camaro ZL1 has been selling. They dont want to take those sales away at all.
Plus, remember that Corvette Racing had a good bit of input on the C6, and they have a lot of input on the C7 as well.
Plus, remember that Corvette Racing had a good bit of input on the C6, and they have a lot of input on the C7 as well.
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I read an article from SEMA stating that the C7 would be a 2014 model. It would sort of be based on a '63 looking Corvette, maybe even with a split window. The article says that the Corvette would be 2" longer, and 2 inches narrower than the C6 model. Engine displacement would be smaller, possibly single or twin turbos, prducing more HP than the base C6. If anyone else saw the article, maybe you can help me out here..... ( If I'm wrong, "Don't shoot the messenger" )
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I doubt Camaro ZL1 has anything to do with C7 marketing. Beyond the occasional vague C7 comment tied to some C6 or Chevy story, there is no C7 marketing yet.
The next Corvette news will probably be in April, when it's time to learn about MY2013 and the 60th Anniversary. There will be no C7 news then, just the same old safe answers -- youth, better interior, slightly smaller engine -- and the same repetition of old rumor as new fact. GM won't let C7 steal the profitable Anniversary-editions' thunder.
Later next year we should see camouflaged C7s caught out testing. Between now and then, probably nothing but unsubstantiated rumors and occasional drop-ins from people who saw stuff they can't talk about but who will assure us C7 will be awesome. Also a dozen posts about what some dealer or race mechanic said.
But every rumor -- case in point, seven speed transmission -- will generate another flurry of posts. Frustrating, maybe, but not boring, else there'd be nothing but crickets here.
You could probably check in once next August and once again after the following Christmas and be just as informed and up-to-date about C7 as anyone beyond those actually working on it.
.Jinx
The next Corvette news will probably be in April, when it's time to learn about MY2013 and the 60th Anniversary. There will be no C7 news then, just the same old safe answers -- youth, better interior, slightly smaller engine -- and the same repetition of old rumor as new fact. GM won't let C7 steal the profitable Anniversary-editions' thunder.
Later next year we should see camouflaged C7s caught out testing. Between now and then, probably nothing but unsubstantiated rumors and occasional drop-ins from people who saw stuff they can't talk about but who will assure us C7 will be awesome. Also a dozen posts about what some dealer or race mechanic said.
But every rumor -- case in point, seven speed transmission -- will generate another flurry of posts. Frustrating, maybe, but not boring, else there'd be nothing but crickets here.
You could probably check in once next August and once again after the following Christmas and be just as informed and up-to-date about C7 as anyone beyond those actually working on it.
.Jinx
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