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Le Mans Master
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Le Mans Master
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The whole rear matches up exactly to *** drawing, look at the flow on the bottom diffuser as well as how the lower right cut in goes up just like the drawing.
I am very disappointed and will be keeping my C6 if this is going to be it.
I am very disappointed and will be keeping my C6 if this is going to be it.
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You really can't tell. I look forward to seeing the car, if I don't purchase one it will be the economy that stopped me. I hate to see the C6 go, that means that I will no longer have the newest style.
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Burning Brakes
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In that one picture of the rear of the spy photo, it looks like the rear has the tail light section recessed a bit so that the bottom of the light assembly is not flush with the bumper below it. Also it looks recessed from the middle section of the rear. That would look pretty hot I think. But then on the side picture the back end looks like one flat slab...
Burning Brakes
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By looking at the pictures closely, I'm not so sure about the round taillights. If you look at the left one here, you can see a silver slash within the round outer covering, looks a lot like the Jalopnik render of square lights.
I agree with Bucky, not quite the completely different change I read Lutz mentioned.
I agree with Bucky, not quite the completely different change I read Lutz mentioned.
I see it completely different. The entire roof line and B pillars are different. Flat top on the quarters, rear end is less pudgy and more broken up now, more body lines. Not sure what you guys were wanting. It is still a bad economy and they are building a car that sells in small volumes. If you want them to charge 300-400k then you may get a total revamp like you see with those from Italy etc. They have to make business sense of the thing.
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Not sure what you guys were wanting. It is still a bad economy and they are building a car that sells in small volumes. If you want them to charge 300-400k then you may get a total revamp like you see with those from Italy etc. They have to make business sense of the thing.
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Check Corvette Grand-Am proto
By looking at the pictures closely, I'm not so sure about the round taillights. If you look at the left one here, you can see a silver slash within the round outer covering, looks a lot like the Jalopnik render of square lights.
I agree with Bucky, not quite the completely different change I read Lutz mentioned.
I agree with Bucky, not quite the completely different change I read Lutz mentioned.
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This Corvette testing in the snow has smaller tires than the standard vette. Obviously snow tires are usually reduced in size compared to stock tires but I am wondering if they are attempting to reduce weight overall by having moving to smaller wheels/tires? I hope not.
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Whole Gallery on Japlopnik too -
http://jalopnik.com/5877484/2014-che...-we-were-right
I'm not seeing much in the way of the radical change Lutz hinted at.
http://jalopnik.com/5877484/2014-che...-we-were-right
I'm not seeing much in the way of the radical change Lutz hinted at.
Burning Brakes
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Not sure what you guys were wanting. It is still a bad economy and they are building a car that sells in small volumes.
Last edited by Endeka; Jan 23, 2012 at 03:03 PM.