C7 build quality???
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Instructor
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Milford PA
C7 build quality???
I just came back from the NY Auto show saw the
New 2013 Viper GTS its insane. GM are u listening the C7 better be as good in build quality. I looked at a C6 after the Viper and
You can tell the lack of build quality. The Vette looks like
A tupperwear car. Why cant Gm build the C7 like the Viper which is also
CF and plastic but does not look it. Those curves on Viper are pure sex.
If no one told me the Viper was all plastic i would never know.
I expect alot from the C7 design wake up GM if u want new blood get with the program.
New 2013 Viper GTS its insane. GM are u listening the C7 better be as good in build quality. I looked at a C6 after the Viper and
You can tell the lack of build quality. The Vette looks like
A tupperwear car. Why cant Gm build the C7 like the Viper which is also
CF and plastic but does not look it. Those curves on Viper are pure sex.
If no one told me the Viper was all plastic i would never know.
I expect alot from the C7 design wake up GM if u want new blood get with the program.
Racer
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That is funny because I was just showing my wife this new Viper video and I was bitching about the fit just bellow the head light. 1/4 inch gap...non production car bla bla but it bugged the hell out of me.
http://youtu.be/kJuWSk_vAWQ
VIEDO WARNING..you may want a new Viper after video, dispite big gap between hood and front finder on the driver side.
http://youtu.be/kJuWSk_vAWQ
VIEDO WARNING..you may want a new Viper after video, dispite big gap between hood and front finder on the driver side.
Race Director
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I'm gonna guess that any factory car at the Auto Show is going to be very carefully adjusted to make sure all the gaps are right on. Especially a new version of a car like the Viper. We'll see what happens when they are into it a year or so.
FWIW, I've always been very happy with the fit and finish on my '05 vert.
FWIW, I've always been very happy with the fit and finish on my '05 vert.
Team Owner
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640 HP for $100,000(according to SRT spokeslady on FOX this morning) along with shedding 150 lbs from 2010 Viper( that would make the Viper lighter then the ZR1 by around 43 lbs). GM has a problem on their hands(C6 ZR1 with 638 HP for $125,000 kind of problem).
Last edited by JoesC5; Apr 7, 2012 at 06:43 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14, '16
The standard Viper bases for 100K, the Viper GTS (the one on fox and at the NY auto show ) bases for just over 120K.
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14, '16
I think the corvette community will be very surprised how great the C7 is.
Team Owner
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From: Short Hills, NJ
All of the other tech articles we'd read last week said that the weight loss was right around 100 pounds even. Still impressive though.
$111,600.00 actually, but I still get what you're saying.
Burning Brakes
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From: Southern IL
Not really...just looks like an old GTS coupe with an Alpha-Romeo body kit...some euro enhancements...and italian interior.
