Jalopnik and Trinity C7 Rendering Comparison
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Jalopnik and Trinity C7 Rendering Comparison
Since the release of the renderings from Trinity, I always felt that there was something not right about the nose. It just never felt right to my eye, so I decided to do a comparative analysis with the Jalopnik renderings, since I feel they are quite close to what the actual C7 will look like.
In comparing the side views, I found out why the nose looks so wrong to me.:
In this shot the views have been scaled to match, using the wheel centerlines as the guide. If you look at the nose of the Trinity rendering, it is incredibly shortened, causing a very abrupt downward slope from the center of the wheel wells to the nose. Also, the headlights are far shorter. Based on the Jalopnik rendering, this area is much smoother with a gradual taper to the nose. I always thought the Trinity model looked like it had been punched in the nose, and actually, it has. The same issue is going on at the rear. The side profile of the Trinity rendering is the correct length, but the butt has been chopped off flat, much like a C6. As shown by the Jalopnik rendering, the butt is actually much more rounded, and should have some interesting surfaces to break up the area.
Based on all the renderings so far, I'm getting very excited about the new design, and am very hopeful that Chevy doesn't disappoint.
In comparing the side views, I found out why the nose looks so wrong to me.:
In this shot the views have been scaled to match, using the wheel centerlines as the guide. If you look at the nose of the Trinity rendering, it is incredibly shortened, causing a very abrupt downward slope from the center of the wheel wells to the nose. Also, the headlights are far shorter. Based on the Jalopnik rendering, this area is much smoother with a gradual taper to the nose. I always thought the Trinity model looked like it had been punched in the nose, and actually, it has. The same issue is going on at the rear. The side profile of the Trinity rendering is the correct length, but the butt has been chopped off flat, much like a C6. As shown by the Jalopnik rendering, the butt is actually much more rounded, and should have some interesting surfaces to break up the area.
Based on all the renderings so far, I'm getting very excited about the new design, and am very hopeful that Chevy doesn't disappoint.
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Also, from the few bits of information that have come out of the Las Vegas showing, I think the rear hatch of the Trinity model is not quite right. According to Rick Conti, the sides of the rear hatch are tapered, much more like a 'v'.
This makes perfect design sense to me, that the hatch would taper down to the center of the rear where the center high brake light will be. If you look closely at the Jalopnik rear, it also looks like the lower area (the diffuser) is a different material like on the C6. Based on this, I also played a bit with the rear. These are very rough....so don't shoot the photoshoper.... :laughing:
Original hatch with diffuser:
Tapered lines over hatch:
Body color on taper (this is VERY rough)
By the by, huge respect to Jim Lammers at Trinity Animation for the creation of the model and animation.
This makes perfect design sense to me, that the hatch would taper down to the center of the rear where the center high brake light will be. If you look closely at the Jalopnik rear, it also looks like the lower area (the diffuser) is a different material like on the C6. Based on this, I also played a bit with the rear. These are very rough....so don't shoot the photoshoper.... :laughing:
Original hatch with diffuser:
Tapered lines over hatch:
Body color on taper (this is VERY rough)
By the by, huge respect to Jim Lammers at Trinity Animation for the creation of the model and animation.
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I cannot imagine how blocked the rear view would be if the rear glass is narrowed that much. That 'V' is fine for the C6 as it is all glass but not the C7 which is not.
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Think about all the bitching back in 1963 over the little bar running down the center of the rear window. Said it blocked their view. Somehow I managed all those years of driving my 69 coupe, without running into anyone.
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Ya know, I think what you've done is great work/ideas. With the different darker material the rear doesn't look so bad (despite the lights in my opinion, and the ventish area by the lights). The V shapes rear also does a lot to spruce up the design. Good eye.
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I also can see the center of the glass having a little dip running down the center to sorta pick up the lines of the roof. It's hard to tell with the camo pics because only the center is visable. I can't see that glass being completely flat. I've got this same red pic doctored up on my home pc, with the rear tapered like this.
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WOW! That is awesome work you did. That actually looks WAY better, I thought it may look dumb but body color sides and by the license plate with blacked out lower diffuser area doesn't look nearly as bad as the whole thing body color.
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I think you may be right. From Jalopnik when they first released the images:
"These aren't photos, but this is absolutely the next-generation Chevy Corvette in ZR1 trim."
The tapered window looks much better. InsideLine quoted Ed Welburn suggesting that there could be a return of the split-window, which makes much more sense on a tapered window rather than a flat/square one. I prefer a good physical sightline myself, but rearward vision may be dealt with in an increasingly popular way: rear-view camera(s).
"These aren't photos, but this is absolutely the next-generation Chevy Corvette in ZR1 trim."
The tapered window looks much better. InsideLine quoted Ed Welburn suggesting that there could be a return of the split-window, which makes much more sense on a tapered window rather than a flat/square one. I prefer a good physical sightline myself, but rearward vision may be dealt with in an increasingly popular way: rear-view camera(s).
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I think you may be right. From Jalopnik when they first released the images:
"These aren't photos, but this is absolutely the next-generation Chevy Corvette in ZR1 trim."
The tapered window looks much better. InsideLine quoted Ed Welburn suggesting that there could be a return of the split-window, which makes much more sense on a tapered window rather than a flat/square one. I prefer a good physical sightline myself, but rearward vision may be dealt with in an increasingly popular way: rear-view camera(s).
"These aren't photos, but this is absolutely the next-generation Chevy Corvette in ZR1 trim."
The tapered window looks much better. InsideLine quoted Ed Welburn suggesting that there could be a return of the split-window, which makes much more sense on a tapered window rather than a flat/square one. I prefer a good physical sightline myself, but rearward vision may be dealt with in an increasingly popular way: rear-view camera(s).
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Look at the huge power bulge on the red car's hood, The latest spy photos' show that the hood has very little power bulge. If they can't get something that simple correct with their renderings, how do you expect they can get anything else correct?
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Can't you even let me compliment someone without chiming in? Didn't I ask for you to carry on smartly?
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