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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 03:37 PM
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...being told this is "old and we already know about this." I'll post it anyway...

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Gorgeous curves. Sexy as hell. I want it.

Now, having commented on your avatar, I can move on to the car rendering.

The immediate thing that strikes me about that design concept is the crazy amount of extension on the wheels from the main body. I can't imagine you would ever have an idea of where your tire was as you try to thread through tight gaps or parallel park. And why would a company want to waste all that interior space when they had already made the concession to that much overall width in the total specs?

The more I look at it, the more it looks like one of those pickup truck conversion kits where they add an extra set of wheels to the rear, stuck out like a T-bar.

But to each their own!
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 03:47 PM
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not even close to what it will look like
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 03:49 PM
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The immediate thing that strikes me about that design concept is the crazy amount of extension on the wheels from the main body. I can't imagine you would ever have an idea of where your tire was as you try to thread through tight gaps or parallel park. And why would a company want to waste all that interior space when they had already made the concession to that much overall width in the total specs?
But people love the wide-body look, and if some is good, more is better, right?
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 04:07 PM
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Too "round" for my taste.
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Originally Posted by CaryKen
Gorgeous curves. Sexy as hell. I want it.

Now, having commented on your avatar, I can move on to the car rendering.

The immediate thing that strikes me about that design concept is the crazy amount of extension on the wheels from the main body. I can't imagine you would ever have an idea of where your tire was as you try to thread through tight gaps or parallel park. And why would a company want to waste all that interior space when they had already made the concession to that much overall width in the total specs?

The more I look at it, the more it looks like one of those pickup truck conversion kits where they add an extra set of wheels to the rear, stuck out like a T-bar.

But to each their own!
totally love it, best one I've seen so far!! Could we be lucky enough for this to be the new C7, I wish!!!!
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 04:33 PM
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I like it much better than all other C7 renderings we have seen = no way it would be the C7.
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 08:21 PM
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She's got a nice round behind. I won't mind her...
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With a bit of slimming on the rear, I would choose this heads and shoulders above what the Jalopnik rendering versions have been showing. Since it is not, I am proceding forward with the body and engine mods on my '10 Z06 which will have ZR1 equivalent power at about 3050 lbs.
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by blitzebill
...being told this is "old and we already know about this." I'll post it anyway...

what comments and reactions to this?

I like it. A lot better than the Jalopnik rendering. I like how round the fenders are. It gives it the wider look that the base c6 is missing. There is something wrong with the side vent but if it was in a different position and styled more aggressively it would look great. Do you happen to have the front view of that rendering?
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 10:40 PM
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I like it. A lot better than the Jalopnik rendering. I like how round the fenders are. It gives it the wider look that the base c6 is missing. There is something wrong with the side vent but if it was in a different position and styled more aggressively it would look great. Do you happen to have the front view of that rendering?
go to that website listed on the photo...it has more pix.
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Old Oct 20, 2012 | 10:59 PM
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Decent, but kind of hot wheels car looking
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Not too bad but it does look like a C6 on steroids or a bad case of edema!
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 10:48 AM
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I'm not into the big booty look on women or cars.
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I like it! Do a photochop and put the c7 emblem where that c6 emblem is.
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its hot as hell but its only a design that was intended to be the replacement for the Ferrari 599, which as we know it is now the F12.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/08/a...rrari-612-gto/

dont get me wrong - id hit it
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I think this looks like a peanut shell.
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its hot as hell but its only a design that was intended to be the replacement for the Ferrari 599, which as we know it is now the F12.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/08/a...rrari-612-gto/

dont get me wrong - id hit it
yes the similarities are there.
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 02:49 PM
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yes the similarities are there.
i should clarify my earlier statement, that was an artist's rendering of what they wanted to be the replacement to the 599, nothing official as we have the F12 to show for that.
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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 03:21 PM
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yes but the rendering makes this supposed mock-up of the new C7 a non-issue.
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