Tide Will Roll!

Round tail lights are history, get over it.

foreverfuelie

Aftermarket tails like above should satisfy those folks that can't live without round lights and they shouldn't be very expensive. (certainly cheaper than custom seats) A simple bolt on . Much less trouble/work than those ugly *** three lights so many added to the midyears. That's one of the big reasons I love Corvettes, we can modify them to suit our taste. No matter what others think.

Speedball

One design had 3 round lights with the outside lights having the backup lights...great, but why not have the outside also be an Amber ring for turn signals with the inside 2 lights on each side, red for stopping.

Many of the photos that GM released gave an amber glow to the bottom of the lights, leading a person to think they (like the interior seating) had come into the 21st Century....Just Sayin'

at7000ft

I thought of a way GM can solve the round tail light fiasco and make (almost) everyone happy. Assuming the Camaro-ish tail lights are there to appeal to the younger crowd and the old geezers want their round tail lights, all GM needs to do is create a new "Old Geezer" option, lets call it the "3OG" option. It will include rounded tail light modules much like the photochopped ones people have put on this forum plus four cupholders instead of the standard 2. One triangular cup holder for the Pepto Bismol, an oval one for the Getitol plus the standard 2.

btw - am a 62 year old geezer with an 08 coupe and would gladly take a C7 with or without the 3OG option.

Koenigsegg

Hello guys, here is my Photoshop of the c7 rear. I posted it on another thread but I thought I'd share it here as well. Thoughts?

alanhang

corvette nsx now?

tail_lights

Not a fan of that stance at all. Someone should Photoshop a hand scratching the back end like a kitty cat.......

foreverfuelie

Wow, remember the C7 has the same transverse leaf springs set up so, stance can be changed in less time than it takes to wash the car. As far as the back end set up of the other photoshoped C7, I like the existing lights better than those (very asian looking) but the Lambo style exhaust is interesting.

arkus

looks like 928 porshe around the rear glass

su8pack1

The lights, yes much better.

GotVett?

Kindof a slight Pontiac thing goin on . . .

Danny Richie

It's not just the lights guys. The whole rear end just does not match the rest of the car.

It looks bulged out. And the then the transformer style pieces just really look out of place.



It needs to slant in like this so that it follows the lines of the rest of the car:



And then you can do whatever with the lights, but some rounded style will allow people to immediately recognize it as a Vette.

Sorry, I am not real great at Photoshop, but you get the idea.

arkus

Dominic Sorresso

Guys,

You need to remember that aesthetics are not the only parameter that the design looks to optimize. One of the primary objectives that has been stated for this car is the management of airflow. That has an aesthetic of its own.

Koenigsegg

haha, the top portion of it does. didn't even notice it. I redid the light designs. they look a little bright and blurry but the idea is there. Do you guys like those? I personally like the the first ones(nsx) a little better as they seem to flow a little more with the car.

racebum

not feeling it. car has too many sharp lines for round tail lights. they don't fit the rest of it

SCM_Crash

Not to mention that half circles are exactly what the Camaro has. (Not sure why nobody seems to notice that...)

C6fix

Round lights worked with this sharp-angled design.

SCM_Crash

Except that the stingray concept was ugly to boot.

C6fix

It had a generally ugly in pictures but pretty in life reception from the public, somewhat similar to the actual C7. I saw the concept in person, and the pictures never did it justice. But, I always thought something like this would've been a step in the right direction: