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Old 01-27-2013, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by HollywoodC7
Can one of you official Vette dudes help me out? Yes I had a C6 Daytona Sunset Orange ......and loved it.....sold it....and immediately realized i made a mistake.

Now...the C7 I love....and will be going at it asap....but I find there is a little bit of false advertising going around....Jay Leno Garage has the nice executive stating that the machine in that video with the Black rims, and handsome whale tails was STOCK!!!!
Yet, another guy on Youtube ( young guy who needs Valium LOL) films 3 C7 pulling into a parking lot....Black, Blue and Red.....the first 2 were as we have been seeing all over the place...Stingray....and the red one was crappy tired looking 5 sloked C6 like rims and NO Whale Tail......so, are we seeing a suped up z51 in all these pictures and the base is downgraded?
I believe the base C7 has the 19"/18" single-spoke silver wheels like the red one in the video, and all double-spoke wheels that are 20"/19" can only be obtained with the Z51 package.
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Old 01-27-2013, 08:26 PM
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that is likely the precise answer....Thanks Achmed.....19 and 20s make it so much stronger looking for sure.
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Old 01-27-2013, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by HollywoodC7
That explains it perfectly.....then all the talk about the price being around what a C6 is doesnt help me....LOL....Jays garage and the launch night in Detroit is the machine I am after.....thanks for clarifying.....Should be very exciting to see in Toronto in a few weeks
I'd be willing to bet the car we've seen all over the country (the red reveal car) will be more inline pricewise with an optioned out C6 Grand Sport.
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Old 01-27-2013, 09:07 PM
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I just picked up the issues of Motortrend and Automobile. Good initial write ups.
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Old 01-27-2013, 09:52 PM
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You think they could make the autoweek name bigger.
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Old 01-28-2013, 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by bigterpsfan
I think it is actually black, and not body color, but the best shot of the rear I have seen for sure!



I think you should look at that piture again..it's deff not black!!,,it's Cyber gray or whatever that color is called,,either way it's body colored the way it should be IMO.
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Old 01-28-2013, 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by svtkeith
I think you should look at that piture again..it's deff not black!!,,it's Cyber gray or whatever that color is called,,either way it's body colored the way it should be IMO.
It's definitely not gloss black, and maybe it is camera angle/light contrast, but it doesn't look to match the body color exactly. Either way, I like it.
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Old 01-28-2013, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by bigterpsfan
It's definitely not gloss black, and maybe it is camera angle/light contrast, but it doesn't look to match the body color exactly. Either way, I like it.


I guess one of us is color blind..just hope it ain't me....all I mean is that it looks way better unicolored IMO..look at the yellow one on the cover of the Motor Trend magazine..heck theres no way thats not body colored!! and looks awesome..
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Old 01-28-2013, 01:05 PM
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Only problem is the fold creases!!!
Haha...like the folds in Playmates of the Month, All in the wrong places!
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Old 01-28-2013, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by $$$frumnuttin'
Fred....shut up all ready!!
Be nice!

Or I will disqualify ur car at the next autocross tech inspection.
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Be nice!

Or I will disqualify ur car at the next autocross tech inspection.
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Old 01-28-2013, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bigterpsfan
It's definitely not gloss black, and maybe it is camera angle/light contrast, but it doesn't look to match the body color exactly. Either way, I like it.
I thought it was plain that it was painted carbon flash metallic, not cyber gray. In some lights they look similar, but they are not identical.
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