View Poll Results: Do you like coupe styling or vert styling better?
Coupe
111
70.70%
Convertible
31
19.75%
Neither
15
9.55%
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C7 styling
Burning Brakes
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Woodstock Ontario
All sport cars should be red and convertible 
.The wife loves going topless 
we are used to travelling big trips on our Harley so the convertible has all the room we need IMO. So when the time comes a new C7 red convertible will be next 
.The wife loves going topless we are used to travelling big trips on our Harley so the convertible has all the room we need IMO. So when the time comes a new C7 red convertible will be next
Burning Brakes
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From: Valencia CA
I expect that the vert will be about a $5k premium over the coupe, maybe even $7k if they charge more for the power top now standard. I love the tops off feeling of both the vert and coupe but the vert is more convenient going topless. Before I sold my '05 C6 Coupe, I was removing the transparent top less and less. It got to be too much for me and I could still see up throught the transparent one. With that I wanted a C7 Vert next.
But if the spread is that $5k to $7k between the two I do have another option. Get a Coupe with two tops. Rather than the painted top get the Carbon fiber one that is much lighter to remove throughout the topless season (April - November in the NorthEast) and a transparent one for the colder weather. The option for both may cost only about $1,400 to $2,150. Significantly less than the Vert bottom line.
I wait for the New York Auto Show for more input.
But if the spread is that $5k to $7k between the two I do have another option. Get a Coupe with two tops. Rather than the painted top get the Carbon fiber one that is much lighter to remove throughout the topless season (April - November in the NorthEast) and a transparent one for the colder weather. The option for both may cost only about $1,400 to $2,150. Significantly less than the Vert bottom line.
I wait for the New York Auto Show for more input.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Valencia CA
Direct from the ordering guide:
REMOVABLE ROOF PANEL — STANDARD
A removable roof panel manufactured from carbon fiber (in the corresponding body-color) will be
standard on Corvette Stingray and includes a three-latch system for easy removal. This panel is
also lightweight and easier to remove and store. Transparent and clear-coated carbon-fiber with
body-color surround roof panels are available.
I assume the transparent is also carbon fiber because what's the point of saving weight from the C6's polycarbonate top and then adding it again to C7's, it wouldn't make sense to me????
REMOVABLE ROOF PANEL — STANDARD
A removable roof panel manufactured from carbon fiber (in the corresponding body-color) will be
standard on Corvette Stingray and includes a three-latch system for easy removal. This panel is
also lightweight and easier to remove and store. Transparent and clear-coated carbon-fiber with
body-color surround roof panels are available.
I assume the transparent is also carbon fiber because what's the point of saving weight from the C6's polycarbonate top and then adding it again to C7's, it wouldn't make sense to me????
Last edited by ldepalma; Mar 12, 2013 at 10:49 AM.
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Direct from the ordering guide:
REMOVABLE ROOF PANEL — STANDARD
A removable roof panel manufactured from carbon fiber (in the corresponding body-color) will be
standard on Corvette Stingray and includes a three-latch system for easy removal. This panel is
also lightweight and easier to remove and store. Transparent and clear-coated carbon-fiber with
body-color surround roof panels are available.
I assume the transparent is also carbon fiber because what's the point of saving weight from the C6's polycarbonate top and then adding it again to C7's, it wouldn't make sense to me????
REMOVABLE ROOF PANEL — STANDARD
A removable roof panel manufactured from carbon fiber (in the corresponding body-color) will be
standard on Corvette Stingray and includes a three-latch system for easy removal. This panel is
also lightweight and easier to remove and store. Transparent and clear-coated carbon-fiber with
body-color surround roof panels are available.
I assume the transparent is also carbon fiber because what's the point of saving weight from the C6's polycarbonate top and then adding it again to C7's, it wouldn't make sense to me????
AIR FORCE VETERAN
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,223
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From: Pennsylvania
Direct from the ordering guide:
REMOVABLE ROOF PANEL — STANDARD
A removable roof panel manufactured from carbon fiber (in the corresponding body-color) will be
standard on Corvette Stingray and includes a three-latch system for easy removal. This panel is
also lightweight and easier to remove and store. Transparent and clear-coated carbon-fiber with
body-color surround roof panels are available.
I assume the transparent is also carbon fiber because what's the point of saving weight from the C6's polycarbonate top and then adding it again to C7's, it wouldn't make sense to me????
REMOVABLE ROOF PANEL — STANDARD
A removable roof panel manufactured from carbon fiber (in the corresponding body-color) will be
standard on Corvette Stingray and includes a three-latch system for easy removal. This panel is
also lightweight and easier to remove and store. Transparent and clear-coated carbon-fiber with
body-color surround roof panels are available.
I assume the transparent is also carbon fiber because what's the point of saving weight from the C6's polycarbonate top and then adding it again to C7's, it wouldn't make sense to me????
1. Carbon fibre standard
2. Carbon fibre with body color surround optional
3. Transparent. Optional.
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From: DFW Area TX
Direct from the ordering guide:
REMOVABLE ROOF PANEL — STANDARD
A removable roof panel manufactured from carbon fiber (in the corresponding body-color) will be standard on Corvette Stingray and includes a three-latch system for easy removal. This panel is also lightweight and easier to remove and store. Transparent and clear-coated carbon-fiber with body-color surround roof panels are available.
I assume the transparent is also carbon fiber because what's the point of saving weight from the C6's polycarbonate top and then adding it again to C7's, it wouldn't make sense to me????
REMOVABLE ROOF PANEL — STANDARD
A removable roof panel manufactured from carbon fiber (in the corresponding body-color) will be standard on Corvette Stingray and includes a three-latch system for easy removal. This panel is also lightweight and easier to remove and store. Transparent and clear-coated carbon-fiber with body-color surround roof panels are available.
I assume the transparent is also carbon fiber because what's the point of saving weight from the C6's polycarbonate top and then adding it again to C7's, it wouldn't make sense to me????
Not this way: (Transparent and clear-coated carbon-fiber) with body-color surround roof panels are available.
The transparent roof is not carbon fiber, nor does it have body-color surrounds.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2004
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From: Ellicott City MD
This should be read this way: Transparent and (clear-coated carbon-fiber with body-color surround roof panels) are available.
Not this way: (Transparent and clear-coated carbon-fiber) with body-color surround roof panels are available.
The transparent roof is not carbon fiber, nor does it have body-color surrounds.
Not this way: (Transparent and clear-coated carbon-fiber) with body-color surround roof panels are available.
The transparent roof is not carbon fiber, nor does it have body-color surrounds.
Le Mans Master
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From: Palm Harbor not far from Sebring Florida
St. Jude Donor '11
Oldtimer
Neither, I hate the tail lights. It is a Camaro that got a little out of shape. The nose looks like a Viper and the rest I cannot even try to explain.
OK, not that I got your attention, I like the coupe. Never been much of a roadster person since my first Corvette a mid-year big block. But I would not turn the roadster down.
OK, not that I got your attention, I like the coupe. Never been much of a roadster person since my first Corvette a mid-year big block. But I would not turn the roadster down.
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From: Michigan
I rode in the back of my dads '69 before seatbelt laws and a government that wants to control every aspect of our lives and the majority of people blindly follow
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From: Pennsylvania
I agree everyone should be able to run their own lives. We should just be able to do anything we want. I think we should start with speed limits, then move on to stop signs. Then we should not have to use seat belts. Also if we want to text while driving who business is that?
