C7 makes C6 obsolete
The Consigliere
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This thread is hilarious. Does the C7 render the C6 obsolete? Of course it does, that's the whole point of an all new model, to supplant the previous one.
Whether the C7 will be quicker, faster, better looking, more durable, more desired . . . those areas will be judged in due course of time.
But, yeah, it's now the Alpha dog in GM's shop.
This place cracks me up.
Whether the C7 will be quicker, faster, better looking, more durable, more desired . . . those areas will be judged in due course of time.
But, yeah, it's now the Alpha dog in GM's shop.
This place cracks me up.
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Le Mans Master
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This thread is hilarious. Does the C7 render the C6 obsolete? Of course it does, that's the whole point of an all new model, to supplant the previous one.
Whether the C7 will be quicker, faster, better looking, more durable, more desired . . . those areas will be judged in due course of time.
But, yeah, it's now the Alpha dog in GM's shop.
This place cracks me up.
Whether the C7 will be quicker, faster, better looking, more durable, more desired . . . those areas will be judged in due course of time.
But, yeah, it's now the Alpha dog in GM's shop.
This place cracks me up.
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Melting Slicks
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Really? Using the C6.R as an example is stretching very, very far.
It doesn't have to meet government crash test standards or feel pressure from CAFE either. The first is a big reason is a big reason why cars get redesigned or discontinued.
The C6 as a street car is obsolete considering the future environment of automotive technology and government standards. Period.
It doesn't have to meet government crash test standards or feel pressure from CAFE either. The first is a big reason is a big reason why cars get redesigned or discontinued.
The C6 as a street car is obsolete considering the future environment of automotive technology and government standards. Period.
To actually say the C7 renders the C6 obsolete is stretching very, very far. Cars aren't disposable consumer electronics like smart phones, laptops and digital cameras. Consumer electronics that are improving by leaps and bounds with each new model, adding amazing I-can't-live-without-it new features that render the last version obsolete. The improvements in cars are often barely measurable, and beyond the styling changes, virtually unidentifiable to the vast majority of owners.
The C6 is only obsolete in that GM isn't selling them any longer. Selling the leftover C6 is now the dealers problem. The C7 is all that matters at Corvette now, all the older models are "obsolete." Remember this in the last few years before the C8 arrives.
Cheers,
JB
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Kappa, you challenge my equally silly assertion?!
To actually say the C7 renders the C6 obsolete is stretching very, very far. Cars aren't disposable consumer electronics like smart phones, laptops and digital cameras. Consumer electronics that are improving by leaps and bounds with each new model, adding amazing I-can't-live-without-it new features that render the last version obsolete. The improvements in cars are often barely measurable, and beyond the styling changes, virtually unidentifiable to the vast majority of owners.
The C6 is only obsolete in that GM isn't selling them any longer. Selling the leftover C6 is now the dealers problem. The C7 is all that matters at Corvette now, all the older models are "obsolete." Remember this in the last few years before the C8 arrives.
Cheers,
JB
To actually say the C7 renders the C6 obsolete is stretching very, very far. Cars aren't disposable consumer electronics like smart phones, laptops and digital cameras. Consumer electronics that are improving by leaps and bounds with each new model, adding amazing I-can't-live-without-it new features that render the last version obsolete. The improvements in cars are often barely measurable, and beyond the styling changes, virtually unidentifiable to the vast majority of owners.
The C6 is only obsolete in that GM isn't selling them any longer. Selling the leftover C6 is now the dealers problem. The C7 is all that matters at Corvette now, all the older models are "obsolete." Remember this in the last few years before the C8 arrives.
Cheers,
JB
Melting Slicks
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Kappa, you challenge my equally silly assertion?!
To actually say the C7 renders the C6 obsolete is stretching very, very far. Cars aren't disposable consumer electronics like smart phones, laptops and digital cameras. Consumer electronics that are improving by leaps and bounds with each new model, adding amazing I-can't-live-without-it new features that render the last version obsolete. The improvements in cars are often barely measurable, and beyond the styling changes, virtually unidentifiable to the vast majority of owners.
The C6 is only obsolete in that GM isn't selling them any longer. Selling the leftover C6 is now the dealers problem. The C7 is all that matters at Corvette now, all the older models are "obsolete." Remember this in the last few years before the C8 arrives.
Cheers,
JB
To actually say the C7 renders the C6 obsolete is stretching very, very far. Cars aren't disposable consumer electronics like smart phones, laptops and digital cameras. Consumer electronics that are improving by leaps and bounds with each new model, adding amazing I-can't-live-without-it new features that render the last version obsolete. The improvements in cars are often barely measurable, and beyond the styling changes, virtually unidentifiable to the vast majority of owners.
The C6 is only obsolete in that GM isn't selling them any longer. Selling the leftover C6 is now the dealers problem. The C7 is all that matters at Corvette now, all the older models are "obsolete." Remember this in the last few years before the C8 arrives.
Cheers,
JB
There are many reasons why the C5/C6 platform needed to be replaced and/or improved.
Last edited by Kappa; Mar 22, 2013 at 01:58 PM.
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This thread is hilarious. Does the C7 render the C6 obsolete? Of course it does, that's the whole point of an all new model, to supplant the previous one.
Whether the C7 will be quicker, faster, better looking, more durable, more desired . . . those areas will be judged in due course of time.
But, yeah, it's now the Alpha dog in GM's shop.
This place cracks me up.
Whether the C7 will be quicker, faster, better looking, more durable, more desired . . . those areas will be judged in due course of time.
But, yeah, it's now the Alpha dog in GM's shop.
This place cracks me up.
So following your logic, if a younger guy gets hired by your employer, with a fresher date on the same degree as yours, in a position parallel to yours, you are thereby supplanted and rendered obsolete ??!!
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