ArcticC7

Enjoy!

Blackdevil77

That's funny stuff. The base C6 I feel got progressively better performance throughout it's life cycle. 13.2 @ 112mph? I guess that was fast for a corvette of it's time.

"They finally got the rear end right!" I'm not hearing much of that with the C7... Even though I like rear end.

ArcticC7

Exactly! So what are the odds that GM will lower the price on the new C7 like they did with C6?

BlueOx

I doubt you heard anyone else say that back then either. It is interesting to hear MotorWeek's take on my old '05.

ArcticC7

The C6 is leaner and more muscular...Boy we have been hearing that a lot lately as well... What goes around comes around

Richie Fazio

It's because they did get the C6 rear right.

Blackdevil77

I have no complaints with either rear. They are both different, but I like them both. So I guess "right" is in the eye of the beholder.

There really is so much hatred for the rear that it's disheartening. Not just on here, but every person I know, except for one, hates it.

BlueOx

As the owner of a C6, I like the rear end of it but I also really like the rear end of the C7, so both are "right" to me. It would seem that one guy at MotorWeek was only referring to the idea that the C6's rear end was "right" vs the C5's.

Richie Fazio

That's what I mean. I love the C6 and really don't like the C7 rear (otherwise I think the car is cool - but for me the rear design is a big deal on a vette). But basically I don't really recall people hating the C6 rear an like you I haven't found anyone who I know who likes the C7 rear (corvette ppl, car ppl, non car ppl). It's def a pretty big issue that so many people aren't liking it.

Oh and 1 more thing guys. I'm going to see the C7 next week at the NYC auto show and I'll make sure I do an honest write up of how I feel about the car when I see it.

Michael A

How many of these people have actually seen the car in person? When the car was a Peterson Museum on the West Coast, I didn't hear one person complain about the back end. Not even one. I think this is so overblown on this forum, it is ridiculous.

Does it really matter anyway? I don't care for the Le Ferrari back end, but, if I had the money, it sure wouldn't stop me from buying the car. I think back ends are the hardest part of the car to design. I understand that the designers can't keep churning out a rehash of the same design year after year. They have to come up with fresh ideas. That's what makes Ferrari an exciting car company. Now Corvette is exciting again.

Michael

Blackdevil77

None have seen it in person YET, so opinions are subject to change, of course. A whole bunch of the corvette rear end haters I know will be going to the New York Auto Show Saturday with me to see it in person. Stay tuned...

ArcticC7

I have seen it in person and I really wanted to like it but I don't. Its not that its ugly it just doesn't match the rest of the car and is very very busy looking to many designs and shapes going on in such a small area. Corvette has never been about flashy over design and C7 has crossed that line way to far almost in every aspect of the car even the interior.

Michael A

After these "rear end haters" see the car in person, ask how many of them would buy the car anyway.

I knew the car would look good, but when I saw it in person, it was "WOW!".

Michael

BlueOx

Now why should I stay tuned? Why would I care what a bunch of Corvette rear end haters have to say, either way? I buy cars I like, not cars other people like.

Blackdevil77

Because I'll be putting in my 2 cents also and I happen to love the pictures and the car as a whole. Plus, what else are we gonna read/talk about until the specs come out

For what it's worth, my dear mother actually thinks it's very nice looking and loves it herself. She's not a car person and always tells me "it's nice, but what a waste of money!"

gthal

Blackdevil77

Read above gthal

I'm not a Corvette hater, as I've said before. I love the car. I actually think this and the C3 are the nicest looking Vettes EVER. I'm just tired of fighting with everybody who tells me it's bad looking and telling me I shouldn't get it, and then hearing some telling me to get it because they want to be able to make fun of "my 50 thousand dollar car." I don't want to deal with that. THAT is why it's bothersome to me so many people dislike it. Too many people over here (where I live) are too outspoken with their opinions and I don't want to have "shut them up" if you know what I mean....

JustinStrife

Sure whatever you say...

Richie Fazio

I happen to think the C6 rear is nice and compliments the rest of the car very well. I'd bet many many others would share my view. Last I checked there were no threads in the C6 section saying how the rear end sucks, looks like a Camaro, doesn't fit rest of the car, etc etc etc. I also don't ever recall Chevy designers having to create C6 rear end videos for the customers defending their rear end design either.

ArcticC7

BINGO! We Have a Winner!