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The C7 IS a modernized C2.
They mentioned that when talking about how the C7 design came about. I think some of the earliest press I read about the C7 talked about that.
You already got your wish. Just gaze at the photos more and you'll begin to see it.
I think that a lot of the design was dictated by what was needed for the C7, so ANYTHING retro was out of the question. Corvette HAS to win races, it helps sell cars.
Sly
Oh yeah, start making C2 replicas with LS crate motors, if you sell a million of 'em, your hunch, or belief about the C2 is right!
They mentioned that when talking about how the C7 design came about. I think some of the earliest press I read about the C7 talked about that.
You already got your wish. Just gaze at the photos more and you'll begin to see it.
I think that a lot of the design was dictated by what was needed for the C7, so ANYTHING retro was out of the question. Corvette HAS to win races, it helps sell cars.
Sly
Oh yeah, start making C2 replicas with LS crate motors, if you sell a million of 'em, your hunch, or belief about the C2 is right!
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I think it easy a fair statement that to many the C2 is the most attractive design ever put on a Corvette. This thread is not to debate that though, it is simply to ask if the new C7 had all its modern tech, chassis, suspension, interior etc. in what would be a modernized C2 body to meet safety standards how many would be even more enthused about the new car. If you think about it GM kind of did exactly that with the Camaro and it has been a huge success as has the Mustang since it went retro. Does anyone think a retro Corvette would sell or is it more about keeping up with the Joneses as far as design goes?
http://www.karlkustomcorvettes.com/
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When the C2 and C7 sit side by side the C2 looks all the dated old car. The wheels and tires are small and it sits so high off the ground to be completion with the World Trade Center, well almost. Time to move forward, imagine what is ahead!
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Just get one of these and leave GM alone to build real modern Corvettes.
http://www.karlkustomcorvettes.com/
http://www.karlkustomcorvettes.com/
Thanks for the link, got to check them out!
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Just get one of these and leave GM alone to build real modern Corvettes.
http://www.karlkustomcorvettes.com/
http://www.karlkustomcorvettes.com/
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The re-skinned C6 to look like a C2 - hmmm, not a fan. Much like the add-on's to make a modern Challenger look like the old Superbird. The proportions are just off for someone who has spent enough time dreaming about the original. But, there is a market for it. Much like the bolt-on changes to make a Camaro into a new gen Firebird.
Retro-mod a C2 - for me, absolutely. That was the project I was trying to get started before giving up and moving onto a C7. Had a gutted out shell with a 'non-special' vin frame ready to be replaced with an SRIII holding a new create LS. No, I wouldn't butcher a 'special', but re do essentially a junk yard hulk - yes. But, alas it was not to be as the seller wanted the shell to be restored to factory original. Eh, it was not to be.
Retro designed C7 from GM - would make me think of the 'new' corvette design as the latest 'me too' approach to retro cool that would be late to the show while the other manufactures are planning to go new direction with their redesigns planned for 2015. For me the corvette is supposed to be the flagship, the halo, not the latest, late introduced play on something that Ford started in 2005 with the Mustang.
IMHO.
Retro-mod a C2 - for me, absolutely. That was the project I was trying to get started before giving up and moving onto a C7. Had a gutted out shell with a 'non-special' vin frame ready to be replaced with an SRIII holding a new create LS. No, I wouldn't butcher a 'special', but re do essentially a junk yard hulk - yes. But, alas it was not to be as the seller wanted the shell to be restored to factory original. Eh, it was not to be.
Retro designed C7 from GM - would make me think of the 'new' corvette design as the latest 'me too' approach to retro cool that would be late to the show while the other manufactures are planning to go new direction with their redesigns planned for 2015. For me the corvette is supposed to be the flagship, the halo, not the latest, late introduced play on something that Ford started in 2005 with the Mustang.
IMHO.
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They definitely pulled a double with that thing... butchering 2 great Corvette designs all in one car.
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If you allow a person never having even thought about getting a US car I have been inspired by the new C7 as a sporty looking, high technology and affordable fun sports car. Any of the older versions never caught my fancy until I happened to see a magazine article about the new C7. I will buy one for sure as my very first US made car. That aught to say something about appeal to new buyers.
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Best is the C7, then C6 widebody, then C3... not that you asked my opinion 
I'm not a traditionalist and prefer modern design which biases my opinion. Ferrari is another example, the 458 is the most beautiful car they ever produced IMO and it is the most recent. Others may/will disagree.
I'm not a traditionalist and prefer modern design which biases my opinion. Ferrari is another example, the 458 is the most beautiful car they ever produced IMO and it is the most recent. Others may/will disagree.
you're right. I totally disagree. It an abomination in my eyes.
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For me, Corvettes are a bit different: I don't have a single, fave style. I have models/years in each gen that I like more than the others but that's about it.
In C2, I wasn't crazy about the SWC (heresy for those who luv the one and only year of that crazy bar in the rear window). The cleanest look was the '67. One of the C2's meaner looks was the only year of the 396 car and hood.
But you won't hear/read me on the C6---too new for me to tell, jus' yet....
In C2, I wasn't crazy about the SWC (heresy for those who luv the one and only year of that crazy bar in the rear window). The cleanest look was the '67. One of the C2's meaner looks was the only year of the 396 car and hood.
But you won't hear/read me on the C6---too new for me to tell, jus' yet....
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I think it easy a fair statement that to many the C2 is the most attractive design ever put on a Corvette. This thread is not to debate that though, it is simply to ask if the new C7 had all its modern tech, chassis, suspension, interior etc. in what would be a modernized C2 body to meet safety standards how many would be even more enthused about the new car. If you think about it GM kind of did exactly that with the Camaro and it has been a huge success as has the Mustang since it went retro. Does anyone think a retro Corvette would sell or is it more about keeping up with the Joneses as far as design goes?
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If you allow a person never having even thought about getting a US car I have been inspired by the new C7 as a sporty looking, high technology and affordable fun sports car. Any of the older versions never caught my fancy until I happened to see a magazine article about the new C7. I will buy one for sure as my very first US made car. That aught to say something about appeal to new buyers.
