Kevin A Jones

I pulled into the gym yesterday and on my way in a younger fairly hot woman leaving stated “Nice Grandsport, that’s what I wanted but my husband bought me the ‘Check’s’ version a few months ago”.

I must have had a confused look on my face as she immediately continued “you know, a Stingray”.

I just replied “Thank you, you must have a good husband” and continued into the gym.

After I started working out, I wished I had pressed her on her comment.

Thought I would share my little encounter here as I found it interesting and the first time I had ever heard of a Stingray referred to as a “Chick’s” or female’s C7. Has anyone else?

The GS does kind of have a ‘bad-***’ look but I never thought of in terms of masculine or feminine?

Would be interesting to see C7 gender sales/ownership data to see if there's any validity to here statement?

Oldguychuck

Never heard that applied to any Vette as all are very masculine when you nail them. For anyone with the Stingray I would not give it a second thought as it matters little what others think. There are advantages to having the base Stingray in my opinion but let each of us decide which we want.
I have heard that term (chick's car) when referring to a Boxster but consider that garbage as most who would use those terms have never driven a Boxster which is a pure carving machine when the road gets fun. Some consider any Porsche not a 911 variant to be inferior however most of these folks have never driven any Porsche. Give the Boxster or Cayman the same power as a 911 and it will shread it on the track. Back to your question: Would not worry about who says what about cars and as long as you are happy with your purchase that is all that matters...And again, have never heard that term applied to any Corvette.....

LuisZ51

Wooooow! That's a new one for me too. Does Z51 package make it a little less feminine?

Billy346

I think she was just searching for something witty to say. If she has a Miata, well, that’s a chick’s car.

Unless her Stingray is pink and has a big “Barbie” sticker across the hood, it isn’t a chick’s car.

Frosty

No, but I was thinking of how the V6 4.0L Mustang used to be, and maybe how the current eco 4 cylinder Mustang base was called a Secretary's car. Maybe the "base" model of performance cars is maligned by purchasers of more costly versions to justify their higher cash outlay.

dvilin

Never heard that one before regarding any model Corvette. Hear it all the time for the Porsche Boxster, but that is about it.

plmmd

Glad the Sopranos is over or it could be the stingray might be the "corvette with panties"

kenownr

I'm on my 5th corvette since the mid 60's and never heard of ANY corvette referred to as a "chick" car. OP: I think she was a player and wanted to strike up a conversation. Ya missed out on that one buddy LOL

Inferno24

I can remember back in the mid 70's, Playboy magazine did an article on Corvettes. They referred to them as "Boulevard Cruisers for Upwardly Mobile Secretaries". This was after GM had dialed back them back to 180 HP. Back then they may have been right.

Black 03 Z06

Touched a nerve?

neogenesis

of course. It’s a completely different model

LuisZ51

Yeah that's what I figured too!

Don C1

When I think of Chick car VW Jetta and Passat come to mind.. Corvette....not so much

Zjoe6

Chicks and corvettes go well together. Just remember that a chick in this forum has a badass ZR1, Deb.

Corgidog1

She probably liked the wide body look and was disappointed she didn’t get one so she just threw out a dumb comment. As stupid as saying the person who didn’t get an upgrade on a Ferrari therefore has a “chick’s version”.

Mr Triple Black

Ironically, the last woman I saw in Vette was in a C7 ZR1. So I don’t think there is a chick version. Obviously I think as you go up the ranks I think things tend to looks more badass. Stingray < Z51 < GS & Z06 < ZR1
But I hardly ever see women driving any of them and not like a base is some 4 cylinder wanna be sports car or something. It’s still in the 1% top fastest cars on the road.

rogergcam

Maybe she didn't see any ***** on it?!

rnich56

pics of the "younger fairly hot woman" hahahaha

Rick

eboggs_jkvl

My Plain Jane 2014 Stingray identifies as a ZR1! My car is such a stud!


Elmer

Elk

Which is why I never refer to any performance car as "she." This nomenclature has never made sense to me.

Then again, if all Corvettes I have met are female I look forward to driving one which is male. This will be quite an experience.