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This looks hideous! What, did 4 different people come up with different sections of this rendering and then put them all together? On top of that, it looks about a decade outdated! It also looks too plasticky, kind of how the BMW I8 looks plasticky.
Thank God the Corvette design team seems to have much better taste than whomever that came up with this rendering!
Last edited by DaveFerrari458; 05-11-2018 at 12:28 AM.
It has a good, though antiquated look to it. Nice exercise but not what we will be getting, though not so far off the mark in some areas that we won’t see a few similarities when the ME is revealed.
If this is the permanent location of the backup camera, there's going to be a very big blind spot for several feet behind the car, and there won't be a retractable top version.
Typically mid-engine sports cars have the backup camera in the rear facia.
What am I missing here?
Last edited by RedDropTop; 05-11-2018 at 03:45 AM.
If this is the permanent location of the backup camera, there's going to be a very big blind spot for several feet behind the car, and there won't be a retractable top version.
Typically mid-engine sports cars have the backup camera in the rear facia.
What am I missing here?
It has been speculated that the car will have a rear view camera, not for backup but to feed the "virtual mirror" which would be a display screen, This is able to provide a much better field of view than a conventional mirror.
No screen is going to work in direct sunlight, so for the convertible with the top down, the screen will revert to being a conventional rear view mirror, and the camera will just fold away with the top. This part is my own speculation.
It has been speculated that the car will have a rear view camera, not for backup but to feed the "virtual mirror" which would be a display screen, This is able to provide a much better field of view than a conventional mirror.
No screen is going to work in direct sunlight, so for the convertible with the top down, the screen will revert to being a conventional rear view mirror, and the camera will just fold away with the top. This part is my own speculation.
This looks hideous! What, did 4 different people come up with different sections of this rendering and then put them all together? On top of that, it looks about a decade outdated! It also looks too plasticky, kind of how the BMW I8 looks plasticky.
Thank God the Corvette design team seems to have much better taste than whomever that came up with this rendering!
Better looking than all the renders. I'll **** myself if the ME Vette looks anything like them.
That shape has possibilities.
yes sir, 27 yrs, 10 mos, 8 days, all AMMO. How does the Vette even compare with that F-16 ride. I am envy your service in that wonderful jet.
Thank you for your service! I knew you would get the ammo reference! You must of loved the Air Force to stay in that long, that is amazing! I was a prior service F-16 crew chief, that is why I knew the ammo slang. The flight line was fun but instead of fixing them, it is my time to break them! The vette is a fighter, no doubt about it. I feel like I need to wear a G suit and mask when taking corners lol. I am still in pilot training flying the awesome T-6 Texan, then it will be the T-38 and hopefully F-16 right after, if I don’t get too lucky and get the F-22 or F-35
hopefully the mid engine C8 will be the F-35 of corvettes!
Cheers!
I grabbed this off of gminsidenews and THIS looks perfectly proportioned and shaped. Just 2-6" too long at the top rear, which is likely just foam or possibly a spoiler bulging.
Gosh darn I love that short hood. I see 2 different style wheels on this car as well.
I grabbed this off of gminsidenews and THIS looks perfectly proportioned and shaped. Just 2-6" too long at the top rear, which is likely just foam or possibly a spoiler bulging.
Gosh darn I love that short hood. I see 2 different style wheels on this car as well.
WHILe i agree and would prefer a short front end....I sort of think we will see a center pointer radiused to the side which is a very contemporary shape...
I think this photo has no front bumper cover on this spy vehicle...
This will be a stunn8ng vehicle and it will alter the entire balance of the Europeans sports exotic world...
I imagine many many Ferrari and Lamborghini owners will buy a new c8rear mid engine vehicle to run hard and put away wet...
Hey will if they have enough room save their Ferrari or Lamborghini from accumulating too many miles as this does really mount up depreciation costs...
To me...if your car depreciates ridiculously if you drive it..then either pay the depreciation or get rid of the car...but I’m old school...
These low low mileage exotics while cool....just make me smile and tell the owners...their cars are cool...
In my opinion ...these guys will add a c8to actually drive...
Many bought the c7z06 and I believe quite a few fifth gen z28 s and 6th gen zL1 1LE...for their performance , durability and they have warranties even if used on the track as long as they stay stock...
I hope the c8offers the same warranty coverage for track use..
Really shows off GM s excellence compared to other sports car manufacturers durability testing..
WHILe i agree and would prefer a short front end....I sort of think we will see a center pointer radiused to the side which is a very contemporary shape...
I think this photo has no front bumper cover on this spy vehicle...
This will be a stunn8ng vehicle and it will alter the entire balance of the Europeans sports exotic world...
I imagine many many Ferrari and Lamborghini owners will buy a new c8rear mid engine vehicle to run hard and put away wet...
Hey will if they have enough room save their Ferrari or Lamborghini from accumulating too many miles as this does really mount up depreciation costs...
To me...if your car depreciates ridiculously if you drive it..then either pay the depreciation or get rid of the car...but I’m old school...
These low low mileage exotics while cool....just make me smile and tell the owners...their cars are cool...
In my opinion ...these guys will add a c8to actually drive...
Many bought the c7z06 and I believe quite a few fifth gen z28 s and 6th gen zL1 1LE...for their performance , durability and they have warranties even if used on the track as long as they stay stock...
I hope the c8offers the same warranty coverage for track use..
Really shows off GM s excellence compared to other sports car manufacturers durability testing..
You are so strung out over wanting a mid engine Corvette, that you will proclaim it as the most beautiful Corvette ever even if it comes out looking like a urinal at McDonalds.
Joe you are so stuck in history, even if the ME is one of the best looking vehicles ever, you will proclaim it looks like a urinal.
Bye Joe, you have in the past been a source of some constructive information. I used to learn from many of your posts, but the last few months you have become a constant negative on your posts, glorifying the past while attacking almost everything — especially the ME.
This is not an “age thing” for you and I are about the same age, but you have now become extinct to me, as I just added you to my ignore list.
I grabbed this off of gminsidenews and THIS looks perfectly proportioned and shaped. Just 2-6" too long at the top rear, which is likely just foam or possibly a spoiler bulging.
Gosh darn I love that short hood. I see 2 different style wheels on this car as well.
If you compare that photo to the others, that one seems to have a much higher roofline. Notice the placement and what’s going on around the rear view mirror; seems like two different designs.
If you compare that photo to the others, that one seems to have a much higher roofline. Notice the placement and what’s going on around the rear view mirror; seems like two different designs.
I believe that’s one of the early powertrain mules, not one that, at that point in time, needed to look anything like the final product.
You are so strung out over wanting a mid engine Corvette, that you will proclaim it as the most beautiful Corvette ever even if it comes out looking like a urinal at McDonalds.
C'mon, Joe. Save the '58 (well, really only a radical refresh), EVERY new generation of Vettes has been overwhelmingly praised for its looks on its release. Yep, even the C4 which, for some strange reason, has fallen on disfavor with so many in the Forum.
Relax. JerriVette will be correct even if the ZORA/C8 somehow fails to satisfy your esthetic sensibilities
Joe you are so stuck in history, even if the ME is one of the best looking vehicles ever, you will proclaim it looks like a urinal.
Bye Joe, you have in the past been a source of some constructive information. I used to learn from many of your posts, but the last few months you have become a constant negative on your posts, glorifying the past while attacking almost everything — especially the ME.
This is not an “age thing” for you and I are about the same age, but you have now become extinct to me, as I just added you to my ignore list.
I did not say the C8 would look like a urinal. I said that jerri would proclaim it has the most beautiful Corvette even IF it ended up looking like a urinal.
BIG difference. You have a reading comprehension problem. You need to work on that.
I have not attacked the ME. Hell I don't even know what the ME will end up being and neither do you, even with all your never ending posting about what it will be. All I've said is what I DON'T want in a ME, just as others have said that they don't want and what I want in a ME, just as others have said what they want in a ME.
Three times a day jerri posts the same list of what he wants in a ME and it's always the same. that is why I posted what I did about no matter what the ME ends up being, jerri will proclaim it as the best, most beautiful Corvette ever.
To bad you can have an opinion on what you like/dislike and I can't.
You are so strung out over wanting a mid engine Corvette, that you will proclaim it as the most beautiful Corvette ever even if it comes out looking like a urinal at McDonalds.
Some see the glass half full and some my friend JoeC5 see the glass half empty.
Change is good even as I admire previous generation corvettes.
One of the reasons the corvette brand is a great iconic American brand..is because each new generation corvette is even better than the last...
That is what the corvette brand is known for..
Please don’t take my admiration of the present c7 or the next generation rear mid engine c8 as an insult to your awesome and well used c6-
Be well
Last edited by JerriVette; 05-14-2018 at 09:14 PM.
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