Design Cue Questions
#21
This view is as close as I can get if the known or suspected info is correct and real.
The features line up pretty close for government work...
The features line up pretty close for government work...
#22
Safety Car
Thanks FVS! I really like the ME you have rendered, though as at least two have noted, the rear looks a little busy. If I were GM, I would remove the “honeycombed” grills and perhaps substitute a series of parallel lines — or something similar to make it look more flowing. Just my $0.02.
Last edited by elegant; 08-05-2018 at 01:05 PM.
#23
The good news is that we really do not know what the details of the features are and how they will be executed so anything is possible. I am looking forward to being amazed...
#24
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EDIT: One other observation. Could the Camo pic of the ME I show actually be one without a black C7 Z51 style spoiler but rather a C7 Base skinny spoiler that is now extended to either end of the rear facia and body colored. That would be in agreement with that leaked rear facia we see on that paint dolly above. The same with that Camo car spoilers which also does not look very tall. At least the painted one shows the outer edges of that suspected low spoiler gradually blends in at the same level on either end
Last edited by CRABBYJ; 08-05-2018 at 01:42 PM.
#25
The actual lighting element design is unknown so this is just a compilation of what has been done in the past and in evolution of the C7 as a do me till. The two horizontal lines are not openings but merely dark areas in the lighting fixture.The actual height of the light bucket is known from the rear facia and is approximately the correct size in the rendering and can also be seen in the rear view CAD. So these proportions are fairly accurate.
for the spoiler, the only thing we really know is that in some of the camo images it appears to go all the way across and dip down in the middle but this could be a ploy.
C7pimp As described it as being similar to the C7/Z06 spoiler but who knows. I would like to see something a little more refined and sculpted
for the spoiler, the only thing we really know is that in some of the camo images it appears to go all the way across and dip down in the middle but this could be a ploy.
C7pimp As described it as being similar to the C7/Z06 spoiler but who knows. I would like to see something a little more refined and sculpted
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FVS: “The actual height of the light bucket is known from the rear facia and is approximately the correct size in the rendering and can also be seen in the rear view CAD. So these proportions are fairly accurate.”
FVS, I think that is a correct assumption about the opening size proportions, and the CAD drawing you posted appears to do likewise with a very small horizontal line underneath the headlight within that open space. Take another look at it. So could you make a version of this latest ME rear view from above incorporating changes I suggested in my last post?
FVS, I think that is a correct assumption about the opening size proportions, and the CAD drawing you posted appears to do likewise with a very small horizontal line underneath the headlight within that open space. Take another look at it. So could you make a version of this latest ME rear view from above incorporating changes I suggested in my last post?
Last edited by CRABBYJ; 08-05-2018 at 02:08 PM.
#27
From an article on 02/07/2018 thus on or before that date. Same car from the other side with a little better angle to show depth along the rear facia. Plane A sticks out from top center spoiler to the top of the lower valence center which then curves under to its bottom. The license plate bottom is on that same plane but tilts back ~1” at the top. I suspect that is were the license plate light resides as the facia above the license plate returns to the outer plane A. A to B steps in ~2”-3”. B to C steps in ~1”-2”. The arrow points to a wedge of padding that is thick at the back then tappers in to being very thin at the front suggesting a slight roundness on the rear facia corner.
EDIT: If all this is true, the ME IMO will be the antithesis to the C7 in exterior design as well as mechanical substance.
#28
Another good thread... the paint shop pic of the rear fascia is the most accurate IMO... it's what I'd hang my hat on at this point. GM did the same thing with the C7. The mfg of the bumpers for GM just happened to put it in a promo video they did... you got to see the real C7 front fascia long before anything else.