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Old 05-02-2019, 01:48 PM
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Just my opinion. Sorry if I offended. Don’t hate me for it. I hope that the body will be very different from the camouflaged car that we’ve seen. Some other the forum members here have drawn much better looking cars.
C’mon Chevy, gimme something beautiful!!
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You are hoping the final product looks different from the highly camoed test car with foam padding inserts, possible fake panels, and intentionally diverting camo patterns?
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You are hoping the final product looks different from the highly camoed test car with foam padding inserts, possible fake panels, and intentionally diverting camo patterns?
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Originally Posted by Jeffthunbird
Just my opinion. Sorry if I offended. Don’t hate me for it. I hope that the body will be very different from the camouflaged car that we’ve seen. Some other the forum members here have drawn much better looking cars.
C’mon Chevy, gimme something beautiful!!

Wow! Where have you seen it??
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Originally Posted by ToddC7
You are hoping the final product looks different from the highly camoed test car with foam padding inserts, possible fake panels, and intentionally diverting camo patterns?
LOL, I am! Someone said the same thing to me the other day. Seems like lots of peeps think it's the final product wrapped and that's it! no way!
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Originally Posted by ToddC7
You are hoping the final product looks different from the highly camoed test car with foam padding inserts, possible fake panels, and intentionally diverting camo patterns?
Haha, exactly. I personally think it will look awesome. I still think the C7 looks really good too. GM won't screw up the exterior styling of the ME C8 I see some similarities to the current gen NSX.
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Looks badass to me...

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I really think the Corvette look peaked at the C6. Well, of course the C2s were awesome, but that was long ago.

I could live with the C7 design, and it looks like the C8 will be a derivative of the C7 design, which is only natural. Personally, I wish it looked more like the C6. Or the C2, of course. Maybe the next generation...
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Yeah, those C7s are ugly.....




If the C8 draws from this gene pool, it will look fabulous....

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If the C8 has round tail lights the C6 guys will lose their minds
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Originally Posted by Jeffthunbird
Just my opinion. Sorry if I offended. Don’t hate me for it. I hope that the body will be very different from the camouflaged car that we’ve seen. Some other the forum members here have drawn much better looking cars.
C’mon Chevy, gimme something beautiful!!
I suppose everyone has an opinion. I’ll leave it at that.
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please GM give me four round tail lights again !!
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Originally Posted by Tonylmiller
I really think the Corvette look peaked at the C6. Well, of course the C2s were awesome, but that was long ago.

I could live with the C7 design, and it looks like the C8 will be a derivative of the C7 design, which is only natural. Personally, I wish it looked more like the C6. Or the C2, of course. Maybe the next generation...
Well, ugliness peaked at the C6, so your comment is correct from a certain point of view.
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I don't think it's ugly, but it's very generic. I don't see any new ideas. Could have been released 5 or 10 years ago.
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Originally Posted by captain vette
please GM give me four round tail lights again !!
I have a feeling that you will see those round tail lights once again in a few years.
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The tail lights are similar to the C7, but less angular. We've seen them on the C8R testing.



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Originally Posted by Speednet
Well, ugliness peaked at the C6, so your comment is correct from a certain point of view.
If the C6 is considered ugly by some then they have zero taste or just trolling.
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Originally Posted by sprayer
If the C6 is considered ugly by some then they have zero taste or just trolling.
The only Corvette I really don't find attractive is the C4. C2 is my favorite followed by C7, C6 still looks really good to me (exterior).

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Old 05-02-2019, 04:14 PM
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Maybe if the back end doesn’t end up looking like a Camaro knock off then it would have a more unique/less homely feel.

But this car is being Chevy branded and will take cues from the other cars and will therefore be generic. I don’t know why Corvette can’t let their design team loose. If they just used the back end of the aria it would be beautiful.
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A bit to early IMO to call it homely since no one here has seen the finished product.
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Originally Posted by captain vette
please GM give me four round tail lights again !!
What is it with the four round taillights? Very few Corvettes have had four round taillights.


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