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I don’t like that early clay design as much as the car I have. I agree that the side looks great (yes, the boomerang that OP is a bit perseverated with) but the car looks stretched. The nose looks like a bird beak and the rear end has the potential to be even worse than the busy one we have now.
I suspect this alternate design;
a) was rejected for cooling/aerodynamic reasons and not looks, and/or
b) will be brought to life in the Z06/ZR1/ERay version or whatever the upper end is called.
I like the look of the above over the big boomeranger.
I completely agree.
Id gladly take the integrated intake design of the later clay C8 I posted, or the earlier clay model you posted, then the current base C8.
The C8 design got progressively worse from the clay models, until production.
I don’t like that early clay design as much as the car I have. I agree that the side looks great (yes, the boomerang that you are a bit perseverated with).
Great. We agree.
GM is fully capable of producing a mid-21 or a 2022 with that integrated side intake.
WORST CASE, GM can do so on the performance models only.
The long front overhang does look sleek, bu since the production car is already significantly longer than the C7, I suppose GM had no choice but to scale it back to keep the weight & cost down. The boomerang would look better integrated into the body, but I’m guessing they ran a separate part to integrate the door latch button underneath for easier servicing. At least Gm offers the body color boomerang for those not fond of the carbon flash.
The C8 needs to return to this, it's ORIGINAL design.
Worst case scenario. all the performance models (ZO6, ZORA, etc) need to return to this design. -Without the side intakes receiving the addition of tacked on plastic (black "scar")
You sound like one of those "round tail light guys" from 2013.
The long front overhang does look sleek, bu since the production car is already significantly longer than the C7, I suppose GM had no choice but to scale it back to keep the weight & cost down. The boomerang would look better integrated into the body, but I’m guessing they ran a separate part to integrate the door latch button underneath for easier servicing. At least Gm offers the body color boomerang for those not fond of the carbon flash.
It's not the longer length I prefer of the original design, it's lower and narrower, which improves front visibility.
The current C8 front is bloated compared to the original design, and both the look and forward visibility suffer because of it.
I agree. I also prefer a short front overhang.
As with the rear, if improved storage created the bloat, and it was necessary to sell more cars, to keep the MSRP down, I still hate it, but I understand and can accept it.
The 488 GTB is the best design on the road, but I'm not willing to pay that price, especially with less reliability.
That is the most BORING Mac ever made -- even more boring than the MP4 12c.
Maybe, but we are solely talking about the side intakes and comparing them.
Can you stick to the topic and give your opinion of how the side intakes compare between the McLaren GT, original C8, and current C8?
I genuinely value your opinion.
Great. We agree.
GM is fully capable of producing a mid-21 or a 2022 with that integrated side intake.
WORST CASE, GM can do so on the performance models only.
We agree on one aspect, Mr. aggressive post trimmer guy, but who cares? I have a C8 and love it, including the entire design.
Correct. They're lined up around the block to buy C8 as it is. C8 design will undoubtedly evolve, but it's clear customers and the marketplace have different views.
Correct. They're lined up around the block to buy C8 as it is. C8 design will undoubtedly evolve, but it's clear customers and the marketplace have different views.
It'll evolve like previous gen corvettes.
Fender flares, better looking wheels, more aero.
But actually changing an exterior design? Maybe the exhaust like i had hoped but the "rang"? Nah i think that's there to stay lol.
You sound like one of those "round tail light guys" from 2013.
At least all the tailights options were all integrated into the design, and not tacked on as an afterthought, like duct taping offroad lights to the top of the hood. The current side scoop looks like it was tacked on in the parking lot before the reveal.
I remember when the C5 was revealed. Remember how happy everyone was and how we all couldn't wait to buy one. The strike, How painful the wait was.
The C6 fixed all the design flaws of the C5, and banished the pop up headlights.
As soon as the C6 was unveiled, the C5 was dead to me.
I believe the C9 will be the same all over again.
The Team will not have to deal with the conversion from front to mid engine, and the design will be AMAZING.
The C8 design is great. But, the plastic that's been tacked on to the side intakes as an afterthought can be easily fixed, and it needs to be ASAP.
It's not the color. It's the design.
The original design was clean and integrated.
The current design is a tacked on piece of plastic in addition to the integrated side intake.
People should really take the time to look at pics and info being posted again.
You should take the time to understand how car design actually works from clay to production. Your opinion is just that, and doesn't appear to be well informed to boot!
You should take the time to understand how car design actually works from clay to production. Your opinion is just that, and doesn't appear to be well informed to boot!
You don't need to be Pininfarina to recognize the original C8 side intake was a cleaner design with the integrated intake, the current intakes have plastic tacked on as an afterthought, and you don't need kill the messenger of the obvious.
01-04-2021, 06:43 PM
