I like it in function but I like the prefer the look of leather.

My new car I just picked up has Alcantara center sections and it is nice once you sit, you are staying there if you have the side bolsters up.

 

if the radio **** climate control **** and turn signal stalk are not Alcantara? I'm not buying the freaking car....




jk...


but not really. I like the material....alot...

 

Given that it is ME I'm hoping they reduce the size of the center console. Very awkward having your right arm on top of it all the time.

 

It is a sports car. I would like a very basic interior without lots of bells and whistles.

 

 

I always felt that was a comfortable driving position TBH.

Maybe we will get an adjustable height center console.


Actually, hang on, let me go file a patent for that brilliant idea!

 

 

Well said. What really confuses me, though, is the lack of love for proper cloth seats. I had them in my '93 (last year you could get them) and they were reasonably cool in the summer, not chilly in the winter, held me in place during spirited driving, and amazingly wore WAY better than the leather seats of that era (and I suspect better than today's Vette leather seats!). Heck I even liked how they looked (there's 90K miles on those things shown below).


The market has spoken -- but I completely don't get it. Heck, though, I'm usually a maverick on these threads anyway...

 

Condemn is a strong word but it is very difficult to test some of the new materials when ordering a vehicle sight-unseen as many people were forced to do with a Corvette. It's not like you can order something, take delivery, and then change your mind.

As an example, when I was ordering my arctic white GS, I wanted a red interior but I thought the full red interior would be too much. I had a choice between the two-tone (all leather, black w/ red inserts) or the suede inserts (red with black inserts). I asked people to post pictures of the suede seats option and in every one of them I could see the direction of the suede fibers. It just looked worn to me even though the pics posted were of well maintained vehicles. Yes, personal preference, but if I can tell someone has sat in a seat after they leave then I don't like the look. The perfect look of (well-maintained) leather is unbeatable. I do understand it is less grippy but this is one time I prefer form over function.

I asked about the alcantara steering wheel options as well. A number of people said maintaining it was "easy", they just brushed it frequently with a special brush designed for suede. That was enough to send me back to the leather.

Honestly though I doubt this will be an issue on the ME. I'm sure they will have both leather and alcantara steering wheel options. There will no doubt be leather seats but I can imagine the competition seats being alcantara if they truly are going for the ultimate performance at all costs angle.

 

Based on the newly released pics, I'll bet OP really did have inside baseball in his other post and the naysayers can go back to their cubicles and sulk

 

I never debated him seeing the interior. I called him out for being a liar on every other point he made and pretending to know more than he did. Especially when it ran contrary to what I've already been told by somebody I know, for a fact, is working on the project.

Go back and read his original thread to see how many times he contradicted himself, change things from fact to opinion and pretended to know marketing/launch info that he eventually flip flopped on. Not only that be he changed his "source" many times. Sometimes it was him, other times a friend.

He's just a guy who saw something exciting, had nobody close to him who gave a **** about it and took to the internet for some anonymous attention from strangers - making **** up along the way to drum up more attention.

Oh, and he described the emblem, in his own words, as basically being this. Almost as if he forgot that he saw it on here:


There's exactly 0 chance that the emblem ends up looking like that.

 

 

 

Humm ..

 

I really like the new C8 center waterfall design.

I don't like how previous Corvettes had the center console angled towards the driver- some BMWs are like this too. It may make things slightly more accessible to the driver, but as a passenger, it's awkward and makes you feel like you're disconnected/closed off from the rest of the cabin as well as the driver.

 

Ejecto Seatos, Cuz. . .

Please.

 

I never once argued about him claiming to have seen the interior. I kept quiet until he was adamant that the ME would be a limited production deal, priced over 100k. I got vocal at that point because it was contrary to the info I've received from an industry professional who gets contracted by various manufacturers and is currently working on the project. This guys info has always been on the level in the past and he never over-speaks or divulges anything that'll get him in hot-water. As I said, he's a professional and wouldn't jeopardize his career for the "glory" of leaking info - especially to strangers on the internet.

So you saying “i was right even though it wasn’t the point” is baseless because the point I was making was that this guy is full of **** on virtually everything he was saying. including (but not limited to):
-Pricing
-Production numbers
-Emblem
-Variants available at launch (base, vert, high-perf)
-FE and ME available concurrently
-Branding (ZORA, C8, non-corvette GM branded vehicle, etc.)

I even said from the start that I believe he's probably seen it. It doesn't take a genius, however, to deduce that he was lying about all the other stuff, which by that time had become the focus of the thread.

Don't flame me for your lack of reading comprehension. All I was trying to do was debunk this attention starved child and add some solid info (and reason) to the mix.

I'm done commenting, though. This really is a frustrating, naive bunch. I stand by what I said regarding ZERVs brand of nonsense not being able to gain momentum on other sites.

 

Hilarious !