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If they can get as much trunk space as a C7 vert they should be okay. It might be with a trunk and a frunk. You might have to change your bags out to smaller duffels and no longer carry the kitchen sink, but all you smart fellas here ought to be able to figure it out. These hatchbacks the last couple of generations have spoiled us as many of us think we have a small pickup. In reality don't you drive around with the trunk empty most of the time? It's a practical problem,not an aesthetic one, but I'm thinking is not as big a problem for most of us. If you do use your vette as a cross-country Grand Tourismo, well, then maybe the C8 won't be for you. You'll miss the vette, but the vette won't miss you. Until we can see and measure reality, it's a non-problem.
This is the problem with the Corvette. This is why its considered an old mans car by many. The Corvette is a performance car. Period. The compromises made by GM over the years to accommodate all kinds of people and their needs has left the Corvette behind. It needs to be a performance car first. Thats what it is. Thats its DNA. If you want to take a week long trip with the misses, take or buy another car or shut up and deal with it.
Fortunately for us, GM did not follow this philosophy, otherwise the Corvette would have been dropped from production long ago. Not sure I totally agree w/ the assertion that the Corvette design has left it behind the others. Comparing price, performance and practicality, the Corvette has fared very well over it's production cycles.
My concern w/ the mid-engne design is usable storage space. I'm not sure GM is going to get the same amount of storage in the C8 as they did/do in the C7. Quite honestly, the C6-C7 hatch made the car as practical a vehicle for a single person/couple (no kids) as any other commuter/ grocery getter out there. Unless you're hauling big flat screen TV's, or bags of bark mulch, the C7 can meet most requirements. MPG's near 30, 0-60 (sub 4), 1/4 mile (sub 12's) and handles like it;s on rails, ticks most of the boxes for me.
My concern w/ the mid-engne design is usable storage space. I'm not sure GM is going to get the same amount of storage in the C8 as they did/do in the C7. Quite honestly, the C6-C7 hatch made the car as practical a vehicle for a single person/couple (no kids) as any other commuter/ grocery getter out there. Unless you're hauling big flat screen TV's, or bags of bark mulch, the C7 can meet most requirements. MPG's near 30, 0-60 (sub 4), 1/4 mile (sub 12's) and handles like it;s on rails, ticks most of the boxes for me.
Totally agree. I believe practicality is key to Corvette's success. Same with the 911, having both a frunk and a back seat. Lots of guys regularly strap baby seats in the back of their 911s.
Supposedly the C8 has solved the ME cargo problem but I'm kind of stumped as to how they did it. The rear hatch is pretty high up so maybe they were able to mount the V8 low enough to make room for storage above it and behind it but I remain skeptical.
all that said wait until the c8 releases publically and i have a feeling given gm s expertise ....the c8 will have more than enough luggage capacity.
My uncle had one of these sports cars in the 1950's. It was full of compromises. But, he wasn't into golf, or taking 2 week cross country trips in it either.
Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
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