The C8 is butt ugly!
Racer
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
Let me guess, you go to McDonalds every morning wearing light blue trousers pulled up 2 inches above your ankles with a white dress shirt tucked in and sit there with 3 other gentlemen that look just like you, drinking coffee and checking out everything that walks in and out.
Burning Brakes
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Sadly I agree with this guy. People keep posting photos from the Chevy website that is skewed to look nicer than it really is. Real life photos are showing a completely different car in the details.
The front looks great. Everything else however does not..
The front looks great. Everything else however does not..
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I'm sure to be flamed for this thread... do your worst! However, after viewing all of the pics and videos of the C8 I can't help but feel that it was assembled by a group of folks who couldn't agree on anything! The rear end is absolutely Butt Ugly! 
Toyota Camrys have cleaner rear ends than the C8! It looks to me like a late model Camaro after being rear-ended.
The front and sides are just too "husky"... like a fullback who can't seem to lose those summer, milk shake pounds. Okay, it's a fast fullback with a 3-second 0-60 but... so what! How often in your driving experience is that relevant?
Having attended the original introduction of the '53 Corvette at GM's Motorama in NY, and having had fifteen Corvettes over the years, going all the way back to several C1's, I just find it difficult to call the C8 a "Corvette." To me, the two prettiest Corvettes were the 1962 and the C7 Convertible. I, for one, just don't get the styling of the C8.
Toyota Camrys have cleaner rear ends than the C8! It looks to me like a late model Camaro after being rear-ended.The front and sides are just too "husky"... like a fullback who can't seem to lose those summer, milk shake pounds. Okay, it's a fast fullback with a 3-second 0-60 but... so what! How often in your driving experience is that relevant?
Having attended the original introduction of the '53 Corvette at GM's Motorama in NY, and having had fifteen Corvettes over the years, going all the way back to several C1's, I just find it difficult to call the C8 a "Corvette." To me, the two prettiest Corvettes were the 1962 and the C7 Convertible. I, for one, just don't get the styling of the C8.
Burning Brakes
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Stark reality is that you are not their target market. They are looking to a younger generation. Let me guess, you go to McDonalds every morning wearing light blue trousers pulled up 2 inches above your ankles with a white dress shirt tucked in and sit there with 3 other gentlemen that look just like you, drinking coffee and checking out everything that walks in and out.
Times change and so do target markets. Out with the old and in with the new.
Times change and so do target markets. Out with the old and in with the new.
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
"I'm sure to be flamed for this thread... do your worst!"
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Stark reality is that you are not their target market. They are looking to a younger generation. Let me guess, you go to McDonalds every morning wearing light blue trousers pulled up 2 inches above your ankles with a white dress shirt tucked in and sit there with 3 other gentlemen that look just like you, drinking coffee and checking out everything that walks in and out.
Times change and so do target markets. Out with the old and in with the new.
Times change and so do target markets. Out with the old and in with the new.
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St. Jude Donor '13-'14
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Being a huge corvette fan I am too not liking the design shift. I doubt I will ever be buying another corvette (supposed to be the younger gen they are trying to attract) and am also concerned with the quality of finish, as when you start penny pinching on price it will come back to bite you. Looks like there might be the same issues that were present on the C7. GM has probably just made the car cheap as possible and it might not end well in the long term.
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I'm sure to be flamed for this thread... do your worst! However, after viewing all of the pics and videos of the C8 I can't help but feel that it was assembled by a group of folks who couldn't agree on anything! The rear end is absolutely Butt Ugly! Toyota Camrys have cleaner rear ends than the C8! It looks to me like a late model Camaro after being rear-ended.
The front and sides are just too "husky"... like a fullback who can't seem to lose those summer, milk shake pounds. Okay, it's a fast fullback with a 3-second 0-60 but... so what! How often in your driving experience is that relevant?
Having attended the original introduction of the '53 Corvette at GM's Motorama in NY, and having had fifteen Corvettes over the years, going all the way back to several C1's, I just find it difficult to call the C8 a "Corvette." To me, the two prettiest Corvettes were the 1962 and the C7 Convertible. I, for one, just don't get the styling of the C8.
Toyota Camrys have cleaner rear ends than the C8! It looks to me like a late model Camaro after being rear-ended.The front and sides are just too "husky"... like a fullback who can't seem to lose those summer, milk shake pounds. Okay, it's a fast fullback with a 3-second 0-60 but... so what! How often in your driving experience is that relevant?
Having attended the original introduction of the '53 Corvette at GM's Motorama in NY, and having had fifteen Corvettes over the years, going all the way back to several C1's, I just find it difficult to call the C8 a "Corvette." To me, the two prettiest Corvettes were the 1962 and the C7 Convertible. I, for one, just don't get the styling of the C8.
There, that's the worst I could do.
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I'm sure to be flamed for this thread... do your worst! However, after viewing all of the pics and videos of the C8 I can't help but feel that it was assembled by a group of folks who couldn't agree on anything! The rear end is absolutely Butt Ugly! Toyota Camrys have cleaner rear ends than the C8! It looks to me like a late model Camaro after being rear-ended.
The front and sides are just too "husky"... like a fullback who can't seem to lose those summer, milk shake pounds. Okay, it's a fast fullback with a 3-second 0-60 but... so what! How often in your driving experience is that relevant?
Having attended the original introduction of the '53 Corvette at GM's Motorama in NY, and having had fifteen Corvettes over the years, going all the way back to several C1's, I just find it difficult to call the C8 a "Corvette." To me, the two prettiest Corvettes were the 1962 and the C7 Convertible. I, for one, just don't get the styling of the C8.
Toyota Camrys have cleaner rear ends than the C8! It looks to me like a late model Camaro after being rear-ended.The front and sides are just too "husky"... like a fullback who can't seem to lose those summer, milk shake pounds. Okay, it's a fast fullback with a 3-second 0-60 but... so what! How often in your driving experience is that relevant?
Having attended the original introduction of the '53 Corvette at GM's Motorama in NY, and having had fifteen Corvettes over the years, going all the way back to several C1's, I just find it difficult to call the C8 a "Corvette." To me, the two prettiest Corvettes were the 1962 and the C7 Convertible. I, for one, just don't get the styling of the C8.
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On another thread, I quipped that the C8 looks to me like it ate too many pizza pies so it plumped its pooper.
But here is what I suspect: I'm probably about the same age as the OP. Over many decades* we got used to the looks of Corvettes C1-C7 and other FE sports cars. We (or at least I) haven't paid that much attention to more recent ME supercars. The fact is that the vehicle portion aft of the cabin has to be reasonably big to accommodate the engine and transmission. Younger folks understand and accept that. Some of us older folks know that, but because a certain look is so ingrained in our brains, ME cars look to us like they have a big butt.
I think the C8 is a brilliant accomplishment. I just have to get used to the ME look.
*The digits in my name provides a clue.
But here is what I suspect: I'm probably about the same age as the OP. Over many decades* we got used to the looks of Corvettes C1-C7 and other FE sports cars. We (or at least I) haven't paid that much attention to more recent ME supercars. The fact is that the vehicle portion aft of the cabin has to be reasonably big to accommodate the engine and transmission. Younger folks understand and accept that. Some of us older folks know that, but because a certain look is so ingrained in our brains, ME cars look to us like they have a big butt.
I think the C8 is a brilliant accomplishment. I just have to get used to the ME look.
*The digits in my name provides a clue.
