Priya

Red1990VT.

I bought my 1979 because I thought it was one of the best looking cars ever made. I love the C4 too.

RedLS1GTO

Just to clarify... you are saying that the inspiration for the design of this:





Was this:






Ummmm.... yea. I can barely tell them apart.


Have you actually seen a C7 in person? Judging by your assessment of it, it certainly seems as if you haven't.

LoneStarV

They got the C7 right. Finally got some sharp lines to a vette design for the first time since the C4 kicked off. I never liked the C5 or C6....too mitsubishi eclipse looking...no sharp lines.

ricasso

maybe it all depends on who the C7 is aimed at, Corvette afficinado's or the general car buying public, Ive a feeling if you put a red C7 without badges in front of 50 members of the general public they would probably ask "is it a Ferarri?" or some other European Supercar, not "is it a C6/Camaro" what Im trying to say is the factory is trying to sell cars, preferably in large numbers, I dont suppose its gonna matter if that car "looks like" a Camaro, C6, or anything else.
If it proves to be as good as the C4 in that respect then thats gotta be good for the continuation of the marque

RollaMo-LT4

So, you join a Corvette forum just so you could bash on the C7 style.
Every post you have made since you joined is the same.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1583497189-post182.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1583496775-post5.html

And two threads you started on the subject got locked.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...-apololgy.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...aillights.html

Can you say

Greg Gore

I bought a new gold 84 with W82! MT Car of the Year decal was in the LS lower corner of the hatch glass. We thought those new 84s were really something compared to the previous generation. My 84 had Z51 too, and I was totally impressed to say the least. I thought it handled superbly (by the standards of that day). Of course it could have used more power but nobody else had much power in those times either. 84 with Z51 may be in more demand soon because it was the first Corvette to have that level of engineering.

Incidentally, the 2000 Corvette earned the "Best Engineered Car in the World" award by the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)

C4fan

Anyone who uses the word corvmaro other than attempting to make a bad joke is clueless. Lets see the list of interchangeable body parts. These two cars are nothing at all alike, period. Based on your interpretation the C4 and Caprice both had LT1s so they must have been designed by the same teem to imitate each other.

JrRifleCoach

I did. Looks just like the photos.

nutz4c4

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JT-Monster-

I smell a troll lmfao every forum has em.

Sweet 90

Yet this thread still lives

lt4obsesses

I felt what Diz was trying to say, is that perhaps the C7 is bringing the Corvette back to being a true "drivers" car. For example, some say the difference is that you sit in a C6 and you wear a C4. As Tadge Juechter put it, that the C7 is designed to make you feel connected with the car. I can't really comment on the C6, in these terms, but I do feel connected in my C4.

As for the C7 representing the same jump that the C4 made from the C3, well, that's a really tough act to follow. Even to look at the C7, you can see the C4 heritage in it as with the C5 and the C6. The C4 is more or less the grandfather of the modern design. But the technology today, allows the newer Vettes to perform at high levels on the track, and still be smooth comfortable daily drivers. I mean really, if you look at it, to say that the C6 is really a really fun and capable car on the track at it's limits, and yet to have street manners that make it somewhat almost boring to commute with, is really about the highest praise you could give a Corvette engineer. That's exactly what they designed the car to be.

What I see here is that the Corvette has followed the needs and desires of one generation. The 'babyboomers' has been the Corvette's base demographic since it's inception in '53. Well, alot of these folks are going to be retiring from Corvette ownership before too long, possibly. So GM has to start rethinking the car to attract the next 20 years worth of enthusiasts, and I believe the C7 is a subtle start in that direction.

As far as being butt-hurt, not me. I love my LT4, it's so much fun to drive that I'm always disappointed when I reach my destination. That's why I always take the long way when I drive it to work. But, if I were in a position to trade it for a C6 right now, I would without a second thought.

dukeallen

Trolls never die, they just take their C4s home to the trailer park to get some lovin from toofless Erline next door.

It'll be years before a C7 can make that exalted claim.

PLRX

We had a great troll here few years ago, he got busted, and moved to the T-Bucket forum.

H P Bushrod

I believe it's run it's course. We're C4 fans. The C7 has the DNA of every generation before it. No need to compare it to any other Vette.