ryoder

Just my opinion but I think the C6 is a timeless design and I think the C3 is as well.
I do not think the C4 or C5 are timeless, especially the C4.
The reason is that the C6 and C3 have some sexy lines to them while the C4 is pretty standard 80s techno-car and the C5 strikes the middle ground between classic and technical. The C6 almost looks a little retro to me, especially when considering the creases in the hood.

R&L's C6

They're yesterdays news.....out with the old and in with the new.

I don't think anything will change the beauty of the C6, but after seeing a C7 in person, there's no doubt it will look dated when the C7's start showing up on the road. It is what it is......

R&L's C6

The wide bodies wont age any better than the narrow ones. The front end, the back end, the rear glass, the doors, are all the same. A little bit of fender flare isn't going to save them either from the dated look. JMHO

ryoder

This is why I fell in love with Corvettes at an early age. I rode in one of these, a black C3 and it was awesome. I still think the design is timeless.

91redragtop

The C7 is too busy and looks like Japanese Anime! Hardly a design that will make the C6 look dated!!

FloydSummerOf68

The C6 will look dated the day the C7 starts hitting the streets in mass.

Big Dan 427

IMO the C6 is the best looking Corvette ever with maybe the exception being the mid
60's car. The C7 is a video gameboy cartoon, they really fu$%ed it up IMO.

FloydSummerOf68

Whether or not you like the look of the C7 doesn't change the fact that it will seriously date a C6 when next to it. The edginess and design is years (literally and figuratively) beyond the C6 and more in line with current supercar design.

Big Dan 427

I agree with you on the base model only, the wide body cars and especially the 427 and ZR1 will hold their own side by side IMO. As a matter of fact I mam looking forward to doing some side by side pics with my 427 next to the new vert. To me the new car has no flow, the rear quarters are too high and the back is a clusterf$%#.

91redragtop

If you like busy, weird lines then the C7 is for you!! You don't see lines like that in the new 911 or F-type!! The designers went TOO far with their design and I 'll gladly keep my dated C6!

John harlen

No, and certainly not the gs. It's popular now, but I have a feeling it will become the red headed step child of the C6

Hameister

Only time will tell for sure if the C6 is "timeless."

Imo, if the C6 stands a chance at immortality, it will be the GS that does it.

Of course I'm biased, so I guess my opinion doesn't count, (even though it's accurate).

carl3989

Very interesting question with which I have struggled in the past. To me "timeless design" is what is commonly referred to in art as classic. It encompasses those elements which stand out to personify not only perfection at its time but a design that will remain attractive in perpetuity. In Corvettes it would be unarguably the C2 generation especially the 1967 followed closely by the later C1s and then the early C3s with the chrome bumpers. Exception would be the 1973 with the plastic front and chrome bumper rear which designer Larry Shinoda envisioned as the best looking C3 ever made. Our C6 may reach that stage of "timelessness" due to it being basically a perfection of the C5. It's being smaller than all those before it and the exposed headlights seem to make it more contemporary and give it a more "European" look, which may help it in attaining that before mentioned status.

91redragtop

That's the funniest line I've ever heard on CF!!

2vette2

Hameister

Funny is being very polite. I'd more like

91redragtop

He must be a GS hater too!!

boraxman

C6 is the C2 of our time/

APACHEDR1V3R

I don't know if the C6 will be timeless, but it will certainly will always have a personality, unlike any C4. Those things have always had the personality of plasterboard.


On the other hand, the C7's exterior...hmmm...

Maybe if they used some of that cheap Avalanche plastic on the fender wells or on a targa top to go along with the Camaro azz end...

Maybe that would bring it all together.

TLS_Addict

I think he C6 ZO6 will age the best.

To me the ZR1 is getting more and more dated looking because of the hood and fenders. The ZO6 has a think nicer fenders than the GS. I say that because the GS fenders have multiple slashes and to me doesnt flow as well as the ZO6 design. The ZO6 to me just flared the bse C6 out and its more classy. Same with your 427.

The lust will always be there for the ZR1 because of the power but the look to me just isnt a draw. I prefer the GS over the ZR1 for looks and the ZO6 over the GS.