Their WILL be a Sting Ray Corvette... come look!
01-12-2013, 05:01 PM
#141
Team Owner
01-12-2013, 05:12 PM
#142
Le Mans Master
01-12-2013, 05:28 PM
#143
01-12-2013, 05:40 PM
#145
Instructor
01-12-2013, 06:16 PM
#146
Racer
Stingray was first used in 1963. No Stingrays in 59.
Stingray was first used in 1963. No Stingrays in 59.
I assumed as much from this article today:
GM design chief Ed Welburn this week unfurled a poster on a table at his office in suburban Detroit showing images of the remodeled Corvette along with Stingrays from 1959 and 1963.
“I want this image on every kid’s wall,” he said in advance of the Jan. 13 unveiling of the new car on the eve of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit
Stingray is back!
GM design chief Ed Welburn this week unfurled a poster on a table at his office in suburban Detroit showing images of the remodeled Corvette along with Stingrays from 1959 and 1963.
“I want this image on every kid’s wall,” he said in advance of the Jan. 13 unveiling of the new car on the eve of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit
Stingray is back!
01-12-2013, 09:07 PM
#147
Drifting
Thread Starter
Based off of the front and rear; I am very excited for the release tomorrow. GM wanted to target the younger market, and based off of my friends reactions, they did the job. I'm thinking about getting this silver/carbon color they are showing in the leaked pictures. If they performance specs are faster or equal to C6Z06 specs, this thing will sell, period.
01-13-2013, 12:33 AM
#150
Safety Car
01-13-2013, 02:07 AM
#151
Le Mans Master
Respectfully disagree, although not a production car, there was a 1959 Stingray. Most likely referring to the Stingray Racer designed and built in 59 which lead to the 63 Sting Ray production car. GM intern, a soon to be famous designed named Peter Brock sketched on a cocktail napkin at 19 years old the first design for the Sting Ray Racer for Bill Mitchell and Harley Earl when on an dinner interview. It became the basis for the 63 Sting Ray, Bill Mitchel teamed Peter with Larry Shinoda to design the 1963 production version on the Sting Ray, yet the racer was built and did race and was known at the 1959 Stingray... notice the spelling Stingray, not the Sting Ray which was the production version.
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01-13-2013, 01:13 PM
#154
AIR FORCE VETERAN
Respectfully disagree, although not a production car, there was a 1959 Stingray. Most likely referring to the Stingray Racer designed and built in 59 which lead to the 63 Sting Ray production car. GM intern, a soon to be famous designed named Peter Brock sketched on a cocktail napkin at 19 years old the first design for the Sting Ray Racer for Bill Mitchell and Harley Earl when on an dinner interview. It became the basis for the 63 Sting Ray, Bill Mitchel teamed Peter with Larry Shinoda to design the 1963 production version on the Sting Ray, yet the racer was built and did race and was known at the 1959 Stingray... notice the spelling Stingray, not the Sting Ray which was the production version.
Jay Leno on You Tube shows the 1959 Sing Ray. Check it out..
01-13-2013, 02:42 PM
#156
Drifting
The rear end looks WAAAY better than the Jalopnik renderings looked. Sometimes the genuine article looks 10x better than drawings, even if the basics are there.
The taillights don't look much like a Camaro's other than the fact that there are four and they are vaguely square-ish... Jesus H, good thing there weren't forums back in 1989 when the 1990 ZR-1 came out!
The taillights don't look much like a Camaro's other than the fact that there are four and they are vaguely square-ish... Jesus H, good thing there weren't forums back in 1989 when the 1990 ZR-1 came out!
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