eeshooter45

OK- I do like that a ton better!

21STCENTURYMUSCLECAR

Both red?

I love the new car from the pics.
I would like to see the rear fascia painted to match the body color
to compare but looks awesome to me.

Ruz

Yeah, but this looks even better.

rmackintosh

THAT looks a ton better!

sydneyACE

OOO!! I like that!

Nice job to whoever shopped that.
GM did a good job, but that is a GREAT job!

Chicago1

Go do my test and come back with results. Go look at the camro forums, mustang, vipers etc etc you get the point see what the consensus is and guess what you will come back with..... camaro. I'm not hating on the car but it's obvious what the rear looks like. If this was the new gen camaro would that rear not fit perfect as it would be an "updated version" of the last gen camaro? I want a c7 I love it I don't hate the rear but I'm sad that it does look like the rear of a camaro I could care less about round tail lights. Serious go ask your wife, gf, kids, parents, whomever and have them do my test see what what happens. It is what it is and that's ok but cmon fellas lets not avoid the elephant in the room and try to spin it to something it clearly is now. I got 8 texts yesterday that said man I love the new vette though the rear looks like a camaro. It's just facts. It's ok the car it a hit overall but the rear is differnt and I'm no "corvette generation guy" like I said I could care less about round tail lights. Just weird that it has a camaro rear.

09C6VRGG

10 min shop using my laptop directional pad. here ya go, you get the idea. if it had these I would be all over it.
or

sydneyACE

I dunno, I've heard a lot of people go both ways. Personally, I don't see it at-all (which is why I made this thread). The people who claim that it IS a Camaro rear-end have yet to explain WHY it is. Generally, what I'm getting from those folks is this:

"It has a Camaro rear-end."

Me: "Really? I don't see it. What about that is 'Camaro'?"

"The tailights"

"Look again, the tailights are TOTALLY different."

"Oh, I guess they are different. Well, either way, it still looks like a Camaro."

So the general concensus is either it DOESN'T look like a Camaro or those who think it does don't know why, it just does.

Chicago1

I posted why I think it looks like a camaro other then lights. Like I said if I had MS paint I could circle the areas that look like it. See previous posts.

Rapid Fred

Well said -- I almost think it is the power of suggestion. If this were NOT a Chevy/GM product I guarantee you nobody would ever have seen any resemblance whatsoever -- angular and "tight" vs. round and "puffy"; 4 centered exhaust outlets vs. 2 (or 4) at sides; "Alice Cooper" light inserts; far more angled-in rear window which extends almost to deck and is slightly inset (ala new 911 and some Ferraris); no chrome on much differently shaped tail lights, lots of functional venting. The non-Z51 versions, without the spoiler and with body-colored diffuser, will look even less like the Camaro, if that is possible.

Interestingly, my sons IMMEDIATELY and UNPROMPTED saw a c7-Camaro resemblance looking at the first Jalopnik renders (which, if you remember, really did not get the tail light settings or shapes quite right and did look a bit Camaro-ish). They have not lost that connection even looking at this comparison!

I think ditching the round tail lights for angular was a good thing, but the mass hallucination has occured and protesting only seems to make folks hold onto their opinions that much more strongly.

Just Cruise

Check my new avatar gets an idea of the dramatic change over are current c6s.

Just Cruise

Well in all honesty. Im keeping my c6z06 but if i was gonna buy new id buy the new viper instead now simply beacause i like the design better. Looks muscle car like and very exotic. Viper will do very well in sales.

Mark S.

Yes, the similarity is definitely there...probably a bit of Cadillac in it, too.

Psydef

Looks nothing like the Camaro!!! I'm so tired of hearing this on CF. The tail lights don't even look close to the same IMO.

pickleseimer

I just don't see the similarity between the Camaro and C7 back end, especially when put side by side as per the above.

Now today I was following a Volt, and I had to do a double-take. The lights on the Volt have a similar angle to the C7, much more so than the Camaro which has no angle that I see.

The other impression I had when I first saw the C7 with it's quarter panel windows was did that thing have a mini back seat? Naw, but the uninitiated might make an assumption.

However, overall I think the C7 is a winner. Can't wait to see the convertible.

stingray6507

Having vettes since 1963 and currently owning 62,02 ond 08 I like the car, less the rear end. I didn't look at them side by side as in this post; but first thing my wife said was it looks like our friends camaro. I don't think the lights have to be round but I do think they should have been a little more inovative, IMHO. Both of my sons own corvettes and we see the same thing with the rear end. I understand this car is fast but it's also about style. You want to look good when you get there. Maybe it will grow on us, I can tell you that the c4's never did grow on me. It the only series I didn't own. PS I like both of the blue ones better both eeshooter and Ruz. Joe

BobRBob

Aaak, this is really bad. Sorry.

Regarding the original question, there's no doubt that the C7 reminds people of the Camaro. That's just a fact. However, it's also true that it's hard to see why. On close inspection, they are not even remotely similar. It's a bit weird actually.

tc01tc

When I first saw the rearend (mostly the rear window) I thought it was very Lexus LFA inspired. A rear 3/4 view shows the similarities the best.

sydneyACE

Just watched an interesting video. The autoweek one...

The GM rep said they took a bunch of styling cues from the "Stingray Concept". After seeing that, I realize why they did some of the things they did on the rear. (And on the aggressive cove angle, grill shape, etc.)

Check it out:




Obviously toned-down and changed a bunch, but the cues are there. Had they not said it, I probably wouldn't have made the connection. Funny how they were going for: "Oh yeah, the Stingray Concept!" and they got: "Looks like a Camaro to me". I bet the GM guys are the ones who are MOST frustrated to hear people say that. I agree too that the original Jalopnik rendering had more "Camaro-like" tailights, after that came-out, it just kinda stuck.

scottfab

Has anyone noticed how close the tail light look to the Camero
than say a mustang or viper or BMW or Audi or .... come to think of it any other car?
And all the sharp edges closer to an Aztec than any other car?

And wow the front looks closer to the new viper than any other car.

Now I'm not saying any of this is bad, just is.
What I REALLY like is that the "pearl like" lights around the headlights you see in Audi and Lexus was not copied.
That looks...... sorry, girly like.