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Old 01-26-2013, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Racer
Um, guys it's called "choices." Didn't everybody cry because the C6 didn't have enough "choices".
Now we get "choices" and guys are crying again already.
Didn't know there weren't that many options. I wasn't in a place to get one so I didn't look into it that much. But they had enough models to choose from.
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Anyone notice the Corvette flags on the black one are not colored?

Are we going to see all silver flags on the C7?

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Old 01-27-2013, 02:21 AM
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The video of them driving down the road gave me a new/negative impression of the rear. I don't like all the black in the rear at all, now. Like someone else mentioned, it looks like the red car is cut in half from the back - looks terrible. I wanted a silver C7, but will now probably go with the the Grey just to minimize the effect of the blacked-out bottom half of the rear. Pretty much any color except black and dark grey will look like weird from the rear. I also think the spoiler makes the car look too mustang/camaro/mucle car-ish. It's a combination of the spoiler on that rear that makes it look like a muscle car vs a sports car.
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Originally Posted by 05gtslow
The video of them driving down the road gave me a new/negative impression of the rear. I don't like all the black in the rear at all, now. Like someone else mentioned, it looks like the red car is cut in half from the back - looks terrible. I wanted a silver C7, but will now probably go with the the Grey just to minimize the effect of the blacked-out bottom half of the rear. Pretty much any color except black and dark grey will look like weird from the rear. I also think the spoiler makes the car look too mustang/camaro/mucle car-ish. It's a combination of the spoiler on that rear that makes it look like a muscle car vs a sports car.
Wonder how the black parts would look body colored. Any photoshop experts want to take a stab at that?
Old 01-27-2013, 03:13 PM
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answers to a couple questions/observations I've seen in this thread:

1. The flags are not all silver, there is red and gold in them too (colors don't come out well in the videos). Don't forget that images of the flags are readily available:



2. GM absolutely does not sell pre-production cars. There are probably many reasons why, but one of the major ones would be liability concerns since a pre-production car will not live up to all of the expectations/requirements of a production car. The cars you see in the videos or any spy pictures are heading for the scrapper, unless they're kept for future evaluations or historical record.

This is the first time I've seen a C7 without the full width spoiler. I love the 'duck tail' look!

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Old 01-27-2013, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Kozzzz
answers to a couple questions/observations I've seen in this thread:

2. The rear bumper is not painted carbon flash black. Or at least, not all of them. The C7 at NAIAS did have a glossy black rear bumper, but there was no glitter/flake in the paint job that I could see from a position of ~8-10' away. That being said though, the bumper did still appear to be painted or polished or something, it wasn't a flat black plastic appearance that the 5th gen Camaros have.
I didn't see it, but am only going on the press release that it is Carbon Flash. You have to have the right lighting (usually via the Sun) to see the flake in Carbon Flash. On cloudy days and most indoor lighting it looks like a slightly less black than regular gloss black. Like this centennial edition:

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Originally Posted by z28lt1
I didn't see it, but am only going on the press release that it is Carbon Flash. You have to have the right lighting (usually via the Sun) to see the flake in Carbon Flash.
Hmmm, looks like you're right! I take back my statement about the carbon flash bumper
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More spotting in AZ!





Old 01-27-2013, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by terps





Not feeling it - something looks rental-car-ish with these examples -- or like a ferrari kit car? Its got to be the wheels and the two-tone rear end. My bank account is safe for the moment. - at first I liked the side rear quarter windows -- now I am thinking mustang?

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Old 01-28-2013, 05:26 AM
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Huh!!
What kind of blue in the second picture? I believe that should be Laguna Blue. As you can see it's not metalic like the first one..i'll be very disappointed if this color not available.


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Amazing to see that trio out there already.
Old 01-28-2013, 07:31 AM
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this is just my opinion

but

i think we will see some aftermarket

round tail light kits produced for those that

don't like the new look

i kinda like the new look but i still need to
see it and touch it
Old 01-28-2013, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by NightKids
Huh!!
What kind of blue in the second picture? I believe that should be Laguna Blue. As you can see it's not metalic like the first one..i'll be very disappointed if this color not available.
That blue C7 on the show floor is a photoshop.
Old 01-28-2013, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by terps
That blue C7 on the show floor is a photoshop.
Oh true..i should know that without asking theres only two corvettes onm detroit show floor cyber gray and red one on the wall..but man that would've been a fantastic color.
Old 01-28-2013, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by NightKids
Oh true..i should know that without asking theres only two corvettes onm detroit show floor cyber gray and red one on the wall..but man that would've been a fantastic color.
Pretty good photochop though so that's probably accurate to what it'd look like in life anyway
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Old 01-28-2013, 02:26 PM
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Where were those pictures taken, do you know? Those are weird street lights!!

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Old 01-28-2013, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by clayton1
Where were those pictures taken, do you know? Those are weird street lights!!
Your looking at the street lights. I didn't even see them until you said something.
Old 01-28-2013, 04:01 PM
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In Phoenix, there are 3 or so of them running around.
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Those LED brake lights certainly don't look as bright as LEDs on other high end cars.


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