punky

The new rear is great, has a very sinister look. This is a new direction for Corvette. Time to embrace it as it is not going to change for a long time guys.

R&L's C6

I think a body color diffuser would be a great option..

My guess is if there's no holes left behind, a popular mod will be moving or removing that script.

RC000E

Car is bad *** lookin...anyone that says otherwise needs to get with the program...

Mine is comin!!!

Oneslackr

The pic above is the first decent one I've seen of the car in Lime Rock Green. The back end is starting to grow on me & I can tolerate it in this color. Like others, I think it will look best in the darker colors.

I remember being at L.A. Auto show the day they unveiled a C5. I liked the car right away. Then when I saw the first C5 on the road I thought the back end was too big, compared to the C4 back end, & I didn't like it but it grew on me. I'm sure it will be the same for the C7. Otherwise, I really like everything else about this new Vette.

When the C4 debuted I liked it from all angles right from the start. I felt the same when the C6 came out. Then again the change from the C5 to the C6 wasn't as drastic as the change from the C6 to the C7 IMO.

Bill17601

Interesting. One of the Forum members who use to hate the rear just put a deposit on a new Stingray. He swore me to secrecy. No big deal. Design changes have the ability to look better after a period of time. I placed an order in January , there were some features I did not care for which look a lot better to me after seeing the car more than once..

JT Metal

Ok, if this has been said, my bad!

The rear end reminds me of something from the Transformers movie!

Big Hammer

The "square" was rounded as was the "oval". Beat that drum, then what is the deal about nothing round about them at all?

johnglenntwo

By definition brainwashing will pull you in if she goes!

OHV4LIFE

If the rear of the C7 were styled I may not like it so much. But since the rear of the car was designed I do like it a lot. Every shape on the rear serves a function. For example, many people dislike the vents located beneath the taillights. The placement of the vents was designed into the C7. Tadge stated stated that in test the area beneath the taillights is a low pressure area that experiences a partial vacuum, which allows the air extending the vent to be sucked out. Looking at it many people would ask why did they put it there. But from listening to Tadge, that was clearly a design decision. Therefore, I wouldn't touch any part of the rear of the car.

sam90lx

You work for GM?

Speednet

Oh, I see now. Square lights with slightly rounded edges (basically the shape of iPhone icons) don't really count as "not round". Because the corners have rounded edges. And oval shape (the shape on my C5) is really round too.

It's always a blast dealing with people who will discard all logic in order to blindly support their position. Instead of "that's true, there were a couple of models that didn't have round taillights", it's more important to stick to the false narrative that "all Corvettes should have round taillights".

Bill B 1

well I don't now and have never owned a C6 but I love the C7 rear, and side and front and top, it all works together perfectly IMO.

BGCZO6

LIE2ME

I am a very happy owner of a C6 but there are styling elements of the C5 I happen to like better (e.g., I like the rear end of the C5 better than the C6, but that's just me)...

RJRSW

This pic shows my C5 and C6 converts parked next to each other and I also have always thought the C5's rear looks better than the C6's and the funny thing is when non corvette people saw the two parked next to each other most thought the C5 was the newer one.

runutzzzzz

Didn't like the rear, placed a order anyways, I must learn to like it....

Glenn Quagmire

I'm patiently waiting to see what the ZR looks like before putting one in my garage. And yes, I'm being presumptuous. But, I just can't get my head around the rear end, despite really wanting it to grow on me. I can't help but see some of the gimmickry that GM has been chided for in the past. There were a million other ways the rear could have been designed. Perhaps I set my expectations too high.

Though it isn't a deal breaker, it certainly isn't winning any awards in my mind. I keep wondering whether I will chuckle when I see the rear end 20+ years from now, kinda like I do now when I see the cladding/styling of an early 90's Bonneville SSE or a late '80's Trans Am with ram air.

I'm really hoping with some financial stability, GM will produce a revolutionary C8. Hopefully, the mods won't wait too long to open a new C8 section, so the trolls have something to speculate about after the C7's are widely available

jr3

I didnt like the rear end at first, but it's grown on me some and i've come to accept it. Everything changes sooner or later... And as said before, GM had to do something to try and increase sales and bring in new blood.

If you look at any Corvette club pics the majority of owners are older people. There is gray hair everywhere . Those groups of owners are not going to live forever, GM had to try and bring in new blood or buyers for the car.

The C7 gives a new young Corvette owner an exotic looking car for a good "bang for the buck" price. They upgraded parts of the car and addressed issues people had with the interior. And they gave buyers the options to upgrade the interior even more if they want to.

I think they wanted a design that set the C7 apart from the normal Corvette, and the rear end was a big part of the change. It screams "different" (and maybe thats what they wanted).

If we have to learn to like a new rear end in order to "keep the car alive" i think thats ok..... A much worse fate would have been if the car went the way of Pontiac, Saturn, Olds. They could have made the choice to end production of a low volume car when all the trouble was going on a few years ago with the car companies. Im glad the Vette made it through all that mess and still lives today.

I'd still like to see a few small changes to the rear end to clean it up a little bit, but if a new rear end is needed for the car to "stay alive" im ok with it.

MAGRED-02

I'm not a fan of the C7 coupe but could see a convertible in my future. I don't care for the rear end styling but haven't seen it in person. I will probably never consider it good looking but maybe I will be able to tolerate it with time.

As for the majority of Corvette owners being older and GM needing to change the styling to attract a younger crowd I don't totally agree. While a refresh is needed from time to time the Corvette has always appealed to younger buyers, they just aren't financially able to afford one until they are older. Nobody is getting younger so there will always be an "older" crowd looking to buy a Corvette.

RocketGuy3

I don't own and never owned a C6, but I hated the C7 rear end when the jalopnik render was shown ages ago. I thought it was so ridiculous that there was no way it could be real.

... But yeah, I really like it now. Very unique and aggressive looking. It does not look nearly as much like the Camaro rear as a lot of people say. Practically the only thing they have in common is that there are four lights each with four corners.