Brand X

Here is a slideshow of some pics I took at the Corvette Museum this week. I had the opportunity to "try on" a few C7s.

BlueOx

Thanks for posting! Is that you and your wife in the Stingray Premiere Edition? What did you think?

BPhillyc8

Thanks for taking the time to put it together. Much appreciated!!!

Glen1224

Really good shots!

Brand X

Actually, that's my husband sitting with me in the Corvette...LOL...

The Premiere Edition isn't a lot different than the others. You can't go wrong either way. My favorite was the convertible; however, I would have loved to seen the convertible with the top up.

BlueOx

Hmmm, no verts with the top up? Didn't see this one?

Brand X

We didn't go until Friday evening around 4. All of the vettes were in the Museum. Thanks for sharing, though. I wish I could have seen it in person.

HBJG

when you assume, you make an...

george vee

Thanks for the great video

haveblue

OP,

Muchas gracias. Now that you've tried them on, what are your likes and dislikes?

Brand X

One thing that we noticed is that the car seemed to swallow people up, so it is a lot bigger than the C6 - maybe.....Or maybe it's just the way the interior is designed. When we compared the C7 interims in the museum to a GM Build Car in the parking lot which used C6 frame, we could see a huge difference in the stance. There were about four fingers' width between the tire and the fender on the ones inside and only about 2 on the one outside (C6 frame).

I originally didn't like the little grip thing between the driver and the passenger, but it didn't really stick out as a noticeable feature when you sat inside it. So...it's definitely not a huge turnoff now.

The electronics were so much better than in the previous versions. It looks like GM has finally brought the 'vette into the 21st century with dual climate control and such...LOL...No more *****.

I hate the quarter window on the coupes. This may be why I like the convertible so much better...

I am not a fan for the large diffuser in the back unless maybe it was body color. I tended to like the back end of the black vette more because of this.

Vents - take them or leave them on the back quarter panel.

I love, love, love everything about the front of the car. I feel that the back of the car is just simply a redesign of the back end of a Camaro (I have a 5th Gen Camaro, so I can see a lot of huge similarities).

I still think my favorite vette is the C6 Grand Sport to be honest...This new one will have to grow on me a little.

One last thing- the seats were like sitting on a cloud in Heaven. I am 5'2" and weigh 105 and was extremely comfortable. My husband is 5'11 at 225 and was comfortable, so the seats were designed with every body type in mind.

haveblue

Thanks Brand X!

Great write up and take on it. Felt like I was there. The car seemed bigger and higher than your grand sport? Seats sound like a definite step up.

Can't wait to see one for myself in person.

live2drive

Ox, this car was at Bloomington Gold, not at NCM. These pictures are linked in this post from the thread "C7's open at BG". http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1584277306-post20.html


Nice slideshow and review. Thanks for posting.

OnPoint

Thanks for posting.

michaelinmech

Thank you for Photos and thoughts !!!

I agree with much of your narrative !!

Always Red Dave

The vert looks way better then the coupe JMHO!

Brand X

I agree with Always Red Dave. The convertible is pretty sweet.

Brand X

It looks like the Museum has cleared out all of the C7s. In case some of you are interested, the Museum has live webcams that allow you to look inside any time you want. You can even peruse the parking lot.

Here is the link:

http://www.corvettemuseum.org/webcam/index.shtml

tomzarbo

Brand X,

Now that you've seen both coupe and vert, there's a question I have.

Does the convertible have the same almost exotic look as the rear of the coupe when you look at them in person? That's my only problem with the C7 vert, it looks so much like the C6 vert, where the C7 coupe looks much more modern compared to the C6 coupe.

In other words, the C7 Vert doesn't look much different from the C6 Vert in my opinion, where the coupe looks lots different. Do you know what I mean? (even if you don't agree with me)

What is your opinion on this after having seen both in person?

TomZ

Brand X

I agree with you. The C7 vert looks very similar to the C6 vert. The biggest difference between the two coupes is that quarter window, which makes the whole back end arch up differently. The vert does not have the quarter window. This may be why I like the vert more than the coupe, and I was a die-hard targo top fan before. I really didn't like the C6 verts.

I am still letting the C7 grow on me. I was set on getting a Grand Sport C6 a year or two ago, but I wanted to see what the C7s would look like before I made a final decision. I am still undecided. There are a lot of features I love on the C7, but then there are some that I really just sit back and think..."why?"