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Old 09-16-2013, 06:33 PM
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This Saturday Motorweek will do it's review of the Corvette C7. You can also see some of the video on YouTube.
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Old 09-16-2013, 07:23 PM
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That car in that video looks and sounds aggressive as all hades, IMHO. Their full segment on Saturday should be something, man
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Originally Posted by StingrayC7
This sounded like an infomercial.. I was expecting the guy at the end of the video to say "Order now! Operators are standing by!"
Seriously man, you do have three of the cars he was extolling the virtues of on order, right? Did you see the Christian Science Monitor review?
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It sure looks AMAZING in Blade Silver. I just can't decide if I want the black or body color spoiler....
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Motorweek is one of the longest running car test shows . I respect that they have lasted more than 30 years with The same moderator . Nice to see them still with the same format .
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That silver looks great.
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I've been noticing in these C7 reviews the reviewers are saying some weird things.
The most recent now is the Motorweek review where the C7 sound s like a 1961 Ferrari California from the movie Ferris Bueller's day off.
Comparing a 1961 car to a 2013 ... seems a bit off to me.
Kind of makes me wonder if there is a bustle in the hedgerow over this car.
Anyway I googled it, you can hear it at the end.


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Originally Posted by matthewelle
I've been noticing in these C7 reviews the reviewers are saying some weird things.
The most recent now is the Motorweek review where the C7 sound s like a 1961 Ferrari California from the movie Ferris Bueller's day off.
Comparing a 1961 car to a 2013 ... seems a bit off to me.
Kind of makes me wonder if there is a bustle in the hedgerow over this car.
Anyway I googled it, you can hear it at the end.

Don't be alarmed, now!
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Is it just me or does that ride height look WAY better on this C7 compared to others we've seen? Maybe GM is lower the car slightly for production models? Maybe it is just camera angle?
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Originally Posted by gthal
Is it just me or does that ride height look WAY better on this C7 compared to others we've seen? Maybe GM is lower the car slightly for production models? Maybe it is just camera angle?
I agree, but I doubt it is the camera angle.
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Originally Posted by gthal
Is it just me or does that ride height look WAY better on this C7 compared to others we've seen? Maybe GM is lower the car slightly for production models? Maybe it is just camera angle?
Looks fine at the more extended Ring footage here also:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...ng-action.html
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Originally Posted by StingrayC7
This sounded like an infomercial.. I was expecting the guy at the end of the video to say "Order now! Operators are standing by!"


Motorweeks John Davis knows how to maintain a long running tv series about cars; he points out mainly the positives... and lightly mentions any negatives.

It's to be expected for this type of show.

If you want to see a TV show that's married to a company; checkout Corvette Nation on the Velocity network. It is one big infomercial for Mid America
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Originally Posted by Mike Mercury


Motorweeks John Davis knows how to maintain a long running tv series about cars; he points out mainly the positives... and lightly mentions any negatives.

It's to be expected for this type of show.

If you want to see a TV show that's married to a company; checkout Corvette Nation on the Velocity network. It is one big infomercial for Mid America
Yeah sure, with tax payer subsidies. He is disgusting and so is his show.

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John Davies/Motorweek use a pretty down to earth approach to reviews. Like it or not, they review for the average Joe & Jane. I like to watch but realize they are far from the most in-depth reviews.

And yes, sometimes their reviews do come off like infomercials.
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Originally Posted by Shaka
Yeah sure, with tax payer subsidies. He is disgusting and so is his show.
uhh... the show went into national syndication beginning September, 1993.
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Originally Posted by matthewelle
I've been noticing in these C7 reviews the reviewers are saying some weird things.
The most recent now is the Motorweek review where the C7 sound s like a 1961 Ferrari California from the movie Ferris Bueller's day off.
Comparing a 1961 car to a 2013 ... seems a bit off to me.
Kind of makes me wonder if there is a bustle in the hedgerow over this car.
Anyway I googled it, you can hear it at the end.

OMG! He's right.

It does sound exactly like that car!



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