Zora_Vette

Kodiak Bear

This is NOT a beauty contest thread, this is an accuracy thread. How close do the representations by the artist approximate the "Real C8" ? We won't know until the C8 shows.

IMO, tjhe work the artist under discussion will not come anywhere close when it comes to the side scoop. Not beautiy but accuracy.

Second your alleged checkbook vote predicition is not worth the effort for you to claim it. What we humans say we'll do in any situation is a terrible predictor or our actual behavior should we ever get into that situation. Read some social psychology on that subject.

John T

Crazy question:: Has anyone else beside JRCoates seen this pic before it was recently posted?

firstvettesoon

where/what is this from?

John T

McLaren Senna?

Mikec7z

senna

Zora_Vette

Yep, but similar to what the C8 scoop will look like.

OnPoint

John T

I truly hope not.

Zora_Vette

The angle that I posted should be similar to the side view of the C8 scoop.

Shaka

You're only showing half the picture. Do you work for CNN? In this case, I think function will follow form therefore the red car will be how the scoop will be on the high HP versions,

Zora_Vette

Did you fail kindergarten? Clearly you dont know how to read.

John T

I am really not taking sides- just pure passion here:: I hope Shaka is accurate about the classic look that the base ME may possess. As for the hotter versions - maybe in a perfect world a good comparison would be the 308/288 GTO. The base 308 was gorgeous but the 288 was even sexier.

torquenstein

jeans got the camo treatment too. GM is going all out on this one

WICKEDFRC

Why? To call me a bully? Haha. That thing is hideous. And I like Silverados. All these automakers slapping a big name brand across their grills or their tailgates (like Ford) look A+ Retarded.

As if a small 3 x 5 Ford or Chevy logo is unworthy in 2020.

Shaka

I take FVS renders and modify them after he has done all the hard work. Here I lengthened the nose and raised the wheels and arches and widened the side window.

I start by chopping his work up.

I'm fairly certain that the side intake will look like this on the base car. This car also carries my usual treatment of being longer, lower, hood outlet and side window with inlet.

My usual treatment to the C8R proportions.

Pencil is my favorite tool.

To make this look like a photo is not my thing. It would take a solid week or more. The fun part is the original design. This design looks classic Vette and American.

Check out the Z badge on this Vettified Ferrari. I was hoping for something exotic.

Original. Can you see all the changes?

Kodiak Bear

Radically edited from Peters interview in 2017

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-vid...rds-tom-peters

And IMO applicable to the C8

tying in and harvesting what's learned on the racing circuit. Working in harsh environments and

optimizing the technology, particularly in

· aerodynamics and

· powertrain,

· even suspension.

Every aspect that we take in, and express in a new way in street form.

You look for those timeless elements in past vehicles. The trick is to boil them down into their essence.

· Like the fender shapes on a Corvette,

· the section to that power bulge hood,

· the basic proportions of the wheels.

· And you've got this kind of a fuselage shape,

with an aircraft, fighter-like canopy sitting on top of that,

THAT'S A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT.

But you've got to convert or translate in a modern way.

I’m thinking I want to make sure this stays pure to a Corvette, but I want to say something new.

At the end of the day, you stand back and look at the overall shape.

Does it still say Corvette?

Don't design this for the current Corvette or Camaro customer.

DESIGN IT FOR WHEN YOU WERE 10 YEARS OLD.

When I saw one of those Stingrays for the first time, it was like a spaceship landed. I remember the day, crystal clear, when that '63 Stingray pulled up to our grade-school and the kid got out. His dad was dropping him off. We'd get out of the bus and wait for that.

"Don't design it for the Corvette enthusiast or the guys you see at the races."

They're wonderful people, obviously, but if you want to take this into the future and you want to make sure you instill that lifelong passion—that

"Someday, I'm going to have one of those” kind of feeling—that's what you want.

BEAR-AvHistory

The greenhouse has a look very similar to the Ferrari F430

Mikec7z

if they weren't worried about carrying golf clubs and luggage, they should have done huge pass throughs like he Ford GT or Aston Martin Valarie... and kept the FE car around for people who want practical.

Shaka

That's BS. I'm 72 and I see cars the same way I saw them when I was 10.. The guy who designs the new Vette must be as good as Shinoda or better. It must be better than the LaFerrari. or the Aston Martin Valkyrie.

Tom Peters' ME Vette

Best looking production Vette ever from Shinoda's Mako Shark II. 68/9


68 F330 P4
Pretty damn close.

AM Valkyrie


Mitchell/Brock 59 Sting Ray what the 63 should have been. Best looking car ever.


My interpretation.

I was 13 when Mitchell's 59 Sting Ray arrived. It looked like a spaceship. The 63 was a poor interpretation of it. Shinoda was restrained by the awful chassis. The 59 concept was placed on one of 4 chassis that Duntov designed which was a virtual copy of the Mercedes 55 SLR. His SS used one of the others.
When I saw the 68 during my lat year of college, I could not believe how beautiful a car could get. I still love it. The same year as the 330 P4 Ferrari which looked old fashioned next to it.



This is the best I can do which just doesn't cut it. I don't think Tom Peters can either. 10 year olds don't like the C7.