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I love the new look and everything about the new C8 but it looks like if you want a fully convertible soft top super car the C7 is the last Vette you can buy in that configuration.
Do you agree?
Hardtop all the way because you get the best of both worlds, quiet like a coupe and open-top when you want. Trust me once you get one you would never look back.
I have wanted a 458 Spider for quite a while due to it's beautiful hardtop vert execution...but they are prohibitively expensive. Now the Corvette is offering a similar design and I couldn't be happier. The soft tops never appealed to me due to the typical sagging canvas look on them after a while. The C7 Couple allowed me an open top experience via the targa ut I would definitely like to have an even more open experience.
Hardtop all the way because you get the best of both worlds, quiet like a coupe and open-top when you want. Trust me once you get one you would never look back.
I don't think so!
The first Corvette was a convertible. It was meant to be a convertible.
Hardtop all the way because you get the best of both worlds, quiet like a coupe and open-top when you want. Trust me once you get one you would never look back.
I don't know about the C7 but the C6 crowd says the convertible is quieter than the coupe.
Did they show how the top will open? I do like the look of the hard top better on C7 but would have liked the convenience of pushing a button to open the top. I do open my top on C7 Z06 and look forward to the C8.
Have you driven the C7 soft-top? My GS is quiet and I can take the roof up/down in 20 seconds and while driving up to 30 miles a hour. Which I do all the time, So I end up driving with the top down way more than any other Targa tops. Beside there is way more wind over my bald head when I want too.
I always love the look of the convertible, until the top is up. It’s a good thing I think, hopefully we see a Vert Z06, if so that’s what I’ll be getting.
As long as it is a convertible. Hard top convertible sounds very interesting to me. Love my C7 GS Vert and if the C8 vert works out, I would have to consider the C8 Z06 Vert, but the lack of a manual is a big problem for me. Why can't they have a DCT that allows non-sequential gear selection instead of only sequential? That I would give a serous try.
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Originally Posted by Fcal
I don't think so!
The first Corvette was a convertible. It was meant to be a convertible.
If you look back there were periods where a convertible was not available. For me most of the time it becomes way too hot to drive with the top down and at my age and the traffic I encounter the clutch becomes my enemy. So I am excited about the C8. I think Chevy hit a home run. I don't know how they can sell this for under 60k unless maybe it's being subsidized by GM. I believe this will sell worldwide. They are even making a model with steering on the right side.
A retractable Hard Top convertible was the #3 new feature I was hoping to see on the C8 right behind a DCT transmission and the mid-engine layout... Ferrari got it right for a mid-engined car back in 2011 with the 458 Mercedes had a Hardtop Convrwrtibke WAY back in 1996 with the SLK and really it should have been available on at least the C6
The batmobile buttresses shown in the preliminary vert pictures are necessary to hold the hinges for a retractable hardtop. Be interesting to actually observe the visibility from the driver's seat with top up and retracted given the rear wing and buttresses.
I don't know about the C7 but the C6 crowd says the convertible is quieter than the coupe.
My c6 vert is much quieter than my C5 coupe. I originally was worried about the vert being too loud but several confirmed that it was just as quiet if not quieter than the coupe - mainly due to resonating road noise in the hatch area
the stingray has the removable targa ..... that's what it looks like when top is removed. I say it's as close to a convertible that you're going to get. there is no place for a rag top storage on the C8. notice they also state that the rear trunk space can hold 2 standard golf club sets OR targa top. seems like once you put the top in the rear trunk there is no space for anything else.....hence the frunk storage
A retractable Hard Top convertible was the #3 new feature I was hoping to see on the C8 right behind a DCT transmission and the mid-engine layout... Ferrari got it right for a mid-engined car back in 2011 with the 458 Mercedes had a Hardtop Convrwrtibke WAY back in 1996 with the SLK and really it should have been available on at least the C6
I had retractable roof cars since 2011, a couple of BMW 4 Series hard top convertible. I actually love the soft top on my C7 GS as it is lighter and leave more cargo room. Removing the roof piece manually is not so practical specifically if you line in a place like Kansas were it can rain one moment and not the other and if your commute is like 30 minutes or shorter you are not going to add 10 more minutes to put the roof up or down. So what most Corvette Targa roof owners and up doing is driving with the roof up most of the time.
I love the windy sunny experience way more, love my soft top C7.
Maybe GM will find a mechanical way to have a retractable roof on the C8 although right now it doesn't seem like it. It looks like they when for more cargo space in the back behind the engine, which most Mid engine cars don't have instead of leaving room for a retractable roof
07-20-2019, 07:56 AM
The end of a soft top Corvette era?
