2014's on the road
 

seen near Crossville Tennessee early yesterday morning.
Well wrapped in black car covers..
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You should have "bumped" one so they would have to pull over and examine the damage ;)

:rofl:
It was actually a Corvette buddy that took the pictures.

I think someone should comment about the shape of the tail lights!! :willy:

I live in Crossville... guess they were just passing through. Wish I could've seen them.

Nice rear view of the 2014 Camaro!

:iagree: :D

That was my immediate thought. :crazy:

OH they are SQUARE allright!

yup! CAD rendering taillight shape! they aren't hiding them with fake round LEDs

Is that a calliope under the rear bumper?

These are obviously much closer to production than the other mules running around. The other ones had a round LED array to throw people off, but these appear to have the production light housings behind the camo. Very cool to see.

Thanks for the photo, definitely gives us a glimpse we haven't seen yet. :cool:

Were these taken from a low flying aircraft? The point of view is pretty high up!

I would guess from a semi since it's high up and VERY early in the morning.

OMG they are going to be box like! These will look so much better than the round mule photo's.

It appears they had four different designers at work on the taillights. To keep from getting anyone's feelings hurt, GM gave each designer their own taillight to design, thus we have four different shapes, as the photo clearly shows.

You're evil!

And, it seems as though you got your wish. Anyone want to make a bet on how long it takes for this to get locked? The mods have CLEARLY grown tired of tail light talk (as have I).

Jimmy

OMG, I want that optional roof mounted CB antenna!!!

:lol:

I think we should all wrap our C5's/C6's in vinyl and foam and drive them around just to mess with people...

The width fills up that lane pretty good.

I willing to predict that the C7's width comes in a little wider then the base C6(72.6") and a tiny bit narrower then the wide body C6(75.9").

I'm going for 74.8". What say everyone else?

I predict 75.0"

That 75 stuff has me worried. I think 73 inches is better because the car already feels to big for most secondary roads. My daughter's Mini is a blast to drive and I was hoping for something in between..

I say I hope you are right......:thumbs:

I think the rear lights look pretty menacing and cool in this shot.

Just a guess but it might be shorter (48") by 1". The width is harder to guess as the padding of the camo messes with the apparent width.

Since they went back and used the LT1 engine designation is it possible they are also going back and using a C4 style tail light shape?Not round,not half like the Camaro,but a little of both....

I am thinking 75

It's a 4-pipe ORGAN to make sweet music with!:D

I agree with you on the height. I believe they will be back to the C5's height of 47.7", from the base C6's 49.1" and the wide body's 48.7".

What do think the width of the C7 will be?

I've never really thought about width as the camo/padding just makes it too hard to tell. The only reason I thought about the height was because it looked short next to other cars in spy shots. That is the one place where camo has no effect.

Ignore the camo and make a guesstimate from the rear view mirrors, you can almost see where they connect to the body at the base :yesnod:

Have to agree as well, that's exactly what I thought .

I think it's easier to look at the width over the "B" pillers and then judge the distance the rear fenders stick out. I doubt if there will be any change in the width over the "B" pillers(C6 vs C7) as that would change the size of the passenger compartment, which I doubt will become smaller on the C7.

Your estimate seems correct. The ones in the pic do look good given the quality of the photo. Tail lights, however, are a different story.

True..great point.

Well, we now have confirmation on at least 2 colors. ZebraCamo and Black.

I'm pretty sure that the base body is going to be wider. Maybe not having wider tires but definitely have the wheels pushed out a bit further.

This image from one of the teaser videos has had a few of us thinking that they threw us a hit on the subject.

http://www.corvetteconti.com/blog/wp...ions2-copy.jpg

It's hard to tell from the pic but I don't necessarily think the tail lights are square...could be a camo illusion

Wow those exhaust tips look like thier 5 inch trumpets for the LT1 to sing thru...

Definitely larger then those shown in some of the spy shots. I'm guessing the car closest to the camera is a Hi-Po version as it appears to also have a full width spoiler. In the earlier spy shots, the cars with the smaller exhaust tips appeared to have a small spoiler about the same size as the base C6.

:thumbs::thumbs:

how can a tailight look menacing kinda blurry

Some of you guys have got some SKILLZ man! I don't know how you guys can tell what shape those lights are. Each one is peaking through the camo into a different shape.

Oh! And I see steamroller wide wheels.

They look like wet sleeping bags to me.

Camo could have round holes cut into it, making the tail lights look more round than square. If they really are round, then that's going to be a surprise for most.

Working on it right now. :thumbs:

This is the MSRP for the C7 - 75K for a Z51/Grandsport/new stingray top level production model.

:funnypost: Now THAT would be hilarious :rock: :rock: :rock:

second from the rear appears to be a hardtop vert.

This thread has to be setting a record for the greatest number of stupid remarks in the shortest amount of time....all based on almost nothing.:rock:

I like turtles:thumbs:

They had a couple of good songs :rock: :rock: :rock:

its all about the dreams, there is a shortage of actual information, so a man has to dream...

I hear the soup is good, even comes in its own bowl:cheers:

With all the hype about 4-door coupes these days I hope they don't add 2 extra doors to the C7. BMW has already committed blasphemy by adding 2 doors to the iconic 6 series. Aston Martin's done it with the Rapide..

i'm too lazy to do anything myself but here's a free million- no... BILLION-dollar idea:

>>>aftermarket round taillight conversion kits for the C7<<<

boom. [you're welcome]

they are already round.:rock:

Just a wild guess @ 68" or 69" to the outside mirror edges. Happy?:lol:
I took the pic and measured about 5 and 2/3 license plate widths. If they are 12" wide, I'm guessing 68" or 69".

I'm also guessing the pipe ends at 4"(OD), based on the same guessimation. Lots of sideways movement blur so I could be way off.
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Yep. I knew you wouldn't go half ass and if you gave a number you would have some sort of proof to back it up. Lol.

I'm betting the tail lights are round. The inside passenger light is round on the bottom. It's very sharp unlike the others that look blurry around the cut out.

IDK, that just seems way narrow...unless this thing is a LOT smaller than I think it is. Are your license plates 12" wide?

I think it's 6in x 12in

Try it yourself...it just doesn't seem possible to me for it to be that small.

Brakes on in tailing car (is that why we see 3rd brake light)? If so, w/o brakes applied it night be just the narrower perimeter of the tail light that illuminates.

I looked up the length of Michigan license plates. Listed as 12 inches. I measured from tip if mirror to tip of mirror. 5.75 x 12 and got 69. Geesh this thing my be small and light

Yeah, but I'm thinking we need to try this with some other pic...to confirm this approach.

Clearly these have the production tail lights that we saw in the red CAD drawing. The camp is shifted to one side altering the apparent shape.

True, have to find the same test mule and measure again

You can't measure from mirror to mirror in this picture and make the calculation work. You are dealing with such tiny width measurements in the picture for the plate (around 49 pixels) that the perspective shrink in moving farther forward to the mirrors gives you a significant decrease in your width. That is why the mirror width seems so unrealistically small.

The only way to do the ratio is to measure the picture width of the car at the rear, at the same distance from the camera as the license plate you are using for your base measurement. But we are flummoxed by the camo and the indistinct outlines at the rear of the car in this pic.

I wouldn't trust any calculations in this particular case. We're back to guesswork. But it's a nice try! :thumbs:

I'm revising my guess to somewhere between 69" and 71" based on the same pic. I enlarged it a lot and then remeasured using a better estimate of the license plate. Still a wild shot.:D

ahh well it's something to do lol.

well... we will see if they are or not in less than a month. :cool:

Utah would be proud:thumbs:

I was instigating :D

Originally Posted by CRABBYJ on 9/24/2012

keeks, with a little specification research on Corvettes sizes, the smallest/biggest are:

C3 Width 69.0" vs C5 73.6"
C4 Wheel base 96.2" vs C6 105.7"
C4 Height 46.3" vs C1 52.9"
C6 Length 174.6" vs C3 185.3"

I was surprised because I always thought my '65 C2 was smaller in every way to my '05 C6. Can you give your general feeling where the C7 fits among all Corvettes to date? Thanks.


Keek's reply:I have a 69, 61, 63, 13. My very amateur opinion/ guess is that the new vette is closer dimensionally to 69.
When I look at my beautiful 2013 rear end compared to the 1969 it is massive. Great! But massive and different. I believe the 2014 will occupy the niche closer to the dimensions of the 69 especially rear girth

Big, tall people or small C7?
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This may have been pointed out before, but you need to look closely ar the 68-73 rear styling. Start with the cars' overall width at the rear wheel arches. Then note how the fenders taper way inward after that, ending in a taillamp panel that is much narrower (ignore the chrome bumpers). The much-criticized big butts on C5 and C6 are nearly as wide as the width at the wheels (base car). For the C7 it appears that the designers are returning to that 68-73 tapered theme to achieve a small-appearing rear end even though the C7's overall width will be similar to the base C6.


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Hopefully its not too small. One of the reasons I chose the Corvette over other competitors, was the extra interior space. As a guy who's 6-3, 240lbs way too many sportscars are impossible for me to fit in comfortably.

In addition to the extra cockpit space, the cargo space is something else of the sportscar phenomenon. It makes the car more useable for daily driving and extended highway trips. The highlight of my C6 ownership, was driving my car from Washington, DC down to Key West, FL and back in a weeks time between Christmas & NYE. Packed in the car along with my girlfriend & I, were two carryon suitcases, three soft duffel bags and one garment bag. We stayed in Orlando, Miami and Key West.

Take away the relatively large interior and that trip either would have been alot less comfortable or even impossible. Driving any car 2000+ miles in a week's time is already scary enough, doing it in a sports car is something most people wouldnt dare to do. Not only did we enjoy the trip, but we are already disappointed that we were not able to do it again this Christmas/NYE.

Yep. 15 Corvettes on a 10 day trip covering 3427 miles. And still able do 0-60 in 3.6 seconds, the 1/4mile in under 11 seconds, top speed of 198 MPH, pulling 1+g on a twisty mountain road, and getting 28+ MPG crusing down the Interstate. And not having to have back surgery when you get home.

How many of those itty bitty sports cars can do that?

None---- not and have the room available in my coupe (not quite the performance of yours, but good enough for me) :rock: :rock::rock: :rock:

You folks should weigh in on the Interior road noise thread:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...oad-noise.html

Great, I like the tribute to C3 but i also like the C5/C6 big butt look too!! The big butt has a more badass look and the taper has a more polished look...imo...