HOLY CRAP this is what the C7 Vette should look like

[Onslaught]

Can you make any comments that aren't insulting and borderline ignorant?

Sure. Can you not be a prick who can't take it when someone isn't a fan of a car you like or owned?

[SVT666]

Sure. Can you not be a prick who can't take it when someone isn't a fan of a car you like or owned?

This is what we call a rhetorical question.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Hmm...

Is it like this?

Thats a Grand Sport,not a ZR1. Still nice and one of my favorites!

[The Pirate]

Thats a Grand Sport,not a ZR1. Still nice and one of my favorites!

LT4. 

I spent a week with a triple black '96 LT4 six-speed Corvette at my disposal.  Loved it, and I will own a C4 someday.

[Cookie Monster]

Hmm...

Is it like this?

Yessir.

[Raza]

Thats a Grand Sport,not a ZR1. Still nice and one of my favorites!

Yeah, that's what I was getting at there.  Way to ruin the reveal, kiddo.

Yessir.

Look up.  It's not a ZR-1.

[the Teuton]

The ugliest Vette, to me, would be the 1984-91 (?) C4 Corvette.  It was just so tacky, and the 4+3 transmission didn't help its reputation.

I like the pre-plastic bumper C3, and as much as I like that concept, I don't think it would be right to make it the next Corvette, especially considering that car found itself in a fuel and emissions crisis, too.  I don't think it's a good historical footnote, at least the latter C3s.

[Cookie Monster]

Yeah, that's what I was getting at there.  Way to ruin the reveal, kiddo.

Look up.  It's not a ZR-1.

I know it's not a ZR-1, but it's a C4.

[ChrisV]

Sure. Can you not be a prick who can't take it when someone isn't a fan of a car you like or owned?

Ah. If you don't want someone responding to you when you post something retarded and insulting, then don't post it to start with.

Sorry you're too fucking stupid to see that. You want the ability to be a prick whenever you want, but are a crybaby when anyone responds in kind. "wahhh! I want to insult he car and its owners but the big bad man was mean to me when I did it! Wahhh!"

[Sigma Projects]

The ugliest Vette, to me, would be the 1984-91 (?) C4 Corvette.  It was just so tacky, and the 4+3 transmission didn't help its reputation.

I like the pre-plastic bumper C3, and as much as I like that concept, I don't think it would be right to make it the next Corvette, especially considering that car found itself in a fuel and emissions crisis, too.  I don't think it's a good historical footnote, at least the latter C3s.

Yea I feel the same way, C4s I think are generally the least favorite among them because the style was simplified. And also feel the same way about the concept, I like to see the vette keep on it's evolutionary journey.

[JYODER240]

I really like the shape but it's too retro in some of the details.

[Tave]

Yea I feel the same way, C4s I think are generally the least favorite among them because the style was simplified. And also feel the same way about the concept, I like to see the vette keep on it's evolutionary journey.

I just think it looks fragile.

It also suffers from being stuck in one of the more mundane design periods. There's a certain appeal to the clean, rather boring boxes of that era, but the Corvette is an exciting car, and it's hard to pass over a good design from 1950, 1960, 1970, 1990, or 2000; for a good design from 1980.

At least that's my opinion.

[USA_Idol]

I think the C3R is cool.

At the same time...

I think it's time for a revolution instead of evolution in design.

[the Teuton]

I think the C3R is cool.

At the same time...

I think it's time for a revolution instead of evolution in design.

The C6 was supposed to look like the Corvette Miami project (rarely ever seen), but it was scrapped at the last minute.  Phil Berg of "Ultimate Garages" fame, who also wrote C6 Corvette, told me that the car was supposed to look a lot more like the XLR in its sharp angles, but when the design team showed it to the Corvette Club of Miami, the backlash was so strong that they completely redesigned the skin before the C6 came out, thus giving us the rather conservative Corvette we have today.

[Onslaught]

Ah. If you don't want someone responding to you when you post something retarded and insulting, then don't post it to start with.

Sorry you're too fucking stupid to see that. You want the ability to be a prick whenever you want, but are a crybaby when anyone responds in kind. "wahhh! I want to insult he car and its owners but the big bad man was mean to me when I did it! Wahhh!"

Ok, I didn't realize that I couldn't say something is ugly. Even if it is. And you can disagree with that all you like but it won't change my view of it.
And please understand that out of all the people on this site your opinion is the most irrelevant  to me. You can in no way insult or bother me. So don't think that you've somehow got under my skin. I could care less what you think.

Back on topic. I still don't like the looks of this imaginary C7.

[SVT666]

Ok, I didn't realize that I couldn't say something is ugly. Even if it is. And you can disagree with that all you like but it won't change my view of it.
And please understand that out of all the people on this site your opinion is the most irrelevant  to me. You can in no way insult or bother me. So don't think that you've somehow got under my skin. I could care less what you think.

Back on topic. I still don't like the looks of this imaginary C7.

It's ugly as shit...just like the car it took it's inspiration from.


Oops.

[Onslaught]

It's ugly as shit...just like the car it took it's inspiration from.


Oops.

You know it's funny that I'm told that I cry or that I don't have thick skin. I hear Miata jokes all the time and I don't get red in the face and make my keyboard smoke with rage as I try and get back at the person. Hell, most of the time I go along with the jokes about the homo car.

[MX793]

I just think it looks fragile.

It also suffers from being stuck in one of the more mundane design periods. There's a certain appeal to the clean, rather boring boxes of that era, but the Corvette is an exciting car, and it's hard to pass over a good design from 1950, 1960, 1970, 1990, or 2000; for a good design from 1980.

At least that's my opinion.

The third gen Corvette started in 1968, which means it was a 1960s design.  By 1980, it was very long in the tooth (and still had a couple more years of sales before the C4 showed up).

The C3 was one of my personal favorite Vettes (especially the early ones before all of the emissions crap choked all the power out of them).  The shape was downright sexy.  I'd love a '69 427 Sting Ray.

[SVT666]

You know it's funny that I'm told that I cry or that I don't have thick skin. I hear Miata jokes all the time and I don't get red in the face and make my keyboard smoke with rage as I try and get back at the person. Hell, most of the time I go along with the jokes about the homo car.

Hell, I have you quoted saying as much.   

[hotrodalex]

The concept is too retro. Basing some things off an older model is fine, but there should be more modern details.

[S204STi]

Ah. If you don't want someone responding to you when you post something retarded and insulting, then don't post it to start with.

Sorry you're too fucking stupid to see that. You want the ability to be a prick whenever you want, but are a crybaby when anyone responds in kind. "wahhh! I want to insult he car and its owners but the big bad man was mean to me when I did it! Wahhh!"

You're the one who takes everything personally. 

Hey everyone, it's Chris"If you say anything about my car that can somehow be traced back as a personal insult I will take it as such, even if it was just someone else's opinion, oh yeah and I'm a hypocrit,"V.

[MidnightDave]

I like the "shark" 'vettes, that's why I had a '69, and Hemi's right, that looks just like it!

The fugliest, IMO was the 1978, the body looked like a bloated RX-7 from the same era.

It also made less HP than a stock MINI...

[Sigma Projects]

i really hope the next C7 has a much more drastic look in styling and I hope it's a hate it or love it thing. As long as it keep running circles around higher end cars it's all gravey, I just hated when they did new body work for the Z06 and it looks basically the same and then the ZR-1 and then it looks basically the same... Seriously should have just made the ZR-1 look like a C6R, side exhaust, wing and all.

[Catman]

My Wife's uncle had one of these 1978 Pace Cars and sold it a few years ago:



The car had 3K on the odo and he even had the original door decals (not applied) and a leather jacket that came with it.  Yeah not the greatest year but he offered it to me for $13000.  I should have bought it.  It was like it just came out of the showroom.

[TBR]

$13000 for a model car? That seems silly.

[Catman]

$13000 for a model car? That seems silly.

LOL, it was a real one.

[Onslaught]

$13000 for a model car? That seems silly.

I don't know, Tamiya makes some great models.

[Sigma Projects]

man those stingrays are nice.

[565]

I also dislike the C4 vettes.

I hope the next Vette is mid-engined.

[SVT666]

I also dislike the C4 vettes.

I hope the next Vette is mid-engined.

Then it's not a Vette.