Generations! (Chevrolet Corvette)

[2o6]

This poll is more so about which you like the most, rather than what you feel is the "best", since in all quantitative measures, the C6 is the best one.

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5

C6

[GoCougs]

Technically and historically-significance-wise I'm going with the C2. When it debuted in '63 it was a world class car by every measure; IRS, disk brakes, fuel injection (albeit rare), big power.

Stylistically I go with the C3 before they got ugly with the bumpers in '73 and the horrific rounding from '74 - '82. These were actually pretty lousy cars with horrible build quality, but wow a '68 - '72 is a beautiful machine.

[2o6]

I chose the C4. I love it's unapologetically 80's chiseled, we-are-now-using-CAD-to-design-our-cars look to them that I just love.

A guy down the street has a facelift C4, and I think it looks great.


Behind the C4 is probably the C2 and the C5.

[Mustangfan2003]

I'd go with the C2, still one of the best looking cars ever built. 

[Tave]

No love for the C1? I think it's the best looking by far...


It's also the only Vette I freak out over when I see it.

[giant_mtb]

It's pretty interesting how different the C1 and C2 are.  Hardly any styling lineage.  From the C2 on you can definitely see the similarities in styling, but the C1-C2 jump sure is gigantic.

My favorites are the C3.

C4s are the worst.

[The Pirate]

I love me a facelifted C4.

[2o6]

I think I like them all, actually.

[Cookie Monster]

C4 please.

[the Teuton]

If I am DDing it, absolutely the C6.

If I am not, then one just like the C2 in Con Air will suffice just fine, thanks. Pre-wreck, of course.



I lied, I want a passenger-side mirror.

[Rupert]

Early C3.

[Onslaught]

C1- Good looking car
C2- Great looking car on the outside. Probably the one I'd want just to show off.
C3- Ugly on the inside and out. I don't get why people like these things so much. And I hear it's a horrible car to drive too. I don't know, I've only been a passanger in one.
C4- Good looking on the outside but ugly inside.
C5- Same as C4. Interior by Fisher Price.
C6- Looks great inside and out. First time I feel you get what you pay for. Win.

[L. ed foote]

C2

[Raza]

None of the above.  Corvettes are entirely for homosexuals and women only.  Basically, if you drive one, you'll suck cock to get a nice house.  It's like an automotive tongue ring. 

[Byteme]

C2, followed by an FI C1, 1957 vintage.

[Byteme]

It's pretty interesting how different the C1 and C2 are.  Hardly any styling lineage.  From the C2 on you can definitely see the similarities in styling, but the C1-C2 jump sure is gigantic.

My favorites are the C3.

C4s are the worst.

There is a reason the C2 was such a departure from the C1.

Ss the story goes the Jaguar contingent at the New York Auto Show in 1961 came in early one morning to find Chevrorel engineers armed with clipboards and measuring tapes all over the the new E-types on display in the Jaguar exhibit area.  Two years later the 63 Sting Ray with IRS is introduced. 

And if I recall correctly the rear end on the 61 and 62 C1 is pretty similar to the C2.

[cawimmer430]

C1 all the way. The car that started the Corvette History & Heritage. 

The C3, C4 and C5 are kind of "dull" if you ask me. The C2 is pure badassness and the C6 is elegant and dynamic-looking.

[hotrodalex]

C2 and C1 are almost tied. C3 is third, followed by C5. I wouldn't even consider a C4, I don't see the appeal.

And I don't consider the C6 to be in the same league as the others, I guess just because buying a new car is completely different than buying a classic one.

[omicron]

A very, very difficult question. Not the C5 or C6 - too new to be my favourite. A C4, particularly the facelifted ZR1-bodied models, is particularly appealing indeed, although not at the top of my list. A C2 is nice, too, and I was about this close to choosing a chrome-bumpered C3 with its fabulous, masculine shape and classic, crisp lines until......

...the C1. A '53-'55 C1 Corvette is by far one of the most gorgeous, sensual cars ever made. Only the '55 had the right engine, mind, but such an exquisite, pure shape is hard to go by. The stunning '58-'60 quad-headlight round-rear models are brilliant, too. Fuel-injected. Lordy me.

[Laconian]

I wouldn't even consider a C4, I don't see the appeal.

NEVER! BEFORE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP7ijUkgc-4

[Secret Chimp]

I like the C3. It looks like a Batmobile.

[the Teuton]

NEVER! BEFORE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP7ijUkgc-4

Commercials back then sucked.

[93JC]

There is a reason the C2 was such a departure from the C1.

Ss the story goes the Jaguar contingent at the New York Auto Show in 1961 came in early one morning to find Chevrorel engineers armed with clipboards and measuring tapes all over the the new E-types on display in the Jaguar exhibit area.  Two years later the 63 Sting Ray with IRS is introduced. 

You E-type owners think EVERY sports car is somehow 'inspired' by the E-type.

GM had been working on a new Corvette with IRS, four-wheel disc brakes (rear inboard), blah blah blah as early as 1957. (Look up the XP-84 "Q-Corvette" concept.)

[hotrodalex]

I like the C3. It looks like a Batmobile.

That's why I kind of don't like the C3. The early ones are cool, but I see too many customized ones that are weird and all swoopy and kind of creepy.

[Mustangfan2003]

NEVER! BEFORE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP7ijUkgc-4

That must have been the Stigs first job. 

[Laconian]

That must have been the Stigs first job. 

Stig's listening to Morse code on NEVER BEFORE speakers!

[Byteme]

You E-type owners think EVERY sports car is somehow 'inspired' by the E-type.

GM had been working on a new Corvette with IRS, four-wheel disc brakes (rear inboard), blah blah blah as early as 1957. (Look up the XP-84 "Q-Corvette" concept.)

I'm simply retelling a documented event.  One can draw one's own conclusions.

[r0tor]

Round eye C1 for me...

[SVT666]

The C3 is one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen, and the C2 Stingrays are the hottest Vettes ever made.  How Chevy could go from the best to the worst in one redesign is beyond me.

[SVT32V]

That's why I kind of don't like the C3. The early ones are cool, but I see too many customized ones that are weird and all swoopy and kind of creepy.

Corvette Summer, oh how the 70s were an embarrassment