C7 Corvette

[SVT666]

[Laconian]

Overall it's quite nice. Looks best from the front!

[MX793]

There's just something odd about a Corvette with C-pillars.

[Payman]

I'm in love with the whole package, rear end included. I have a new 3 year plan to buy an off-lease '14.

[SVT666]

The more I look at the rear the more it bugs me.  I still love the rest of it though.

[280Z Turbo]

There's just something odd about a Corvette with C-pillars.

Does this count?

[CALL_911]

I'm a fan, but I like the C6 more.

[Raza]

I understand what they were going for, but interiors designed like this almost always lack flow and this is no exception.  It's very visually unappealing, like they designed the interior and then said "Oh shit, we have to put another chair next to this one...let's just tack it on." 

[MrH]

I love how driver centric it is.  The passenger's temperature isn't even in the center stack, but instead on the passenger air vent.  Why?  Because fuck having passengers

[2o6]

I don't know how I feel about it.

[SVT666]

I understand what they were going for, but interiors designed like this almost always lack flow and this is no exception.  It's very visually unappealing, like they designed the interior and then said "Oh shit, we have to put another chair next to this one...let's just tack it on."

I dig that.  The driver's side of the dash should be totally driver centric...and I really do love how the passenger's HVAC controls on his/her side.

[Raza]

I love how driver centric it is.  The passenger's temperature isn't even in the center stack, but instead on the passenger air vent.  Why?  Because fuck having passengers

Yeah, but it looks terrible.  Not feng shui at all.  No flow.  Soft touch blah blah blah, but it's not nice to look at in the pictures, anyway. 

Also, count me in the minority that doesn't like this much.  It's too "car of the future" instead of "car".  It looks like something out of Minority Report.  Great profile, but I'm not convinced by the front or the rear. 

[2o6]

I think it's the greenhouse that's bothering me so much.

[Raza]

I dig that.  The driver's side of the dash should be totally driver centric...and I really do love how the passenger's HVAC controls on his/her side.

Why not just go all the way and wall off the passenger from the driver completely? 

[SVT666]

Why not just go all the way and wall off the passenger from the driver completely?

That would be fucking cool.  In a car like that I think I would kinda like to feel like I'm in the cockpit of a fighter jet.

[2o6]

It's too blocky; I wish some of those hard edges were smoothed out. I think the C6 is a better design.

[Raza]

That would be fucking cool.  In a car like that I think I would kinda like to feel like I'm in the cockpit of a fighter jet.

Well there you go.  Do not applaud half measures. 

[SVT666]

I think the rear wouldn't bother me so much if the lower "black" half was body colour.  The rear is really starting to turn me off, but the rest of the car is looking better and better...even the hood vent that I so dearly wanted to hide.  All of the car looks great, but the rear end ruins it for me...luckily only the losers would see it.

[LonghornTX]

Not a huge fan of the exterior. The headlights look the same as those on the Viper, the hood vent is kind of strange and the rear is just ugly. I am also not in love with them using the Stingray name again, or the that badge. The side looks really nice though and I like the driver centric interior. I am sure it will be a demon performance wise.

[93JC]

I like the badge.

[LonghornTX]

I like the badge.

First LT1, now Stingray...Makes me think GM is running short on inspiration. The original Stingray didn't need a stupid badge...its designers took inspiration from the animal and it showed in the design.

[280Z Turbo]

First LT1, now Stingray...Makes me think GM is running short on inspiration. The original Stingray didn't need a stupid badge...its designers took inspiration from the animal and it showed in the design.

It did have badges. Two of them, in fact. One above the RH tail lamps and one on the glove box door.

[LonghornTX]

It did have badges. Two of them, in fact. One above the RH tail lamps and one on the glove box door.

I meant in the shape of a stingray. The old ones were just words

[GoCougs]

Not a huge fan of the exterior. The headlights look the same as those on the Viper, the hood vent is kind of strange and the rear is just ugly. I am also not in love with them using the Stingray name again, or the that badge. The side looks really nice though and I like the driver centric interior. I am sure it will be a demon performance wise.

With a car this good there was no shortage of anything. "Stingray" was a good call. Most know it's a Corvette moniker yet it hasn't been used in many years. I would have preferred the original "Sting Ray" usage however.  "LT1" goes back many years too.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

...even the hood vent that I so dearly wanted to hide.

the hood vent is kind of strange and the rear is just ugly.

The hood vent is no worse than the one you guys love on the GT500..........

[LonghornTX]

The hood vent is no worse than the one you guys love on the GT500..........

Who said we love the one on the GT500? I am not in love with it, though it seems to fit much better than this one.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

It's too blocky; I wish some of those hard edges were smoothed out. I think the C6 is a better design.

The Corvette has had "soft" edges since 1984. Time for a change!

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Who said we love the one on the GT500? I am not in love with it, though it seems to fit much better than this one.

I've never seen you complain about the one on the GT500 either. And it doesn't fit any better than the one on the C7.

[GoCougs]

Versus the C6 the C7 is 100 lbs lighter, has VVT, ~20 more hp and likely more aggressive gearing. I'm going with:

0-40 in 3.9 sec
1/4 mile in 12.1 sec @ 117 mph

[SVT666]

The hood vent is no worse than the one you guys love on the GT500..........

The one in the previous gen GT500 was terrible.  The one in the new GT500 definitely works better than the one on the Vette even though I'm still not crazy about it.