C7 Corvette

[Lebowski]

I didn't like the steering wheel in pics, but looks ok in person.

[Minpin]

It looks fine, but seems like there's a bit too much going on in general. Both exterior and interior. I like the looks of the standard better overall.

[MrH]

Only thing I don't like about the wheel, is with the manual transmission, you get paddle shifters to turn on and off auto Rev matching. Seems like a really stupid placement IMO. Get rid of them, and just give me a button on the center stack somewhere.

[68_427]

I think the paddles are better than a button.  Better placement, can be used with both hands with out taking your eyes off the wheels, and cheap.  Win win win win

[giant_mtb]

I think the paddles are better than a button.  Better placement, can be used with both hands with out taking your eyes off the wheels, and cheap.  Win win win win

Who's turning rev-matching on and off while they're slinging the thing around a track, though...? 

[GoCougs]

Probably just cost savings - the AT car has paddle shifters too. Now both the MT and AT cars have the same wheel and column and no futzing about where to put the optional rev match button on the console or dash.

[giant_mtb]

Probably just cost savings - the AT car has paddle shifters too. Now both the MT and AT cars have the same wheel and column and no futzing about where to put the optional rev match button on the console or dash.

That was my figuring as well.

[CALL_911]

Only thing I don't like about the wheel, is with the manual transmission, you get paddle shifters to turn on and off auto Rev matching. Seems like a really stupid placement IMO. Get rid of them, and just give me a button on the center stack somewhere.

I was wondering why the manual car had paddles

[Payman]

I was wondering why the manual car had paddles

If the engine dies you can row back to shore, duh.

[MrH]

Probably just cost savings - the AT car has paddle shifters too. Now both the MT and AT cars have the same wheel and column and no futzing about where to put the optional rev match button on the console or dash.

It is, but it's a lazy penny pinching move IMO.

[280Z Turbo]

Back in the old days, they just would have put caps over the paddle holes.

[SJ_GTI]

Interior looks good IMHO. I like the way the steering wheel looks (at least in pictures).   

Exterior is a bit fussy (seems like a lot of details added on), but not bad.

[r0tor]

I sat in a C7 at our local autoshow and was still just as unimpressed as any other corvette... Styling is just fussy inside and out like every other generation I have been in

[2o6]

If you guys don't think the C7's interior is an improvement over the C6, then you're being a fucking idiot.

[Raza]

Starting to see these now.  From a distance, they look really good.  Haven't seen one up close yet, but I agree, in pictures, it looks way too fussy. 

[hotrodalex]

If the engine dies you can row back to shore, duh.

[MexicoCityM3]

I recently sat in one. Loved it, they fixed the interior. There is no better sports car for the price. End of story.

[GoCougs]

Not sure what the complaint is. You have to spend almost double $$$ to get the next closest equivalent in experience and performance (= 911 CS).

[SVT666]

I was always a Viper fan since 1991, but the Corvette just kicks it's ass for half the cost.  I'm in the Corvette camp now.

[GoCougs]

Very bad project management with the current Viper. Pretty much no one wants a car purposefully designed to be exceedingly crude; certainly not a ~$100,000+ car. The Viper in its heyday was crude because, well, most all cars were. No reason to continue that legacy if not necessary.

[280Z Turbo]

Starting to see these now.  From a distance, they look really good.  Haven't seen one up close yet, but I agree, in pictures, it looks way too fussy. 

If it had fewer creases and vents, it would look a lot better.

[12,000 RPM]

Very bad project management with the current Viper. Pretty much no one wants a car purposefully designed to be exceedingly crude; certainly not a ~$100,000+ car. The Viper in its heyday was crude because, well, most all cars were. No reason to continue that legacy if not necessary.

Whats crude about a Viper compared to a GT3 RS or 458 Speciale 

Track day specials have never been about refinement

[thewizard16]

Starting to see these now.  From a distance, they look really good.  Haven't seen one up close yet, but I agree, in pictures, it looks way too fussy. 

Someone at my gym has one and I really like it in person. It's black and it looks very sharp. I like the lighting on it too, it is distinctive and easy to pick out the LED DRLs and tails without looking too ridiculous.

[Raza]

Someone at my gym has one and I really like it in person. It's black and it looks very sharp. I like the lighting on it too, it is distinctive and easy to pick out the LED DRLs and tails without looking too ridiculous.

This one is yellow.  I see it sometimes in the morning when I'm running late, going the opposite way on I95.

[GoCougs]

Whats crude about a Viper compared to a GT3 RS or 458 Speciale 

Track day specials have never been about refinement

Viper is not a track car.

[12,000 RPM]

Viper is not a track car.

A convenient fabrication.

[SVT666]

Viper is not a track car.

Viper is definitely a track car.

[GoCougs]

A convenient fabrication.

C'mon, man. The Viper has been as much a track car as a Corvette Z06/ZR1, which is to say it's not a track car. At most one can rationally say the ACR version was a track car.

[12,000 RPM]

C'mon, man. The Viper has been as much a track car as a Corvette Z06/ZR1, which is to say it's not a track car. At most one can rationally say the ACR version was a track car.

C6 Z06 & ZR1 aren't as track biased but they are definitely track cars too. And they are not much less crude than the Viper. Viper has never been a comfy long distance GT... it's a rough and tumble sports car with performance and concessions heavily biased to the track.

[Catman]

C'mon people, Vipers and Corvettes are not cars at all.