C7 Corvette

[Catman]

I can't imagine the interior being lousy this time.

[Eye of the Tiger]

17 is probably the air bag.

It actually is a video screen, and is supposed to include GM's newest in air bag technology. In a collision, a video of an airbag is displayed. It is guaranteed to prevent common injuries caused by real air bag deployments.

[Catman]

It actually is a video screen, and is supposed to include GM's newest in air bag technology. In a collision, a video of an airbag is displayed. It is guaranteed to prevent common injuries caused by real air bag deployments.

Is it a retina display?  4572 x 1950 would be good.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Is it a retina display?  4572 x 1950 would be good.

Some kind of proprietary GM display that uses 100% organic plasma with a non-standard pixel size.

[Payman]

I can't imagine the interior being lousy this time.

GM.

[68_427]

Looks like the Solstice interior, which isn't promising.

You mean facelifted C4 interior?

[hotrodalex]

Yes, Corvettes must always have round taillights.

[sportyaccordy]

I'm shocked... the C6R had leaf springs. I guess if it ain't broke....

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

I generally like it, but am not a big fan of the rectangular tail lights.  Corvette taillights should always be 4 round.

The leaf springs don't bother me, particularly if packaging is the reason they go that way as I've read (for those that actually buy the car, the decent trunk space is nice and was a big reason why the C6 was the only 2-seater I seriously considered as a daily driver back in '05-'06).

That hatch area is huge for a 2 seat sports car. It easily swallowed all my groceries or luggage and gear when I made my cabin trips. As far as the Taillights I hope they're not the exact same ones that Chevy uses on the Camaro but but I don't mind them not being round.

[Payman]

This David Kimble drawing shows the C6 suspension pretty good. The whole assembly is tight and low (everything is within the wheel diameter), and the front and rear leafs replace the coils of other sports cars. Are coils more technologically advanced than composite leaf springs?

[S204STi]

I hope you're wrong.

In a car like this... not bothered by it.

[giant_mtb]

In a car like this... not bothered by this.

That avatar you've got........LOL.

[S204STi]

lol... keep forgetting to change it back.  Later.

[S204STi]

This David Kimble drawing shows the C6 suspension pretty good. The whole assembly is tight and low (everything is within the wheel diameter), and the front and rear leafs replace the coils of other sports cars. Are coils more technologically advanced than composite leaf springs?

No, and don't get me wrong: still an amazing car.  The racing versions get coil overs, which are better for tuning on the track.  That's my only "gripe".  I'd still take one in a heartbeat.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

I got a pic of tach and info screen in the C7 but my effing photobucket won't log in.

[giant_mtb]

lol... keep forgetting to change it back.  Later.

No, no.  Change not.

[sportyaccordy]

No, and don't get me wrong: still an amazing car.  The racing versions get coil overs, which are better for tuning on the track.  That's my only "gripe".  I'd still take one in a heartbeat.

They don't get coilovers, just different leaf springs. It seems stupid as hell to me but apparently it works

[Catman]

They don't get coilovers, just different leaf springs. It seems stupid as hell to me but apparently it works

So it works but its stupid?

[S204STi]

They don't get coilovers, just different leaf springs. It seems stupid as hell to me but apparently it works

Really?  The older C6R had coilovers, I thought.  Or maybe not.

[sportyaccordy]

So it works but its stupid?

Its needless complexity.

[Payman]

Its needless complexity.

What??? The beauty is its simplicity.

[S204STi]

http://www.corvetteracing.com/2012-specifications.shtml

[Lebowski]

So it works but its stupid?

SportySpin!!

[Catman]

Leaf springs aren't complex.

[Onslaught]

Not complex at all. Why is it we all think we know better then the people who build these things?

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Not complex at all. Why is it we all think we know better then the people who build these things?

+1!

[S204STi]

Not complex at all. Why is it we all think we know better then the people who build these things?

The racing team apparently doesn't like them, so...

Look, it's like Mac Struts in terms of being a packaging compromise.  A well-engineered compromise, but one nonetheless.  And like with Porsche's use of struts (and BMW's) it works well.

For a street car I guess I don't care, but I find it intriguing, if I were in the market, for them to engineer one with coilovers for racing use.  I think that's the one main reason why I would prefer the Viper.

Still, I'd own one of these.

[sportyaccordy]

What??? The beauty is its simplicity.

How is a multilayer multi material transverse leaf spring, with its polynomial force/deflection relationship, simpler than a 1 material linear force/deflection coil spring?

[GoCougs]

Guys, the Corvette's leaf springs are much more complex than a coil; in manufacturing (multiple layers, epoxy, curing), in design (variable rate in a leaf) and in application (acts as a roll bar, dealing with L/R cross talk).

[Payman]

Guys, the Corvette's leaf springs are much more complex than a coil; in manufacturing (multiple layers, epoxy, curing), in design (variable rate in a leaf) and in application (acts as a roll bar, dealing with L/R cross talk).

So why the lol?