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06-01-2018, 11:25 AM | #126 |
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The C7 interior was leaps and bounds better than the C6. Lots of soft touch plastics, real aluminium or carbon fiber (with updated package) good stitching, and good seats. For a street price of under $50K for a base C7 it's a ton of car for the money.
But the interior is going on 5+ years old and showing it now. I believe all these rumors and speculation on the mid engine when I see it...
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06-01-2018, 12:11 PM | #127 |
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06-01-2018, 12:15 PM | #128 |
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Also, Corvette owners don't want a mid-engine car, or race/hyper/1000hp car for that fact, they want the illusion of one. For reference, see ZR1 vert with auto trans.
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06-01-2018, 12:31 PM | #129 | |
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06-01-2018, 12:37 PM | #130 | |
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But out of the Super/hyper cars, the Corvette is the one most used on track. Heck, there were more Corvettes than Vipers at the last Viper Days I went to. The order I have seen has been #1) Miata . . . . . . . . . #2) BMW E30 #3) BMW M3 (E30/E46) #4) C5/C6 Corvette #5) Mustang . . . . . Everything Else |
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06-01-2018, 01:23 PM | #131 | |
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Mid engine Corvette is on par with a manual 991 GT3. Everyone who loved the idea voiced it and when the car was produced, the majority produced are PDK. Corvette is a super/hyper car? |
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06-01-2018, 01:28 PM | #132 | |
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It is a high level sportscar though. Then again, I equate super to performance, not brand or price. That's reserved for the term "exotic" Last edited by mhoward1; 06-01-2018 at 01:43 PM. |
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06-01-2018, 05:59 PM | #133 |
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06-01-2018, 07:22 PM | #134 | |
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Just to toss this in here. Recently my girlfriend drops off her GT3 for service and receives one of the best dealership experiences ever, a showroom filled with rare & old Porsche's, a coffee bar, snacks, a real lounge, person comes to you and refers to you by name, given a $100k loaner vehicle. . . now lets all think about the last time we were in Chevy dealers. What I'm getting at, a buyer of the stature GM is attempting to draw in with this is more than just the car and the buyers of that market kind of . . . expect greatness which GM cannot deliver. Kind of like a $400k Lexus, $250k Acura. The C8 must be the end of front engine Corvettes because it's not going to steal sales from the others in this price point (except Acura ).
Now, coming full circle with my previous post on this topic. Corvette owners are not the type that want to actually live with an exotic, they want the allure of one. Easy ingress and egress, cheap operating costs, luggage space (seriously, 2 golf bag fitment is a must), cheap insurance, COMFORTABLE, good visibility, removable roof/vert, gas mileage, faster than a base 911 and a halo Corvette that is within the same performance realm of exotics. The Corvette does this well and the owners love it (seriously, go check out corvetteforum or talk to some owners) and the C8 cannot. Chevy is making the dream of Corvette owners, not the car they actually want. Quote:
This actually exists. Now compare ACR, GT2RS, GT3RS, GT350R, ZL1, AMG GTR, Demon, etc. Corvette has dumped it's purpose built cars to keep the grey chest hair with gold chains happy. . . and because of this method make the mid-engine platform a car that lots of people will want but will never actually buy. Viper definitely is not. It's a kit car made by Dodge that is not slow. I commonly reference my Viper as a ****box because that's what it is, albeit a ****box I love. |
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06-01-2018, 08:46 PM | #135 | |
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It's the dumbest ****ing thing in the world and I love that Chrysler execs and engineers were high on meth when they greenlit it Ok, not really, but how else do you explain it? So dumb, much great. Had the idiotic pleasure of driving one once. Gen 3 convertible in red. So stupid, I was laughing the entire time. Easily the most fun I have had in a car on public roads. Close second is the P90D. Something that big, fast and quiet is just weird. It's like the polar opposite of the Viper, yet still in the same breed of stupid. |
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09-04-2018, 03:52 AM | #136 |
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Mid-Engined Corvette Program Reportedly Inching Towards Public Confirmation
The Mid-Engine Corvette Has Arrived At The Nürburgring
https://jalopnik.com/the-mid-engined...ing-1828783011 |
09-04-2018, 08:40 AM | #137 |
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Looks like an old shool supercar. Good or bad?
Hoping that's just the camo doing its job. |
09-04-2018, 01:42 PM | #138 |
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I think it looks incredible. It's still not the production version so I would expect some minor changes but I really like it.
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09-04-2018, 02:08 PM | #139 |
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I was excited by the C8.R spy shots, but this doesn't look as good. I'm hoping it's just the camo doing it's job hiding things.
The rear also looks pretty bulky to me. |
09-04-2018, 02:59 PM | #140 |
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The rear is going to look bulkier as they shifted the real estate for the engine from the front to the back. I doubt the C8 will be much (if any) shorter than the C7. It's not a small engine
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09-04-2018, 04:48 PM | #141 |
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so its a f458?
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09-04-2018, 05:16 PM | #142 |
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It will be a vector W8
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09-04-2018, 07:23 PM | #143 |
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09-04-2018, 07:34 PM | #144 |
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I wonder how bad the cooling is going to be when they couldn't get a handle on it with the FRONT engined car.
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09-04-2018, 07:48 PM | #145 |
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Somehow other mid engine designs manage a less bulky rear end look though. Unless there’s still some camo hiding things (I hope).
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09-04-2018, 08:36 PM | #146 |
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09-05-2018, 02:21 AM | #147 |
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Those proportions seem off. Like a front engine cockpit on a rear engine car.
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09-05-2018, 04:05 AM | #148 |
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