Me too. These are the tires on my 4x4.
No low profile here.
Posted on 01/13/2013 6:38:47 PM PST by central_va
In a rational world, the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray wouldn’t exist. The very idea of launching a two-seat sports car named after a World War II ship powered by a truck-sized V-8 goes against every trend line on every chart in every automaker’s boardroom. Yet here it is, the seventh generation of America’s most venerated sports car, sharpened in all dimensions by racing experience toward out-hustling the best sports cars in the world. The question will be whether it can outrun history.
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I’d rather have a nice pickup truck instead of tearing up that toy on all the pot holes which would destroy that plastic toy...
With all the radar, traffic, pot holes and red lights every 1/8th mile, that thing is basically useless.
With the Big Butt and the Ghetto wheels, the target demographic is clear.
“People can get around perfectly well on a bicycle.”
Only for the under 16 wimps!!
My bicycle, including the whizzer engine, went in thwe trash on my 16th birthday 60 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bicycles shouldn’t be allowed on the streets?!!
Me too. These are the tires on my 4x4.
No low profile here.
The styling doesn’t even come close to competing with the mid-engined 2014 Cayman.
Heh-heh-heh-Hell yeah!
actually to me it’resembles a’cross between a ford probe and a nissan 300zx.
oh crap, we’re back to the 1970s red car interiors again.
You can get many different colors, I believe. They’ve been stuck on grey forever.
Car interiors have gotten far too predictable due to attempted cost reduction via standardization and limitation of color choice. You have grey, tan and black for the most part, from the most plebian econocar on up to top of the line makes and models.
Take a look at sales brochures from sixties American manufacturers. They had as many as seven standard interior colors, several fabric selections, vinyl and also leather in top of the line models. Then there were the seasonal stylish colors that came and went in a year or two, some of which were perfectly matched to exterior paints.
While I don’t think I’d buy a model with blood red upholstery and trim myself, I’m glad to see it offered. There’s an opportunity there, for the automotive manufacturer that can devise a method of offering a broader array of choices for a competitive cost.
DITTO... obastard motors. My kids have one, I’d rather have a truck.
Corvette fan for a long time - owned a ‘58 and a ‘73. Sorry, GM, but this design just sucks....The name not withstanding, it’s supposed to be a sports car, NOT a boat. (...and the rear end DOES look like the Camaro)
I saw up close today a red split-window Corvette still sleek and gorgeous after 50 years. This one won’t be popular in 50 years.
Ouch, that is gonna leave a mark, I was thinking Rosanne Barr, but when does someone mention Helen Thomas.
Seriously, The whole thing is a dissapointment. I kinda like the chrome grille bar, but they could have used it for some intergration of turn signals etc. I kinda like the air outlets post the front wheels and the overall roof line, but that rear-end has got to go.
The C5's IMHO will get more valuable, I have had the pleasure of driving one, and have many friends with them. The C5's with their hatchback wrap around glass, twin tail-lights, and pop up head-lights at least maintain the lineage.
I know the group think would never do it w/in GM and the gravitas of Lemans Racing and all it's aero requirements, but if the C7 was a homage to the 63-67' via the retro route, they would have sold like hotcakes. Oh well, GM owns this kludge....
No, don’t like anything about it.
Because racecar.
Word.
Yuck, that’s ugly. It needs to have scoops and fins and spoilers and plastichrome bling all over the place. /s
Lose the hood scoop and front and rear brake scoops (or at least make them body color). The quarter rear window has got to go. Unfortunately, the rear end (and hatchback) looks like it was resurrected from the ‘72 Vega, albeit with squished taillights, an extra foot of width tacked on to each side, and four central pipes.
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