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1 posted on 01/13/2013 6:38:50 PM PST by central_va
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That Stingray Concept Car from a few years back was a nice design. Should have gone with that.


38 posted on 01/13/2013 7:25:47 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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Well, I see they have brought the Aztec design team out of retirement.


41 posted on 01/13/2013 7:33:01 PM PST by technically right
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They cut-and-pasted the ass end of the camaro onto the previous-generation vette to get this. Ridiculous.

They’ve lost one of the main identifying style elements of the vette: the twin *and separated* tail lights. The new ones are nearly identical to the camaro lights. The ridiculous little “quarter window” cheapens the whole car too. Vettes have never had those. And as noted upthread, the high beltline really adds fat to the car. They could have continued the drop in the bodyline along the window, and then they’d have a real place to put that rear air inlet.

Give me a C-3 anyday. Larry Shinoda must be rolling in his grave.


42 posted on 01/13/2013 7:35:15 PM PST by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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Do not like. The Vette has lost it’s character. I’m sure it performs wonderfully, but it looks too much like too many other cars ... Lotus, Nissan/Infinit, etc.


44 posted on 01/13/2013 7:36:59 PM PST by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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Took styling cues from this old concept?


48 posted on 01/13/2013 7:40:28 PM PST by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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Here we see the number one problem with modern sports cars. Proper airflow must be a priority at today’s speeds, which means design freedom is inhibited and all the bodies start to look very similar.


51 posted on 01/13/2013 7:42:29 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (....Let It Burn....)
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I hope none are ever entered in our car shows. I’ll have a heck of a time controlling my gag reflex while judging them. I’ve never been a ‘Vette fan but this has got to be the butt-ugliest version they’ve come up with yet.

I think I’ll stick with my ‘57 Bel Air and call myself a happy lil camper. :-)


54 posted on 01/13/2013 7:59:57 PM PST by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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As a corvette fan, it’s ugly. Damn ugly.

The rear end reminds me of that Cadillac CTS-V and the front end is an abomination. Whoever designed it should be shot.


56 posted on 01/13/2013 8:15:53 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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The styling say Dodge Viper


57 posted on 01/13/2013 8:17:18 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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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.


61 posted on 01/13/2013 8:26:37 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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With the Big Butt and the Ghetto wheels, the target demographic is clear.


62 posted on 01/13/2013 8:29:09 PM PST by PAR35
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The styling doesn’t even come close to competing with the mid-engined 2014 Cayman.


65 posted on 01/13/2013 8:58:21 PM PST by Praxeologue
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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)


73 posted on 01/13/2013 10:04:24 PM PST by Donkey Odious ( Adapt, improvise, and overcome - now a motto for us all.)
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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.


74 posted on 01/13/2013 10:13:09 PM PST by Moonmad27 ("I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit)
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No, don’t like anything about it.


76 posted on 01/14/2013 3:35:47 AM PST by bgill (We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
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Because racecar.


77 posted on 01/14/2013 3:36:29 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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81 posted on 01/14/2013 4:19:50 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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My husband is a lifelong Corvette enthusiast and former Vette owner (’80 C3 with the curvy shark body). He says none of the recent models look like Corvettes, and in fact look all the same. I agree with him. There’s nothing to distinguish them....just that rounded, inflated-looking body. All horsepower and no style.


84 posted on 01/14/2013 7:47:47 AM PST by CatherineofAragon (Support Christian white males---the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization)
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