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1 posted on 09/18/2026 6:09:30 AM PDT by Red Badger
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We’re not copying their design for more sales. It’s a “tribute”.


2 posted on 09/18/2026 6:13:56 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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LOL…”inspiration” now means “knock-off”?


3 posted on 09/18/2026 6:18:36 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Back in the early 60’s I regularly attended the SCCA races at Danville VA.

Corvettes, the prized American sports car performed miserably. They couldn’t stay on the track. The Shelby Cobra always beat them. Even some Brit Class C’s beat them simply because at speeds required to beat the Shelby’s the corvettes lost it on the curves.

Alas..... My Diesel Sprinter is parked and the battery has run down while diesel fuel is priced at $5.65 at the spanking new reduced price Walmart gas station.


5 posted on 09/18/2026 6:19:24 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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That’s a sharp looking car. It really takes after the 56 Corvette.


6 posted on 09/18/2026 6:19:47 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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They need to lose the white side paint and the chrome, including the rims, like some of the other GM retro concept cars.





7 posted on 09/18/2026 6:21:16 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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LOVE IT! and I’m a Porsche mid-engine & transaxle guy....2 mid-engines and 3 transaxles in the stable.......but one of these may be in the future......


8 posted on 09/18/2026 6:23:58 AM PDT by Arlis ( )
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I’d buy one if I had he money.


13 posted on 09/18/2026 6:37:41 AM PDT by animal172 (I can't, but I know who can.)
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Wheels and curves make it look sharp. Not sure they can squeeze a v-8 under the hood.


15 posted on 09/18/2026 6:45:03 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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It combines one of the most beautiful cars and one of the best drivers and Japanese reliability. Mazda should consider doing something similar in the US.


17 posted on 09/18/2026 6:51:57 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
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Peter Max, the artist who passed away recently, bought 20 Corvettes for an art project. The project didn’t materialize, so he auctioned them off and gave the money to veterans.


18 posted on 09/18/2026 6:54:42 AM PDT by x
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How about somebody make a retro that has a carb and a distributer, and none of the endless sensors and computer trash?


24 posted on 09/18/2026 7:08:15 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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I love the Mitsouka roadster.


25 posted on 09/18/2026 7:08:48 AM PDT by Miami Rebel (RE)
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Temu version. All the snappiness taken out of it.

Here’s the real thing:

https://hips.hearstapps.com/mtg-prod/65d12f971df0660008c81496/01-1958-corvette-convertible-ls-chapman.jpg


34 posted on 09/18/2026 7:50:59 AM PDT by Mimi.M
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That looks pretty cool, guys.

Good job!


40 posted on 09/18/2026 8:14:59 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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I like that car! I can't really say that a 4-banger would makee a great sports car (unless it was a Morgan 4/4) but that styling really captures the very classic look of the prettiest 'Vette - without the "turn the steering wheel 10-15 degrees before anything happens" steering, indifferent/weak brakes, and "floaty" suspension.

I won't get one because few things are more pathetic than a sexy, ego car being driven by an old guy.

41 posted on 09/18/2026 8:15:16 AM PDT by Chainmail (You can vote your way into Socialism - but you will have to shoot your way out.)
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Looks like a Temu Corvette to me.
Yuk.


42 posted on 09/18/2026 8:15:41 AM PDT by right way right (“May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope")
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This one is giving me the itch to get back in a sports car. 😉


47 posted on 09/18/2026 9:24:25 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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The Original Miata was a copy of a European sports car, the Lotus Elan (like Emma Peel drove in the original ‘Avengers’ TV series). Colin Chapman’s nimbleness combined with Japanese reliability.

The Miata and the Honda S2000 are the two most trouble-free pure sports cars ever built. The current MX-5’s 4-pot is more powerful than either of the straight-6s in the early Vettes, and 2026 safety equipment and all it weighs more than 400 lbs less than the ‘53 Vette.


49 posted on 09/18/2026 10:02:49 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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I don't know, the front end resembles more like the 58 T-bird


51 posted on 09/18/2026 10:10:47 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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CUTE!!!!!


52 posted on 09/18/2026 10:11:58 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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