The new Corvette is here! The new Corvette is here!

[rocker59]

Originally Posted by Tripped1

Ordered job? I thought they stopped offering the LS6s after '71?

I've never seen one after 70 personally, and I had to drive 9 hours over the rumor of a ZR2 when I worked at that dealer. It was a clone.

Bueller is correct. 1974 was the last year of the 454.

It was a 270 horse LS-4.

[Tripped1]

Originally Posted by rocker59

Bueller is correct. 1974 was the last year of the 454.

It was a 270 horse LS-4.

I believe you guys, just never saw one.

[kawalaser]

Originally Posted by chazbird

Someone posted about not liking Corvettes, they being so American and all. By and large I prefer more subtle designs and more lithe vehicles but I had a small Americana epiphany back in the early fall of 1970. I was hanging out late at night at a party city overlook party zone. It was the usual beer and pot crowd with a few muscle cars and bikes. We had just learned Hendrix had just OD'd and while it wasn't a completely somber mood, it was a subdued. Up pulls a new gen RS or Z1 Camaro. The guy is back from Vietnam and this is what he gets. I was sitting there starting to drink beer and I thought to myself what a POS, look at that thing, big long hood, tiny rear quarter, cramped insides, I bet its heavy and piggish too (unlike the Porsches I loved then). But as I drank more it became apparent this car had something, and after awhile (and tellingly more beers) I figured it was a brilliant bit of style - it was pure America, tough, brutish, and arrogant. To me, it really encapsulated a lot of our society. I think the Corvette, while its not what I want, for better or worse, does the same thing.

beautiful, apt post. True about American cars and a lot of other things, I bet.

[Florida Lime]

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In...ce-1.1-million.

[BCC]

This will be like the gs styling debate when the 12 came out. Give it a year and you'll see.

BTW, I think they're smart to share a butt styling cue with the Camaro. Halo effect.

[Thinc2]

From the Road and Track site - they seem to think it's a real PR image.

[Nophix]

Originally Posted by kbasa

Thanks. This was an SVT only option, if I understand correctly, which isn't exactly platform wide.

SVT is Ford factory, though. Its an upper-trim Mustang. You could walk into any dealership and buy one, with full warranty.

[chazbird]

Good to see that GM is embracing recycling, or actually just that overused term, repurposing - look at the grille in the above photo - aren't those milk crates?

[fullmonte]

Originally Posted by chazbird

Good to see that GM is embracing recycling, or actually just that overused term, repurposing - look at the grille in the above photo - aren't those milk crates?

GM interiors have been made of recycled plastic for many years. It's about time they stepped it up a notch.

[rocker59]

Originally Posted by chazbird

Good to see that GM is embracing recycling, or actually just that overused term, repurposing - look at the grille in the above photo - aren't those milk crates?

"egg crate", and the design element has been in GM vehicles since the Motorama show cars of the early 1950s.

[rocker59]

Originally Posted by BCC

BTW, I think they're smart to share a butt styling cue with the Camaro. Halo effect.

Camaro and Corvette have never before shared "butt styling".

I don't understand your statement. Corvette IS the flagship/halo car for Chevrolet. Why would they want Camaro-looking tail lamps on the brand's flagship?

[jdiaz]

Originally Posted by rocker59

Camaro and Corvette have never before shared "butt styling".

I don't understand your statement. Corvette IS the flagship/halo car for Chevrolet. Why would they want Camaro-looking tail lamps on the brand's flagship?

Camaro is attracting young people, thru its tie-in with The Transformers movie. Corvette is trying to latch onto *anything* to get their average purchaser age below 60......even Buick has a younger customer base than Team Corvette these days.

[OldPete2112]

Looks interesting, but I am betting that Top Gear UK tests it and determines that although fun in a straight line it handles like a 74 Datsun in the corners.

Of course it will still sell wildly in the North America where gas is cheap and people don't expect much performance for their $70 or $90k. I bet a good used Porsche with some tweaking will out perform it for $50k less.

Still looks cool though.


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[kawalaser]

It is an awesome machine, no doubt. The challenge is escaping the overarching over-the-hill accountant/dentist/___-retiree stigma that has haunted these cars ever since I can remember.

Kids just don't own corvettes -- and that's impressive considering that, on the used market, they can be had for less than a new Accord, yet will outperform most anything Japan and Germany have to offer for the $$. And further yet, Gen-Y would rather drive an imported rally car. STi, Evo, even the Focus RS. Why does the young performance-lusting segment lust only for turbocharged subcompacts, or else uber-expensive Bavarian bling?

I have a pretty diverse peer group -- adjust for those actually interested in fast cars, and for those whom could actually afford a used vette, and what you notice is that almost literally, no one, owns a vette. Lots of German and Japanese "sport" cars, yet the obvious performance superiority of the 'vette is overlooked. These same kids who drop 30+k on a new AWD G37.. or used 350Z balk at the used C6 that would toast their Fairlady faster than a Foreman grill. Why? Because the vette just ain't cool enough.

So I can understand Chevy's desire to put some bling into their current 'Vette crop. This new one seems like the poor man's ferrari. And whoever said it's taken some styling cues from the current-gen Camaro is right on -- the Camaro has broken though that GenY barrier -- and I hope this Vette does the same.

[Bueller]

Originally Posted by OldPete2112

Looks interesting, but I am betting that Top Gear UK tests it and determines that although fun in a straight line it handles like a 74 Datsun in the corners.

Of course it will still sell wildly in the North America where gas is cheap and people don't expect much performance for their $70 or $90k. I bet a good used Porsche with some tweaking will out perform it for $50k less.

Still looks cool though.


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You have no idea what you are talking about. Vettes have handled well for years