"Dad" > wrote in message
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> "uncle_vito" > wrote in message
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>> Thanks for the correction and your knowledge. After I slept on it I
>> realized it was Fixed Roof Coupe. Going to the Peterson Museum in
>> downtown Los Angeles tomorrow with my Corvette Club to see the new C7.
>> Will take photos. Have not been to the Peterson in a while. About 30
>> min away from where I live but in the CITY. Arg.
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> I have a soft spot for their engine over the DOHV designs and did like the
> seats but they just blew it on the body design. I'd take the old design of
> the Lexus SC300 any day but they dumped their V8 this year.. Then there's
> the brutal design cues of the Lamborghini that could have sent the C7 over
> the top instead of the Ford method of adding chrome, vents, and scoops.
> The only thing they took from the 2009 concept car was the stingray and
> the nose flag emblem. So sad. The Corvette design should be a leap ahead
> not and added wrinkle.

Yep. The C7 is too busy. Take off the scoops and make it smooth and
sleek. At least make everything monochrome. Making the scoops a different
color is frightening.