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New Corvette C7 lower cost basic coupe
"Dad" > wrote in message .. . > > "uncle_vito" > wrote in message > ... >> > Snip >> 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. >> > 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. |
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New Corvette C7 lower cost basic coupe
uncle_vito wrote:
> "Dad" > wrote in message > .. . >> >> "uncle_vito" > wrote in message >> ... >>> >> Snip >>> 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. >>> >> 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. > > ....hhmmmnnn...which is probably why I flat hated the first one I saw in red, buy warmed a bit to a "build your own" in grey. With black wheels... -- - Rufus |
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