Heh. The newest vette to me screams gold chains and leather coats, and a strong whiff of AXE. Can't fault GM for cashing in on the obnoxious crowd though.
C2 and C4 for me. All the others were tacky spinoffs to me.
GM has ruined the looks of the new Corvette so bad I now like the Camaro better
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C2 and C4 for me. All the others were tacky spinoffs to me.
Or a midlife crisis.
I’m waiting til the Z06 or Grand Sport gets revealed. The wider body and wheels on those models look much better to me. I don’t love the rear of the C8 or the current wheel offerings but I can get over it in exchange for the performance-per-dollar factor and I bet the rear grows on me. For the people complaining the C8 is trying too hard to look like something else, there’s only so much you can do with the engine in back and keeping it aerodynamic so the profiles all tend to look the same.
Ok at 63 I am not that old but the C8 is so much better looking than anything before it IMO. The only older ones I liked were the C2 and big block C3. The rest were either anemic slugs (blue flame 6) or posers cars.
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Never been a mid-engine car fan but some are nice to look at. This Corvette is... acceptable. It'll look better in the higher trims when those come out. The wheels are too small (or for those of us who actually would track it, the tires are too thin) right now. The rear intakes aren't right, to me.
It's an excellent car, though. I just have so little interest in mid-engine cars I don't even bother looking.
Easy to get these from repos in Atlanta... guys go buy them on a zillion % interest 900 month loan and can't even pay that. Poof... if you know where to look you get one for less. Same deal with the Chargers and Challengers, especially the upper trims. It's pretty sad, actually.
It's an excellent car, though. I just have so little interest in mid-engine cars I don't even bother looking.
Easy to get these from repos in Atlanta... guys go buy them on a zillion % interest 900 month loan and can't even pay that. Poof... if you know where to look you get one for less. Same deal with the Chargers and Challengers, especially the upper trims. It's pretty sad, actually.
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The Camaro looks the same every year. Boring to me.
I’m not sure how to feel about the Vette. I kinda like it, but it has a weird stance. Kinda like a Cadillac ELR.
My favorite is the C6. I still want one someday.
I’m not sure how to feel about the Vette. I kinda like it, but it has a weird stance. Kinda like a Cadillac ELR.
My favorite is the C6. I still want one someday.
I have been through 4 or 5 mid life Crisis'. Each one was better.
If that video is true [I think it is] I would have thought the Vette would have taken it with ease right off the line. The Durango has the aerodynamics of a brick.
Not a fan of the C8 either. To me, Corvettes are supposed to be front-engined GT cars. The C8 just doesn't look like a Corvette to me. It looks like a GM-built rear-engined sports car for sure, but to me it shouldn't be called a Corvette. Besides, the angles and proportions look wrong so I don't think it's an attractive car no matter what it's called. Give me a C6 Z06 any day.
Then again, I'm not a huge fan of rear-engined cars anyway. I'm one one of those weirdos who prefers front-engined Ferraris too.
Then again, I'm not a huge fan of rear-engined cars anyway. I'm one one of those weirdos who prefers front-engined Ferraris too.
Red light to red light drag racing is one thing but put it on a road course and I question its handling.
The Corvette is a road super car the other a red light toy. Wait for the ZR1 with over 800 HP than have a go, oh wait there wont be 2022 model of the Durango Hellcat.
The only good looking Corvettes are the 1953 through the 2021 and soon 2022 models.
Seeing a C8 flying down the freeway will blow you away.
If I was gonna get a supercar, the only 2 cars I would consider are the Vette and the Tesla Roadster 2.
Seeing a C8 flying down the freeway will blow you away.
If I was gonna get a supercar, the only 2 cars I would consider are the Vette and the Tesla Roadster 2.
Bingo. You’ll never compete with Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, etc. with a FR setup.
Not only that, the 6th Gen Camaro is arguably a better FR setup than the C7 was. The Camaro6 can handle 650HP, the C7 Corvette cannot, so good riddance.
Yes, weight is a factor, but 700 hp vs 490 hp ? HP is going to win in almost all cases.
Love the color but those rear scoops are hideous. Easily the worst thing about the C8.
Up until the C8, each new generation of the Vette made the old one look super dated. The C7 still looks great, the C8 also looks great IMO. New Camaro not so much.
Everybody complains about something. Those wheels are butt ugly.
