[Official] C7 Corvette Thread

speedfreek · 12-21-2012, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

I am, but it's still like 3 weeks away. I'm most interested in how it looks on the exterior and interior. Just hoping it doesn't get those square camaro tail lights.

Why not get the square tail lights? I mean they already went away from pop up headlights and look even more ferrari-esque. Plus the side profile screams GTR to me. It is blocked off almost identical and it doesn't help with the blacked out A-pillars. I am still anxious to see what it looks like at the unveiling. But I still wish they took a queue from SRT with the new Viper and go back to some of the roots of the vette for styling queues. I am not talking retro, just some of the iconic shapes that can only be a vette and work that into the design.

b1adesofcha0s · 12-21-2012, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

Square tail lights would ruin everything good about that car

Ugly square tail lights = it gets crossed of the list of finalists for my next car.

b1adesofcha0s · 12-21-2012, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by speedfreek

Why not get the square tail lights? I mean they already went away from pop up headlights and look even more ferrari-esque. Plus the side profile screams GTR to me. It is blocked off almost identical and it doesn't help with the blacked out A-pillars. I am still anxious to see what it looks like at the unveiling. But I still wish they took a queue from SRT with the new Viper and go back to some of the roots of the vette for styling queues. I am not talking retro, just some of the iconic shapes that can only be a vette and work that into the design.

More specifically I don't want it to have the Camaro tail lights from Jalopnik's rendering of it. Those looked terrible.

speedfreek · 12-21-2012, 08:56 AM

I agree those were ridiculous. I just hope it looks much better at the unveiling and in person than any of the renderings that have been published thus far.

theDreamer · 12-21-2012, 08:57 AM

Yeah, the big issue was some renderings had Camaro taillights and one test car did also so all the Vette owners freaked. They do not want anything to do with the Camaro as the Vette is a "higher caliber" machine.

m4a1mustang · 12-21-2012, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by theDreamer

Yeah, the big issue was some renderings had Camaro taillights and one test car did also so all the Vette owners freaked. They do not want anything to do with the Camaro as the Vette is a "higher caliber" machine.

I think they were just mad that the Camaro tail lights look like absolute sh1t.

Red__Zed · 12-21-2012, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I think they were just mad that the Camaro tail lights look like absolute sh1t.

I mean, they're "fine" on the Camaro, but they ruin the body of the vette.

m4a1mustang · 12-21-2012, 09:13 AM

Indeed. Vette needs to retain the 4x circular tails.

b1adesofcha0s · 12-21-2012, 09:18 AM

I mean it's one thing if you copy the look of a superior car like a Ferrari or something, but not so good when you do it with an inferior car like the Camaro. Especially when it doesn't look good with the rest of the car.

KERMIT · 12-21-2012, 10:10 AM

Really? You would let taillights dictate your purchase? And discount all another technical advancements?

If the tail lights are the only drawback then I would consider it an amazing update.

That's like saying you won't date a beautiful girl because she doesn't like football.

b1adesofcha0s · 12-21-2012, 10:12 AM

Depends. The C7 is on my shortlist of possible next cars along with the 2015 5.0. Something like the tail lights could swing me the otherway, though I'm already leaning towards the 5.0. If the rumors are true, it might even end up being as fast or faster than the base Corvette.

Red__Zed · 12-21-2012, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by KERMIT

Really? You would let taillights dictate your purchase? And discount all another technical advancements?

If the tail lights are the only drawback then I would consider it an amazing update.

That's like saying you won't date a beautiful girl because she doesn't like football.

Sounds like a dealbreaker to me

b1adesofcha0s · 12-21-2012, 10:22 AM

More like a beautiful girl with no azz

Red__Zed · 12-21-2012, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

More like a beautiful girl with no azz

with a square azz

b1adesofcha0s · 12-21-2012, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

with a square azz

True

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KERMIT Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Republic of Wadiya Posts: 301 Drives: Ms. Daisy Rep Power: 13	Really? You would let taillights dictate your purchase? And discount all another technical advancements? If the tail lights are the only drawback then I would consider it an amazing update. That's like saying you won't date a beautiful girl because she doesn't like football. shadoquad likes this. Last edited by KERMIT; 12-21-2012 at 10:12 AM.

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b1adesofcha0s A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: MD Posts: 40,963 Drives: HypeTrain Choo Choo! Rep Power: 141	Depends. The C7 is on my shortlist of possible next cars along with the 2015 5.0. Something like the tail lights could swing me the otherway, though I'm already leaning towards the 5.0. If the rumors are true, it might even end up being as fast or faster than the base Corvette. __________________ Project: b1adeZmobile (2009 370Z) \| Uprev Tune by AAM Competition \| Berk Exhaust Project: b1adeZmobile 2.0 (2014 C7 Z51) \| Corsa Xtreme Exhaust

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