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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:00:05 PM EST
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Porsche does 520 hp with a NA 4.0 flat 6. and it revs to 9k RPM. Just saying  Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Nearly 500 horses from a NA 6.2 liter smallblock V8 ain’t bad! |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:00:12 PM EST
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Body colored intake option will look better in my opinion. 
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:01:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I played with the builder a little last night, body color does look pretty good. If I had black I'd do CF intakes though
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:02:54 PM EST
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:05:50 PM EST
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I purchased new '94 and '96 corvettes (collectors edition, sold it in 1999) but never had the bug since then, until now.
I will probably try and figure out how to buy one of these in a couple years. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:10:09 PM EST
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That's a lot of performance for 60k.
I want to see one in person before passing judgment. Really curious what the Z06 and ZR1s will offer. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:11:19 PM EST
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The car looks fantastic. Even the base is now a supercar. I have a C6 and I like both the older styles as well as this newer style. They've really built an amazing machine here.
For anyone who thinks this is ugly/bad/not a Corvette, your opinion is incorrect. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:12:25 PM EST
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There's something to be able to just push a button instead of navigating a series of menus on a navitainment.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:15:38 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I played with the builder a little last night, body color does look pretty good. If I had black I'd do CF intakes though
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/177643/Corvette_Stingray_2020_jpg-1022651.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/177643/Corvette_Stingray_2020_1__jpg-1022652.JPG The reveal last night reminded me of the time Andy Powers of Taylor Guitars had said they had thrown everything they could at the Taylor 800 series with new finishes and details and inlays and then he came up with the V-class bracing which led into a whole other realm of guitarmaking. Corvette had done everything it could to have a front engine-rear drive be as performance oriented as they could with that design. This is the logical evolution of Corvette and it sure looks incredible. Early Corvettes looked Thunderbird-ish and didn't really look like the style of car we know today. I wonder if the C8 will be the only generation in the 2020s? |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:16:21 PM EST
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to me the colors don't "pop"
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:17:17 PM EST
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Honestly, the thing looks horrible in my opinion. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:18:31 PM EST
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Tuners are going to have fun with this car.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:18:49 PM EST
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I'd like to see the Z06 go back to NA. Bump the compression up to 13.x to 1, lighten the car, make it rev to 9k.
Then use the supercharger (or maybe even 2 turbos ) on the ZR1.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:25:27 PM EST
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I understand the performance potential with the auto but, No manual transmission, no care. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:26:21 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I can agree with that. I don't think its AMC Pacer ugly, but it sure as hell ain't a Corvette. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:27:20 PM EST
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I love it and I will be buying one. Where are the guys that said this would ruin the corvette and it would be to expensive for the average guy?
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:28:37 PM EST
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I like it. A lot. The row of buttons is derpy, but the rest of the car is awesome. I do get, and agree, that a mid engine car and Corvette just don't go together. It's not a Corvette. BUT, when they made mid engine Daytona Prototype race cars and labelled them as "Corvettes" a few years ago, the writing was on the wall. This WAS going to happen, period. All for 60k? That's flabbergasting from a value perspective. 
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:29:32 PM EST
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I love it and I will be buying one. Where are the guys that said this would ruin the corvette and it would be to expensive for the average guy? |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:30:28 PM EST
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It looks like shit. Ive owned several Corvettes and this thing is hideous Departure from previous ok, I get that but this is the best looking car that the big 3 have cranked out outside the original GT and AC Cobra. Clearly Cheby is hoping to expand their base customer with this car and unless it drives/handles like a pregnant hippo, they’ve done that easy. Will be hard to justify a 911, Cayman, Supra, Z4 or even an exotic. The rear isn’t the best lines but even that doesn’t take away from the overall success of the design. They’ll sell everyone they can make for sure. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:31:39 PM EST
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I played with the builder a little last night, body color does look pretty good. If I had black I'd do CF intakes though
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Body colored intake option will look better in my opinion.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:35:36 PM EST
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Cant stop yawning at y'all old fukrs crying over a better vette. Just an FYI, your old vette has nothing on these new ones.
Its fast as shit. It looks insane and the quality has been improved. Sign my old ass up. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:37:38 PM EST
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I like it. I want one. I'll probably never buy one as I'm looking forward to having money in retirement and can't afford both.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:45:32 PM EST
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I like the way it looks except for the Camaro-esque rear end. The console also doesn't seem practical, but maybe it actually works when driving? All-in-all, a fantastic performance car for relatively cheap money.
As for the "It doesn't look like a Corvette" crowd, does the C7 look like a C1? No!!! All they have in common is an engine in the front. By your standards, everything since the C1 hasn't "been a Corvette". |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:45:41 PM EST
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Cant stop yawning at y'all old fukrs crying over a better vette. Just an FYI, your old vette has nothing on these new ones. Its fast as shit. It looks insane and the quality has been improved. Sign my old ass up. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:48:05 PM EST
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Quoted: I think it’s a good looking car, but it’s not a corvette. They should’ve just released it as something else. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:48:30 PM EST
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https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/241846/18DD4385-4DBC-4A5C-8F84-DF2337B71E12_jpeg-1022619.JPG That’s a Corvette. 
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:48:56 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Porsche does 520 hp with a NA 4.0 flat 6. and it revs to 9k RPM. Just saying |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:49:34 PM EST
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I like it. What's the dealer markup gonna' be?
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:50:02 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I think it’s a good looking car, but it’s not a corvette. They should’ve just released it as something else. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:53:36 PM EST
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I think it is a good looking car. It looks like a Ferrari in a way. It's a big break in tradition going to a mid-engine configuration though. I hope that gamble pays off for them.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:54:00 PM EST
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Nice accura 
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:55:45 PM EST
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I like everything about it. I'd love to have one.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:56:24 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I played with the builder a little last night, body color does look pretty good. If I had black I'd do CF intakes though
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I want one...I better stop looking at it. I'm pretty sure there are going to be a lot of these running the street and that's the problem. You won't really stand out after a year 2/3. If you get one early you'll get the looks though but what you're getting for the price man on man.... |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 7:57:44 PM EST
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Rebirth of Corvette for new generations.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:06:28 PM EST
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That new material in there, a fiberglass hood lol.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:09:17 PM EST
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Yeah. Fuck yeah, I would love one.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:11:12 PM EST
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Looks okay to me with the exception of the rear end. It's blocky looking for lack of a better word. Same feeling I get when I see the Camaros.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:11:22 PM EST
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So does it have the reliability of an exotic or of a Chevy? What better way to mask your shit reliability than to compete against a segment of cars that are known for shit reliability. Also for everyone saying it's an amazing value......well you get what you pay for.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:13:58 PM EST
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I like it, a lot. If I didn't live on a gravel road I would be first in line to buy one. This road has saved me a lot of money over the years.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:13:59 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Porsche does 520 hp with a NA 4.0 flat 6. and it revs to 9k RPM. Just saying |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:20:23 PM EST
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The car looks awesome and Leno looks old.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:21:31 PM EST
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Nice,i like it
Might be a retirement car someday for me |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:21:53 PM EST
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As for the "It doesn't look like a Corvette" crowd, does the C7 look like a C1? No!!! All they have in common is an engine in the front. By your standards, everything since the C1 hasn't "been a Corvette". The 80s-90s melted plastic phase was a bit of a styling let down but C2-C3 was pretty defining of vette lines. C4 and C5 were evolutions of the lines. C6 and C7 refined the lines. It would be like Porsche overly fucking with the 911 recipe. Seeing the front engine layout vette disappear is a pisser right up there with seeing the Viper disappear. The Viper could have been reborn with a proper V8 but it is gone. And if Chevy kills the Camaro what then? The ZL1-1LE and SS-1LE are both a bad bitch for road handling. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:22:49 PM EST
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I like it
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:34:24 PM EST
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Me like!
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:34:33 PM EST
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This is the best Vette yet.
Those of you saying that this is not a Corvette are clueless. What does that even mean? I could post pictures of Vettes over the years and there have been radical changes. The 1963 Stingray was a radical departure form the '50s to 1962 Vettes. Perhaps your are thinking of the Porsche 911 silhouette which has had only minor design changes in 50 years. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:37:10 PM EST
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https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/241846/18DD4385-4DBC-4A5C-8F84-DF2337B71E12_jpeg-1022619.JPG That’s a Corvette.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:37:19 PM EST
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As some of you know, I have owned a 2009 Corvette Z51, and I now own a 2016 Corvette Stingray.
I am very critical of the C8 after seeing the presentation. The Corvette was always a capable car for a several days road trip. Or, you could pickup the groceries on the way back from the track. Now, the C8 cargo space is split between a frunk, and a somewhat larger space behind the engine. GM Engineer Tadge presented as having as much combined space as the current C7. And he showed a pile of luggage and claimed it would fit in the car. I maintain that Tadge's demonstration was misleading. Allow me to show why. Here is a picture of my C7 packed for an afternoon at the shooting range. Rifle case, large ammo bag that can also hold a pistol or two, and a day bag for binoculars and accessories. I've actually put several rifles in my trunk, + ammo and gear. Conclusion? Going to the range with more than a couple of pistols and an ammo bag? The C8 stays home.  Some people don't like guns. That's OK. Do they like to go to the beach instead? Well, here is the C7 with a body board bag packed with 2 boards. There's a cooler, and look! We've got room left over for beach towels. If you're careful, you could put a couple of folding beach or camp chairs under the body board bag. Conclusion? Going to the beach with more than a couple of towels and a small cooler? The C8 stays home. 
The Corvette is America's premier sports car, but the Corvette doesn't just live at the track. Thousands of owners do more mundane things with the Corvette, like drive to and from work, and yes, picking up the groceries. You don't always think of your Corvette as a "grocery getter" but come-on, we've all done it! Here's the C7 doing duty as the grocery hauler. Going to the food store gets a lot harder if we plan on getting more than a couple of days worth of groceries. Conclusion? Going supermarket shopping for the family? The C8 stays home.  I say the Corvette was not just an awesome sports car, it was also a capable car for a several days road trip. Or, you could pickup the groceries on the way back from the track. In the presentations, we saw the C8 cargo space, split as it is between the front & rear, and strictly limited to small bags, means that Chevy is pushing the consumers toward the European pattern where the sports car is just another rich man's day tripper, and not a useful American road car. |
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:38:07 PM EST
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Waiting for the Jeremy Clarkson review.
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Posted: 7/19/2019 8:43:13 PM EST
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As some of you know, I have owned a 2009 Corvette Z51, and I now own a 2016 Corvette Stingray. I am very critical of the C8 after seeing the presentation. The Corvette was always a capable car for a several days road trip. Or, you could pickup the groceries on the way back from the track. Now, the C8 cargo space is split between a frunk, and a somewhat larger space behind the engine. GM Engineer Tadge presented as having as much combined space as the current C7. And he showed a pile of luggage and claimed it would fit in the car. I maintain that Tadge's demonstration was misleading. Allow me to show why. Here is a picture of my C7 packed for an afternoon at the shooting range. Rifle case, large ammo bag that can also hold a pistol or two, and a day bag for binoculars and accessories. I've actually put several rifles in my trunk, + ammo and gear. Conclusion? Going to the range with more than a couple of pistols and an ammo bag? The C8 stays home. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.corvetteforum.com-vbulletin/500x375/48326298031_693ff839bf_9d9fae93899712bae03a2756397d4b5c5306f30e.jpg Some people don't like guns. That's OK. Do they like to go to the beach instead? Well, here is the C7 with a body board bag packed with 2 boards. There's a cooler, and look! We've got room left over for beach towels. If you're careful, you could put a couple of folding beach or camp chairs under the body board bag. Conclusion? Going to the beach with more than a couple of towels and a small cooler? The C8 stays home. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.corvetteforum.com-vbulletin/500x375/48326424627_06eca5d533_be2039ce05439c9ec79ed9827a3e125d4c4c9388.jpg The Corvette is America's premier sports car, but the Corvette doesn't just live at the track. Thousands of owners do more mundane things with the Corvette, like drive to and from work, and yes, picking up the groceries. You don't always think of your Corvette as a "grocery getter" but come-on, we've all done it! Here's the C7 doing duty as the grocery hauler. Going to the food store gets a lot harder if we plan on getting more than a couple of days worth of groceries. Conclusion? Going supermarket shopping for the family? The C8 stays home. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.corvetteforum.com-vbulletin/500x375/48326297406_4763de0af3_1884052c7098963b5a69bb82bf7dddec1bdc6074.jpg I say the Corvette was not just an awesome sports car, it was also a capable car for a several days road trip. Or, you could pickup the groceries on the way back from the track. In the presentations, we saw the C8 cargo space, split as it is between the front & rear, and strictly limited to small bags, means that Chevy is pushing the consumers toward the European pattern where the sports car is just another rich man's day tripper, and not a useful American road car. |
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