Community Question: What Do You Want To See In The Next-Gen Chevy Corvette?
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We’ve heard all kinds of speculation reports about the next-generation Chevrolet Corvette: from a smaller footprint and a new 5.5 liter V8 (or is it a twin turbo V6?) to the fact that the ultimate American sports car won’t be an “old guy’s car anymore”, the rumormill has certainly been busy.
But aside from all that, let’s talk about what you’d like to see in the C7: more power? A better interior? A decrease in curb weight? A DSG? Better seats? Sound off in the comments, folks!
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CONCEALED HEADLAMPS AND HIGHER UP QUARTER PANELS. C6 LOOKS LIKE A 1990 CAMARO COMING DOWN THE ROAD. DON’T DO THIS TO THE C7.
Nah, pop-up headlights are lame and not aerodynamic. Too many moving parts just to a simple job of lighting the road, which the existing C6 headlights do just fine for themselves.
And higher quarter pannels would the C7 look like a C3, and retro is dead.
I’m willing to leave C7’s styling to the professionals with only one proviso – please no “retro” , let Camaro carry that flag !
Please keep in mind that not all Corvette people are short haulers -our C6 very seldom goes out of the garage for less than 500 miles. The Z06 can be the racer but let there be a GT as well and that means tires that last more than 5000 miles, a suspension that allows great handling but leaves your fillings in place, reasonable fuel efficiency (we have to pass on the planet !), a quality classic interior w/ interface electronics to please those who must have it but make most of it optional (i.e. a option package) and allow some colour in the interior ! And I don’t mean black with red, yellow, blue, or whatever colour stitching – carpets other than black even if only floor mats, and some contrasting door colours – whether it be door control bezels or hardware. Make the steering wheel look like something someone actually thought of as other than an airbag holder ! Flat bottom, leather trim etc.
My wife and I spend a lot of time in the interior and I’d like it to be somewhere I have some choices in how it looks, surely that can’t be unfeasible or not cost effective ! Let me pay for it if so ! Surely the new design interior could contain some design elements that allow different colours to be introduced and still be cost effective – I hate all black interiors and yet most HIPo cars now seems to follow Ford’s theory that “you can have any colour so long as it’s black” . The old Cobalt “SS’s” had seat centres and central door panels that matched so it can’t be all that expensive !
And let’s finally have a dual clutch gearbox with 7 or 8 gear ratios again an option, so those who don’t seem to realize that racing cars (incl Corvette Racing) haven’t had a clutch pedal for at least 2 or 3 generations.
We ‘ve aIready pre-ordered a new C7 so I’ll like it however it comes out but the above would be “cream” !
I want to see paddle shift and all wheel drive.Then we will hear less about the Nissan GTR and more about the Corvette ZR1.Common GM its time to upgrade.
I couldn’t disagree with you more. The reference to Camaro being retro is “off”. Compared to the market that appreciate “retro” styling, Camaro is a miss compared to the Mustang and Challenger.
GM has a rich heritage that they are not taking advantage to exploit. The Corvette use to be “King of the hill”, but now that I can afford to buy one, I just can’t warm-up to it.
It’s a tough balance to come up with a style that satisfies both the upper age customers that can afford one with the younger crowd who for the most part cannot afford.
Hey Bob,
I don’t mean to dis retro ! If you’re into it that’s great but being a non retro guy and having spent the last 6 months testing a LOT of cars, the Camaro, Mustang, and Challenger are more retro as far as styling than most…the Mustang surprisingly to me anyway was the best handler of the 3 but non of them are in the same ballpark as the ‘Vette.
I agree the balance between old and new demographics is tough and back in the day it was no contest, the young turks won but in todays market boomers are impossible to ignore as we’re a BIG chunk of the market and have the $$ but you gotta move on and while the engineering does; sometimes the styling stays in the past. I don’t appreciate it and i’m just saying if you want to go that way let the Camaro do it. The Corvette’s the halo brand for Chevy and I think that means the styling has to be more contemporary, including cues from the Corvettes past but not looking like they did 30 years ago.