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2014 C7 Corvette VS C6 Corvette: Comparing Seats

The seats of a car (particularly the driver’s one) is one of the most important parts of an interior, and perhaps entire car. After all, the odds are that if you’re driving a car, you’re in contact with the seat. And perhaps no seats are more talked about than the seats of the Corvette, and reactions haven’t been positive. That is, until the 2014 C7 Corvette launched.

What makes these seats such an improvement? Car and Driver just took an in-depth look at the seats of both the C6 and C7 generations of the Corvette. Equipped with a scalpel, fabric scissors, and a bread knife, Car and Driver found out exactly what makes the 2014 Corvette seats so much better than before. We all know that there were some massive improvements made between the generations, but in fact, our own Manny Katakis found that the new seats were awesome in person.

Oddly enough, the Tier-1 supplier, Lear Automotive was the manufacturer for both generations of seats. Clearly they knew what went wrong the first time, and what to improve for round two. Sure the weight of the seats went up 11 pounds, but the improvements are well worth the weight.

A metro Detroit native, Alex Sizeland is GM Authority's staff writer with a focus on covering GM culture and performance cars.

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  1. Pointless article smh

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  2. To get anything out of this article you have to go to the “in-depth look” link to the Car and Driver article. Minutia to actual Corvette owners.

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  3. I just picked up my new Z51 C7 Stingray yesterday and the new seats are awesome! This is my 5th and probably my last Vette and this one beats all the others by a mile. The lines of the car are beautiful and especially really noticeable from the cockpit. The handling and ride is far superior to all previous years. I got the torch red with all the black accents that come with it as well as the black rim wheels and it looks badass. I got the gray leather seats and black interior and it is sharp. With all the new features in this car I’ll have to spend some time reading up on everything the dealer already went over cuz there was just to much to digest at once. And I did get the carbon fiber removable top and I live in Florida and yesterday was very hot and sunny and no heat issues. The clear top has so much black carbon fiber in that it looks all black unless you look close up at it and on the inside is a black headliner so it was big bux but glad I got it.

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