The 2014 Corvette finally looks like a world class car

[DainBramaged]

48 hours to the reveal 1/13/13

http://www.chevrolet.com/culture/article/2014-corvette-unveiling.html

[Agschmid]

1. Dupe?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2186890

And yes it's amazing...

[DainBramaged]

2. Ya and????

This is the lounge, not DU. I may just post it in the auto threads too, maybe in food because it's so yummy...

[Agschmid]

3. K.

[Populist_Prole]

4. Whaddya'mean "Finally"?

OK, the C5 looked a little too large in the posterior for my tastes, but the rest have always looked great for their respective time periods. The C6 is/was a knockout as it is.

[CanSocDem]

5. Not really.

It looks more like something out of that animated movie "Cars"...??? Like the last 20+ years of the auto industry. Designing for the lowest common denominator of driving skill. Short, big windshield, factory rake, ugly wheels and above all...marketability.

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[DainBramaged]

6. Right, well, thanks for your input....

[CanSocDem]

7. Actually....

I wrote a more precise response to you in the other thread on GD. It was about the picture you posted of the modified 60's 'vette. However lest you be offended by my brevity, allow me to paste said post.

"The windshield on those Corvettes is iconic. But it is a subjective aesthetic determination which means 'Everybody is right!'
As for the 2014 edition....to me it is another example of the prevailing design fixation on 'excess'. In particular, excessive design.
Modern day designers do what the 'Vette designers did. Take 4 or 5 stylized body lines each capable of standing on their own, and work out a way to put them ALL into the design. I think it is a generational thing, but still prevalent in many aspects of the culture.
Back in my day there was a aesthetic narrative to the long drawn out body lines that suggested grace or style without shouting. The shape of a windshield, the iconic shape of the side panels and the pert, protruding, yet stylishly understated rear deck made the Corvette something special. Nowadays, they just want to SELL as many as possible.
Unfortunately that means putting all the company's resources into the biggest moneymakers. Cars that are short, stocky and well 'branded'. Don't get me started....

Sorry. I always read GD first so I know what to be serious about.

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[DainBramaged]

8. 2014 Corvette is aerodynamic, GREAT looking, and not excessive in the least

But then again, I've been a Chevy fan since 1966 so nothing y0u write will change my mind about ANY Chevy, well, I hated the 58's, but I even owned a 64 Turbo Corvair in my teens....


14000 isn't as many as possible. The market for supercars, be they Vipers, R8's , 599's, 458's, Murcielagos, DB9's etc, is limited, so that is another point I disagree with,


There is NO BETTER value, horsepower per dollar, tan the Corvette and the ZL1 Camaro, you can get BOTH with over 500 HP for under $60,000.


And that is that.

[madinmaryland]

9. As compared to this...

[DainBramaged]

15. I drove many working for a Chevy dealer in the 60's

That is still a beautiful car.

[madinmaryland]

18. Call me weird, but the smell of 454 Chevy big-block which was in most of them

was a smell to worship. Traditional carbuerator. I had one in a Monte Carlo (74) and it was awesome.

[TheMightyFavog]

10. I can't wait for Clarkson's impression.

Will he be as impressed with it as the ZR-1?

[DainBramaged]

16. At least the rear won't be soft and flabby this time....

[Heimer]

11. Amazingly Beautiful!

Chevy had kind of lost me with the C5 and C6. I was always a big fan of the C4, and even the C3's to an extent(all the smog gear killed performance.) I had a rad built up(500hp) '85 for several years, and a '92 that I loved the looks of, but perfomance wise was just slow.

This new entry reallly gets my blood pumping. Solid enough HP, very modern and the styling just screams supercar! I think my PC needs new a background.. Yup!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. Love the wheels ! sharp looking ride. always did like a 'vette. not the side pipes one though.

yep. very sweet.

[Aerows]

13. :drool:

And what you talking about, Willis?

The Corvette has always been world class. Anyone that has ever driven one will tell you that.

Targa top. In yellow.

[DainBramaged]

14. here

[Aerows]

17. I'll just drool some more

What a magnificent thing we humans can make. I might actually drive one in a sedate color. Nah, make mine blazing red or yellow.

It looks fantastic.

[DainBramaged]

19. White w/black wheels, like I want my ZL1 Camaro convertible to be....