New Corvette C7 is a retro of C3. Coming to theaters near you.

[Soravia]

http://www.leftlanenews.com/ch....html

Not sure if that glass dome will make into production. The hood is too low for a long and large engine.

[Looneybomber]

Aweful!

[AZ89two4Tsx]

Looks like a gay man's batmobile.

[Urabus GodofTraction]

I'll never understand the obsession with the C3. It's like saying, "Yes, I'll take my 'Vette fat and slow, please!"

[wingFeather]

It has more style than the plain modern Vettes, but it lacks refinement. Clean up some of those lines & they've got a winner.

[notslow]

eww

[alms24sebring]

the chevy corvette is dead..

[Loki]

I can has pop-up headlights?! I bet you anything production run looks nothing like that.

[DevilMB3017]

I can has pop-up headlights?! I bet you anything production run looks nothing like that.

QFT.

I have an undying love for pop-up headlights.

[snwbrdr435]

yuck

i did see one of those weird trike things in the background the other day not really a fan of them

[Murdered_T]

blah, im tired of corvette threads....

[TrunkMonkey]

It has more style than the plain modern Vettes, but it lacks refinement. Clean up some of those lines & they've got a winner.

i like the idea (i'm a c3 fan), but the design looks too aggressive.

smooth out or eliminate some of the lines and it'll be golden.

-demetrius

[dickie]

hey soravia, can you start making threads about the 2020 corvair concept and the 2419 nissan silvia, too?

[Dittoz7]

What Ever Happened To The Mid-Engine Corvette Idea?

Looks Too...Angry

[Mr1der]

eh...give it a not so "I'm a brick doing 160 drag limited" front end...and I'm fine with the rest.

[frapjap]

Meh, lose the fender flares up front and we have a winner. At least they're trying to make it futuristic-ish and not completely retro like all the other cars...

[nametakennow]

It's a damn movie car people, don't read into it. That pic is about as useful for evaluating the exterior of a car that's 3 years away as this is:

[Rex]

I'll never understand the obsession with the C3. It's like saying, "Yes, I'll take my 'Vette fat and slow, please!"

Weren't the 1968 & 1969's C3's?

I'm almost positive those offered the L68, L88 & L71. All were 427 ci engines that latter of which had a claimed 435 hp. That doesn't seem like slow or fat??

The engine offerings during 1970 were a bit weaker, but then the 1971's offered LS's. Then 1972 got weak ... eh, large V8's in a fiberglass body made for poor balance .

[TrunkMonkey]

It's a damn movie car people, don't read into it. That pic is about as useful for evaluating the exterior of a car that's 3 years away as this is.

you're absolutely right. seeing as how chevy used the first transformers movie to show off the new camaro, it would be completely out of the question for them to drop hints of the new c7 in the sequel.

what were we thinking?

-demetrius

[nametakennow]

Oh blah, the Camaro had already been seen at auto shows and gone through a few revisions by that point. Look at the vehicles around the "Corvette" in the picture, this movie is clearly using more outrageous base vehicles than the first one.

[NSR_s30]

Excited to see it in Transformers 2, but I dunno looks too crazy maybe.

[Soravia]

hey soravia, can you start making threads about the 2020 corvair concept and the 2419 nissan silvia, too?

Come on, people. There were a lot of 'prototype' bashing when the new Camaro concept came out for the first movie.

This one DOES NOT have pop-up head lights. This one actually uses LED projector head lights, which are probably cheaper in mass production. Think of a Caddy CTS tail lights mounted on the front with projector lens.

The car is really rough, but the actual production will retain most of its shape. Expect split glass for the windshield and the side windows. The rear glass would probably be bigger on production model.

If the ZR-1 is any indication, the new one will probably get a small V6 or V8 with twin turbo to save gas and make power at the same time.

[Soravia]

Weren't the 1968 & 1969's C3's?

I'm almost positive those offered the L68, L88 & L71. All were 427 ci engines that latter of which had a claimed 435 hp. That doesn't seem like slow or fat??

The engine offerings during 1970 were a bit weaker, but then the 1971's offered LS's. Then 1972 got weak ... eh, large V8's in a fiberglass body made for poor balance .

This is the C3, aka StingRay. most beautiful Corvette ever made, but that's all about there is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvette_C3

[MinisterofDOOM]

I'll never understand the obsession with the C3. It's like saying, "Yes, I'll take my 'Vette fat and slow, please!"

I love the C3's styling.I don't love the 180hp V8.

I also don't love the thing in Transformers. IF it's really a Corvette.

[JustinStrife]

http://www.leftlanenews.com/ch....html

Not sure if that glass dome will make into production. The hood is too low for a long and large engine.

There's no way.

And the c7 will 95% for sure be a V8. It's been all V8's since the mid 50's I believe. Why change what works?

[Soravia]

Gas prices, Industry mileage limits, emission rules, etc. Smaller engine saves more gas on idle and cruise.

[JustinStrife]

Gas prices, Industry mileage limits, emission rules, etc. Smaller engine saves more gas on idle and cruise.

Ls1's already were getting over 30mpg on the freeway. Even the Ls7, with 3 1/2 times the displacement of the SR20, was getting mid 20's on the freeway.

Trust me, the C7 will have a V8, will be FR, and will NOT look like the picture you posted.

This has all been discussed, and beaten to death on the corvetteforum for months.

[AZhitman]

That's NOT a Corvette preproduction (or concept).

It DOES look like someone's been watching too much Speed Racer.

[SketchyRollin564]

so i love the way they did the C6, other than the body colored housing for the headlights which is really gay, its one sexy car, inside and out, ESPECIALLY the Z06 and ZR-1

not to mention i think the C3 has some of the most beautiful lines... my friends dad has 2 and i can stare at those all day

but what the **** were they thinking with the C7? doesnt look anything like the C3, they got rid of the beautiful round lines on the rear and made em some edge new futuristic car bullcrap, and not only does it have no resemblance to a C3, but its just ****ing ugly!

then again, its a concept car, and i guess the concept of concept cars is to see how ugly you can make a car, but whatever

whenever the C7 comes out it should be sick

[HashiriyaS14]

There's no way.

And the c7 will 95% for sure be a V8. It's been all V8's since the mid 50's I believe. Why change what works?

Yeah, given that CAFE is such a big deal and, by fast car standards, the Corvette is a very high-volume affair, we can expect to see something else eventually. If Cadillac is going to completely forsake the V8 (likely), we can expect to see some twin-turbo V6 Corvettes in the future.

Besides, someone from GM was already quoted on autoblog stating that they think that the next Corvette will need to be a little smaller, much lighter, and maybe less powerful, but still maybe faster due to lighter weight, etc.

Not that I want it, I'll miss 8-banger vettes if they truly do disappear.