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

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

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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.

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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 .

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?

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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.

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

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.

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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?

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.

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

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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

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.

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I could see a smaller displacement V8 powering the next generations of corvette. Here's why I think you won't see a twin turbo v6 though.

Look at the GT-R, 3000GT, 300zx, Supra, etc. They all have worse fuel economy than the LT1/LS1/LS7. Even though these smaller engines make comparable power, you have to beat the piss out of them to get it, where as the V8 doesn't work half as hard. My supercharged Ls1 gave me 29mpg going to S13Teddy's Summer BBQ in L.A. 2 months ago driving 80-85. There's been FD's with LS1 swaps getting in the mid 30's.

It would be more likely, that the corvette will downsize to an FD's size, and get a smaller displacement V8(like a 5.0 or 5.3liter perhaps) and get mid 30's on the freeway and 20's around town.

Not to mention you still have to sell the Corvette, and the majority of buyers buy it for it's tradition, and it's V8. Going from pop-ups to fixed headlights caused quite a stir on the corvette community, that still has corvette owners divided. The Corvette department of GM isn't stupid enough to go rear engine, AWD, or 6 banger and turbos. It's not going to be as efficient.

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