Doug,

Instantly better!

 

I don't know about everyone else. I like it.... a lot.
Its got a lot more angles and hard edges. In one of the backside shots, I almost see caddy in the way the angles are cut.

You can see the running theme of the stingray throught the vehicle. Look at the steering wheel and the rear end. Same shapes.

It's not perfect, but I like a lot of the shapes/edges more than what I don't like.
Find it better/meaner/more aggressive looking than the c5/c6.

LOTS of potential in this car.
BIG fan of the tech in this car.
I can only hope the next gen Mustang has the same type of gadgets (upgraded track apps and completely user custom gauges/clusters/screens.

I think GM was going with QNX as an OS for their vehicles. Great choice!

 

Moderately impressed.

I like that they have moved the design forward and is not another reflexive, predictable reiteration of stale Vette design language. There is enough in the design to reflect Vette DNA -- though perhaps a bit too much identifiable DNA from other current cars -- yet interpreting in a significantly new way.

That said, I think the actual execution leaves a bit to be desired. While certainly a dramatic design -- even aggressive for those with a bit too much testosterone -- I don't think it’s necessarily a great design.

A lot of the individual elements don't cohere or relate to each other terribly tightly, coming off more as a somewhat lose amalgam of individually interesting bits than a well-integrated whole. The back end, especially, is guilty of this, looking like some checklist of design elements all thrown into the design hopper and press formed into the Vette rear end. And the rear end is still visually rather massive which I think was the C5s weakest design aspect.

On the interior, too, while I'm confident the quality is vastly improved, it again looks like a lose agglomeration of bits and pieces that don't relate all that well to each other. At least it finally sounds like their putting in decent seats.

Technically though, I think it’s a big step forwards and should prove to be a more than suitable successor to the C5, though perhaps we should refer to it as something other than the C6, which has me grasping for some Dramamine.

 

Pedestrians should be on the pavement (that's sidewalk to you folks ) NOT the road. Just let Darwinism take its toll, I say

 

lol, oh jalopnik

 

 

I'm starting to warm up to it a bit. Right now I can get over everything except the rear and the cluttered (IMO) interior.

I will give them props for the tech of the car overall as well

 

c6 > c7

although i like the tech and all other goodies going into it, not feeling this one. i'd take the new viper over this.

also props to GM on finally updating the interior, has always been the weakest link in the vette.

 

Looks nice in red not gonna lie

 

Trans and diff coolers. IIRC they are standard on the Z51 and all automatics.

 

I'll be honest. I love it. Corvettes have looked the same for 10-15 years now, whenever they came out with the C5.

Love the styling, and not that I see the tails on a real car, I actually really like them, they fit very well with that rearend.

The interior, as usual, is crap though. They tried too hard to get the cockpit look going, and just missed it.

 

As stale as the c6 design may have been, I'd still take one over this new c7; the whole rear end is a mess.

 

Am I the only one gettin pissed we don't have a Ford GT or a Cobra to battle this sumbiznitch?!

 

Nah

I'd rather Ford remain profitable with increasing sales in all segments year after year.

 

Stop using logic Gary!!

 

Isn't it possible to have both ...

 

I'll leave that up to Mulally

 

From what I hear the Corvette and viper are very profitable

 

one thing i like about the interior is that the radio & such are all positioned towards the driver... driver focused. like the Supra interior. almost a cockpit look if you will..

 

I think that's been a design trait for the Corvette since the C4 of the 1980s. Nothing new there