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really clean, nice looking Vette....
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174
31.46%
a very different Vette but we'll sure as hell take it.
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165
29.84%
i'll be ordering one soon.......
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98
17.72%
No thank you
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116
20.98%
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Thoughts on the new corvette?
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I talked to the salesman at my local Chevy dealer that sold me my C7 and he is a gear-head as well and he promised to let me know as soon as they get one. He also told me that they plan to have special preview presentations of it at 150 of their best Corvette-selling dealers soon so if someone is also interested in checking one out contact your local dealers to see if they are one of the 150. Again, I am keeping my 991 but anyone who likes cars has to be at least a little intrigued with the C8 (or one should be). Is it perfect to me? No. For example, I do not like the rear end or the angled screen to the right of the wheel, and I am sure when I see one in person there will be other things I do not like but I do like what I see now otherwise.
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The back lights scream Camaro and I’m not sure what’s up with the climate controls, but overall I’m very impressed. Can’t wait to see one in the flesh.
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I find it stunningly beautiful and for the price ... good luck beating it. I can’t wait to see it in person and drive one.
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I talked to the salesman at my local Chevy dealer that sold me my C7 and he is a gear-head as well and he promised to let me know as soon as they get one. He also told me that they plan to have special preview presentations of it at 150 of their best Corvette-selling dealers soon so if someone is also interested in checking one out contact your local dealers to see if they are one of the 150. Again, I am keeping my 991 but anyone who likes cars has to be at least a little intrigued with the C8 (or one should be).
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It will be a performance monster however ..... it looks way too busy... too many hard angles and cuts .. proportions are all wrong and lopsided... rear looks horrrrribllleeee!! ... it'll sell like hot cakes lol!
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I really like the potential in this as a track car but I also wouldn’t be an early adopter as I’d expect the new mid-engine RWD configuration to be harder to keep thermally regulated.
I’m in a high desert environment at UMC which has some high speed track configurations so this is probably a near-worst-case environment.
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Huh? Wha? ...Psssh? ....how many under $100K 500 hp mid engine sports cars are you aware of? Yeah its a budget super car no matter how much you hope its not true. Chevy engineers really do great job creating budget performance. This car is definitely in super car realm . And that is without high performance model that is liekly to be released later in production.
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I’m surprised at the weight. The LS engines are some of the lightest around for the power, the tech looks good. Did the car get that much bigger?
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Lots of tech and no tub. Its big boneded. 3600 is still pretty light. The 992 will be almost 3500.
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I don’t think the C8 will have any impact on the 992. The biggest impact I see is on the used NSX, R8, and Maclaren market. If I were in the market for one of those, it would be hard to pass up a new with warranty equivalent mid engine that can be serviced at the local Chevy dealer.
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Super excited for the car but they could have done a lot more with a mid engined car styling wise. It looks like something Rockstar would have come up with if you asked them to design a plain mid engined car for Grand Theft Auto.
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No manual, no available in green, square steering wheel (so fat people can get in and out easier), hard pass for me (and I am fat, but like round wheels, because you know, they should be round).
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Agreed. If the foundation car is this good... the motorsport variants will be insane. Can't wait to drive one and see what the chassis has to offer.
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I think it looks interesting, but then again, I don't really care as much about how things look as they perform. I will hold my evaluation until we see these things in the wild. Particularly given how things have gone with previously iterations on track, with LIMP mode and all that, and particularly cooling issues.
I am also distressed, as others, at the complete lack of ability to get a hummer in this deal here. That, and the amazing amount of buttons. As others have said, maybe there was a sale or something?
I am also distressed, as others, at the complete lack of ability to get a hummer in this deal here. That, and the amazing amount of buttons. As others have said, maybe there was a sale or something?