[Official] C7 Corvette Thread
 

Caught! Chevrolet Corvette C7 Prototype Spotted Testing - Motor Trend

Interesting stuff.

Wish we could see some more..

I like what I see so far...looks like new headlights?

jalopnik claimed they saw it a few months ago and they had a sketch made of what they saw... some didnt believe them... but these spy pics show they were dead on

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/3...7d4eed4d6a.jpg


http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/411...2f963b07b6.jpg


they even had the wheels mirrors right all that

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/ima...2903781868.jpg

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/ima...164ca05252.jpg

Kind of looks like the camaro rear end.

No more wrap-around rear window...that's a first.

about damn time they changed up that tired ass design.

Hm....not sure how I feel about it

Hmmmm, this maybe the ugliest vet I've ever seen.

I think the production model of that could look pretty bad A$$

Interesting. It's *probably* going to look pretty good in the flesh. We'll have to see.

What I'm hoping for is that they got the Cadillac team to handle the interior.

Honestly, the current design is classic and with what they are prototyping it still holds a lot of design cues from the current C6. Also, that tired design does great in races. ;)

I hope so, it needs to be burned and rebuilt from the ground up.

I was checking out a '10 (I think) vert at our car show a few weeks ago and materials wise and stuff it was actually pretty good... but the design just doesn't really fit the car at all. It needs a true cockpit type feel and should be modern and stylish.

Yeah they have seats like a Buick... Its terrible but pretty nice on the A$$..

Which is good I guess since a lot of the buyers are... ummm... up there. :icon17:

But hopefully they'll get more aggressive... maybe with a Recaro option or something. :tup:

:iagree:

That Camaro looking rear end has got to go. Those tail lights would ruin the look of the car.

Yeah they need to keep the classic Corvette style tails.

This!:iagree:

If you look at the prototype pictures they seem to be your standard tail lights. Unless they are going to change from this point.

Probaly still has 19th century buggy technology suspension.

You know.... horse cart leaf springs.

You realize the leaf spring used in the Corvette is not the type of spring you probably think it is, right? And have you seen what a Z06, GS, or ZR1 does on a road course? :rolleyes:

Yep, I'm not saying the 'vette does things poorly. I'm just saying it's still using 100 year old technology in the suspension.

Much like the rear end in your.....










I kid, I kid. :p

It's an evolution of technology invented a long time ago... just like everything else around.

And there are definitely benefits to using a transverse leaf spring as well.

Bottom line is it works and works well.

:iagree: ... just not as good as a certain Nissan super car.:stirthepot:

:icon17:

It's hard to beat the GT-R when NISSAN made a back door deal with the Laws of Physics. :p

:iagree:

Don't feel like I'm looking at a vette

:icon18::bowrofl: SWEET

/\ that's exactly how I feel about it.

ugly IMO, way to many angles, not enough curves

this shall be interesting indeed! :excited:

Next Generation vette?
 

Animation firm brings C7 Chevrolet Corvette conjectures to life - Yahoo! Autos

is this the next gen Vette?

i don't know about you guys but it is ugly to me.

That video was based on info Jalopnik acquired from a few sources and built an animation, here are the original articles:
Exclusive: This is the 2014 Chevy Corvette
2014 Chevrolet Corvette: First Photos
This Is The 2014 Corvette's Entire Nose

The front end of this car looks like a 458 Italia. So is this supposed to come out befor or after the stingray vette that can be seen here. concept stingray - Google Search

The concept car you linked was the base for the c7, a lot of the design cues were taken to build the production car.

i hope this wont be the final design........... the back tail lights looks like its trying to take after the camaro, and leave its signature round tail lamps behind.... wtf mate?

The front end has been confirmed ... that is very close to the production design. I'm sure the rest of the car is mostly speculation, and I'm sure GM is keeping it tight to ensure the body isn't leaked as well.

If that's is a lock and that is what it's going to look like they better not make too many people are not going to like that or the price tag.

I have heard mid engine and smaller displacement more like the old ZR1 with DI like the Ferrari motors.

Heck might as well make it an eletro-gas hybrid. Corvette has always been about cutting edge design. Yet these days it more about keeping up with technology.