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Originally Posted by Blacdout96
I think your being a little excessive with the GM love. There are some things Al that we can certainly agree on, but when 8 out of 10 people are already disappointed by what the newest renderings are, it says something, that maybe GM should focus on making it a new generation Corvette instead of trying to make it the next chapter in the sports car world. I understand that GM will use certain styling cue's throughout their line ups (i.e. tail lights) but just like Aston Martin's newest Zagato, they reused the Nissan GTR's side window strake, which certainly knocks it down a couple of notches for not being original.
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Oh, so I guess if you love the way the car looks, you must hug GM nuts, but if you don't, you are right? This is how this plays out every time. I cannot possibly have a say in anything because I automatically pick a GM vehicle over anything else right? My opinion is instantaneously thrown out because I don't agree with 8 out of 10 people in this thread?
Who gives a **** if they used a similar DLO design for a rear window? It's a design element that has NEVER made it to any production Corvette. I guess it's not original because they didn't design some fancy window opening? But I guess when they tried to break out from the design and push the envelope, they are stupid and should rethink it.
Listening to people like the 8 out of 10 in this thread would cause the car to lose 50% of its handling, most of its features, gain a big block and probably a live axle.
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I don't know how to explain the rear, but it looks like it was squashed together, instead of flaring out, giving it a disproportional look. I'm guessing they are going for a little more european flare, but they'd be best to stick with the wide hips. I'm guessing it deals with the tail lights, their grouped too close together. Hopefully these are nothing but guess, or first round renderings, and that they improve upon the proportions.
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Nothing European about that car. Ferrari? Okay, I can see it, but Ferrari has always lead the design in performance coupes.
They shrunk the width to make it more appealing to European tastes, yet they didn't want to give up on the look, hence the heavily revised tail end and rear glass.
None of this is first round renderings. The Detroit Auto Show is in 4 months, this IS it.
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The Viper Has been hanging on kids walls since it's renderings and unveiling in 1989, and has done nothing but made tongues in peoples mouth roll out. I will say that the most recent generation before production was ceased was not to my liking, and was bland, but a first generation GTS will always be on my want list till the day I'm rolling in the dirt 6 feet under. This current generation that I got the chance to see at the NYIAS and at Laguna Seca in both road and race form, I spent a combined amount of time of about 30 minutes looking at them, and I would of looked more but the wife was getting impatient. I can guarentee you that this current generation Viper will only be gray if you paint it that color.
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Viper is two generations behind Corvette, and now there is a C7 coming out that will push it further.
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And to compare the Viper to the Corvette is really Apples to oranges. The Viper is an exotic, and the Corvette is an affordable sports car, enough said.
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Two door, two seat, long nose, short deck sports car made in America by an American car company, with a high horsepower engine won't be compared?
And Viper an exotic? Pushing it with that comment.
The biggest thing that will separate the two will be price, and that's only until ZR1 comes back out.