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Is GM trying to kill off the Corvette..??? The new 2005 not only has the same big a.s look but now has a happy face to go along with it...it appears that engineers do a great job but that the styling dept is full of idiots.Only my opinion but compared to some of the other cars now on the market the Vette is looking sort of out of date..heck to my wife all the Vettes from 1984 to date look the same... I know GM was attempting get the BIG Ferrari look ( toothless mouth look ) but on the Vette it does not fly... too bad....it is funny that the car that now turns heads and turns people on is a cheap $17,000 list price Mustang...selling like crazy...??? >Is GM trying to kill off the Corvette..??? The new 2005 not only has the >same big a.s look but now has a happy face to go along with it...it appears [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >now turns heads and turns people on is a cheap $17,000 list price >Mustang...selling like crazy...??? ======================= Personally I can not think of one single NEW car that lights my fire because of its styling... I though that my 60+ year old eyes had lost the aboility to send the correct signals to my brain ..or my brain lost the ability to decode what signals my eyes were transmitting... Today most cars just look the same...nothing much different in any of them... My gripe with the C5 was the front ....too plain...not the back... The C6 has a much better front...(well if you do not have to put a Lic. Plate on it) and the a.s end "looks" smaller.... JMO... Bob Griffiths 64 72 76 79 & 95 Corvettes ... >>Is GM trying to kill off the Corvette..??? The new 2005 not only has the >>same big a.s look but now has a happy face to go along with it...it [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > Bob Griffiths > 64 72 76 79 & 95 Corvettes Well they did two things, the C6 rear end is bigger than the C5, fooled your old eyes again. Their other accomplishment was they made the rear end even harder to wash, good job guys. Is GM trying to kill off the Corvette? Good probability, their method of operation is if it's making money screw with the customer because you don't have any money to do it with the lesser cars. Why else would they stick a Cadillac into the production mix that is an answer to a question that wasn't ask?  SignatureDad 05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51 72 Shark Black/Black/4spd Dunno, the Z06 looks very sweet to me. I love the flared fenders, big a.s tires and the scoops. > > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > SignatureRic Seyler Online Racing: RicSeyler GPL Handicap 6.35 ricseyler@SPAMgulf.net http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~ricseyler remove -SPAM- from email address -------------------------------------- "Homer no function beer well without." - H.J. Simpson Dunno, the Z06 looks very sweet to me. I love the flared fenders, big a.s tires and the scoops. I really like the new convertible. I hear they may be making a Z-06 convertible next year, which will be great. SignatureCharlie !993 Corvette Convertible >>Dunno, the Z06 looks very sweet to me. >>I love the flared fenders, big a.s tires and the scoops. >>Ric Seyler >>Online Racing: RicSeyler [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>"Homer no function beer well without." >>- H.J. Simpson I'm with you on that Ric! I saw the Z06 at the Toronto International Car Show and I'm still drooling. It was a great opportunity to try out my new digital camera. Actually, I like the looks of the full new Vette lineup. Some people just don't seem to like change, even when it's for the better. ;-) I'M WITH YOU guys. I LIKE THE C6 > >>Dunno, the Z06 looks very sweet to me. > >>I love the flared fenders, big a.s tires and the scoops. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Some people just don't seem to like change, even when it's for the better. > ;-) What the hell are the two guests doing here if they don't like the Vette? Make yourselves happy at a Ford forum. I don't care if you like the Vette anymore than you care if I like the Vette. Go do something that will make you happy. > What the hell are the two guests doing here if they don't like the > Vette? Make yourselves happy at a Ford forum. I don't care if you > like the Vette anymore than you care if I like the Vette. Go do > something that will make you happy. Styling is a subjective thing. I like the C6, but I liked the C5 too. I'd have to have them sitting side by side and look at both for a long time to decide. Unlike some purists, I like the fixed headlights, but I'm not so keen on the body color inside the covers. I like less overhang. I love Xenon headlights. Thing is, they're similar enough that which I'd like better would depend more on driving position, ergonomics, handling, acceleration, etc. rather than styling. I'm not sure Dad was saying he dislikes the C6; more that he prefers the C5. I don't what Grayfox's agenda is, and I'm not inclined to Google his history here to see. In any event, no way is GM trying to kill the Corvette. AJM '93 Ruby coupe, 6 sp > Styling is a subjective thing. I like the C6, but I liked the C5 too. > I'd [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > history > here to see. In any event, no way is GM trying to kill the Corvette. My biggest dislike is that for some reason I thought there would be as much of a gain in the C6 as there was in the C5. I think that is what the past generation changes were, and the C5 was big a big enough change that it started the whole "C" thing. My feeling is still the same, the C5 is a great car, the C6 didn't better it by much. In fact it has some lesser qualities than the C5. In all fairness it has a few better qualities also. As an example I didn't think I would like the fixed lights until I drove them, best change they made except for the HP increase. So you have 2 reasons for buying a C6 beside your like, (or dislike), of its styling, plus it down sides to not buy one. My other comment about them trying to kill it may be a little facetious but they sure look like it is a effort to screw up their production. I would hate to be the people trying to put a great car out of that plant with all of the fingers in the pie. > AJM > '93 Ruby coupe, 6 sp Dad 05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51 72 Shark Black/Black/4spd >> Styling is a subjective thing. I like the C6, but I liked the C5 too. >> I'd [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > reasons for buying a C6 beside your like, (or dislike), of its styling, > plus it down sides to not buy one. Well, as you've noted here, the C4 left an awful lot of room for improvement despite 12 years of tweaking. The C5 was (is) a helluva car, and it would be very difficult to make that same quantum leap and keep the price point where it is. > My other comment about them trying to kill it may be a little facetious > but they sure look like it is a effort to screw up their production. I > would hate to be the people trying to put a great car out of that plant > with all of the fingers in the pie. I agree GM is too much a bureaucracy and a finance company, and not enough of a car company. But their goal is to make cars for the masses, I guess. I'm grateful for the fact that they've made the 'Vette all these years despite that. I don't know why they're suddenly letting Cadillac have all the fun; maybe it's because all the other nameplates are tainted enough that using them to go up against Lexus, BMW, etc. would be a battle lost from the start. Looks like we're might replace my wife's '96 Accord with an Acura TSX. We still haven't given up on the small sport-ute idea, in which case it would be an Escape, maybe the hybrid. Although, when we went to the Ford dealer she started really liking the Freestyle. Maybe I could talk her into a used Audi or BMW wagon? We'd buy an Accord hybrid, but you can't get one, and they're going for 2 to 3K over sticker. AJM '93 Ruby coupe, 6 sp I am ok with the front of the new C6, but agree they dropped the ball on the rear end. What's up with the cheap plastic around the third brake like and above the exhaust pipes? The only way to make it less painful to look at is to buy the car in black. Bill 02 Triple Black Convertible > Is GM trying to kill off the Corvette..??? The new 2005 not only has the > same big a.s look but now has a happy face to go along with it...it [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > that now turns heads and turns people on is a cheap $17,000 list price > Mustang...selling like crazy...??? In my humble opinion, there is no such thing as an ugly 'Vette. Some may be prettier than others, but they are *ALL* beautiful in their own right. TomC '90 ZR1 > Is GM trying to kill off the Corvette..??? The new 2005 not only has the > same big a.s look but now has a happy face to go along with it...it appears [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > now turns heads and turns people on is a cheap $17,000 list price > Mustang...selling like crazy...??? The front of the C6 is a styling disaster ... I'm suprised Lutz let it out of the factory! > The front of the C6 is a styling disaster ... I'm suprised Lutz let it > out of the factory! I'm more than happy to think he was the dork that did let it out of the factory. Had to make him money or he wouldn't have. Bob Klutz could well be the end of GM as we know it, maybe that's a good thing. I always wondered what it would be like if they had 800 less VPs, a few thousand less CEOs and only one CFO. SignatureDad 05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51 72 Shark Black/Black/4spd I saw my first "in person" C6 in New Orleans last week. A friend I was with pointed it out, and at first I said, "Oh, that's not a new Corvette, that's a mid-90's vette that somebody BUTCHERED". Then I saw the headlights, and realized it really was the 2005! Oh my God, is it too late too get a good deal on a left over 2004? I was going to drive my '87 for a couple more years, but if they keep getting uglier... > Is GM trying to kill off the Corvette..??? The new 2005 not only has the > same big a.s look but now has a happy face to go along with it...it appears [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > now turns heads and turns people on is a cheap $17,000 list price > Mustang...selling like crazy...??? |
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