2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 reveal this Sunday (Jan 13)
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highrider
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Work on them. Talk to a gm tech that works on them. They are poorly built and engineered in just about every measurable way. But if 0 to 60 speed and quarter miles = great car, I guess that would be the only salient argument you could make in regards to those cars.
Death Dealer
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C5's are too bulky looking. They have that jellybean shape that was popular on all of the cars in the late 90's early 2000s. I hate the flat ass on them. I know it's supposed to be a homage to the C3's but I don't like it. No question they are better made cars than previous Corvettes, but in terms of aesthetic design, they are my least favorite. My ranking is C2>C3>C1>C6>C4>C5
I'll have to see the C7 in person, but so far, I like the front and side angles but not the rear.
Why are you dismissing their considerable handing ability? The recent high performance vettes are likely the best handling cars they've ever built.
Kleegamefan
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Road and Track broke GMs NDA
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Some details
Body is no longer fiberglass but is now almost totally made out of carbon fiber, ala Lexus LFA......least expensive car ever to use CF body panels
Car has next generation of magnetorheological dampers more advanced than the magnetorheological dampers used on the Audi R8, and Ferrari 458 or F12
7speed ZF manual (ala Porsche 991) or 8 speed asin auto (ala Lexus ISF)
Base Price slightly over 50K
Final HP at least 471 BHP
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Some details
Body is no longer fiberglass but is now almost totally made out of carbon fiber, ala Lexus LFA......least expensive car ever to use CF body panels
Car has next generation of magnetorheological dampers more advanced than the magnetorheological dampers used on the Audi R8, and Ferrari 458 or F12
7speed ZF manual (ala Porsche 991) or 8 speed asin auto (ala Lexus ISF)
Base Price slightly over 50K
Final HP at least 471 BHP
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Looks gorgeous except for the back with the ugly new taillights. Back looks like the shitty backends on cadillacs. Bleh.
highrider
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Look, the vette is like the mustang. You aren't going to convince anybody that it is anything but great if they are a fan of the body style.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Poorly built and engineered how? They break down constantly? Or?
Carbon Fiber body even on the base model? That's surprising.
Death Dealer
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Zaraki_Kenpachi
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I'm still shocked people were expecting something different.
Kleegamefan
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Youtube link for the official reveal
1 hour 15mins left to go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsQGcD0TJvw
1 hour 15mins left to go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsQGcD0TJvw
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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This is how Porsche does it:
Did US cars switch to having R in the top left like the europeans?
Interferon
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I hope they get rid of the damn leaf springs
I heard that the Vette will have the reverse gear below 7th.
Bit of trivia: What was the first car to have transverse mounted leaf springs for all four wheels?
Answer: The 1984 Corvette.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Ya, that's how US cars usually handled it. I haven't had a "new" car in a while though so wasn't sure if they changed it.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
$50K for a near fully carbon-fiber, 470+ HP icon car. Sounds like a great deal to me!
Has nothing to do with region of car manufacturer.
Ether_Snake
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WTF, that makes no sense. You are more likely to be in 1 when shifting to reverse, not 7.
Kleegamefan
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This is how Porsche does it:
acii47 is right
Reverse will be below 7th, for better or worse
Interferon
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Maybe they're small aero tunnels on the body like Ferrari implemented on 458 and F12.
IISANDERII
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I seem to recall old Corvettes having 7 speed gearboxes.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
7 speeds is too many
Kleegamefan
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OT: I used to own an '07 C6Z06
I currently drive a 2011 GTR premium (with the mods I have I am currently getting 600+ awd HP) and the car is actually a little TOO fast for me (lol)
I plan on trading it it on a 2nd year 2014 Z51 C7 corvette....which I anticipate will be a better balanced, but still fast car
I really, really love the C7 design.....obvious v12 front engined Ferrari influences (599 GTO, F12) which is a good thing, IMO
I currently drive a 2011 GTR premium (with the mods I have I am currently getting 600+ awd HP) and the car is actually a little TOO fast for me (lol)
I plan on trading it it on a 2nd year 2014 Z51 C7 corvette....which I anticipate will be a better balanced, but still fast car
I really, really love the C7 design.....obvious v12 front engined Ferrari influences (599 GTO, F12) which is a good thing, IMO
Kleegamefan
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The old 4+3 Doug Nash manuals from the C4s were hardly the same thing....
This and the 991 are true 7 speed manuals.....the first ever for production...
EDIT: Brain Fart, Doug Nash, not Borg Warner
Death Dealer
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You must be talking about the Doug Nash 4+3. It had 4 gears with an overdrive on second, third and fourth. I think the 6 speed ZF is considered better.
Kleegamefan
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They are exactly that.....
Primary function is to increase negative air pressure (downforce) over the rear wheels....
Secondary function is to help cool rear brakes and tranny-transaxle/differential
Lessons learned on the track by the C6R will be implemented in this car.....
Every 5 speed manual I've driven has been like this:
But every car I've driven with a manual has been American or Japanese.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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What's the reason then? The german cars I have have had it top left and US cars have had it bottom right, even when they have the same number of gears.
Ya, US and Japan have always done that and european cars like opal and vw have it top left where you have to push down on the shifter to more it further top left than 1st gear. At least in my experience.
VW Jetta:
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Some of them just do. The Mustang's reverse gear is top left too; it depends on the transmission designer.
This is how Porsche does it:
Man that's annoying. I drive a 5 speed and it gets annoying shifting gears constantly, can't imagine what it'd be like with a 7 speed. I'll stick with 6 for my next car
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Ah, didn't know that.
Edit: Is it a more recent thing for US cars? I literally can't think of any cars from the 80s or 90s in the US that had R in the top left. I can see it more now with parts being sourced differently now.
Man that's annoying. I drive a 5 speed and it gets annoying shifting gears constantly, can't imagine what it'd be like with a 7 speed. I'll stick with 6 for my next car
Where do you drive that you're constantly shifting with a 5 speed?
Man that's annoying. I drive a 5 speed and it gets annoying shifting gears constantly, can't imagine what it'd be like with a 7 speed. I'll stick with 6 for my next car
Well, you can always skip gears. The Tremec transmission in the C6/Camaro/Challenger/CTS-V actually makes you go from 1st to 4th if your revs are in a certain range.
In the eye of the beholder I suppose. When I bought my Malibu, which has a 6 speed auto, it felt to me like it was shifting a lot, because I was used to my Olds, which has a 3 speed auto. It shifts at around 15 mph and 35 mph.
Wut?
So, if you're really hammering it and redlining through 1st and you slam it down thinking it will hit 2nd....it goes to 4th?!?
That's awful...
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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I guess so. I have a 5 speed manual and even with my shitty countryish roads it doesn't feel like I have to shift too often. It makes me sad they're using less gears in manuals now for more basic cars and they get worse gas mileage because of it. I love my manuals.
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