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[ascii42]

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...

No, that would be well outside the rev range where it does that. It's intended for when you are driving more casually. It won't do it if you are driving spiritedly.

 

[waypoetic]

That's a goddamn Gran Turismo 5 screenshot in the OP :| WHAT.

 

[Kleegamefan]

Youtube reveal channels is now active......stuff is happening!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsQGcD0TJvw


13minutes left!

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

T-minus 10 minutes.

EXCITE

 

[Kleegamefan]

They are currently replaying the C7 teasers


T MINUS 8 min!!!!

 

[daw840]

No, that would be well outside the rev range where it does that. It's intended for when you are driving more casually. It won't do it if you are driving spiritedly.

Ah....that's good.

 

[enzo_gt]

This is already looking like the ugliest Corvette in history. Ever since the Jalopnik leak I couldn't be less hyped about the announcement.. but I'm probably going to watch anyways hoping it looks nothing like the leaks.

 

[elfinke]

That's a lot of (really nice muscle) car for $50k, damn. AusGAF here, where 'vette's are pretty exotic.

 

[Sailor]

Where do you drive that you're constantly shifting with a 5 speed?

Just driving around suburban New Jersey where speed limits change very often. I constantly cycle between 2-4 while driving.

 

[Khalifa Jayy]

For what it's worth my '11 Camaro SS has Reverse top right. If you're moving forward you'll be forced into fifth, but at a super slow crawl or complete stop, reverse unlocks. I don't known what mechanism they use to achieve that but it works really well. R under 7th shouldn't come as a surprise.

Edit: skip shift is really unobtrusive. It only forces you into fourth if you're accelerating as slow as a snail.

 

[Complex Shadow]

This is already looking like the ugliest Corvette in history. Ever since the Jalopnik leak I couldn't be less hyped about the announcement.. but I'm probably going to watch anyways hoping it looks nothing like the leaks.

booooooo. get otta here old man.

 

[Trouble]

Go time. Oh lawdy.

 

[enzo_gt]

booooooo. get otta here old man.

The back end is inexcusable, especially the lights. INEXCUSABLE.

 

[Valkyr Junkie]

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...

Skip shift. It's so the cars get better EPA city fuel economy. Most people disable it.

 

[Hesemonni]

Another Corvette, another hideous dash.

 

[daw840]

I'll have to say, except for the tail lights I like it! Looks pretty sexy.

 

[Interferon]

Ok front. Fugly rear.
5 Driver modes? They apparently think they're BMW now
Dash design still lower than expected

Is it me or does its front end look similar to the latest Dodge Viper?

You're right, that makes it an Dodge Camaro with optional BMW iDrive system

 

[i-Lo]

Is it me or does its front end look similar to the latest Dodge Viper?

 

[daw840]

Is anyone else seeing this John Smith guy just posting "N*****s" over and over and over in the live comments? What the hell....

 

[Skilotonn]

I agree though, I don't like the back end at all at first glance, reminds me of a DeLorean.

But not only was the light show amazing with the covered car, when that red Corvette came out, it looked amazing though, hot damn.

 

[Trouble]

Oh man people are going to pissed off they are calling it Stingray.

 

[enzo_gt]

Stingray?

Didn't think they'd actually do it.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Why aren't the tail lights round?

 

[Klocker]

Oh man people are going to pissed off they are calling it Stingray.

why?

 

[enzo_gt]

The front shot angle they chose makes it look so ugly and bloated. So does the side because of that awkward scoop that doesn't fit with the design language in the rest of the car. Same reason why the tail lights stand out as WTF like someone crashed into the back of it.

Is it me or does its front end look similar to the latest Dodge Viper?

Yup, headlights are too similar. The 'vette and the Viper both are slowly losing their identity.

 

[GTP_Daverytimes]

Another Corvette, another hideous dash.

You don't say, jesus that is a hideous dash. Probably made with even worse materials, gotta cut down on cost i guess.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Holy shit, that off-angle shot from the front made the car look like a fat man.

 

[Betta Lines]

Looks nice, but the front looks too much like the SRT Viper. It's not very distinctive. The rear is pretty cool though.

 

[Trouble]

why?

Car nerds hate having their nostalgia fucked with.

 

[sTeLioSco]

http://jalopnik.com/5975591/new-corvette-the-stingray-returns

 

[Zapages]

As I said in the Auto thread.

I like the front. The rear reminds me of the Camaro. :\

Why change the round tail lights... Those were classic and always cool to look at...

 

[Piggus]

I like it. As always most people here are complaining but eh, that's the Internet for you.

Still like the Viper a lot more, although the base model corvette will be way cheaper.

 

[Grover Cleveland]

Not bad.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Car nerds hate having their nostalgia fucked with.

The kind of person that can afford a Corvette does at least.

And what's up with that steering wheel?

 

[Chanser]

I like it.

 

[SolidSnakex]

http://jalopnik.com/5975591/new-corvette-the-stingray-returns

The interior looks better here than it did in the unveiling. Pretty nice looking.

 

[Diablo Rosso]

I like it. If they wanted to take the Stingray thing further they should have split the rear window like the original. That would have finished it off.

 

[enzo_gt]

As I said in the Auto thread.

I like the front. The rear reminds me of the Camaro. :\

Why change the round tail lights... Those were classic and always cool to look at...

Oh god, can't unsee, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE.

At this point, the only stuff I like about the car aesthetically is the treatment to the front fascia, hood, the profile and the lip spoiler at the back. The lights are too generic and the entire back of it is just fugly and looks like it was designed by someone else entirely.

 

[seanoff]

that is not a good looking car.

looks short and fat from some angles.

 

[Klocker]

damn ~$50k?
insane


I am making it a goal to own one eventually.


I love it

 

[ZROCOOL]

I'm ok with everything I saw. Besides the 450hp... I was expecting more

 

[Skilotonn]

With this color scheme, and the view from above in the stream and the pics in here, I changed my mind - I love the backend now, the car is sexy as hell, damn.

Like this color scheme for the interior as well with the red.

 

[drspeedy]

The interior looks better here than it did in the unveiling. Pretty nice looking.

Agreed.

Still not getting anay Stingray vibe, that's a strange nostalgia call that doesn't seem right here.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

I like it. As always most people here are complaining but eh, that's the Internet for you.

Still like the Viper a lot more, although the base model corvette will be way cheaper.

It's always way cheaper.... It's the Z model corvettes that fight with the viper. Has the Viper improved? I remember that being underwhelming in like literally every way compared to the corvette.

 

[ascii42]

Passenger climate control being below one of the vents is an interesting touch.

 

[Zaraki_Kenpachi]

Agreed.

Still not getting anay Stingray vibe here, that's a strange nostalgia call that doesn't seem right here.

It's just a shameless cash in. You'd think they would at least have the hood make the tail design or something again. Anything to give a nod to the old stingray, they seemed to have used the name stingray just because they can.

 

[cajunator]

I like it.
Dont love it.

 

[ascii42]

The kind of person that can afford a Corvette does at least.

And what's up with that steering wheel?

Looks like it's supposed to be shaped like a stingray.

 

[daw840]

It's just a shameless cash in. You'd think they would at least have the hood make the tail design or something again. Anything to give a nod to the old stingray, they seemed to have used the name stingray just because they can.

Well, the old stingray did have an enormous ass......so that's similar

 

[Kleegamefan]

I love it