• Got the Contributing Memberships stuff finally worked out and made up a thread as a sort of "How-To" to help people figure out how to participate. So if you need help figuring it out, here's the thread you need to take a look at -> http://www.corvetteflorida.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3581 Thank you, everyone! Rich Z.

C7 Finally Rears Its Ugliness

I absolutely love the car. If I wasn't married with children (and throughly enjoy my 96) I'd be lining up to put one in my garage! You gotta realize they once again are broadening their marketing approach. The C6 took a solid step into international sales, something Corvette has never done all that well at. It's the main reason they still participate in the ALMS and Le Mans, overseas sales, not domestic sales. They are going straight at the big three exotic cars from Europe. And what do those do well, they have a good percentage in overseas sales. It helps tremendously when overall sales go down. The car is also a product of function. They keep reducing weight and drag (example: why the rear hatch is no longer all glass). They also have to cut costs where they can (example: why the rear hatch is no longer all glass). As a HUGE road race and autocross fan, this car goes right at the throats of nearly every exotic sports car. It's also a product of knowledge and desires of the Corvette Racing team (another way to justify the race team efforts, as R&D). It's no longer just a Corvette, but there goes that "Exotic Corvette." You can still own two or three for the price of certain Porsches and every Ferrari or Lamborghini, plus now it'll look like it's a home around them. Also, pull up and image of a 63 Corvette. They used a lot of styling ideas from it. From the sharp front fenders to the rear deck (it's subtle), there are hints of the mid-year Corvettes, and probably the real reason that the Stingray is back.

Of course I find it funny how quickly people forget how much everyone dissed the C5 and C6 when they were first brought to light. Everyone said they'll go by a Porsche or some other sports car...but what did most buy, yep another Corvette!
 
shakedown067 said:
Of course I find it funny how quickly people forget how much everyone dissed the C5 and C6 when they were first brought to light. Everyone said they'll go by a Porsche or some other sports car...but what did most buy, yep another Corvette!
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Not this time....
 
Here are a couple pics a friend sent me of the C7 convertible. I don't know how accurate they are but they look pretty close to the coupe.

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I guess I still like the front and side views but the back is going to have to grow on me. I also wish there was a release date on the convertible so that I knew when I could see one up close and personal.

Rich
 
I think this vette will be a real winner. Yes, the rear end looks funky with the coupe but actually looks better as a converetible. I think the interior is vastly improved. Engine performance numbers look much better too. Heck, you can probably do the 0-60 thang in under 4 seconds now with the stock engine!
This will look very nice parked next to my 07 vert. I'll let them work out the kinks for the first year or two and then start looking or better yet go to Bowling Green and do the museum delivery again. That's a real memorable event for those of you who haven't done it yet.
 
Well, I don't know about you guys, but a strange thing is happening to me. Already the C5 and C6 are beginning to look well, kind of dated and plain compared to the C7. I think once these things are out on the streets and show up at car shows sitting next to our now *old* cars, a lot of people are going to begin checking their savings accounts to see if there is any "discretionary" money in there they forgot about.
 
85vette said:
Not sure that qualifies as a "rice burner". I thought that referred to 4 cylinder turbo cars built in Japan?! Don't you drive a Mustang?
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Still looks like a rice burner...And not a mustang owner...in the market to replace my Corvette though...anything is possible...
 
I like some of the refinements with the C7...Front end I like, the interior is seems is an upgraded C4 interior...The back is still hideous, no matter how many angles I look at it...I will never buy one...I will keep the 427 Cu In motor C6 Z06...I doubt they will ever build another, with café standards and all...One thing I do know, my car may look out dated, however, I will keep modifying it, to kick ass on what ever they come out with from GM...:hehehe:
 
It's pretty much a moot point whether I like the car or not, as I doubt I'm ever going to be in a financial position to buy a new Corvette again. Not unless I trade in the other ones for it, and I doubt I would fall in love with the new one enough to ever do that.
 
Ah come on Rich. Your garage is hugh and lonely for one!!! Take a bite, you'll like it. :thumbsup:
 
THOR said:
Ah come on Rich. Your garage is hugh and lonely for one!!! Take a bite, you'll like it. :thumbsup:
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Heck, I've already got what is going to be like having a band new car when I get done fixing it. :hehehe:

But heck, when GM starts coming out with specialty models of the C7, well, maybe I can rustle up more guns I want to sell off the help finance a purchase. But still, the garage only holds four vehicles, and there are no vacancies, so something would HAVE to go to make room.
 
Just DON'T try to get rid of Connie to make room!
THAT is a career ending decision! :D:D:D
Besides, you KNOW you want to add on to the garage anyway.......:rofl1:

Andy
 
Connie doesn't take up THAT much room!

Nope. Money for such things has run out. It certainly didn't help that I had to spend more than double what I had budgeted for the blue car with that fiasco. I don't think I have enough guns left that I could sell to generate that much cash any longer. And we ARE retired, you know. So we have to live on what we have saved and what small income my websites bring in. I'm not expecting social security to survive for long, and certainly health insurance assistance will likely not be anything near what the government has been saying it will be.

So no matter how much the C7 might grow on me, unless I could trade in a couple of vehicles to make pretty much an even trade, I don't see it happening. And based on how unwilling the local chevy dealership was to offer a decent price when I was looking for my C6 Z06, the fact that it would have to be a long distance deal makes it all the more unlikely it would happen.

Heck, I can live happily enough just puttering around with the cars I already have. :thumbsup:
 
Of course you know the dealer has changed hands since you bought that car. Hendrick Autogroup owns it now (along with 83 others) and he moves some cars. They might be worthwhile to deal with Rich. I've driven by there a few times since it became Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet and they do have a lot more Corvettes on the lot than they used to have. I think I counted a dozen or more near the front of the lot. If nothing else, go up there and drool on a new C7! :yesnod:
 
85vette said:
Of course you know the dealer has changed hands since you bought that car. Hendrick Autogroup owns it now (along with 83 others) and he moves some cars. They might be worthwhile to deal with Rich. I've driven by there a few times since it became Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet and they do have a lot more Corvettes on the lot than they used to have. I think I counted a dozen or more near the front of the lot. If nothing else, go up there and drool on a new C7! :yesnod:
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Barbie Jordan is still in charge there with Corvette sales, isn't she?
 
Not sure, but I just looked at their inventory. 13 new Corvettes, 2 of them are 2013's, the rest are 2012's. All but 2 of them are Grand Sports. Prices on the GS's start at $59k. No 2014's yet. Any word on when the hit the showroom floors?
 
Beats me. I thought the new models hit the showroom floors in the Summer sometime. Maybe August? When we bought the 2009, I think it was in April of 2010, and the 2010s were on the showroom floors, but not the 2011s yet.

I guess it's kind of like the cover dates on most magazines. They have nothing to do at all concerning when the magazine was actually printed.

:shrug01:
 
85vette said:
No 2014's yet. Any word on when the hit the showroom floors?
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I had heard that Bowling Green will shut down production of the 2013s at the end of February or early March, and it will take a number of months to re-tool the plant for the 2014s. So, my guess is that we will not see them at the showrooms until the end of summer or early fall. But who knows, the information I heard maybe wrong too.

Rich
 
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