This doesn't make much sense. The Corvette (especially the ZR1 and Z06) and the Camaro ZL1, 1LE and the most recent Z/28 were all built for curvy roads/tracks with things like Brembo 6 piston caliper brakes, mag ride suspension, computer controlled rear ends, short ratio gear boxes etc. I agree that the Mustang, Charger and Challenger are more geared toward only going down the drags strip, but GM upped their game in the road course realm in the past several years.
This doesn't make much sense. The Corvette (especially the ZR1 and Z06) and the Camaro ZL1, 1LE and the most recent Z/28 were all built for curvy roads/tracks with things like Brembo 6 piston caliper brakes, mag ride suspension, computer controlled rear ends, short ratio gear boxes etc. I agree that the Mustang, Charger and Challenger are more geared toward only going down the drags strip, but GM upped their game in the road course realm in the past several years.
The side view resembles some Mustangs as much (or more?) than some 'vettes IMO.
Just a thought...
Just a thought...
Looks to me like they are going after the GT-40 and NSX for the relative, "low end" of the super-car spectrum. Not bad for the class, and a definite move up scale but a Vette? Not so much.
What do they replace it with for the less that 60K crowd? Perhaps those days are gone and that's the message.
What do they replace it with for the less that 60K crowd? Perhaps those days are gone and that's the message.
What's the difference between a porcupine and a Corvette? HA!!!
It does make sense... They're still upping the game. It's easy to win in your own class when you define it, it's another to win in a class owned by Europe.
They're not building the new American muscle car Corvette has been since inception. They're building an American production super-car. While they're still stuck on big displacement motors, that'll be the next step for GM. Small displacement, high revving, huge horsepower light weight motors. Ferrari still makes twice the power with half the motor. It'll be interesting to see if GM can lead the US to dominate Europe a third time. Ford did it in the 60's with a crazy 1.6 liters.
Don Garlitz.....
Once you remove all traces of the previous generations, it ceases to be that model and is something else. The last redesign removed quite a bit of those previous designs, especially the iconic tail lights. Now there is nothing left of the Corvette line except the name. In my opinion its the exact same thing when Volkswagen brought back the Beatle. Yeah, it had a domed roof and the name, but it wasn't a Beatle. They took what was an economy car for the masses and turned it into a cross between luxury and econobox. It had nothing that the previous Beatle had that made it iconic. So it was simple a Beatle by name only. This new car is only a Corvette by name.
So now the Corvette has been killed off and something else is taking the name.
So now the Corvette has been killed off and something else is taking the name.
Kind of hard to justify the Corvette with the way Camaro ZL1 or 1LE is performing IMO. Hell, if I'd rather have a CTSV because it's not far behind in the track numbers from what I saw.
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