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Not my style as I like old iron. But for a new car at 60k.
Not my style as I like old iron. But for a new car at 60k.
Another break with tradition. I don’t know how I feel about a ‘mid-engine Corvette’ maybe it should be its own car in its own right and retire the monicker ‘Corvette’ it’s probably the best/baddest Vette ever designed but I’m just a little unsure if it’s really a ‘Vette.’
But the Vette at inception was designed to compete with the Italian cars. With that in mind it’s a wonder we are just now seeing the change.
I decided Vettes weren’t for me years ago when I set the seat as low as it would go and couldn’t get my noggin below the roof line.
I had a vette for a short time,Didn't really like it so I sold it
I had a 63 for about 6 months, sold it to a friend who ended up killing himself in it after he hit one of the oak trees that used to be in between the lanes on Hwy. 1; the only thing holding the front half to the rear half was the emergency brake cable
That said, I think that this rear engined Corvette is amazing. The architecture of the Corvette has changed extensively over the years, and that hasn't diminished the badge one bit. Admittedly, there were good years and bad years and some of the generations aged better than others ... but I don't know that there's anything written in stone that says that the Corvette has to have a front engine. And stone breaks when it's hit hard enough ... so even if that was a "rule," it seems like a great time to break it.
Mike
Another break with tradition. I don’t know how I feel about a ‘mid-engine Corvette’ maybe it should be its own car in its own right and retire the monicker ‘Corvette’ it’s probably the best/baddest Vette ever designed but I’m just a little unsure if it’s really a ‘Vette.’
But the Vette at inception was designed to compete with the Italian cars. With that in mind it’s a wonder we are just now seeing the change.
I decided Vettes weren’t for me years ago when I set the seat as low as it would go and couldn’t get my noggin below the roof line.
Everything evolves. Mustang live axle >>>IRS was controversial. I love the IRS on my stang. It handles curves much better than the live axle cars.
It’s not a fair comparison but when GM bastardized the GTO name with an Australian retread and a big motor it wasn’t really a GTO.
Actually, I'm not sure that what GM did with the GTO is all that different. The Holden platform was fantastic and that 6.0 went like a bat out of hell. People bot hot and bothered because it wasn't as "retro styled" as the old GTO's of yore, but it sure was a fun car to drive (at least, the two that I've driven were). And it wasn't as novel as the new Corvette, but I think they knew that the buying audience for the GTO was much smaller and it didn't warrant a full redesign.
For whatever reason, it reminded me a bit of the Monte Carlo GTX: a sleeper car that would dust everyone at the grand prix du stoplight ...
Mike