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MarvelaDawgie
08/13/09

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*Barf* If a Sting Ray is to be built, make it the size and weight of the original with modern technology. This crap looks like Motorama revisited. The concepts then were as bizarre as this one. Build a handsome little coupe and roadster that reflects the original Corvette ideals. If the far east can build vehicles like the MX-5, S2000, Z-cars etc., so can GM. Just be sure to stuff 400+hp into it!
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Motor_Yakuza
08/13/09

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Well, I love this rendering. But I doubt that the C7 will look anything like it.
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Yonathan Kei
08/13/09

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After staring at it from the front side long enough... why does it remind me of the Bertone Mantide???
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Mobius
08/13/09

@Yonathan Kei: From the back, the resemblance is uncanny.
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beercheck
08/13/09

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Of course this isn't the C7. The next generation Corvette is going to be mid-engined.
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beercheck
08/13/09

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Spherical balls? Really?
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Ray Wert
08/13/09

@beercheck - Commentin' Dirty: Yes, and that was a direct quote from Micah Jones. I ain't taking the heat on "spherical balls."
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beercheck
08/13/09

@Ray Wert: Artists...
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
08/13/09

@beercheck - Commentin' Dirty: As distinguished from the other kinds.
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Novaload
08/13/09

@Ray Wert: As opposed to...oblong balls. Or square balls. Or dodecahedron balls.
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TimTim
08/13/09

@Ray Wert: If it's a quote then why didn't we see any quotes 'till now?
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
08/14/09

@Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: Just be glad you don't have Buckyballs.
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dragon951
08/13/09

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I don't know, its certainly a concept car (and a pretty cool one at that), but sort of lets down in the Stingray department. I mean there are cues from Stingrays in there, but this whole car seems to be more about sharp angles and straight lines. The Stingrays were more about smooth, sensual curves. Don't get me wrong, the old ones certainly had prominent creases, but fewer of them, and they mainly accentuated the curves rather than standing out in their own right. Maybe I'm thinking too much of the C3. Old Stingers curved in all the right places and screamed sex appeal, whereas this calmly states that it is the pinnacle of technology (i.e. its the nerdy guy, not the porn star).

Everything under the skin is super awesome though. Love that suspension (but it better not have leaf springs in the back)!
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Novaload
08/13/09

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This is completely awesome except for the doors. In the pic with the doors open and the hood up, it makes me think the right puff of wind could flip this baby or possible waft it up in the air. And scissor doors always look flimsy to me.

Otherwise, it is totally Jake-worthy and Ray, you are a lucky, lucky dude.
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Elhigh
08/13/09

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When I was a kid, concept cars were pretty much the only automotive anything that I cared about. That, and the AMC Eagle, because who isn't floored by a Concord wagon that can climb back OUT of the Clunker dumpster? Right.

Anyway, concepts were amazing. They represented not next gen, but next-gen-after-next stuff - the Citation IV, the Probe V, Buick Wildcat. They were amazing. Amazing to look at, brilliantly conceived, completely beyond anything we ever imagined what we might need, and usually functional.

That's right. You get in, turn the key (or like as not, enter the ten digit PIN) and drive away. The Wildcat concept sported a mighty 3.8 turbo V6, familiar ground for Buick but as we all know so well, that ground was so very fertile. Road and Track loved it, and killed the battery playing with the gigantic electric canopy. The Probe V, like anything you might hope something named "Probe" would be, was a design study in slippery. As roomy as a Taurus, and thriftier than a diesel Escort, it got down the road with a minimum of resistance.

So GM is making a concept car that moves under its own power. That's good. The heart is still beating, and the soul continues to stir. When we are making concepts that exist in real life, and can be piloted around a racetrack - even if only at a brisk jog - it speaks to a hopeful future, a future whose dreamers have such confidence in its potential, that they dare to set the future before us, so the rest of us may share the dream, too.
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carve
08/13/09

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very little on the exterior of that car is suitable for production. The low greenhouse and huge fenders with split window would make visibility terrible, the step-over distance to get in is ginormous, you can only see the tail lights if you're DIRECTLY behind, the headlights are WAY tiny and a bit ugly, and the brake vents are ridiculous looking. I'm not really sure what the point of this car is.
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beercheck
08/13/09

@carve: Don't worry, there'll be another point coming along in a few minutes, sir.
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DLBlast
08/13/09

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It's hoss, but, It looks eyeless. Maybe some more prominent headlights that built in flush with the front flares
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Novaload
08/13/09

@DLBlast: Eyeless. You say that like it's a bad thing.
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mr_dude
08/13/09

@Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: That's just sunglassed.
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beercheck
08/13/09

@Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: More like this, I'd say.
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Novaload
08/13/09

@beercheck - Commentin' Dirty: OMG! A blind Chevy!
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beercheck
08/13/09

@Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back: I love 'em.
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DoctorNine
08/13/09

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Needs to lose the 'teeth' in the grille, and put in small gauge black metal mesh instead.
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DoctorNine
08/13/09

@DoctorNine's D9 Cat:
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Ray Wert
08/13/09

@DoctorNine's D9 Cat: Yeah, I don't know if that made it more attractive. In fact, I'm pretty sure it looks horrible now. Just sayin'...
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pauljones
08/13/09

@DoctorNine's D9 Cat: I prefer the teeth, but that doesn't strike me as looking bad, either.

Is there any chance you can photoshop some pop-up headlights on either side of the Corvette logo, close to the front of the car (like on the C2s)?
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Danimal
08/13/09

@pauljones: I agree I actually really like the teeth. They are very "Corvette", and something Ferrari couldn't pull off as well. I think I does just need some new headlights. If this concept raeches any sort of production, my guess is pop-up is out of the question. :(
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Danimal
08/13/09

@Danimal - doesn't like to comment anymore: (: How about something like this?
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mr_dude
08/13/09

@Danimal - doesn't like to comment anymore: (: Can you Fusion it up a little bit?
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TimTim
08/13/09

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What an incredible experience... to be able to poke around at the inner workings of a full blown working concept car which was used as the inspiration and test platform for Chevy's hallmark models AND pick the brain of the car's designer AND get to drive it... As nice as the article and pictures are, I'm sure they do the experience no justice at all.

/jealous
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cgarison
08/13/09

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Is the red car in the background the concept Firebird/Trans Am
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pauljones
08/13/09

@cgarison: That's what I had thought as well.
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WhoistheWalrus
08/13/09

@pauljones: Probably just a run of the mill Camaro. You can see the bowtie logo blurred.

I've been wrong before, though. Alot.
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WhoistheWalrus
08/13/09

@WhoistheWalrus: " When you see the Camaro sitting next to the Stingray concept..."

Yeah, Camaro.
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Flathead Smith
08/13/09

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I like the somewhat old Vette look. Is it as wide as it looks?
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mr_dude
08/13/09

@Flathead Smith: The thumbnails are out of proportion if that's what you're looking at.
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Captain Apathy
08/13/09

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Wait, did you say you teabagged the car Ray?

"on the steering wheel are two spherical balls"
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