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Originally Posted by coolmanvette75
I love the way the car looks. Not crazy about the new styling (mainly the hood) on the SS cars but it all fits great on the Z28. My dad was there for the release today and was able to snag a second row seat. He said the car looks great in person and is very comfortable to sit in for being so "stripped down."
On a GM related side note, my dad sat next to Tadge Juechter, the chief design engineer for Corvette, at the release. They were talking about the C7 and my dad being himself, tried to get as much unknown info out of him as he could. Tadge pretty much kept quiet but hinted at something pretty interesting. My dad said to him, since all of the names from the old days are coming back, is there a chance that we might see an "L88" Corvette in the future? Tadge didn't answer the question, but looked at him and smiled ear to ear.
Now he didn't say yes, but a response like that makes me think that that name might be making a return in the not so distant future. Just something to think about...
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There is no L88 coming, but there will be a 600 and a 700+ hp engine for C7; LT4 and LT5. Tadge is a good dude, very cool guy to talk to, and he loves enthusiasts.
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Originally Posted by PolarBear
Is the headlight bar area more narrow than the previous years?
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2014 gets an update front and rear. Smaller upper grill, much larger lower grill. It's a bottom breather like the C7. This helps with the aero, and the vents in the hood release the pressure to keep the nose down.
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Originally Posted by madness410
anyone know the price tag on it?
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60k-70k. Z06 will move up to 80ish. Z/28 is the top level car.
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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
probably MSRP around like 45 with dealers marking them up to 50-55k
i did notice that headlight bar was trimmer im gonna play around with this in photo shop but good god mike and billy called it on the head...whats up with the honda tails.
edit: just read on GMI that this car is gonna be the top of the line camaro? but with the zl1 being around 60k, theres no way i can see anyone buying a camaro for more than that. if someones gonna spend 60k on a gm car with ugly tails then you might as well go with a base vette  |
People are buying 65k ZL1s. A C7 Z51 will top out right along side this.
YOU wouldn't buy it, but YOU wouldn't buy any car.
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Originally Posted by BurninrubberGT
I really don't get the hood, it looks like crap
minus that the z/28 looks good
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Hood design is based off the ZL1's aero studies. It's functional. I wish it was larger. It looks too small for such a large hood.
ZL1 is a Grand Touring car, complete with adaptive suspension, lots of nice standard features, etc etc. Z/28 is a dedicated track car.
Could GM have just done a lighter SS? Sure. Could they have just done a slightly tuned up 1LE? Yeah.
This is the car that everyone said that GM would never make. A stripped down, light weight, big cube, manual trans only, optional AC. no fancy radio stuff, manual race seats, with carbon ceramic brakes, spec-suspension and race tires.
It's six seconds faster around GM's Milford Proving Grounds than the Mustang GT500.