Surprised it wasn't a thread already! 2020 mid engine Vette

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by javadog

Let me be the first to say that I can’t stand the interior. The asymmetric center console is hideous and, note to car designers worldwide, I want a round steering wheel in my cars.

Yet another performance car with no manual transmission. Boo.

If it is a quick rack, I don't mind a flattened bottom to allow my legs in there, but this is like some 12 year old in the 1980s decided what the interior should look like in 2020. What is up with that row of buttons on the side? Couln'd they have made a nice little panel for them?

The exterior looks like the chopped the back of a Camaro to use to be abe to fit the engine back there and then cobbled parts of a Saleen S7 on the front. The front is bland and the back is, well it isn't bland.

Seems like an awful lot of trouble to knock a few tenths off the "ring" time. It no longer looks classic, but more generic. I am sure it is a good perfomer, but so are a bunch of other cars.

[bcgreen]

Reminds me alot like the NSX.

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

For how to do a modern sports car interior, look at the 992

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/1034813-new-992-video.html#post10526361

I have driven the 991.

I really like the way Porsche doesn't go all digital.

They also do a good job of implementing both together.

[herr_oberst]

"Todd! Look over there on the pier! It's the new Corvette!"

"Golly, Buzz! That thing is hideous! It's got a two piece rear window! You gotta be kidding me! And where are the headlights? Look at those exhaust pipes. They're right under the doors. Ewww! The designers at Chevy need to be fired!"

"Did you hear? It's called a "Stingray?" Who do they think will buy a car called a 'Stingray'? 12 year old kids? They could have at least called it a "Shark!"

"I hate it!"

"I hate it too!"

"Let's go have an adventure!"

"Swell!"

[aschen]

I thought y'all were patriots?

Im waiting for more details to form an opinion, I am astounded it will start at 60k. Seems almost unbelievable. 911 S+ performance for base Boxster price, I can look by some low rent interior bits.

[911 Rod]

I'd like to see what a car would look like if they let you guys design it.

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by Tervuren

I have driven the 991.

I really like the way Porsche doesn't go all digital.

They also do a good job of implementing both together.

Well the 992 does have digital gauges except for the tach but at least it looks good

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

I'd like to see what a car would look like if they let you guys design it.

It would look exactly like a Miura if I designed it 🤓

[cairns]

Being a patriot does not in any way require you to buy crap from GM.....

[sc_rufctr]

Sorry guys but I think it looks dreadful. It reminded me of the crappy 80s era muscle cars with bolt on aftermarket fibreglass bits.

The interior and centre console are a joke. I wouldn't be surprised if the next one looks more traditional.

[flipper35]

For one, I would go with round taillights instead of the square ones from the Camaro. I would put a round wheel with a flattened bottom in and put a proper panel instead of a surge strip in for those buttons. Or put the functions on the multimedia display. That power trip of buttons is awful. It has no business in a 6k car, let alone a 60k car. I don't doubt its performance, it is just so ugly.

I would take a FM ND V8 Miata over this.

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

Sorry guys but I think it looks dreadful. It reminded me of the crappy 80s era muscle cars with bolt on aftermarket fibreglass bits.

The interior and centre console are a joke. I wouldn't be surprised if the next one looks more traditional.

Now that you mention it, the rebody kits for the Fiero were better than this.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by 911 Rod

I'd like to see what a car would look like if they let you guys design it.

What do you mean, that already exists!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

It would look exactly like a Miura if I designed it 🤓

Or a Ford GT40 or a 917 or a Ferrari 250GT swb or a ....

[Seahawk]

I don't like it or hate it - cars of this type simply all look the same to me, just like every SUV/Cross Over/Sedan on the road.

When a KIA looks like a BMW that looks like a Hyundai; Munich, we have a problem.

Automobiles are so good mechanically today it would be great for any manufacturer to wrap the essential goods in something interesting. Performance is a dick measuring contest and is irrelevant at the edges these cars drive.

My son and daughters FJ's are not everyone's cup of tea, but at least they are visual, recognizable. The interior is great as well, my favorite car cockpit by far.

The last car design that made me look, ponder and reach for my wallet was ...

[pwd72s]

After wearing out my clutch leg on a crawling (wreck ahead jam-up) I-5 in order to go a mile or so to an exit that would give me a backroads route home, the car's performance didn't mean squat.

I'd hoped that with only 30K miles, the '09 Mustang would be my last car. But more & more I've found myself thinking that comfort and an automatic take precedence over performance. O-60 and 1/4 mile times just don't mean much in the traffic situations I too often encounter today.

So, a new Corvette? Nope...a Lexus luxobarge is looking more & more attractive to me.

Besides, I'm still angry at GM ever since it became Government motors.

[Tobra]

...BMW 2002

I don't like new cars, backup camera and lane departure warnings on a two seat sportscar, no thanks.

[flipper35]

I suppose Dodge will go mid-engine on the Challenger now so it can hook up better in the quarter mile?

I still like my Cobra replica. Classic curves and fun to drive, even though it has old school suspension.

I think the C6 was the best generation for styling in the Corvette.

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by masraum

Or a Ford GT40 or a 917 or a Ferrari 250GT swb or a ....

Yes. Let’s go into business!!

Or a Dino, or a urraco, an F40 a gt4 a 308 a Lusso a Lamborghini 400gt an LP400

Wait, we could only build them but couldn’t sell them now ☹️ Never mind

Originally Posted by cairns

Being a patriot does not in any way require you to buy crap from GM.....

. . . Or that you support the Occupant.