C8 Corvette

[B-Man]

I'm excited, but I'm a corvette guy. I wouldn't buy the first couple years until they figure out the kinks with all that new tech.

https://media.chevrolet.com/media/us...-corvette.html

[95gto]

If this car doesn't get you excited, you are not a car person. I figured the C8 would be disruptive to the mid-engine sports car market but with a starting price of 60K and 500HP, all I can say is wow.

[B-Man]

I think it's only going to get better with the Z06 and ZR1 variants.

[IPD]

Chevy is finally catching up to what Isuzu was going to do 30 years ago. Typical. No wonder GM drove Isuzu out of the US market. Can't have some forward-thinking Japanese brand showing up the bowtie in the USDM market.

[IPD]

350hp and AWD. From all the way back in 1989. Thanks for holding back the performance market for decades, GM.

[j2k4]

Agreed with this AND the other postage - I will leave the substance of all of that to you guys.

I am here to pick at the styling - I've posted this elsewhere, but I find this 'sculpted' trend annoying and over-wrought.

When are 'enough' body-lines truly enough?

It looks like too many fingers in the styling-pie, or whomever had the reins went off the fucking rails...to put a finer point on it, I find the horizontal stuff to be conflicted by the rest of it.

Not that I wouldn't test-drive one, but.

[anyonebutme]

I'm just waiting for the straight lines styling fad to end again. That shit should have stayed in the 80s.

[IPD]

Well it's because the curved lines cues of the 90's got old and tired. And automakers needed a way to differentiate new. Goes in cycles, imho. Lots of swoopy/flowy concept or kit cars from the late 60's early 70's, before the angular 80's. Countach was the angular car that really kicked off the 80's styling craze.

[anyonebutme]

Which means only 10-15 years from now we might see a 3s shape back............

[IPD]

God I hope so. I love the 3/s shape. I just can't go back.