2014 Corvette StingRay

[Fungo Squiggly]

Alright, lets all take a step back here.

Disclaimer: If they were the same price, or if someone said, here are both to choose from, you may have on for free, I would choose the R-8 every day of the week and twice on Sunday, as well as probably any number of GT's and sports cars, bang for the buck or not, mostly made in Germany. If you want apples to apples dollars, I'd take probably any depreciated 911 series Porsche... etc, etc. That's personal preference.

But, that's not what we're talking about here.

At all.

This is the Corvette. It is, the quintessential American Sports car. Might not be the first, might not be the best. Might not be the coolest ever made. These things are all debatable.

But, it is iconic. It's enduring, and like them or not, they are American.

And it's important that its done well. And that's a pretty darn good looking machine. Maybe a bit busy for my taste. Not in love with the grill. But, I think I like it better than C6 if not quite as much as C5. Its, at fist glance, a strong offering, and I'm happy to see it.

So, again....that's an even more emphatic "No"?

 

[Buck Nasty]

Looks to me like a Camaro fucked a Ferrari and this was the result. not a bad looking car from the outside but I am sure Chevy has also included the obligatory outdated plastic dash and interior parts. If my penis was a little smaller I'd probably get me one

 

[AKAK]

Looks to me like a Camaro fucked a Ferrari and this was the result. not a bad looking car from the outside but I am sure Chevy has also included the obligatory outdated plastic dash and interior parts. If my penis was a little smaller I'd probably get me one

I was gonna answer "probably" (to the interior - Probably to if your penis was smaller is assumed, I imagine), but, its somewhat better than I expected:

 

[Buck Nasty]

I was gonna answer "probably" (to the interior - Probably to if your penis was smaller is assumed, I imagine), but, its somewhat better than I expected:

They always look ok in the picture but when you get in the car and put your hands on the different surfaces, it always feels cheap. Unfortunately it's not exclusive to the Vette it' runs across their entire platform.

 

[AKAK]

They always look ok in the picture but when you get in the car and put your hands on the different surfaces, it always feels cheap. Unfortunately it's not exclusive to the Vette it' runs across their entire platform.

The last one even looks bad in the pics. But, your point is taken.

Wait are we talking about the car or your penis?

 

[Buck Nasty]

The last one even looks bad in the pics. But, your point is taken.

Wait are we talking about the car or your penis?

I knew that was coming before I stopped typing.

 

[sparcboxbuck]

Alright, lets all take a step back here.

Disclaimer: If they were the same price, or if someone said, here are both to choose from, you may have on for free, I would choose the R-8 every day of the week and twice on Sunday, as well as probably any number of GT's and sports cars, bang for the buck or not, mostly made in Germany. If you want apples to apples dollars, I'd take probably any depreciated 911 series Porsche... etc, etc. That's personal preference.

But, that's not what we're talking about here.

At all.

This is the Corvette. It is, the quintessential American Sports car. Might not be the first, might not be the best. Might not be the coolest ever made. These things are all debatable.

But, it is iconic. It's enduring, and like them or not, they are American.

And it's important that its done well. And that's a pretty darn good looking machine. Maybe a bit busy for my taste. Not in love with the grill. But, I think I like it better than C6 if not quite as much as C5. Its, at fist glance, a strong offering, and I'm happy to see it.

What AKAK said. My Audi GT reference was a function of two things. My love for all things Audi... and second:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4CPBfpnye0"]Corvette ZR1 vs Audi R8 - Top Gear - BBC - YouTube[/ame]


Enjoy

See the 6 minute mark if you don't want to watch the full thing.

 

[jwinslow]

Looks to me like a Camaro fucked a Ferrari and this was the result. not a bad looking car from the outside but I am sure Chevy has also included the obligatory outdated plastic dash and interior parts. If my penis was a little smaller I'd probably get me one

I couldn't believe it when I went to my first car show in the 90s. Got to sit in a brand new corvette.

Then I noticed the Chevy cavalier nobs on the radio.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

So far as I know, they'll still run skidpads at >1.0g. Gotta have the right tires, though.

 

[MaxBuck]

You guys are all entitled to your criticisms relative to the new Corvette's styling, its market targets, its performance, whatever.

The fact remains that I lust after this car like I lust after nothing other than Angelina Jolie.

The primary difference being that I can afford the Corvette.

And I can't fuck the Corvette. But in any current reality I can't fuck Angelina, either, so we're at equilibrium.

 

[TooTall]

Stunning. Not a huge fan of the bumper, but aside from that, brilliant.

 

[scarletmike]

Looks pretty damn nice to me, and a heck of a lot like a 'ray (I spend way too much time at the stingray pool at SeaWorld). I can see the complaints about the grille, but I like it, it really looks like a 'ray in the front.

 

[Mac]

The interior looks so gawdy. Ugly.

Outside, it looks like a Beaut.

 

[Poe McKnoe]

I couldn't believe it when I went to my first car show in the 90s. Got to sit in a brand new corvette.

Then I noticed the Chevy cavalier nobs on the radio.

Jwins, I always referred to it as the "Little Tikes" interior.

I'm sure the plastic front helps with aerodynamics, rather than routing air through radiators, brakes, etc, but damn. That's a ton of plastic. Looks better than the concept drawings.

 

[NewYorkBuck]

Alright, lets all take a step back here.

Disclaimer: If they were the same price, or if someone said, here are both to choose from, you may have on for free, I would choose the R-8 every day of the week and twice on Sunday, as well as probably any number of GT's and sports cars, bang for the buck or not, mostly made in Germany. If you want apples to apples dollars, I'd take probably any depreciated 911 series Porsche... etc, etc. That's personal preference.

But, that's not what we're talking about here.

At all.

This is the Corvette. It is, the quintessential American Sports car. Might not be the first, might not be the best. Might not be the coolest ever made. These things are all debatable.

But, it is iconic. It's enduring, and like them or not, they are American.

And it's important that its done well. And that's a pretty darn good looking machine. Maybe a bit busy for my taste. Not in love with the grill. But, I think I like it better than C6 if not quite as much as C5. Its, at fist glance, a strong offering, and I'm happy to see it.

The first caveat is this is the first American car in sometime that I actually like the exterior styling of.

That said, price independent I would take almost any German car over it in a heartbeat, and that includes my diesel Jetta. As Akak said above, this is a personal preference, but its one based on empirical evidence, for me at least. I just dont have any confidence in the build quality, durability, or driver engagement of any American made car, and unfortunately that includes the Corvette. As Porsche engineer Harm Legaay has said, just adding horsepower to a car is just about the easiest thing you can do, and it seems whenever the US wants to mint a supercar, they just add displacement and HP. Eg, the latest variation of the Viper develops 640 HP, but needs a stupid 8.4 L to do so. My 911TT develops 510 HP, but requires only 3.6 L to accomplish this (almost twice the HP/L - my 1987 944 made more HP/L for Gods sake), and as a result I get 27 MPG on the highway. Further, I have seen examples of my car with over 350,000 miles on the original engine and trans (and CLUTCH in one example). For as many as we make, I doubt there are many American cars on the road with 500+ HP and 300,000+ original miles, save models pre 1970.

On build quality, durability, and driver engagement, I would take almost any German car over any American car, in a heartbeat. Take the Teutonic offerings out of the mix, and Id take almost any Japanese car over almost any American car. Of course, the boarders of exactly where cars are made and designed has become quite blurred over recent years, but this is still the way I feel.