"Tomorrow we’ll show you the C7 Corvette"

[abcdennis]

it looks to me like an 80's futuristic car... revival.

[Sump]

There's hardly any more vents than on the C6...

That said, the one extra set I see on top of the rear quarters has me flummoxed. What are they cooling/extracting? The one on the driver's side is positioned right above the fuel filler...

I guess that's true, but all the vents on the C6 are well integrated. These seem like slat vents just stuck on.

Rear mounted turbo cooling on the rear quarter vents? (wishful thinking )

[JustinCSVT]

I guess that's true, but all the vents on the C6 are well integrated. These seem like slat vents just stuck on.

Rear mounted turbo cooling on the rear quarter vents? (wishful thinking )

Think LFA.

[Tuneman7]

I really don't like it. The side window silhouette looks uninspired as does the rear and there's so many scoops and vents that the damn thing looks dated already.

I'm still really skeptical that the car will generally look like this. There just seems to be too much Corvette design language that's been lost in translation here, I'll reserve judgement until they actually start building them.

[deucestudios]

I hear it'll be mid-engined

I hear it'll have leaf spring.

[mariok2006]

[Humpzilla]

The C6's interior quality is in no way "horrific". Not as good as some of its competitors? Sure.

I suppose I should have qualified that by saying -- for a car that sells for $60k-$100k, the C6 interior is laughable at best. This is a sentiment shared by many many folks. Not just me.

*Note -- I like the C6...and I like the C5, I'm not trying to hate here...just calling it like it is.

[thetopdog]

It looks almost exactly the same. Like they applied a little of the Cadillac Art and Science angularity to the current C6. I highly doubt the actual car will look anywhere near this rendering

[.:bigred12]

I'm in love. Please have an awesome interior.

[compy222]

I think it looks fine.

Instantly recognizable as a Corvette and yet moving forward on the design language. Corvette design has not progressed since C4 days. C5 and C6 are basically just C4 with more rounded corners. Time for some changes.

keep in mind, a dramatic redesign brought us the stingray corvettes from the models of the 1950s. might be a time for a polar shift in design.

[Cousin Eddie]

I am kind of neutral on this one to be honest.

[GTRaavv]

I really like the overall shape of the car. The greenhouse and how the C-pillar flows into the rear is just awesome. The front end and rear end are the letdowns, but I'd imagine that those are where the details really got lost in translation. They really could have a sprung for a better artist to at least make it look more realistic for all the hype.

[nickthaskater]

I suppose I should have qualified that by saying -- for a car that sells for $60k-$100k, the C6 interior is laughable at best. This is a sentiment shared by many many folks. Not just me.

*Note -- I like the C6...and I like the C5, I'm not trying to hate here...just calling it like it is.

That sentiment also fails to take into account the amount of performance the Corvette provides at its price point is unmatched by anything aside from the GT-R, which doesn't exactly have a plush interior, either.

[thetopdog]

That sentiment also fails to take into account the amount of performance the Corvette provides at its price point is unmatched by anything aside from the GT-R, which doesn't exactly have a plush interior, either.

The GT-R's interior is really nice. Nicer than the Corvette for sure, and also nicer than anything Porsche offers in its sports cars unless you spring for a whole bunch of costly options. That said, the GTR costs literally twice as much as a base Corvette and the Corvette's interior is perfectly fine

Instead of criticizing the Vette for having what is perceived to be a subpar interior at its price point, these guys should be criticizing every other car manufacturer for not being able to build a car that can match the Corvette's performance at the same price point. Because isn't performance the entire point of a sportscar?

[CK98Beeetle]

Looks like the mixed the C6 with a 599 and SLS for the front, a GT-R and 599 on the side, and Camaro and Cadillac rear end. Well I was right about GM copying a current gen Ferrari for the next gen Vette (like they've done with just about EVERY corvette) but I wasn't expecting the GT-Rish cues. Overall, nothing surprising. The Corvette has always copied others. Not saying it's a bad car, or am I bashing American cars, just saying..... look at the history of that car and it's styling.

[Humpzilla]

That sentiment also fails to take into account the amount of performance the Corvette provides at its price point is unmatched by anything aside from the GT-R, which doesn't exactly have a plush interior, either.

This is definitely a valid point. The performance you get for your $$ is pretty much unmatched...which is why I love the 'Vette to begin with. It's like a big, American, middle finger to the rest of the worlds super expensive sports cars.

That being said, the reality is that if GM would spend an extra $100 - $200 on the Corvettes interior, it could be a whole heck of a lot better. Remember, Chrysler is now spending...what...an extra $70 something dollars on their interiors (demanded by Sergio Marchionne), which has taken them from dead last in interior quality to being pretty darn nice. So, I guess my point is that on a $60k car...spending an extra hundred bucks on the interior and charging an extra $1k for it seems like a no brainer.

Sorry -- I don't mean to derail this thread!

[Toaster29]

I think the rendering is Ok. Like they said, they are trying to show the ZR1. I think that GM will do a better job than what some Jalopnik designer thinks. The details are a bit gaudy in the drawings. I think the overall idea is what is important here and they are on the right track. I HATED the split window crap that has been circulating. Overall I look forward to the real deal.

[PsyberVW]

That sentiment also fails to take into account the amount of performance the Corvette provides at its price point is unmatched by anything aside from the GT-R, which doesn't exactly have a plush interior, either.

I think a lot of people miss the point of why these cars cost upwards from $50k. Hint: It's NOT the semi-aniline leather or dynamic butt heaters/coolers.

Been saying the same about Porsche for some time, that they are NOT LUXURY CARS. They are performance cars, "sports cars" and you are paying for performance. Corvette is in there too. Some of the worst examples of 911 and Corvette interiors are the ones that tried to be anything but that. (996 interior for example, is as bad or worse than C5 Corvette).

But people get all weird about money, and then get uppity in the stupidest ways. I used to get so annoyed in the 90's when people would complain about how lousy a 911 interior was for a $60k car. Really people? Just because you're spending that amount of money, doesn't mean it needs to come with caviar coolers and a butler.

[thetopdog]

But people get all weird about money, and then get uppity in the stupidest ways.

I think you hit the nail on the head here. A lot of people that spend a certain amount of money on a car want to feel better than people in cheaper cars. So you get complaints that the Corvette has a "Cobalt steering wheel" when the steering wheel is perfectly fine. They're just upset that a car costing that much shares anything with a vehicle driven by "lower-class" people. Or people complain about the quality of materials that never get touched during the course of everyday driving

[flat6guy]

Where is this vette you all speak of??

Is everyone trolling?

[SebTheDJ]

where are the pics

[cougar]

where are the pics

Bottom of the first page of the thread. The embedded pictures were removed by request.

http://jalopnik.com/5858683/exclusiv...=2014-corvette

[cougar]

In this post, I divide by zero.


Possible threats of termination are a sure-fire confirmation your Corvette images are real
http://jalopnik.com/5859407/

[HASSELHOF]

LOL, so Jalopnik has no problem with someone loosing their job over this...yet when someone posts the images here so they don't get the click through's, they throw a bit of a tiff. KLASSY! with a capital 'K', **** it, it's all capitalized.



edit: after reading that again. it reads as though someone was making a general statement that someone 'would' be getting fired over a leak like that, not that someone is, or has been. Doesn't change the fact that Jalopnik is a tabloid, and are whiny bitches for it being hot-linked here when themselves are doing some nefarious image posting as well.

[Shomegrown]

In this post, I divide by zero.


Possible threats of termination are a sure-fire confirmation your Corvette images are real
http://jalopnik.com/5859407/

JFC.

DownloadComplete - hope you don't lose a friend over that.

[TetsuoShima]

Why is Jalopnik still running? They're a joke and there a billion automotive sites that have better writer's and better overall atmosphere.

[Turbio!]

In this post, I divide by zeroforum.


Possible threats of termination are a sure-fire confirmation your Corvette images are real
http://jalopnik.com/5859407/

Fixed.

[WannaCorrado]

Why is Jalopnik still running? They're a joke and there a billion automotive sites that have better writer's and better overall atmosphere.

They did something right if they're the first ones to reveal the next 'Vette. If it turns out they got it right, that is.

That said, Jalopnik and many other car blog sites should hire someone to proof read their posts. I find grammatical and spelling mistakes in almost every post I read.

[Juiced6]

I suppose I should have qualified that by saying -- for a car that sells for $60k-$100k, the C6 interior is laughable at best. This is a sentiment shared by many many folks. Not just me.

*Note -- I like the C6...and I like the C5, I'm not trying to hate here...just calling it like it is.

i like the interior - even for a 60k car.

I also fail to understand why the interior is such a big deal. If you want a luxury car buy a luxury car. A corvette never has been or never will be a luxury car. It is a sports car and a hell of a sports car at that. I mean what can you buy that is faster than a vette for the price tag?

This is why the interior sucks and quite frankly - I will make that trade off every day of the week

[intercedeGLI]

Jalopnik is trying way too hard here. They've mentioned firing a few times, and no offense to GolfVIDriver, but they seem to have latched on a meaningless post here to try and lend credibility to what they have shown.

They don't want anyone to get fired, so they won't show the original pictures. But they will make a post that can be linked directly to a username and a GM employee making a comment? Talk about inconsistent.

Call me a crazy, but this feels like an attempt by GM to crowd source the design.

[MPA]

So I was just fired from my job as designer at GM - I'm the one who leaked the photos to Jalopnik. D'oh!

[Shomegrown]

You can't seriously expect them to pull that down. Honestly, if you give any news agency the big scoop and expect them to do anything but run with it, then you're just stupid. It's all about the money, they don't care about that guy. If he wanted to keep his job, he would have kept his mouth shut. This is not small potatoes.

He was talking about the secondary story, not the primary story.

[Humpzilla]

i like the interior - even for a 60k car.

I also fail to understand why the interior is such a big deal. If you want a luxury car buy a luxury car. A corvette never has been or never will be a luxury car. It is a sports car and a hell of a sports car at that. I mean what can you buy that is faster than a vette for the price tag?

This is why the interior sucks and quite frankly - I will make that trade off every day of the week

There is a distinction to be made between "luxury car" and "nice interior". I'm not suggesting that the Corvette should have heated seats, a glovebox cooler, plush leather, etc etc. Hell, I wouldn't be upset if it had rollup windows.

No, what I'm talking about is having a nice interior for its INTENDED purpose...which is being a sports car. First off...the seats. Wouldn't you want / expect a sports car to have nice seats with solid bolsters so that you don't slide around under hard cornering? I would. The Corvette has horribly unsupportive seats. I would also expect all of the driver touch points to be indicative of the type of car I'm driving. A meaty steering wheel that feels like it belongs in a sports car, a shifter that is an absolute joy to row, with short / crisp throws. An instrument display that, again, implies putting sporty driving first (i.e a large central tach).

That's what I mean when I say a "nice" interior in this regard. To each their own. Again, I like the Corvette quite a bit. I'm hopeful that GM has listened to all the criticism from the past 10+ years and will bring the C7 interior up to par!

[intercedeGLI]

Considering it was all here say in the first place, I don't understand how that guy could write a small article like that. It could be true, but there is no way to tell for sure. Jalopnik.

I don't think that can be overstated. It was a silly thing to use as evidence in the first place.

[1990MoneyPit]

It looks like a cross between a C6, Camaro, and GT-R. The front end echoes that of the old Callaway Corvettes. Not sure if I like it.