Father Kit Cool Gun Garth 6,023 Posted July 19, 2019 2020 C8 Corvette Reveal: Chevy's mid-engine supercar hunter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 2,919 Posted July 19, 2019 I dunno. Can you put a gun cart in it and head to the range? How about a deer? No? Not for me then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 1,285 Posted July 19, 2019 Oh my goodness ... God grant they never, ever make that in PURPLE, my wife will have one and she'll get into an immense amount of trouble, fast!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth 6,023 Posted July 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: Oh my goodness ... God grant they never, ever make that in PURPLE, my wife will have one and she'll get into an immense amount of trouble, fast!! Linn: Personally my wife and I have never owned a Corvette, and never really wished to own one. I had to agree with my wife who called the later models "baboon butt" cars. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 15,347 Posted July 19, 2019 Each couple of years the Corvette seems to get smaller. It’s as if they are trying to turn them into a McClaren. Don’t get me wrong, I like McClarens. Man, did you see the room around that 8 cylinder engine? I am wondering if you’d need to lift the body to do any work on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 1,285 Posted July 19, 2019 My uncle had one. I want to call it a '62 but I honestly don't remember the year. I do recall his restoration of the machine was utterly immaculate, it was a steel-metallic shade, and when Aunt Nancy was driving in beautiful downtown Columbus, some individual whose description is best couched in certain Anglo-Saxon labiodental fricatives, ran a red light and T-boned her ... well, that beautiful fiberglass body just plainly exploded, and their Corvette was no more! (She was shaken and sore and mad as a wet hornet, I understand the cops had to pull her off the other driver, but when they did they were laughing so hard they could barely grip her arms ... she was swinging her purse to very good effect, this attractive, coiffed and high-heeled woman in office professional, pounding the stuffing out of this cowering John Doe and swearing like a stevedore at the top of her near-soprano voice!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 15,347 Posted July 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: My uncle had one. I want to call it a '62 but I honestly don't remember the year. I do recall his restoration of the machine was utterly immaculate, it was a steel-metallic shade, and when Aunt Nancy was driving in beautiful downtown Columbus, some individual whose description is best couched in certain Anglo-Saxon labiodental fricatives, ran a red light and T-boned her ... well, that beautiful fiberglass body just plainly exploded, and their Corvette was no more! (She was shaken and sore and mad as a wet hornet, I understand the cops had to pull her off the other driver, but when they did they were laughing so hard they could barely grip her arms ... she was swinging her purse to very good effect, this attractive, coiffed and high-heeled woman in office professional, pounding the stuffing out of this cowering John Doe and swearing like a stevedore at the top of her near-soprano voice!) I probably would been helping her...or at least keeping others back to make sure she exacted proper vengeance. Morons: a pox upon us all. I am sure especially sensitive to this issue as I sit here in pain due to a flippin’ moron myself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wapaloosie73 765 Posted July 19, 2019 I like retro stuff. To me me this is a vette. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rooster Cognizant 73 Posted July 19, 2019 It's a tough position for GM, and I'm sure there will be people emotional about it because it's changed to being mid-engined, and people emotional because it's finally mid-engined. I've seen several test mules around, they look pretty good. There once was talk of GM keeping a front-engine Corvette, and making something else as a mid-engine sports car, as in don't mess with the name. But I don't think that's economically feasible. To eek out some more performance, mid-engine makes sense. Without a doubt, overall performance will improve. Including some very high horsepower engines in the pipeline that would have been difficult before. Like previous corvettes, this new one will still hold two golf bags, and fit people over 6 foot tall. (two of the unofficial requirements for corvette designs) Time moves on, and car designs do too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wapaloosie73 765 Posted July 19, 2019 15 minutes ago, Rooster Cognizant said: It's a tough position for GM, and I'm sure there will be people emotional about it because it's changed to being mid-engined, and people emotional because it's finally mid-engined. I've seen several test mules around, they look pretty good. There once was talk of GM keeping a front-engine Corvette, and making something else as a mid-engine sports car, as in don't mess with the name. But I don't think that's economically feasible. To eek out some more performance, mid-engine makes sense. Without a doubt, overall performance will improve. Including some very high horsepower engines in the pipeline that would have been difficult before. Like previous corvettes, this new one will still hold two golf bags, and fit people over 6 foot tall. (two of the unofficial requirements for corvette designs) Time moves on, and car designs do too. But they don’t have to. You can choose to stay true to American muscle vs European super cars, and still be modern. I live way up a dirt road. But if I was gonna buy a car tomorrow? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joke 'um 356 Posted July 19, 2019 They should call it the Corvette GT-40. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE 1,692 Posted July 19, 2019 Th Blazer seems geared towards everyone the original Blazer was not. The Vette-well I'd drive it and not complain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 427 Posted July 19, 2019 I'd be complaining about getting in and out of it Just don't bend like I used to Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunner Gatlin, SASS # 10274 388 Posted July 19, 2019 Cool. GG ~ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Harley, #14153 1,673 Posted July 19, 2019 The early-mid 60s Vettes are my gold standard of classic muscle car. But this new one looks really nice! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
