The smaller wing is better for downforce anyway. You don't like the ZR1 in orange? Blasphemy! Out of your current cars, which is your fav? Any issues w/the RS7?
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orange is the only color I'd get, but its already been done multiple times on vettes, and you can get similar colors in the lesser model. part of the allure to vipers was the fact when you saw one on the road, you knew it was a bad mofo. vettes are so common, that at a quick glance, you can't tell the 450hp one apart from the 750hp one. and at $120-140k, many customers would shell out $4-5k for a specialty color. I'm not talking about the existing 'specialty colors'. I went to the Chicago auto show and Mercedes had several matte color cars--matte green amg gtr, matte black e63amg-s, and a dark matte grey model. they looked unmistakable and amazing.
honestly, I love the utility of my raptor--and its the only vehicle aside from the navigator that my kids truly love, and don't complain about driving in. overall, its been my favorite vehicle--its a truck, I can park it anywhere, drive it anywhere with zero care, and the kids can be rough on it. the GTR is hard to beat in terms of sheer ease to drive fast, and all weather performance. I drive the hell out of it all year round. no issues with the rs7, but I only have 17k miles on it. my wife likes it the most--its an incredible car. fast, good looks, great stereo, amazing interior, etc etc. I don't plan on keeping it past 5-6 years though. I sold my vette over a year ago, and got a chevy ss, only to get rid of that very quickly for a charger hellcat. my dodge is relatively new, and essentially stock, so I need more seat time
I don't know. With the skinny tires and 4x4 stance, it's pretty easy to distinguish a base Stingray from the higher level C7 Corvettes. Now, with the C6 and C5, you're right. You have to be practically standing next to those to tell one from the other.
I agree that GM needs better colors on their high end cars. Dodge does it right with colors.
Thanks, I'll probably not get an RS7 due to cost, but I am considering a Charger Hellcat. I don't think I can get past the boring looks of the Chevy SS. Is that why you sold it?
No, you don't. The C6 GS & Z06 had the bumper w/the center inlet. Base cars did not. Even if you're looking at the rear, you can see wide body vs narrow body.
Real Vettes died with the split window and the C6, everything else is junk.
I'll make one prediction, haters will say it looks like a (insert foreign car company name here) when they finally unveil it. The exhaust note does not sound like a V8 to me, weird.
The C7 platform is awesome AF and the best vette ever. It’s not even close... the c8 will be better.
It kind of sounds like a Ferarri 458, but not as tuned/precise. Ferraris are mechanically tuned, not so much computer calibrated. Crazy cam specs/valve timing, and mechanical funny business going on, to turn 9k RPMs. Also why they have to be "rebuilt" so often.
This corvette is probably a Direct Injected 5.5L 4v Flat Plane Crank sharing some specs from the C7.R, relying heavily on computer calibration to stay together. Exhaust loses quite a bit of tone, as it basically just gets dumped right out the back.
Could very well be the first american sports car, to offer a turbski v8.
It will never have the tone of a mid mounted/rear mounted muffler Front Engine setup.
This corvette is probably a Direct Injected 5.5L 4v Flat Plane Crank sharing some specs from the C7.R, relying heavily on computer calibration to stay together. Exhaust loses quite a bit of tone, as it basically just gets dumped right out the back.
Could very well be the first american sports car, to offer a turbski v8.
It will never have the tone of a mid mounted/rear mounted muffler Front Engine setup.
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