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I found a 2007 with 30,000 miles for less than $30,000

If I could get 2 set of golf clubs in it I might be interested.  Could always trade for a Vette in a couple years

The stuff beyond this, I somewhat agree. I like some of the lines on the C8, but some of the stuff on both the front grille surfaces and the rear end seem busier than they need to be.

However, I would never expect a mid-engine Vette to look anything other than like a "boringly generic" mid-engine supercar. All the lines of a "generic boring" mid-engine supercar are driven by the human form, geometry, physics, and aerodynamics.

We're a long way beyond car designers being able to design nearly anything about a car beyond trim work. Back in the 1960's, you could make a car look unique. We had wind tunnels but we didn't have advanced computer design methods. We didn't even really understand downforce much--there are reports of some sports cars having tendency to "lift" at high speed instead.

Now, cars are designed in computers and wind tunnels to achieve drag numbers [and for sports cars, downforce numbers], and basic geometry and aerodynamics give you very little wiggle room. So cars all look identical except for the trim.

So some cars try to stand out with angular lines [Corvette, recent Acura designs]. Some are more clean, flowing designs [Ferrari, MacLaren]. Others try to stand out with distinctive styling cues [the gaping maw of a front grill that you guys all hate on the Lexus, but oddly I really like].

But all sedans look basically the same. Same shape. All crossovers look basically the same. Same shape. And all mid-engine supercars look basically the same. Same shape. Because they're all being designed based on the same constraints of the human form, geometry, physics, and aerodynamics.

I think the Red one is better looking than the silver one

I'll stop beating this dead horse . . . after I beat it one last time.




There's a lot here that I don't like.  The creases in the hood look random, like two different guys working independently came up with two different ideas, and somebody combined them without even really thinking about it.

The black "grille-ettes" below the headlights look nonfunctional.  (My Mustang has very similar, slightly smaller panels that look like they do something but don't.)  If so, they just add drag.  And, IMO, they don't look particularly good.  I mean, what are they supposed to appear to be?  Cooling vents for the front brakes, maybe?

What are the horizontal bars near the tops of those grille-ettes doing?  Adding drag and weight?  Colin Chapman, the genius behind Lotus Cars, had a saying: "Add simplicity and lightness."  Chevy seems to be doing the opposite here.

Half of the "mouth" is blocked off with what appears to be black plastic.  That looks tacky and cheap.  If they don't need airflow, just make the grille opening smaller and have what's not the grille in body color.

This is all a matter of taste, but I don't like it that every line--from hood creases to headlights to the front edge of the hood (is that the right term when there's no engine in there?) points inward and down.  Except for the two lines that don't--the body-color panels separating the nonfunctional grille-ettes from the half-blocked-off grille.  It looks like what an art student would produce if told to draw a cartoon of a car that looks mean and fast.

As Cumberford said in his review, it will likely be a supremely competent car.  And I'm sure Chevy will sell every one of them at a handsome profit.

For awhile during the recession, the only car that Chevy was selling at a profit was the Corvette.  Corvette and Chevy Trucks were keeping the division going.