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DarkSunrise · 10-16-2018, 10:04 AM

Looks like any other generic MR supercar.

Leonardo · 10-16-2018, 12:02 PM

Beautiful! The front reminds me of the new NSX.

WolfpackS2k · 10-16-2018, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Looks like any other generic MR supercar.

What did you expect? I think it looks great! Would have been really cool if they went back to flip up headlamps, haha.

mazeroni · 10-16-2018, 04:22 PM

Cadillac, and surprisingly Buick - although to a lesser extent, are the only design studios within GM that seem to be able to design anything with any amount of competence.

Chevy is so damn lost right now. We should be thankful that they didn't attempt to do something akin to the mess that is the Camaro and Silverado.

SuperTom · 10-16-2018, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k

What did you expect? I think it looks great! Would have been really cool if they went back to flip up headlamps, haha.

no they are a massive parachute at night

Yardjass · 10-16-2018, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Looks like any other generic MR supercar.

The price tag will be where it sets itself apart. Probably the raw performance numbers too.

DarkSunrise · 10-17-2018, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k

What did you expect? I think it looks great! Would have been really cool if they went back to flip up headlamps, haha.

Ford did a great job making the Ford GT look like something other than yet another MR supercar. Chevy had decades to work on this MR design. I guess I was hoping for something a little more interesting from them.

Dadhawk · 10-17-2018, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k

What did you expect? I think it looks great! Would have been really cool if they went back to flip up headlamps, haha.

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Originally Posted by SuperTom

no they are a massive parachute at night

Yea, but pedestrian rules are what killed them. You know, the same rules that give us high hoodlines, taller cars, etc?

WolfpackS2k · 10-17-2018, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by SuperTom

no they are a massive parachute at night

I know, but so what - nobody really races at night haha.

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Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Ford did a great job making the Ford GT look like something other than yet another MR supercar. Chevy had decades to work on this MR design. I guess I was hoping for something a little more interesting from them.

Ford also designed the GT around a very tight powertrain package. A V8 engine doesn't fit in there, instead we get an Ecoboost V6, which just sounds awful. Is literally the worst sounding race car I've ever personally experienced. I'd much rather have this design (remember this is just a rendering nothing official) with a V8 engine than the GT's engine in ANYTHING.

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

Yea, but pedestrian rules are what killed them. You know, the same rules that give us high hoodlines, taller cars, etc?

Sure is

Tcoat · 10-17-2018, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k

I know, but so what - nobody really races at night haha.

Ford also designed the GT around a very tight powertrain package. A V8 engine doesn't fit in there, instead we get an Ecoboost V6, which just sounds awful. Is literally the worst sounding race car I've ever personally experienced. I'd much rather have this design (remember this is just a rendering nothing official) with a V8 engine than the GT's engine in ANYTHING.

Sure is

I LOL every single time people get all worked up over yet another car blog homemade render.

chaoskaze · 10-17-2018, 12:16 PM

Vette shaping up nicely.....much better then the new NSX........

DarkSunrise · 10-17-2018, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k

Ford also designed the GT around a very tight powertrain package. A V8 engine doesn't fit in there, instead we get an Ecoboost V6, which just sounds awful. Is literally the worst sounding race car I've ever personally experienced. I'd much rather have this design (remember this is just a rendering nothing official) with a V8 engine than the GT's engine in ANYTHING.

Hmm I wonder if it's related to the Ecoboost 3.5L in the Taurus SHO. I drove one of those and remember being impressed with that powerplant (can't recall the sound though).

I do love a nice sounding V8 though.

Jaden · 10-20-2018, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Hmm I wonder if it's related to the Ecoboost 3.5L in the Taurus SHO. I drove one of those and remember being impressed with that powerplant (can't recall the sound though).

I do love a nice sounding V8 though.

Some forged internals and bigger direct injectors and twin turbo is the only difference.

Jaden

chipmunk · 11-28-2018, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

I LOL every single time people get all worked up over yet another car blog homemade render.

Agreed! Even the powertrain engineers for these Vettes have to have specially approved permissions to access the vehicle CAD data. So sometimes I believe it could be true, because someone from GM Warren could have leaked some.

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