It's a beautiful car, it just doesn't feel new to me. I'm still more inclined to get a three series sedan (my wife and I want kids someday).
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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray unveiled
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It's a beautiful car, it just doesn't feel new to me. I'm still more inclined to get a three series sedan (my wife and I want kids someday).
Was trying to be objective. Only way to do that is compare EPA ratings since real world fuel economy has too many variables.
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The Mustang does get better highway, but that could be due to weight.
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Like Quagmire said, that kind of depends when, where and how fast you like to go.
Of course... Head over to the Camaro 5 forum. You be surprised the mileage our crappy American V8's get
Mass doesn't play into highway mileage, just around-town mileage. The Mustang likely gets better mileage due to either aero or tuning.
jas
after looking the european numbers on the official chevrolet site, i know why the camaro is so much more expensive in Austria compared to Germany:
20.9 liter city/10.2 highway/14.2 combined .... in Austria that means the gas guzzling tax spikes up
that means a 60.000 euro price tag as a result...
It'll be a joyous day when GM finally ditches the pushrod motor. 450 HP from over 6 liters is just embarrassing. It'll probably have the same pathetic 7,000 RPM red line as now. That's a truck motor.
Of course, the real joy will be when Chevrolet moves the engine to its proper place behind the driver. I believe that's inevitable while at the same time I'm not holding my breath.
It's a $55,000 car. Not a $155,000 car. Just trying to put things into perspective here
That, and they make great daily drivers with rather cheap maintenance. Ok, it might not be the coolest car - I'll give you that. When I was 16 I thought the Corvette was a lame car for old farts, but the appeal of a sporty car that you can still drive daily and not have to put thousands into maintenance in is quite nice.
The car will likely not go into production until August for October delivery
CAFE is a side argument
This is a power/FE debate not the ramifications of the outcome debate.
It's clear you're plucking certain things to reply to, and not quite grasping the entirety of my posts or messages. Given that, you and I are done debating this because you are, I'm sorry to say, quite ignorant when it comes to the process of designing, testing, and validating new cars.
Take care.
jas
As we early adopters of imports found out, little old ladies in Buicks would beat us and didn't even know we were racing... cubic inches are hard to beat and torque is very satisfying indeed.
As we early adopters of imports found out, little old ladies in Buicks would beat us and didn't even know we were racing... cubic inches are hard to beat and torque is very satisfying indeed.
Mid-engined cars are fine, tend to be boy-racy though in most cases. Front is fine, easier to deal with and roomier for taller people.
Corvette's main problem for me is the fiberglass. Much prefer metal.
Mid-engined cars are fine, tend to be boy-racy though in most cases. Front is fine, easier to deal with and roomier for taller people.
Corvette's main problem for me is the fiberglass. Much prefer metal.
Do we know the base price yet? That will be improtant for this car given all of the amazing technology coming standard with it. If it's in the mid-50's this car will be a huge success IMO
I went to the auto show this weekend...
The corvette area was so packed i couldn't get close for a picture.
The corvette area was so packed i couldn't get close for a picture.
Yeah I did! Looks incredible actually..
NSX in the center. Headlamps are amazing.
Just reposting the stuff i took with instagram..
Yeah I did! Looks incredible actually..
NSX in the center. Headlamps are amazing.
Just reposting the stuff i took with instagram..
At least this year's car has an interior. Now if we only knew how much it'll cost and details of the power train. Lots of rumors, very little official fact.