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10 Things We'd Change About the 2014 Corvette Stingray
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10 Things We'd Change About the 2014 Corvette Stingray
No car is perfect. As much as we love our new C7, here are 10 tweaks we think would make the new Corvette almost perfect.
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#2 is a really silly complaint
1. stupid fish emblem
2. left over camaro lights
3. stupid digital tach hated in the 80s and still hate it today.
There are two different front license plate setups available, including one that puts the plate low and centered in the grille opening.
boff (first comment) is correct. It is easy to lower the car if you wish to do so.
http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2013/10/2014-corvette-stingray-front-plate-stays-legal-looks-good.html
With that said, I'm not surprised AT ALL that ONE MONTH into production and your office couldn't help itself but to start a "to do " list for Corvette. Is there that much panic over Corvette selling 4,000 cars in one month while Porsche can't give away Caymans ?
Criticism is fine....but I will WAIT for the Porsche "to do " list and the BMW "to do" list ONE month into production of a new model.
As usual, you guys are letting your Porsche underwear show ...since you felt the need to be humorous with your Alice Cooper graphic above ( sophomoric at best ) why not put up a big list of the obscene Porsche options list with a HUGE money bag photo over the top of it ...just for laughs...oh GOSH no..not Porsche ...how disprectful to a 125 grand 911 !
Quad pipes were around in C5 and C6. Why weren't you whining back then? Taillights do their job. Even if this car is aesthetically perfect you're still going to whine about it not wearing a Ferrari badge amiright?
Porsche should be arrested for what their prices have become and Ferrari has gotten away with murder for years on reliability and durability.
I can NOT wait for the new Z06 or ZR1 to come out and really bury everything for half the money and watch the elitist auto media go into hyper knit picking, whining, attack mode but that's just called competition .....live with it !
@nukedetroit
AND YOU ARE A BULLSH*T!!!!!
The start-stop button too bland? If it had flashing sequential lights you'd say that it was designed by Michael Knight. Most of the gauge criticism are really nits, but I'm not a big fan of the OPTIONAL hockey stick.
In keeping with my desire with car news, analysis and updates, I read your article with interest and after struggling through the "10 Things We'd Change About the 2014 Corvette Stingray" portion of the article, I had to literally walk away from my laptop. It took me a day or two to capture my composure. I thought I was angered, but as it turns out I am disappointed. I sincerely hope that the editorial staff reflect upon their objectivity and perform due diligence as to why things are the way they are before going down the path of rating cars based on the shape of their start buttons, smell of leather and other inconsequential items. Griping about a $95 “kick in the pants” for a license plate holder without a snare of a complaint about a $14,000 carbon fiber hood on another marque's car with a base price 5 times more than the Stingray (BTW, the standard hood on the Stingray is carbon fiber).
In my opinion this article and the accompanying picture were a sophomoric backhanded compliment at best and for that I am questioning the author’s motives and for that reason I am disappointed.
The car is better than the best reviews.
Remove all the brand badging from the outside of the car. And take a fresh look at it. Does it look like a Corvette to you? Or would your gut tell you it belonged to another brand?
The little details, such as the taillights lend themselves to identifying an iconic car such as this. And, of course, Chevrolet decided to throw those out with the bathwater. Instead, going for a more homogeneous look in sync with the new Camaro.
So, in short. The front end is too high end sports car generic. The rear end is too Chevrolet-centric brand 'face'. One of the few areas of the car that I like, is the side area between the wheels, as well as that nice upper rear fender area.
I'm hoping that this is one of those designs that doesn't look great to me in photos, but knocks me out in person. The Ducati 999 motorcycle, designed by Pierre Terblanche, was one of those designs. Hated it in the magazines; but fell in love with it when I was able to see one in the flesh.
Here's hoping.