WarpSpeed Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 Here's a link to an article about a new Corvette wagon concept that is an add on provided by one of the top Corvette customizers in the states and I think the concept has possibilities... How about you? http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/callaway-2014-corvette-stingray-aerowagon-concept-gets-tongues-173525558.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 That reminds me, when is the next Batman movie coming out? Bit too retro for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 That reminds me, when is the next Batman movie coming out? Bit too retro for me. That's the direction styling has been heading and now it's finally getting here.. Actually I really hated the previous batmobile reiterations.. Still a fan of the original hands down and the bat boat too .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 the Corvette wagon does not look too bad. but most of the time when a "wagon" emerged based on an aesthetic design the result is a disaster. i do like my wife's MB CLS which is in my view one of the most beautiful 4-doors although it is named and sold as "coupé". here's the original and the ugly disease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 + The new Jag called the 'sport break' As for the Corvette wagon, guess I am to old, maybe could get in but need a crane to get out.. nice if I was 40+ years yonger As for the MB CLS wagon, words fail me.......... maybe estates these days are using differently ? the old days Company Reps started with a base Ford or Vauxhall estate, the longer time with the Company the better the Estate, so by looking at the car you could tell who was good at the job, Ford Granada Estate...... Volvo Estate...... Benz Estate........ somehow cannot see see the CLS wagon is much good as a Reps Estate, or for that matter many of these new low coupé type estates... The old Benz Estates where big load luggers Very different here in Thailand a Rep starting out to the top sales reps all or most have Pickups. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Pop Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 My My,something not from an Asian Parts Bin. Looks nice to me , so we wont see it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMHO Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) Have to say I'm digging the Shooting Brake Corvette, but I'd never buy one Appears they took a fair dose of inspiration from the Ferrari FF Edited March 19, 2013 by IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyW Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) Look's like a re-hash of a 70's Reliant Scimitar. Edited March 19, 2013 by LennyW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) Reminds me of a 21st century version of the Reliant Scimitar. Edited March 19, 2013 by giddyup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) LennyW, on 19 Mar 2013 - 15:57, said: Look's like a re-hash of a 70's Reliant Scimitar. scimitar3.jpg I must have been uploading at exactly the same time as you, and we selected the exact same pic. What are the odds? Great minds etc. Edited March 19, 2013 by giddyup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candypants Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 the vette will still drive like a moistened bag o' dung. all grunt, no refinement, great fun until you need to brake, turn, or god forbid, both. shoddily enginerd and shoddilly manufactured 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loptr Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 the vette will still drive like a moistened bag o' dung. all grunt, no refinement, great fun until you need to brake, turn, or god forbid, both. shoddily enginerd and shoddilly manufactured Agreed, they are crap, have always been crap and will always be crap. I've been turning wrenches on this hideous beasts for 40 years and they have never produced a single model that wasn't crap. Of course, in my humble opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 And then I saw the post with the MB....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) the vette will still drive like a moistened bag o' dung. all grunt, no refinement, great fun until you need to brake, turn, or god forbid, both. shoddily enginerd and shoddilly manufactured This age old myth of an argument that tends to forget that the Corvette has and does kick the crap out of EVERY single doubly and sometimes triply expensive sports/super car Europe has to offer at half the price most times.. Utter nonsense it is.. Even when the Vette and the Mustang were first brought into racing (stock sports car classes) it was with the expressed purpose of kicking some Euro derrier and they did it right from the get go.. A little education goes a long way you know?.. Google is your friend and you can also add the Viper to that list now too. Most recently this past weekend Corvette picking up where they left off at Sebring 12 hours came from several laps down after penalties and an electrical fire and STILL came back to the front to win, beating Audi R10's, Porsche's, BMW's and Ferrari's (stock based race cars, factory chassis and moderately upgraded engine and suspension by rule).. Edited March 19, 2013 by WarpSpeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted March 19, 2013 Author Share Posted March 19, 2013 (edited) the vette will still drive like a moistened bag o' dung. all grunt, no refinement, great fun until you need to brake, turn, or god forbid, both. shoddily enginerd and shoddilly manufactured Agreed, they are crap, have always been crap and will always be crap. I've been turning wrenches on this hideous beasts for 40 years and they have never produced a single model that wasn't crap. Of course, in my humble opinion. Oh right, so you think Ferrari's and the equivalent Astons etc. are no less temperamental crap AND more expensive to repair?? That's a good one!! Just lost all credibility with that comment .... I'm not even particularly a Vette fan but this type of comment is just based on ignorance.. Edited March 19, 2013 by WarpSpeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 the vette will still drive like a moistened bag o' dung. all grunt, no refinement, great fun until you need to brake, turn, or god forbid, both. shoddily enginerd and shoddilly manufactured Agreed, they are crap, have always been crap and will always be crap. I've been turning wrenches on this hideous beasts for 40 years and they have never produced a single model that wasn't crap. Of course, in my humble opinion. Spoken like a true mechanic! I would imagine you have, as I, made numerous comments about the sense of the engineers who designed the under bonnet and under car aspects. And, as I, come to the conclusion that said engineers have never had to work on a car they helped design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrain Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 LennyW, on 19 Mar 2013 - 15:57, said: Look's like a re-hash of a 70's Reliant Scimitar. scimitar3.jpg I must have been uploading at exactly the same time as you, and we selected the exact same pic. What are the odds? Great minds etc. You must have a real slow internet connection then as there is two hours between your and Lenny's post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 the vette will still drive like a moistened bag o' dung. all grunt, no refinement, great fun until you need to brake, turn, or god forbid, both. shoddily enginerd and shoddilly manufactured Agreed, they are crap, have always been crap and will always be crap. I've been turning wrenches on this hideous beasts for 40 years and they have never produced a single model that wasn't crap. Of course, in my humble opinion. Spoken like a true mechanic! I would imagine you have, as I, made numerous comments about the sense of the engineers who designed the under bonnet and under car aspects. And, as I, come to the conclusion that said engineers have never had to work on a car they helped design. and they never had to change a Corvette tire! for 11½ years i was lucky that i never had to use the spare tire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 (edited) the vette will still drive like a moistened bag o' dung. all grunt, no refinement, great fun until you need to brake, turn, or god forbid, both. shoddily enginerd and shoddilly manufactured Agreed, they are crap, have always been crap and will always be crap. I've been turning wrenches on this hideous beasts for 40 years and they have never produced a single model that wasn't crap. Of course, in my humble opinion. moving in 1989 from a 928 to a Callaway was initially a scary experience. neither the brakes nor the handling was adequate for German Autobahns. an expansion joint on a curved bridge could take your heart rate from 70 to 140 in a split second when the Vette jumped. we had a bunch of tuners specialising in adjusting Corvettes (especially the bread-and-butter GM version) but most of the modifications were, according to German technical specifications, illegal. luckily the technicians who carried out the mandatory checks every two years (pollution check once a year) were quite understanding. edited: if i had considered my Vette as crap i wouldn't have kept the car for more than 11 years. sold it only when we sold our home in Germany. Edited March 20, 2013 by Naam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 + The new Jag called the 'sport break' As for the Corvette wagon, guess I am to old, maybe could get in but need a crane to get out.. nice if I was 40+ years yonger As for the MB CLS wagon, words fail me.......... maybe estates these days are using differently ? the old days Company Reps started with a base Ford or Vauxhall estate, the longer time with the Company the better the Estate, so by looking at the car you could tell who was good at the job, Ford Granada Estate...... Volvo Estate...... Benz Estate........ somehow cannot see see the CLS wagon is much good as a Reps Estate, or for that matter many of these new low coupé type estates... The old Benz Estates where big load luggers Very different here in Thailand a Rep starting out to the top sales reps all or most have Pickups. As for the MB CLS wagon, words fail me... and i felt like vomiting when i saw the first "Shooting Brake" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 (edited) the vette will still drive like a moistened bag o' dung. all grunt, no refinement, great fun until you need to brake, turn, or god forbid, both. shoddily enginerd and shoddilly manufactured Agreed, they are crap, have always been crap and will always be crap. I've been turning wrenches on this hideous beasts for 40 years and they have never produced a single model that wasn't crap. Of course, in my humble opinion. Spoken like a true mechanic! I would imagine you have, as I, made numerous comments about the sense of the engineers who designed the under bonnet and under car aspects. And, as I, come to the conclusion that said engineers have never had to work on a car they helped design. So how does that differ from any car of the same ilk at 2 to three times the cost of the Vette for the same or even less performance? I have yet to read that answer.. Edited March 20, 2013 by WarpSpeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 (edited) LennyW, on 19 Mar 2013 - 15:57, said: Look's like a re-hash of a 70's Reliant Scimitar. scimitar3.jpg I must have been uploading at exactly the same time as you, and we selected the exact same pic. What are the odds? Great minds etc. You must have a real slow internet connection then as there is two hours between your and Lenny's post Sometimes they forget there is a time stamp on their posts eh? Edited March 20, 2013 by WarpSpeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 If you google corvette hearse under images, you will see this has been done a lot, and with some degree of success (visually that is) if you like hot rods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted March 20, 2013 Author Share Posted March 20, 2013 If you google corvette hearse under images, you will see this has been done a lot, and with some degree of success (visually that is) if you like hot rods. Hearse? I think this has a bit different purpose and thankfully look, gawd! Those are fugly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Yes, well hot rod culture is a different aesthetic than the supercar genre. I think you know what I mean. and yes many of those were hideous, but a couple were clever. The hearse part makes sense because it is slightly more ridiculous than just a wagon. A vette wagon is impractical and pointless, so there is fun in that, but the hearse is a whole other level. If you are going to make something silly, like a vette wagon, why not go all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seedy Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Beautiful ! Looks better than the coupe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) Yes, well hot rod culture is a different aesthetic than the supercar genre. I think you know what I mean. and yes many of those were hideous, but a couple were clever. The hearse part makes sense because it is slightly more ridiculous than just a wagon. A vette wagon is impractical and pointless, so there is fun in that, but the hearse is a whole other level. If you are going to make something silly, like a vette wagon, why not go all the way. I guess if were going to depart this world by being delivered to a cemetery (though my plan is getting cremated) there's worse ways to make that last drive, I'm not a good passenger though especially in something like this.. I'd wanna be driving... Edited March 21, 2013 by WarpSpeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 LennyW, on 19 Mar 2013 - 15:57, said: Look's like a re-hash of a 70's Reliant Scimitar. scimitar3.jpg I must have been uploading at exactly the same time as you, and we selected the exact same pic. What are the odds? Great minds etc. You must have a real slow internet connection then as there is two hours between your and Lenny's post Lenny's post wasn't even there when I posted my comment. Why would I duplicate the same post? Think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 LennyW, on 19 Mar 2013 - 15:57, said: Look's like a re-hash of a 70's Reliant Scimitar. scimitar3.jpg I must have been uploading at exactly the same time as you, and we selected the exact same pic. What are the odds? Great minds etc. You must have a real slow internet connection then as there is two hours between your and Lenny's post Sometimes they forget there is a time stamp on their posts eh? I didn't forget, his post just wasn't there when I posted. No reason for me to lie about it, what would I be achieving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrain Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) LennyW, on 19 Mar 2013 - 15:57, said: Look's like a re-hash of a 70's Reliant Scimitar. scimitar3.jpg I must have been uploading at exactly the same time as you, and we selected the exact same pic. What are the odds? Great minds etc. You must have a real slow internet connection then as there is two hours between your and Lenny's post Lenny's post wasn't even there when I posted my comment. Why would I duplicate the same post? Think about it. I don't want to argue with you but , LennyW LennyWBorder Riever's Advanced Members 3,389 posts Posted 2013-03-19 16:04:04 <-------- giddyup giddyupSuper Member Advanced Members 1,684 posts Posted 2013-03-19 18:10:35 <------- Edited March 21, 2013 by jbrain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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