Filed under: Motorsports, Chevrolet, Rendered Speculation
Rendered Speculation: Corvette Stingray C7.R
Click above for a high-res photo of BadBoyVettes.com's Corvette Stingray C7.R rendering
While the Corvette Stingray Concept (a.k.a. Autobot Sideswipe) introduced at the Chicago Auto Show earlier this month sports heritage-inspired cues, its futuristic styling could also hint at the design of the next-generation model. GM made no comment on whether any of the concept would find make its way into the C7 Corvette, but there will doubtless be plenty of people willing to speculate. The gang at BadBoyVettes.com have taken it one step further and have come up with what the C7.R would look like if the Stingray went to production as-is. Using one of our live shots from the show, they've added the Corvette Racing livery, complete with the "Jake" skull mascot featured prominently on the hood. We think they did a good job, which is to be expected, since BBV helped put together the design schemes for the actual C6.R racers. In full race livery, the Stingray looks like it'd be equally adept at chasing down Gulf-liveried Aston Martins or battling giant evil robots. After all, Jake plays no favorites; he's an equal-opportunity intimidator.
[Source: BadBoyVettes.com]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
MemphisNET 9:11AM (2/21/2009)
Love everything about the concept except the 'face' -- cars do not need to smile!
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2004m3driver 1:30PM (2/21/2009)
Aww, but I love those Chevron commercials.
jc 9:29AM (2/21/2009)
Another design from the school of Batmobile.
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Mobius_1 9:32AM (2/21/2009)
That skull completes the car. That is awesome. That is awesome. That is awesome.
If I saw that coming up behind me on a track, I'd speed into the nearest barrier in shock and terror.
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HotRodzNKustoms 9:39AM (2/21/2009)
That is positively evil.
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dmoneycivicsi 9:52AM (2/21/2009)
U-G-L-Y
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Steve 12:12PM (2/21/2009)
I definitely agree. That looks like ass. I know GM wouldn't produce that, financial trouble aside.
AZZO45b 2:10PM (2/21/2009)
BadBoyVettes is NOT GM.... BBV playin' with Photoshop.
They also developed the NoFear rip-off of the skull graphic & they added the Vette Flags (logo) for its eyes.
Torrent 11:40PM (2/21/2009)
The car is sexy, IMO, but the photoshop is a little off. I saw 3 problems with the Skull in 7 seconds flat.
Mazda FTW! 9:57AM (2/21/2009)
We truly are living in the era of big grills. Paul Wall must be so damn proud.
It's interesting. ALl through the 80s and 90s, the mainstream consumer loved boxy, bland boring shapes. And now they've gone to overdone, redundantly curveceous, flame-surfaced bubbles with no stops in between lol.
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thipps 10:45AM (2/21/2009)
um maybe because it has to cool a 650 hp engine! idk maybe im crazy. u may be write when it comes to other cars but not this one bud.
Avinash machado 10:12AM (2/21/2009)
Hope the powers in Washington wont ask GM to not make this car as a condition to receiving the cash.
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Everett 10:17AM (2/21/2009)
That doesn't look like a smile, that looks like a teenager checking for food in his braces - look at the new Mazda3, now THAT is a smiling idiot of a grill.
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greenchile505 10:35AM (2/21/2009)
The corners of the mouth look to be in the right spot for brake cooling. While the design does not appeal to everyone, perhaps in this case they chose function over form.
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Kitko 10:55AM (2/21/2009)
It looks like a cartoon from the Cars movie. Where it belongs. You know, as a comic character.
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tbss_in_the_D 11:15AM (2/21/2009)
I hated this car in the pictures earlier this week, but now that I have seen it in person I has grown on me. I think if they toned the front and rear down an bit it could work. The side profile is really sweet.
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mcampasini 12:21PM (2/21/2009)
i agree the front and rear are too much.
neoscape 11:58AM (2/21/2009)
I still think it's ugly as sin
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Rev 1:17PM (2/21/2009)
Three cheers for freshman art student car design.
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BigTeebo 1:34PM (2/21/2009)
I like the skull Vette logo. Why didn't they think of that sooner?
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