I totally agree with the Aussie commenter – opinions are like arseholes and everyone has one! Folks also tend to forget how much hatred the C7’s design first garnered from the so-called purists when it first debuted - very much like people do with practically EVERY new generation of EVERY car, particularly when that car is an automotive icon with such a long and storied history and with such an impressive lineage. It never ceases to amaze me how so very many people in comment sections tend to mistake and/or state their obvious, blatant opinion with/as actual facts. No one needs to be redesigning a car that has literally set automotive history in every way imaginable. NO THANKS, I’ll take my new C8 for which a guy just seriously offered to trade me even for his 3 or 4 year old Porsche (because he can’t have a C8 until probably 12 – 14 months away) that he says he paid $150,000 for. And, after buying it I still have $150,000 dollars more in the bank than the people who just still have to have their Porsche’s or Ferrari’s or Aston Martins…….all of which I can leave in my mirrors or at least just behind the rear fender. I just got my C8 (our 11th Corvette) and out of the 87 cars of every imaginable design and performance, I’ve never had more people stop me, talk to me, give me a thumbs up etc. Thank goodness GM went with the design they did which has laid the entire sports car, super sports car industry on its ears. But, this design looks like nothing more than a C5–C7 model with a design bump at the rear. So in this exercise, he wants to see if he can carry over some of the previous design cues to fix that.Ĭhip immediately points to the C8 Corvette’s side intakes as one of the issues he has with the car, saying “ it just seems to be such a tacked-on piece that doesn’t go with the overall design of the car” and that’s where he begins.Ĭhip has designed some beautiful and unique cars in his lifetime. Chip says he isn’t quite sold on the drastic switch to the mid-engine configuration just yet and he’s been fighting “falling in love with this car” due to his appreciation for the lineage of Corvettes from C1-C7. Holding up a photo of a C8 Corvette, Chip kicks off this video by talking about how much he liked the evolution of Corvettes over the multiple generations and says the American Sportscar is only second to the Porsche in terms of how it evolved over the years. Now the Overhaulin’ star is back with a new video and for this one, he is taking on the new mid-engine C8 Corvette. His previous “Chip Foose Draws a Car” videos from Hagerty have featured both the 1963 Corvette Split Window Coupe and a C5 Corvette that he turned into a speedster. We’ve featured several of these videos from Chip Foose where he draws a specific Corvette model and then adds his own personal touches to the car.
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