One other item Corvette C7 Stingray has in common with Corvette C4, besides the interior

Funny how Corvette buyers like to resort to unquantifiable qualities to justify the superiority of their car and the purchase of Stingray.

The one quality mentioned the most is of course the ubiquitous REFINEMENT.

Allegedly, this refinement can be found everywhere in the Stingray, including the interior.

Is this really the case?  Here is one example that certainly dispels with this delusion:

THE REAR HATCH

As mentioned in the title, besides the eerily similar interior design, the newest Corvette has one other quality that appears to be a direct carry over from Corvette C4 and that would be the rear hatch closing mechanism and more accurately, the difficulty of closing it.

Corvette C4 rear glass has to be one of the shittiest when it comes to close it, in fact, there is a fine line between pushing so hard on the glass and feeling the whole thing is just going to shutter from pushing on it.

So how about the newest Corvette?  Surprise surprise,  it is just as hard to close if not worse.  Where the previous generation of Corvette had a power assist servo unit to assist the tailgate operator who only had to tap on the tailgate before the assist would take over and close the gate, the newest generation actually requires to either lower the side windows or lean very hard on the hatch to close it.

It is right down uncanny how much the hatch closing of Stingray resembles that of C4.  So... is this part of the refinement process?  If this is the 21st century, why does the hatch closing activity remind of  the 80's so much?

Refinement typically means IMPROVEMENT of all areas that should be improved for comfort and ergonomics.  Only in Corvette world, making things WORSE than before is a fully acceptable approach.