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Sunday, August 31, 2014

The problem with Corvette chassis on frame design and absurdity of Corvette Z06 "widebody"

The whole premise of the seventh generation of Corvette was supposed to be about bringing Corvette into the modern world, combining performance with comfort and fuel efficiency.

In spite of the bullshit +Tadge Juechter and +General Motors marketing department continue to spread, the base Stingray already failed on all fronts, regarding its objectives.  The car is even more cramped than the predecessor, rear vision disappeared completely and the growing core of buyers, overweight and taller than 6 feet still cannot fit in the car.   The car is wider and heavier and less aerodynamic, effectively wiping out any possible fuel savings the corporate measures such as AFM could generate.

Now, if the base car is a failure, the upcoming Z06 is even a bigger failure.  Why?  The car is obscenely heavy, with even worse aerodynamics, much higher rolling resistance while offering absolute no improvements with respect to riding comfort.  So what does the new widebody exactly accomplish?  Absolutely nothing at all, except for even worse fuel economy and shitty ergonomics of the base car combined with even less outward visibility than the base car.

The problem with the chassis on frame design is that the interior of the car remains constant, no matter how wide the car becomes on the outside.  Could the design at least make provisions for accommodating wider tires using the base car width?  Of course it could, this way the car would have better aerodynamics while avoiding the visual abomination of flea market additions such as the awful fender flares and other garish add on pieces that at best, look like a retarded afterthought.

Is there a point to making the car wider without expanding the interior room?  Absolutely not, especially with a car that is already pretty wide.  The truly entertaining part is the uniform outpour of accolades from the Corvette enthusiasts who adore the counterproductive widening of Corvette.  Never mind that none of the obese Corvette buyers can fit in the Z06, just like they cannot fit in the base car, wider is apparently better, no matter how retarded the actual outcome may be.  Long live ignorant Corvette enthusiasts.!!!

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