Adam Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Originally posted by Neo: So a car that is going to be selling next year steals styling cues from a current concept car? w3rd i was thinking the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowgli1647545497 Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 You people crack me up with the idea that sports cars with 40 and 50 yr heritages to pull back on steal from 5 yr old flash-in-the-pans. "The EVO started the HP war..." "The Corvette stole from the NSX..." "The Mustang stole from the Nissan 280Z..." "Daffy Duck stole from the Telly Tubbies..." blah blah blah Fucking hilarious. Kids... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevil Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 Originally posted by Mowgli: You people crack me up...lol +1 I like the C6 except for the body color around the headlights... I'd just have to get a black C6 then.. http://photo.thetechzone.com/data//503/1951c6black3-med.jpg?2890 yep, would be perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Abuse Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Originally posted by Wease: Actually, I didn't take them. I got them off of LS2.com... tongue.gif Damn, and I thought you were at Mid Ohio last weekend, too. All the cool promo cars come to road courses, folks. If you wanna see something weak like the new mustang, go to a drag strip. tongue.gif I thought hte GM trailer was a pretty swank deal, but they could have picked a better place t park it, you realy couldn't see much from the upper deck. Of course, we all know it was there to be seen, not to see from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahnstoermer1647545488 Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Originally posted by Mowgli: You people crack me up with the idea that sports cars with 40 and 50 yr heritages to pull back on steal from 5 yr old flash-in-the-pans. "The EVO started the HP war..." "The Corvette stole from the NSX..." "The Mustang stole from the Nissan 280Z..." "Daffy Duck stole from the Telly Tubbies..." blah blah blah Fucking hilarious. Kids... If you think the only cars automotive industrial designers look at are the cars of the brand of the company they currently work for, you're just as wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Abuse Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Originally posted by 100 RWHP: If you think the only cars automotive industrial designers look at are the cars of the brand of the company they currently work for, you're just as wrong.FC3S/944 FD3S/C5-Viper Camry/Accord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coty061885 Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Originally posted by Neo: So a car that is going to be selling next year steals styling cues from a current concept car? I'm pretty sure the C6 was penned before the next NSX concept was shown. But I wouldn't put it past the General to steal other companies ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jpurdy2003 Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Originally posted by CotYZX2: I'm pretty sure the C6 was penned before the next NSX concept was shown. But I wouldn't put it past the General to steal other companies ideas.Compare the late-1990's Malibu to the second-gen Altima that was released just months before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 Originally posted by CotYZX2: I'm pretty sure the C6 was penned before the next NSX concept was shown. But I wouldn't put it past the General to steal other companies ideas.huh? Want to try to back that up with some facts? GM is one of the largest innovators in the industry. Much of the technology that you see on cars today (or going into cars today) was first researched at GM. They have the technology and the knowledge, but much of it never saw production because the 'bean counters' couldn't justify the cost of manufacture at the time so projects get put on the shelf. It's disturbing to me how many people on here are slamming the Corvette saying that it's entire design is ripped off. Have you guys ever seen a Corvette before?? Look at a C3, C4, C5, and C6 side by side and you can't deny that it's an evolution. They all have the same styling cues, but have been refined over the years. Cars produced in the same era will always look similar because of the manufacturing and packaging limitations available at the time, but I don't beleive any cars mentioned have been copied designs. I fail to see a resemblence between a Malibu and Altima, and even if there was, from the time these designs came out there is now way one could copy off the other. Designs are finialized years before you see them in production. As for the headlights, yes they may look like a 360 Modena. Copied design? It's possible there was influence. But GM did the headlights for one simple reason. The design teams job was to turn the C5 into a better sports car. By switching to these headlamps they saved weight, improved aerodynamics, improved wind noise, and they're HID's which give better light. They didn't put them on to simply look like another car. Why is this a weekly post on here? We seem to go back and fourth between people bashing GM because they think the GTO is too tame, and people bashing GM for some other reason. But in reality most of you don't have a clue what GM has done in the industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils Advocate Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 Holy shit Phil, I thought you were dead. +1 by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazen Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 I wonder what the zo6 will look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007CRX Posted July 5, 2004 Report Share Posted July 5, 2004 c5's stylings > c6's styling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin R. Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 No one should be seeing your headlights anyways in that car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recklessOP Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Originally posted by Mallard: Cars produced in the same era will always look similar because of the manufacturing and packaging limitations available at the time, but I don't beleive any cars mentioned have been copied designs. Designs are finialized years before you see them in production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kohones Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 I luv it & would buy one in a heartbeat, but I can't afford the one I've got??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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