Collector Car update

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Originally Posted by Meanmyz

I take exception to this last paragraph. There is nothing wrong with the C4 body style. It is actually my favorite. I may be in the minority with that statement, but I don't care. When I was a kid growing up in the 80's, I looked at the C4's style overall as Chevrolet stating "hey, we are back, and this is a serious sports car". Serious as opposed to highly exaggerated body lines and the view that Corvette had almost become a "caricature of itself"...and that the owner was a beer belly who wore an open shirt with gold chains.

As someone from the same generation, I agree 100%. The C4 design has aged well.

When I decided to add a Corvette to my collection, I honestly expected to buy a C5 ZO6 or a C3 resto-mod. I only looked at a C4 Z because it was at a local classic car dealer, and I was in the area.

I was quite surprised at how well the design had aged, having not seen one in quite some time. So much so, that I knew I had to get a C4 Z (but certainly not the one in the dealer, as it was a mess!).

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Look at a C-4 carefully, and you will see that it is one of the most faithful at keeping so many touches of earlier generation cars within it's, at the time, revolutionary re-design.
Casual lookers may get the taillights, but miss the many other tributes tha were incorporated into the design.
Just as the C-3 was a game changer form the previous generation, the C-4 was even more so, and yes the C-5 was just as much also, but each kept some special similarities.

C-6, more evolutionary, than revolutionary.
The C-7 simply looks like it came from another planet, but again, look carefully and the tributes are there as well.
C-4's likely will find more appeal as they age.


Marty

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Originally Posted by Meanmyz

I take exception to this last paragraph. There is nothing wrong with the C4 body style. It is actually my favorite. I may be in the minority with that statement, but I don't care. When I was a kid growing up in the 80's, I looked at the C4's style overall as Chevrolet stating "hey, we are back, and this is a serious sports car". Serious as opposed to highly exaggerated body lines and the view that Corvette had almost become a "caricature of itself"...and that the owner was a beer belly who wore an open shirt with gold chains.


I think C4s are beautiful cars and at that time in history, I think we needed a "lets get back to business" style. Not a cartoon car.


Now, don't flame me, as over time, I became a great admirer of the C3 and other Corvette body styles as well, but I think the C4 has done well.


Yes, if the stylists would have made the ZR-1 more individualistic, that certainly and no doubt would have helped. The problem is that there were ALOT of C4's made. This unfortunately waters down the ZR-1. And even if Corvette engineers and stylists did have their act together, a lot of other cars during the time WERE truly ho hum.


It doesn't help the C4 that most of them seen cars out on the road...the ones that make most of the public aware of the C4 have been driven into the ground and look it.

I agree with the statement about the lack of individual characteristics. You and I can appreciate that wider flare in the rear, but that's lost of even most Corvette people.

Unfortunately, if you took a vote of ALL Corvette owners tomorrow, for most loved body style, the C4 would lose...by a lot.

I like it better than the C3 by a lot and probably better than the C5 by a little, but we're the exception.