***** Actual C6 Mules And Good Photos!!!****

http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat_code=coverstory&loc_code=index&content_code=00790378

don't like the front lights..

looks alot like the C5.. windshield is less raked?

base engine to be more powerful than a current z06 huh?

how did you get this article? its dated in the future?! May 5th

Originally posted by Ken S
don't like the front lights..

looks alot like the C5.. windshield is less raked?

base engine to be more powerful than a current z06 huh?

how did you get this article? its dated in the future?! May 5th

I don't like the headlights either, but that part is just Autoweek's rendition... the headlights are covered, so I suppose there is a very small chance that they could be hiding concealed headlights, but I doubt it. :(

I'd love to tell you I have a special spy link into Autoweeks future pages, but it's on autoweeks main page! :o

Originally posted by Ken S
how did you get this article? its dated in the future?! May 5th

Yeah, there's something goofy there...
Here's an article (http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content.mv?port_code=autoweek&cat_code=carnews&content_code=09501022) from the same website dated TODAY, and there's a lot different content in this one... :confused:

I do like the spy pics though. Shame about the exposed headlamps... there goes 40 years of trdition out the window.:rolleyes:

It doesnt look bad (the rendering), imo basically a C5 with exposed headlights. It would have been nice to seen more of a depature from the C5, although it was a nice car we'll have to live with this generation for another 6+ years which will make the styling of a 97 seem really old.

Those pics are it. The artists rendering isn't as close as it could be. Less flair than the car really has. The white body and overcast sky hid some of the cars edgyness. The windshield not as steeply raked?? no not really...
-don't judge the car just yet.. see it in person first.

Nothing overly exciting from what I can see. :(

Ok I’m convinced these C6 beta cars share the exact same wind-shield/ A pillar design as the C5. The roof structure also looks exactly the same for both the C5 and C6 Beta convertibles. The C5 coupe hard top also looks the same until you get to the back glass of the C6 Beta car.

While I don’t dislike what I see with these spy photos, I kind of wish GM would have pushed away from the C5 look a little more. I’m going to wait for the debut at auto shows and see it in person before I make my final judgment.

OK, first of all the date is a bit odd...Next week?

Second, they are flat wrong about the windshield.. Its pretty obvious its the same angle and even the same winshield as a C5

Third...at 3100 it will not weight the same as a C5. What would be the point of a weight reduction program if you didn't reduce the weight?

Fourth...is it possible GM has mocked up a couple of C5s with exterior mods and cammo to fool the media? They have a history of bad blood when it comes to the Vette.

Fifth..I think Autoweek got the front overhang way wrong on the artist's impression. Its pretty clear looking at the photos that the cammo has a false nose on it to extend the overhang, which we all know is supposed to be shortened compared to the C5.

Sixth...If this is really it...its no more than a C5+, not a C6. Technically it may be a C6, and I agree with the idea that it should not be a big departure from C5, but this looks like too little change.

Originally posted by Chris 96 WS6
Fourth...is it possible GM has mocked up a couple of C5s with exterior mods and cammo to fool the media? They have a history of bad blood when it comes to the Vette.


This is what I was thinking. I'm betting these are nothing but C5s skins with some changes and cladding to fool us. I don’t remember what chapter but in "All Corvettes are Red" it talks about how they did this with C4 bodies with C5 components. They even used converted 4th gen Camaro’s to test C5 components. The windshield pretty much does it for me. Look the side mirrors are even the same as the C5. These are converted C5s. I don’t think these are the C6 bodies at all but I'm sure its the C6 under the skin in these pics.

:think:


Hmmm... possible false C6 Mules???

I suppose it is possible... But they'd be making a lot of assumptions thinking that they'd get spy spots taken of them for sure, just driving around... of course, if you drive around long enough, it's bound to happen.


FWIW, I think these are genuine C6's... the timing is right for them to be out there... And I think there are too many differences for them to be pure C5's.

Originally posted by 99SilverSS
Those pics are it. The artists rendering isn't as close as it could be. Less flair than the car really has. The white body and overcast sky hid some of the cars edgyness. The windshield not as steeply raked?? no not really...
-don't judge the car just yet.. see it in person first.

Thanks SS! :D

I'm thinking these are not full C6 bodied cars. They might be alpha cars. I think the rear glass on the coupe coming closer to the backend is a nice touch. The Corvette has always been about evolution, not retro. Exposed head lamps will look fine, and perform better. I'm curious to know what the drag coeficient is for the C6. .29 is hard to beat. :think:

C6 :thumb:

At least both sites agree on one thing--the base model will have 400 Horsepower.:)

Hmm . . . horsepower sounds good. Body . . . kinda a snoozer, if it's accurate.

Keep in mind these are four different mules here.

Also keep in mind what they are describing isn't coming directly from these photos. (You honestly didn't believe they were able to measure the length?)

Looks like the entire back half of the car is new, and I can't comment on the front since I can't see.

Well, if this is he direction they are going, then I would have to agree with the idea that they are going 'evolutionary.'

Too early to make a judgement though....

Jeff
:)

It's kind of hard to tell, but those rims in the rear look like 19 or 20 inchers.

I was hoping for a little more change... it looks more like a freshening than a new car.

LMAO!:D is it me or do those lights on the white one look almost exactly like the new viper's??? I really hope that you didn't fall for that cut and paste picture.:confused:

That "rendering" is a photoshopped Jaguar.

I think its not that much of a difference, but from what the pictures look like, the differences will be subtle but very different at the same time if that makes sense. Look at this picture (http://www.autoweek.com/weekart/2003/0505/0505-top6.jpg) and u can really see the edgyness of it. Cant wait for the engine tho :D

I wasn't expecting a reinvention of the wheel, but I thought that the C6 might look a little less like a C5. I guess I wait until I see the car in person to make judgement.

I saw these in person, and just have not had a chance to post. They were in a caravan with current C5's and a Nissan 300Z. I saw them on Dexter-Pinckney Road just south of M-36 in Pinckney.

They were going the opposite direction, so I didn't get a great look, but at least one of them appeared to have a cowl induction hood.

Not much else to say as they were going the other direction and I didn't have a camera.

General Z

I was hoping that GM had outgrown that whole black roof thing.

Originally posted by Z284ever
I was hoping that GM had outgrown that whole black roof thing.

I doubt they will be seen on the final production version. Probably used here to hide the roof lines. Notice the black strip going down the center of the top to suggest a T-bar. I don't think T-tops will be on the C6 though.

Originally posted by mrbob
That "rendering" is a photoshopped Jaguar.

I agree and it's crappy one at that. :barf:

Originally posted by FerrMaro
LMAO!:D is it me or do those lights on the white one look almost exactly like the new viper's??? I really hope that you didn't fall for that cut and paste picture.:confused:


The 'exposed' picture is an artists rendering of what lies underneath the covers.

Originally psoted by mrbob That "rendering" is a photoshopped Jaguar

No. It is not. It is a photoshopped version on the second mule picture... take a better look.

Anybody else think it looks just like the White Shark concept from 2002, it looks just like it in the front for the most part? And I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the door handles are different on one of them. Heres pictures of the White Shark if you wanna compare. (http://www.supercars.net/Pic?s=1&id=2179&i=0&p=2002_chevrolet_corvette_white_shark-1.jpg&y=2002&m=Chevrolet&o=Corvette%20White%20Shark%20Concept)

I really hope they just used that pillar from a C5, theres gotta be some change there in the C6, and I hope they reduce the size of the back windshield like they did w/ the C5, thats way to long to look as good as it could. Overall though, I kinda like it. You can tell from the pics that the C6 will have more presence than a C5 has when you see it in person.

Check out the rear view (last pic on the bottom of the page), looks like 2 different rear quarters. Drivers side has an edge, ala C3, passenger side looks like C5. Hmmmmm

Honestly about the roofline, it looks like it was lifted straight off a C-4 corvette. They look identical.

Driving past them, they clearly did not all look the same. You could really tell that they were different test models. But all were white. For some reason a black one is standing out in my mind. Maybe the black one was a regular C5.

Anyhow, like I said, one of the white ones appeared to have a cowl induction hood.

Looks pretty uninspiring and I'm still not with the fixed headlights.

DP

More C6 spy shots!!!

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=551887

Originally posted by Darth Xed
More C6 spy shots!!!

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=551887


Also, since these photos were taken somewhere rather extreme by looking at the surroundings, I'd say these cars are out for some cold weather testing...

I think this helps disprove any thought that these cars are decoys, though, technically anything is possible.

i really like that back glass

I said this some time ago, and I'll say it again (since someone on that thread noticed the same thing), I think the SS concept was a preview of the C6 styling cues.

I think the 2nd group was doing high altitude testing as well. I think another car the car in these photos seems to borrow from besides the SS is John Cafaro's Black Car. Look at the rear glass on the hatch, and the opening on the front. Very similar in my opinion, which is a good thing. I loved the Black Car.