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What should the top Corvette be called...

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Old Aug 22, 2005 | 11:26 AM
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Re: What should the top Corvette be called...

Originally Posted by jg95z28
Gosh, I hope that was meant as a joke.
Wouldn't you just love a new Corvette Type-R ???
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by km9v
Wouldn't you just love a new Corvette Type-R ???
If you're serious... PLEASE... kill yourself now or at least get a vasectomy so you don't destroy the gene pool.
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 11:44 AM
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God help me....I think he's serious!

Gotta tell ya though...a "Type-R" Corvette wouldn't be as funny as the "5.0" Volvo I saw once...
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 11:48 AM
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Re: What should the top Corvette be called...

Originally Posted by dream '94 Z28
God help me....I think he's serious!

Gotta tell ya though...a "Type-R" Corvette wouldn't be as funny as the "5.0" Volvo I saw once...
Read "Sarcasm" Get a grip guys.
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 11:56 AM
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Re: What should the top Corvette be called...

Maybe there's something GM hasn't told us about yet...the "Blue Devil" has vtec.

I voted Stingray...heritage. Otherwise I also like Corvette ZL1.
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 11:57 AM
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Gotta use a smiley if you're being sarcastic...otherwise everyone thinks you're serious.
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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Call it Zeus, the competition would get the message.
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 12:48 PM
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ZR-2
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 01:54 PM
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ZR-2
The only ZR-2s anybody remembers are on S10s and Blazers as stated above. I don't know about you, but I would not want my Corvette called that.
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 01:58 PM
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Grand sport or Zr-1

personally i prefer GS
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 02:24 PM
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I don't know if Blue Devil would work very well. If it were to be called "Blue Devil", then IMO it could only be offered in ONE colour... blue. And it would be called "Devils Blue" or something like that.

I know it sounds picky, but imagine this:

"So what do you drive?"

"A Red Blue Devil."

"A what? That doesn't sound right..."

Or:

*Looking at a bright yellow Vette*

"So is that the Z06?"

"Nope... the Blue Devil."

*awkward silence...*

Just something I think would have to be a consideration if the name were to have a colour incorperated.
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 02:28 PM
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Re: What should the top Corvette be called...

Originally Posted by )2overt SS
I don't know if Blue Devil would work very well. If it were to be called "Blue Devil", then IMO it could only be offered in ONE colour... blue. And it would be called "Devils Blue" or something like that.

I know it sounds picky, but imagine this:

"So what do you drive?"

"A Red Blue Devil."

"A what? That doesn't sound right..."

Or:

*Looking at a bright yellow Vette*

"So is that the Z06?"

"Nope... the Blue Devil."

*awkward silence...*

Just something I think would have to be a consideration if the name were to have a colour incorperated.
I dont think GM would have "Devil" in any of there products names, I personally dont see the big deal. But production, could you imagine all the nay-sayers. They would have a frenzy.

The world we live in
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 02:40 PM
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Re: What should the top Corvette be called...

Originally Posted by unvc92camarors
The only ZR-2s anybody remembers are on S10s and Blazers as stated above. I don't know about you, but I would not want my Corvette called that.

What a pity cause the original ZR-2 was bad **** (meaning LS6 vette)
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 03:08 PM
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Re: What should the top Corvette be called...

Originally Posted by )2overt SS
I don't know if Blue Devil would work very well. If it were to be called "Blue Devil", then IMO it could only be offered in ONE colour... blue. And it would be called "Devils Blue" or something like that.

I know it sounds picky, but imagine this:

"So what do you drive?"

"A Red Blue Devil."

"A what? That doesn't sound right..."

Or:

*Looking at a bright yellow Vette*

"So is that the Z06?"

"Nope... the Blue Devil."

*awkward silence...*

Just something I think would have to be a consideration if the name were to have a colour incorperated.
I realise "Blue Devil" is just a code name for the special prototype; so it'll probably never end up being what the car is called. However, let's play devil's advocate for a moment. (Pun intended.)

What is the Super Corvette's target competition? The big boy supercars like Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc, correct? When you think of Ferrari you think of a Ferrari-red sports car, no? But all Ferrari's are not red. Even the Testarossa could be ordered in other colors, even though is literally named "Red Head". So what if GM wants to establish "blue" for their super car? (Yeah, I know, all corvettes should be red anyway, but play along here.) So they come up with a special shade of blue that is only available on the "Blue Devil" and viola, a supercar is born!

I still think "Zora" would be a cool name. The Corvette enthusiast that can afford to buy one would see the hertitage in the name, and it would be not at all unlike the Ferrari Enzo.
Old Aug 22, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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Re: What should the top Corvette be called...

I'd definitely like Stingray. I'd love SS, but 600HP Corvette shouldn't have the same badge as a 200HP Cobalt, or 250HP Malibu



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