[DeTomaso] Corvette C8, yay or nay?

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Yay. Looks good to me, Thomas. 
Mid-engined cars tend to have a "look", given the requirements of their structural design. The hard edges of the C8 body are reminiscent of Panteras but look "too busy" to me. 

It can be pretty tough to beat the simple, clean and mean lines of a Pantera. Every once in a while a design team knocks one out of the park and we all caught one. 

Anyway, I'd bet most folks looking for a sports car in that price range would be quite happy with the performance of a no-frills $60K mid-engined C8 Corvette. (Red ones look the best to me.) 

Corvettes have always delivered good "bang for the buck". Modern automotive manufacturing technology has reached the point where affordable performance can be pretty damn impressive. 



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From: "Thomas Törnblom" <thomas at hax.se> 
To: detomaso at detomasolist.com 
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 12:08:29 PM 
Subject: [DeTomaso] Corvette C8, yay or nay? 

So what’s the community’s thoughts about the new Corvette? 

I have never been interested in Corvettes, but the the C8 looks very Pantera to me :) 

A modern, almost 200 mph car for 60k? I could put some De Tomaso stickers over the Corvette badges and be pretty happy, I think 😁 

/Thomas 
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   Yay.  Looks good to me, Thomas.

   Mid-engined cars tend to have a "look", given the requirements of their
   structural design.  The hard edges of the C8 body are reminiscent of
   Panteras but look "too busy" to me.
   It can be pretty tough to beat the simple, clean and mean lines of a
   Pantera.  Every once in a while a design team knocks one out of the
   park and we all caught one.
   Anyway, I'd bet most folks looking for a sports car in that price range
   would be quite happy with the performance of a no-frills $60K
   mid-engined C8 Corvette.  (Red ones look the best to me.)
   Corvettes have always delivered good "bang for the buck".  Modern
   automotive manufacturing technology has reached the point where
   affordable performance can be pretty damn impressive.
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   From: "Thomas TAP:rnblom" <thomas at hax.se>
   To: detomaso at detomasolist.com
   Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 12:08:29 PM
   Subject: [DeTomaso] Corvette C8, yay or nay?
   So whatas the communityas thoughts about the new Corvette?
   I have never been interested in Corvettes, but the the C8 looks very
   Pantera to me :)
   A modern, almost 200 mph car for 60k? I could put some De Tomaso
   stickers over the Corvette badges and be pretty happy, I think d-
   /Thomas
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