[DeTomaso] Corvette C8, yay or nay?

[Don Franck]

Just my opinion, but the new C8 is the car I was hoping Ford would build.
A super car for the masses.

Don

On Tuesday, August 13, 2019, audionut motonut <audionut at mediacombb.net>
wrote:

>    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.
>      __________________________________________________________________
>
>    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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Don
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   Just my opinion, but the new C8 is the car I was hoping Ford would
   build. A  A super car for the masses.

   Don
   On Tuesday, August 13, 2019, audionut motonut
   <[1]audionut at mediacombb.net> wrote:

     A  A Yay.A  Looks good to me, Thomas.
     A  A Mid-engined cars tend to have a "look", given the requirements
     of their
     A  A structural design.A  The hard edges of the C8 body are
     reminiscent of
     A  A Panteras but look "too busy" to me.
     A  A It can be pretty tough to beat the simple, clean and mean lines
     of a
     A  A Pantera.A  Every once in a while a design team knocks one out
     of the
     A  A park and we all caught one.
     A  A Anyway, I'd bet most folks looking for a sports car in that
     price range
     A  A would be quite happy with the performance of a no-frills $60K
     A  A mid-engined C8 Corvette.A  (Red ones look the best to me.)
     A  A Corvettes have always delivered good "bang for the buck".A
     Modern
     A  A automotive manufacturing technology has reached the point where
     A  A affordable performance can be pretty damn impressive.
     A  A  A ____________________________________________________________
     ______
     A  A From: "Thomas TAP:rnblom" <[2]thomas at hax.se>
     A  A To: [3]detomaso at detomasolist.com
     A  A Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 12:08:29 PM
     A  A Subject: [DeTomaso] Corvette C8, yay or nay?
     A  A So whatas the communityas thoughts about the new Corvette?
     A  A I have never been interested in Corvettes, but the the C8 looks
     very
     A  A Pantera to me :)
     A  A A modern, almost 200 mph car for 60k? I could put some De
     Tomaso
     A  A stickers over the Corvette badges and be pretty happy, I think
     d-
     A  A /Thomas
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