You can really tell how much Chevy was influenced by the FD in the design for the C5


DrunkenBowler, absolutly gorgeous car, great photo work.

 

that is now my background

 

Nice Car!! Nice Photo!

 

Double post.

~Kris

 

I personally feel that the C5 Corvette was inspired directly by the FD RX7. If you look at the body lines, the placement of key features and even the interior it is clear they looked to the FD as a basis of their style.

Unfortunately they had to differentiate it somehow and took many of the glorious features that make a FD sop beautiful away. Most notiblyl the square booty of the C5 compared to the curvy styling of the FD. Now I'm not saying C5's are ugly but definately not as sexy as FD's, they are also a bit beefier size-wise.

The FD was a timeless design and nothing will be able to match it in looks, style, or class

~Kris

 

from my opinion gm just basically updated the rx7 from the rear 1/4 panels forward for the c5 vette. i mean the 2 bodies look very very similar. either way i wouldnt mind having both cars. ahha

 

maybe i'll post this pic on the corvette board and pretend i own a C5 :p

 

btw DrunkenBowler, sorry for hijacking your post. start a new one with your own pic. i was just looking for excuse to post my pic

 

I ran into some rich punk kid I knew back in high school.. he heard about me getting an RX-7 and started saying, 'Wanna race? I'll cream your Mazda.' I stopped him and said, 'Buddy I'll up my boost and straiten you out.' Although I would really need much more to beat him I'm sure. :\

EDIT: Point of story was, stupid spoiled kid got a C5 from his parents.

I like the C5 okay, the rear-end is ugly, they fixed it in the C6 by adding some dimension.

 

wow!!!!

awsome pic! great angle

 

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=814711

 

LOL best thread evAr

 

awesome.

 

That's not my car. I wish it were.

ttb, it's kewl man. I can never get the picture thing to work right. Anyways, nice car man.

 

Can't believe it actually fooled a couple.

 

 

What kind of rims are those? They look badass!

 

thanks. they're SSR GT1.

 

Nice pic,and from technical side.the histogram of the pic looks good,levels ok,i like it!!Btw,what's that thing reflecting to the upper back of the car?Looks like a UFO to me

 

That is so great TTB, it was good that most took it in good humor too. Looks like a couple die-hard fans were offended though. :\

That pic is my background now BTW, really good work, really great car!

~Kris

 

JaNusSolSumnus, that's copy right infringement. Joking

 

damn sexy photo

 

wow, it does look a lot like a vette. so dodge AND chevy used parts of mazda's design....

 

Nice wheels. Looks good on that car.