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(License Plate) With 650hp, how appropriate...
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So that's the C16? I don't care for the rear view on it much. I prefer the C4 Callaways. The aerobodies were much better looking IMO.
Then again, I didn't care for the C12s as much either. It seems the original Corvette styling becomes harder and harder to see in subsequent models. I suppose the drastic change is a must though, to justify the kind of bucks required to purchase one.
So how much does a C16 cost, over and above the cost of the base model, I mean? I wonder what it works out to on a per horsepower basis when compared to a ZR1.
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The C16 is more power for dollar, especially when you factor that most ZR1s are costing the same as the Callaway C16 :cool
It is a bit like comparing apples to oranges though, as the build quality and choice of materials on the C16 are superior to those used on the ZR1. Especially that interior!
The car's owner, Reeves Callaway and I stopped by a Corvette club meeting on our way back from showing the cars in NYC the other week and while there, a husband went nuts over the car. His wife did not. She said (in a very loud tone), "I don't like it - I just don't like it!" While that is fine and she is entitled to her opinion, Reeves Callaway paused and asked her why... Her response was that it did not look like a Corvette anymore. That was her only thought... Reeves Callaway then said, that was EXACTLY why it was styled and changed the way it was - to give the car its own identity.
Look past one's initial thoughts, I bet you can see its Corvette lineage.
The C16 is more power for dollar, especially when you factor that most ZR1s are costing the same as the Callaway C16 :cool
It is a bit like comparing apples to oranges though, as the build quality and choice of materials on the C16 are superior to those used on the ZR1. Especially that interior!
The car's owner, Reeves Callaway and I stopped by a Corvette club meeting on our way back from showing the cars in NYC the other week and while there, a husband went nuts over the car. His wife did not. She said (in a very loud tone), "I don't like it - I just don't like it!" While that is fine and she is entitled to her opinion, Reeves Callaway paused and asked her why... Her response was that it did not look like a Corvette anymore. That was her only thought... Reeves Callaway then said, that was EXACTLY why it was styled and changed the way it was - to give the car its own identity.
Look past one's initial thoughts, I bet you can see its Corvette lineage.
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So that's the C16? I don't care for the rear view on it much. I prefer the C4 Callaways. The aerobodies were much better looking IMO.
Then again, I didn't care for the C12s as much either. It seems the original Corvette styling becomes harder and harder to see in subsequent models. I suppose the drastic change is a must though, to justify the kind of bucks required to purchase one.
...but liked it enough for a screensaver?
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94033
...just sayin
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...but liked it enough for a screensaver?
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94033
...just sayin
You're right! I do like the blue Callaway a lot. The front end does display more of the Corvette styling I like. But something about the rear just doesn't appeal to me as much... like the single taillights, maybe, or the wrap around panels on each side of the rear window.
Still like the aerobodies better.
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