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#61 of 914 by regfootball Nov 20, 2003 (8:45 pm)
i'd do time to get photos like that. As long as cash was involved.   I honestly truly cannot believe they let that thing in without a tarp...   or HEY conspiracy theory.....maybe they WANTED those photos to be taken, to start to get the buzz out prior to the NAIAS........good pub. they could make a few buyers wait who would have otherwise blown their dough on another car.   I WANT INTERIOR SHOTS.
#62 of 914 by theo2709 Nov 20, 2003 (8:58 pm)
GM has already teased and fooled us about the C6. In April, they showed a C6 to dealers that was completely fake. The spy shots in Europe had a false body, etc. Who knows what it will look like.
#63 of 914 The explanation behind the photo is that the by logic1 Nov 21, 2003 (6:01 am)
car was there as part of a commercial shoot. It would probably have been difficult to film a commercial with the star under a tarp.   It is possible GM's advertiser hoped that by filming early on Sunday in San Francisco, a notorious night life town, no one would be around to sneak a shot.   Seems plausible to me, anyway.
#64 of 914 OHC & pushrods by z9z9z9z9 Nov 21, 2003 (9:16 am)
somebody said: "cars in the 50s through 70s had pushrods...OHC became popular in the mid80s"   OHC became popular a lot sooner than that. I can't say anything about the 60s (my car history starts with the July 1971 issue of Road & Track), but in 1971 both the (2.0 liter) Ford Pinto and Chevrolet Vega had OHC engines, as well as the Datsun 240Z, Datsun 510, Toyota Celica, BMW 2002, Fiat 124, etc..   someone else said: "Pushrods are cheaper that's why they are so ubiquitous"   They also reduce the height of the engine and, in the case of the Vette, allow for a lower hood.
#65 of 914 You know, I love those photos, by bhill2 Nov 21, 2003 (12:53 pm)
but I've got to wonder what's going on. If GM seriously didn't want pictures of the new Corvette to get out, why did they choose to film a commercial in the middle of one of the largest cities in the US. I would think they'd film the initial commercials on a closed set, or at least 20 miles outside of Jasper Wyoming or someplace like that. Maybe I'm just getting paranoid in my old age, but I smell a rat somewhere.
#66 of 914 z9z9 by b4z Nov 21, 2003 (8:09 pm)
That was me. They also allow for a physically narrower engine than a DOHC 4 valve motor.
#67 of 914 C6 by b4z Nov 21, 2003 (8:10 pm)
Will be shown in January it is too late to change anything. That is the real Corvette on that truck.   Also the C6 shell pics on the boat site have been removed.
#68 of 914 spy photos by rctennis3811 Nov 22, 2003 (11:47 am)
in that San Francisco picture of the new red Corvette, was that the base coupe or the top-of-the line coupe..say C6??
#69 of 914 Who knows? GM sure is not saying. by logic1 Nov 22, 2003 (12:54 pm)
If you mean is that the next Z06, the answer is no. There will not be a Z06 the first year.   I do not understand your last question. Every next generation Corvette will be a C6. The C5 will be discontinued.
#70 of 914 by theo2709 Nov 22, 2003 (4:38 pm)
There's no way they would put the ZL1 in a commercial.

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