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(Car and Driver)   Electric with four doors. Next they'll be making a Jabberjaw looking Corvette SUV... Oh my   (caranddriver.com) divider line
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edmo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-03 6:33:22 AM  
Blasphemy.

The Mustang fiasco was not a challenge you idiots.
 
question_dj [TotalFark]
2022-12-03 8:53:59 AM  
Wow, everyone saw BMWs brand dilution success and said, "give me some of that!"
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2022-12-03 9:11:29 AM  
It comes with a bumper sticker that says, "I'm doing my midlife crisis wrong".
 
natazha [BareFark]
2022-12-03 9:51:19 AM  

Mugato: It comes with a bumper sticker that says, "I'm doing my midlife crisis wrong".


Subtext: My trophy wife has three kids.
 
aarond12
2022-12-03 10:04:22 AM  
Calm down, everyone. That is an illustration of what it could look like. The Lamborghini Urus looks weird in pictures but looks amazing in real life. Maybe the Corvette SUV will have the same luck.
 
bisi
2022-12-03 10:07:23 AM  
"Hey, remember when sports car brands/lines used to be exciting? Remember when not every car was an SUV or a crossover? Man, that farking sucking sucked!" - All car makers for the last 20 years, probably.
 
slantsix
2022-12-03 10:12:57 AM  

aarond12: Calm down, everyone. That is an illustration of what it could look like. The Lamborghini Urus looks weird in pictures but looks amazing in real life. Maybe the Corvette SUV will have the same luck.


It's true, this is just a rendering (concept). But it's so finely detailed, it makes me think it's been developed to a level where they're ready to release images and will likely be something fairly close to the image in the article.

This is assuming the rendering came from the actual company, and it's not just fan art like we often see

/Former industrial designer
 
baron von doodle [OhFark]
2022-12-03 10:17:02 AM  

slantsix: aarond12: Calm down, everyone. That is an illustration of what it could look like. The Lamborghini Urus looks weird in pictures but looks amazing in real life. Maybe the Corvette SUV will have the same luck.

It's true, this is just a rendering (concept). But it's so finely detailed, it makes me think it's been developed to a level where they're ready to release images and will likely be something fairly close to the image in the article.

This is assuming the rendering came from the actual company, and it's not just fan art like we often see

/Former industrial designer


In that context, what is the point of fan art? A picture of a dog would be just as accurate.
 
Spectrum
2022-12-03 10:18:26 AM  
Stable Diffusion made a better one.
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yuthinasia
2022-12-03 10:20:59 AM  
A high revving electric motor? Tell me you don't know what an electric motor is without telling you don't know what an electric motor is...
 
Pelvic Splanchnic Ganglion
2022-12-03 10:23:11 AM  
NO! BAD CAR COMPANY!
 
AdrienVeidt
2022-12-03 10:27:08 AM  
BMW + Corvette = a farking RAV4?

Oh, how the mighty have just up and died.
 
eddievercetti
2022-12-03 11:05:20 AM  
Can't wait for Dodge to fark this up and call their Electric crossover, the Cuda
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-03 11:36:16 AM  
I mean.... I sort of like the vehicle, but why call it a corvette.

I'd be embarrassed to drive it because of the name.
 
freakdiablo [TotalFark]
2022-12-03 11:37:44 AM  

yuthinasia: A high revving electric motor? Tell me you don't know what an electric motor is without telling you don't know what an electric motor is...


Nah, they know.  Just going for added word count and/or "marketing".
 
LesserEvil [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-03 11:37:58 AM  

Spectrum: Stable Diffusion made a better one.
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Are you using Automatic1111 or InvokeAI?

/InvokeAI looks like a great web ui for SD
 
Spectrum
2022-12-03 11:51:40 AM  

LesserEvil: Spectrum: Stable Diffusion made a better one.
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Are you using Automatic1111 or InvokeAI?

/InvokeAI looks like a great web ui for SD


I use Night Cafe. I just play, not a power user at all.
 
mongbiohazard
2022-12-03 11:57:06 AM  
Yeah, when I think "Corvette" the first thing that comes to mind is, "SUV".

/rolls eyes
 
Meat's dream [OhFark]
2022-12-03 12:02:49 PM  
I don't care what it looks like.  If it has more than 2 doors, it's not a god damn Corvette.  My experience owning a Chevy EV already has me utterly disgusted with GM, but this is farking blasphemy.
 
paulleah
2022-12-03 12:11:00 PM  

aarond12: Calm down, everyone. That is an illustration of what it could look like. The Lamborghini Urus looks weird in pictures but looks amazing in real life. Maybe the Corvette SUV will have the same luck.


I'm anazed at how many of those I'm seeing. I thought Lambos were rare. Not the Urus.
 
bisi
2022-12-03 12:21:53 PM  

paulleah: aarond12: Calm down, everyone. That is an illustration of what it could look like. The Lamborghini Urus looks weird in pictures but looks amazing in real life. Maybe the Corvette SUV will have the same luck.

I'm anazed at how many of those I'm seeing. I thought Lambos were rare. Not the Urus.


It's an SUV, a "practical" everyday car, but you don't risk people thinking you're some kind of poor.

Ever since the Cayenne, this concept has been selling like hotcakes.
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-03 12:25:06 PM  

eddievercetti: Can't wait for Dodge to fark this up and call their Electric crossover, the Cuda


They chose a different but equally asinine approach.

The have a concept electric Challenger. It looks cool, the specs are good, but they spent a TON of dough making it make a loud noise because "hurrrr drivers like exhaust notes durrrr".

I mean I was ready to sign on the dotted line for a quiet electric muscle car and then I found this absolute GARBAGE

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/business/dodge-electric-muscle-car/index.html

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Exactly how small ARE their dicks!?!?!
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-03 12:25:30 PM  
ooops Charger, not Challenger.
 
BlazeTrailer
2022-12-03 12:34:26 PM  

SpectroBoy: I mean.... I sort of like the vehicle, but why call it a corvette.

I'd be embarrassed to drive it because of the name.


I was about to post this - nearly word for word
 
common sense is an oxymoron [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-03 12:36:56 PM  

aarond12: Calm down, everyone. That is an illustration of what it could look like. The Lamborghini Urus looks weird in pictures but looks amazing in real life. Maybe the Corvette SUV will have the same luck.


At least the rendering doesn't try to hide its SUVness with a sports car painted on the side like some other blasphemous nameplate prostitution that needs to be fixed or repaired daily.
 
bisi
2022-12-03 12:44:47 PM  

SpectroBoy: eddievercetti: Can't wait for Dodge to fark this up and call their Electric crossover, the Cuda

They chose a different but equally asinine approach.

The have a concept electric Challenger. It looks cool, the specs are good, but they spent a TON of dough making it make a loud noise because "hurrrr drivers like exhaust notes durrrr".

I mean I was ready to sign on the dotted line for a quiet electric muscle car and then I found this absolute GARBAGE

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/business/dodge-electric-muscle-car/index.html

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Exactly how small ARE their dicks!?!?!


That is absolutely hilarious, thank you for sharing.
Because nothing says raw power and emotion like an artificially generated noise that has nothing to do with what's happening inside a machine.
I also like how it says they put in a transmission because "manly muscle car, gotta shift them gears".

This is probably all going to get eliminated once it moves out of the concept stage.
But then it's going to look like any other Tesla derivate.
So it's going to sell like crazy is what I'm saying.
 
paulleah
2022-12-03 12:46:38 PM  

bisi: paulleah: aarond12: Calm down, everyone. That is an illustration of what it could look like. The Lamborghini Urus looks weird in pictures but looks amazing in real life. Maybe the Corvette SUV will have the same luck.

I'm anazed at how many of those I'm seeing. I thought Lambos were rare. Not the Urus.

It's an SUV, a "practical" everyday car, but you don't risk people thinking you're some kind of poor.

Ever since the Cayenne, this concept has been selling like hotcakes.


Yeah. I owned a Cayenne.
Junk.  I would expect a luxury German engineered car to have a driveshaft that didn't break at 60,000 miles.
 
bisi
2022-12-03 12:51:19 PM  

paulleah: bisi: paulleah: aarond12: Calm down, everyone. That is an illustration of what it could look like. The Lamborghini Urus looks weird in pictures but looks amazing in real life. Maybe the Corvette SUV will have the same luck.

I'm anazed at how many of those I'm seeing. I thought Lambos were rare. Not the Urus.

It's an SUV, a "practical" everyday car, but you don't risk people thinking you're some kind of poor.

Ever since the Cayenne, this concept has been selling like hotcakes.

Yeah. I owned a Cayenne.
Junk.  I would expect a luxury German engineered car to have a driveshaft that didn't break at 60,000 miles.


You're paying 70k for a "Porsche". What did you expect?
 
Saturn5
2022-12-03 12:55:29 PM  
Oh ffs.
 
ISO15693
2022-12-03 12:55:31 PM  

edmo: Blasphemy.

The Mustang fiasco was not a challenge you idiots.


That was one of my WTH moments when visiting the us for the first time in 8 years a few months ago... seeing Mustang SUVs on the freeway (along with infinite teslas)

Also, a trend of cars painted... i dunno what to call it... "glossy primer color"? It looked weird to me, but it was everywhere.
 
NKURyan
2022-12-03 12:55:41 PM  
Not like they ever made a station wagon or anything...
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Saturn5
2022-12-03 1:00:25 PM  
I'm sure this will be as successful as when they tried to turn the Corvair into it's own sub-brand.
Don't forget the Corvair pickup truck, too.
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common sense is an oxymoron [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-03 1:06:44 PM  

NKURyan: Not like they ever made a station wagon or anything...
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I usually like shooting brakes, but the greenhouse looks really awkward and tailheavy behind the sidepipe.
 
maxandgrinch [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-03 1:28:56 PM  

natazha: Mugato: It comes with a bumper sticker that says, "I'm doing my midlife crisis wrong".

Subtext: My trophy wife has three kids.


Shouldn't have settled for one from a contest where every participant got a trophy
 
baron von doodle [OhFark]
2022-12-03 1:32:47 PM  

NKURyan: Not like they ever made a station wagon or anything...
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I NEED that car.
 
Veloram
2022-12-03 1:33:58 PM  
FTA: A source inside General Motors told us that Chevrolet, after years of hesitation, is finally following many other sports-car makers by expanding its legendary Corvette sports-car brand to encompass vehicles beyond two-seaters. The company is in the midst of creating a new performance-based EV subbrand that will include an SUV as well as a four-door sedan.


2023 Corvette: Electrified | Chevrolet
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SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-03 1:53:56 PM  

baron von doodle: NKURyan: Not like they ever made a station wagon or anything...
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I NEED that car.


I always wanted this firebird prototype. It just a firebird with actual useful storage.

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qorkfiend
2022-12-03 2:25:29 PM  

edmo: Blasphemy.

The Mustang fiasco was not a challenge you idiots.


Ah, yea, the Mustang Fiasco. I got one of those as a rental once.
 
baka-san [TotalFark]
2022-12-03 2:26:09 PM  

SpectroBoy: baron von doodle: NKURyan: Not like they ever made a station wagon or anything...
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I NEED that car.

I always wanted this firebird prototype. It just a firebird with actual useful storage.

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How to say you ripped off a crappy idea from an idiot owner without saying...

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TheYeti
2022-12-03 2:52:21 PM  

bisi: paulleah: bisi: paulleah: aarond12: Calm down, everyone. That is an illustration of what it could look like. The Lamborghini Urus looks weird in pictures but looks amazing in real life. Maybe the Corvette SUV will have the same luck.

I'm anazed at how many of those I'm seeing. I thought Lambos were rare. Not the Urus.

It's an SUV, a "practical" everyday car, but you don't risk people thinking you're some kind of poor.

Ever since the Cayenne, this concept has been selling like hotcakes.

Yeah. I owned a Cayenne.
Junk.  I would expect a luxury German engineered car to have a driveshaft that didn't break at 60,000 miles.

You're paying 70k for a "Porsche". What did you expect?


Only the very rich or the very crazy would own a German car out of warranty, no matter the model.
 
drjekel_mrhyde
2022-12-03 2:54:25 PM  
Mega church pastor wife SUV
 
SpectroBoy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-03 3:04:21 PM  

baka-san: SpectroBoy: baron von doodle: NKURyan: Not like they ever made a station wagon or anything...
[Fark user image image 425x259]

I NEED that car.

I always wanted this firebird prototype. It just a firebird with actual useful storage.

[Fark user image image 740x470]

How to say you ripped off a crappy idea from an idiot owner without saying...

[hips.hearstapps.com image 480x294]


Who hurt you, man?
 
SafetyThird
2022-12-03 5:17:11 PM  

SpectroBoy: baron von doodle: NKURyan: Not like they ever made a station wagon or anything...
[Fark user image image 425x259]

I NEED that car.

I always wanted this firebird prototype. It just a firebird with actual useful storage.

[Fark user image image 740x470]


Neat! Dead hooked storage.
 
aarond12
2022-12-03 5:17:34 PM  

yuthinasia: A high revving electric motor? Tell me you don't know what an electric motor is without telling you don't know what an electric motor is...


Electric motors do rotate. There are also specialized EV motors that rotate even faster (e.g., the ones in the Tesla Model S Plaid that go to 20k RPM). We are used to hearing "revving" as something to do when you're at a light and the clutch pedal is depressed, but it does pertain to electric motors too.
 
amigafin [BareFark]
2022-12-03 5:48:56 PM  
Hey car companies.... if you are having trouble finding different names for different cars, I will gladly do it for you for $100,000/year (plus benefits) from the comfort of my home. You don't need to keep re-using the same names!
 
raygundan
2022-12-03 6:11:18 PM  

aarond12: Calm down, everyone. That is an illustration of what it could look like. The Lamborghini Urus looks weird in pictures but looks amazing in real life. Maybe the Corvette SUV will have the same luck.


The Urus?  In real life?  I've seen exactly one, but it looked like someone built a scale model of a civic hatchback but accidentally made it 30% larger instead of smaller.

Which isn't the worst or anything, but "amazing" it was not.
 
natazha [BareFark]
2022-12-03 7:01:05 PM  

aarond12: yuthinasia: A high revving electric motor? Tell me you don't know what an electric motor is without telling you don't know what an electric motor is...

Electric motors do rotate. There are also specialized EV motors that rotate even faster (e.g., the ones in the Tesla Model S Plaid that go to 20k RPM). We are used to hearing "revving" as something to do when you're at a light and the clutch pedal is depressed, but it does pertain to electric motors too.


Probably 10k or so, which is racing specs for an ICEr.

I was a bit surprised that Tesla switched to modified Plaid motors for the Semi. The original spec was for four Model 3 motors.
 
cakersq
2022-12-03 7:05:36 PM  
I give Ford credit on the Mustang Mach-e.  Everyone laughed at them for naming a lifted hatchback a "Mustang," but they stuck to their guns, and it worked.  Chevy has no idea what it is doing, is years behind every other company, and that thing is just fugly. It almost looks like it has a smaller trunk/hatch than a real Corvette.
 
t3knomanser
2022-12-03 8:01:59 PM  

cakersq: but they stuck to their guns, and it worked.


Define "worked"? Because it's an incredibly dumb looking car.
 
Fooshards
2022-12-03 8:20:11 PM  
Shameful, lol

Of all the cool things to do with corvette's history, you put it on the soccer mom mobile

lol
 
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