A serious question about the NAIAS "unveiling"....
11-19-2005 | 08:48 AM
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Re: A serious question about the NAIAS "unveiling"....
I think the top colors would be red or blue. Though white would work also with stripes. Maybe GM will use the Camaro's ribbon for the colors and make it back with a red, white, and blue stripe. 
11-19-2005 | 02:14 PM
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Re: A serious question about the NAIAS "unveiling"....
Originally Posted by Fbodfather
you should not be worried at all. I'm just stating a fact that many.....and I do mean many.....people will look at a picture of a new car or truck and perhaps have a lukewarm reception. I say this because the day we took the wraps off the 35th Anny Camaro at Carlisle, everyone seemed to like it. (except one woman who was certain that we'd redo it as a 1969 Camaro.......) (???)
I was elated at the end of the day..........and people kept saying ...'wish it had the LS6...but where do I sign'.......went back to the hotel room and was promptly slaughtered........
Now......don't read into that last part.
I just think that most are going to be very very pleased.........we'll know for sure on the 9th.......
I was elated at the end of the day..........and people kept saying ...'wish it had the LS6...but where do I sign'.......went back to the hotel room and was promptly slaughtered........
Now......don't read into that last part.
I just think that most are going to be very very pleased.........we'll know for sure on the 9th.......
No matter what this concept looks like, you can't make everyone happy. You have the retro crowd, the retro haters crowd, then you have the evolution crowd. The term that has been thrown around is its "hertiage themed", To me that sounds like the concept is a blend of a little bit of everything, and I think I will like that.
11-19-2005 | 02:18 PM
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Re: A serious question about the NAIAS "unveiling"....
Originally Posted by 91_z28_4me
Scott any hints on Color?
11-19-2005 | 08:30 PM
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Re: A serious question about the NAIAS "unveiling"....
Originally Posted by Capn Pete
I'd really like for it to be a COLOR, not silver
. Sorry to anybody who really likes silver, but when they rolled out the new Z06 at last year's show and it was silver, it just doesn't have the same jaw-dropping effect that a bold color like yellow or red (or blue or, dare I say, black?
) has. JMO anyway
. Although the Solstice was primarily displayed in silver throughout most of its concept days and it looked quite appealing, but the Solstice doesn't have the aggressive "in your face" look that a Camaro should have.
. Sorry to anybody who really likes silver, but when they rolled out the new Z06 at last year's show and it was silver, it just doesn't have the same jaw-dropping effect that a bold color like yellow or red (or blue or, dare I say, black?) has. JMO anyway. Although the Solstice was primarily displayed in silver throughout most of its concept days and it looked quite appealing, but the Solstice doesn't have the aggressive "in your face" look that a Camaro should have.A thought? The yellow did not highlight the special body panels of the Z06...but the Silver did.......metallics do that...esp. light metallics. (I really hadn't thought of it until several people ....enthusiasts, not GMers.....mentioned it to me)
11-19-2005 | 11:21 PM
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Re: A serious question about the NAIAS "unveiling"....
Originally Posted by Doug Harden
Boy, I'd bet that Nassau Blue would really show off those body lines! (and it would let me see what my new Z/28 would look like too... 
)
) Easily one of the coolest colors to come outa GM in a long time .
11-20-2005 | 12:26 AM
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Re: A serious question about the NAIAS "unveiling"....
Originally Posted by PacerX
Just to make ya know that it's fair and balanced Bob, I'll have a scale surreptitiously placed in my undies and will spend a grand total of about 30 seconds looking at the styling and the next hour figuring out the panel splits and fits.
11-20-2005 | 12:36 AM
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Re: A serious question about the NAIAS "unveiling"....
My biggest hope is that the concept is not an outrageous caricature of what the production car will look like. What is the point of a design study that needs signifigant tweeking to produce.
One car the pops in my mind is the G6 concept. It looked GREAT! (especially the interior). The production car, though basically similar in design, just has a
factor to it. The production Solstice on the otherhand is very true to the concept in terms of styling.
I would much prefer the concept be at least 90% true to the production car. Anything less, and you get peoples hopes up, or down, for a car that is vastly different from what you intend to make.
One car the pops in my mind is the G6 concept. It looked GREAT! (especially the interior). The production car, though basically similar in design, just has a
factor to it. The production Solstice on the otherhand is very true to the concept in terms of styling.I would much prefer the concept be at least 90% true to the production car. Anything less, and you get peoples hopes up, or down, for a car that is vastly different from what you intend to make.
11-20-2005 | 08:44 AM
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Re: A serious question about the NAIAS "unveiling"....
Originally Posted by Fbodfather
Actually, the first Z06 to be unveiled (at NAIAS) was yellow. Simulanteously, we unveiled a Silver one at the LA show.
A thought? The yellow did not highlight the special body panels of the Z06...but the Silver did.......metallics do that...esp. light metallics. (I really hadn't thought of it until several people ....enthusiasts, not GMers.....mentioned it to me)
A thought? The yellow did not highlight the special body panels of the Z06...but the Silver did.......metallics do that...esp. light metallics. (I really hadn't thought of it until several people ....enthusiasts, not GMers.....mentioned it to me)
I think the first one I saw was the silver one.You're probably right about the metallic highlighting some of the lines on the car, so maybe as someone suggested earlier, Sunset Orange Metallic or something like that?
But that Nassau Blue sure is purdy too!!
11-20-2005 | 10:39 AM
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Re: A serious question about the NAIAS "unveiling"....
Originally Posted by formula79
My biggest hope is that the concept is not an outrageous caricature of what the production car will look like. What is the point of a design study that needs signifigant tweeking to produce.
One car the pops in my mind is the G6 concept. It looked GREAT! (especially the interior). The production car, though basically similar in design, just has a factor to it. The production Solstice on the otherhand is very true to the concept in terms of styling.
I would much prefer the concept be at least 90% true to the production car. Anything less, and you get peoples hopes up, or down, for a car that is vastly different from what you intend to make.
One car the pops in my mind is the G6 concept. It looked GREAT! (especially the interior). The production car, though basically similar in design, just has a
factor to it. The production Solstice on the otherhand is very true to the concept in terms of styling.I would much prefer the concept be at least 90% true to the production car. Anything less, and you get peoples hopes up, or down, for a car that is vastly different from what you intend to make.
I know what you mean and the G6 is a good example. Frankly, I don't even know what the point of the G6 concept was, compared to the production car.
11-20-2005 | 08:38 PM
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Re: A serious question about the NAIAS "unveiling"....
Originally Posted by Capn Pete
Oh! I must have confused which show coverage I saw then? I think the first one I saw was the silver one.
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I think the first one I saw was the silver one.:
it was silver.