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Originally Posted by spork2367
I think the cars will keep up with inflation and accrue some minor value above that, but I think their time to shine for the foreseeable future has passed. Maybe 50 years from now... They are unfortunately, an electro-mechanical marvel wrapped in a ho hum body. The C4 is without question the least popular Corvette body style. It doesn't have the iconic body style of the 911 or the revolutionary style of the NSX, or even the Italian Pininfarina styling of the 308/328.
I think that's its Achilles heel.
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I take exception to this last paragraph. There is nothing wrong with the C4 body style. It is actually my favorite. I may be in the minority with that statement, but I don't care. When I was a kid growing up in the 80's, I looked at the C4's style overall as Chevrolet stating "hey, we are back, and this is a serious sports car". Serious as opposed to highly exaggerated body lines and the view that Corvette had almost become a "caricature of itself"...and that the owner was a beer belly who wore an open shirt with gold chains.
I think C4s are beautiful cars and at that time in history, I think we needed a "lets get back to business" style. Not a cartoon car.
Now, don't flame me, as over time, I became a great admirer of the C3 and other Corvette body styles as well, but I think the C4 has done well.
Yes, if the stylists would have made the ZR-1 more individualistic, that certainly and no doubt would have helped. The problem is that there were ALOT of C4's made. This unfortunately waters down the ZR-1. And even if Corvette engineers and stylists did have their act together, a lot of other cars during the time WERE truly ho hum.
It doesn't help the C4 that most of them seen cars out on the road...the ones that make most of the public aware of the C4 have been driven into the ground and look it.