![[PIC] C8 Corvette Rendered with Round Taillights Looks Plain Jane](http://atwmotorfreight.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/pic-c8-corvette-rendered-with-round-taillights-looks-plain-jane.jpg)
Remember the fuss when Chevy revealed the C7 Corvette and the taillights weren’t round?
You’d have thought someone had spit in Zora’s eye!
Well, earlier this week, a fellow named Andrew Switch Lanez – who bills himself as a former hardware engineer at Cisco Systems who is studying robotics engineering at Naval Postgraduate School – decided to use his artistic talents to appease those traditionalists who believe all Corvettes are not only red but they also have circular lights on the rear end.
He posted this rendering on Facebook after someone in Corvette Enthusiasts asked him to graft a C6 or C7 rear bumper onto the eighth generation mid-engine Corvette. Instead, he used a hybrid of the two designs as found on the Genovation GXE electric C7 Corvette. That explains the custom vanity tag and the fact there are no exhaust ports on this car!
I don’t know about you, but it just looks mighty dull – like that girl you asked to the eighth-grade square dance. She may have a great personality, but after seeing the drop-dead gorgeous girl everyone was drooling over, you just don’t want to dance with Plain Jane anymore. In short, round lights just don’t do justice to the ultra-modern, hip Stingray.
After seeing the forward-thinking rear end (is that an oxymoron?) created by Chevy’s talented group of designers for their new supercar, this retro treatment just doesn’t live up to all the hype of a car that is competing against the likes of Ferraris and Lamborghinis, does it?
The round lights really look great on a C6, but sometimes great design deserves to be left in the past. This is a prime example.
And speaking of designs of the past, there was talk in some circles about reviving the split window on the C7 and C8, but every rendering we’ve seen just doesn’t look nearly as good as the original ’63. We especially dislike those aftermarket spines that look really goofy on C5s and C6s. The C8 does pay homage to the split window styling cue in its own way, though, with body lines moving from the frunk across the roof and to the Stingray emblem on the back, with the V8 engine under the hatch serving as “the body” of the Stingray.
What do you think? Should some enterprising businessman quickly produce new rear ends for the C8, complete with round lamps? We think not.
Source:
Andrew Switch Lanez / Facebook via AutoEvolution.com
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