Hey guys, check out what I found! This is the best version of the Vette in a long time. Forget about the ZR1...this is where it is at!

Let me know what you guys think...

It is being produced! Full turn key, not a kit car! It will have all the familiar class-A surfacing, fit and finish of OEM and servicable through Chevy dealerships.

http://hypershot.hyperboards.com/ind...&topic_id=1103

 

Looks good. I'd love to see one in person...

 

All I know is that once the investors are fully lined up the first one will be rolling...

 

I like it!

 

Im not diggin the wheels but Ive never seen a production wheel I liked . Besides that...I would rock one in a second!

 

this just in - retro design is really a way of saying "we're not creative enough to design something new"

 

Good looking car however the only split window Corvette was a 1963. I owned one.

 

Pure sex on wheels!!!!

 

Yes, sadly it was a 63'...I know calling it a 66 is a little confusing...but I didn't design it or name it...

Glad that most of you like it and would rock it!

I will place more info here as it is given to me...

 

Hey ChrisMCS04 - you have misread the description. It is contemporary version of t he 1963 split-window based on a C6, not a 66. The title of this post is misleading and incorrect.

 

The company making this is Blue Fusion, and it's essentially a kit for the C6 Corvette. The name of the kit is the "Rossi 66".

They were hoping to demo one at SEMA 2008 - does anyone know if they actually got one built? (The last I heard, production was "pending investor financing"). It may be available as a turn-key car eventually, but for right now, I don't even think they've installed their first kit on a customer's car.

And you're all correct that they're kind of "picking and choosing" from different years when it comes to the Corvette style elements. The split rear window was only in '63, the two horizontal "vents" behind the front wheel were only on the '63 and '64 models, and the "stinger" hood scoop shown was only available on the '67 models with the big-block engine.


EDIT - Looking through the vendor directory for the 2008 SEMA show in November, it looks like Blue Fusion couldn't get everything together in time to have a kit "in the flesh" at SEMA. And I can't find any press releases or any other news from them since before SEMA.

Sounds like they came up with some really nice 3-D renderings on their computer, but the project has pretty much been "vaporware" since then.

 

Thank you ScottRiqui for clearing up some of the confusion...I was about to add your information as my response, but saw your post.

 

I thought it was clever of them to throw 66 in there and get the web chatter going... Detroit is a small town and I know these folks are first class professionals...which makes all the difference when it comes to the "design excution" (look closely at the 3D renderings...those are Class-A surfaces!!!).

True the concept is not original but I don't believe that's their intent...they're merely exploiting a niche that Corvette lovers' been wanting for a long time...put the most recognizable Corvette in history onto the most sophisticated Corvette chassis to date...I understand that this team has many other projects in line that will be funded by this Rossi 66, including an all new original design...I also understand all the members of this team have day jobs and we all know what's been going on in Detroit lately so I'm not surprised to see the delay in progress...I'm told, come Hell or Highwater, to expect to see this rolling at the 2009 Woodward Dream Cruise

 

I understand the niche that they are going after and I think it is great. I know that this is much more than just vapor ware, I cannot wait to see more of it...and if it is going to be at the Dream Cruise, come Hell or Highwater I will be there...

 

I don't see anything wrong with taking classic designs and making them new again. In Architecture, fashion, furniture, etc., designers have been looking to the past for inspiration for years. Considering that Automotive design is now just over a 100 years old (an infant compared to the others) new designs will be taken from the past more and more. What's the old saying in design? "Everything is new again."

 

If GM did a retro Corvette that would have to be it.

 

...cough no cough new cough cough vette cough from cough gm cough for a cough cough long cough long cough cough time cough cough...

 

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If Nam only new...

 

The www.rossirevolution.com is up and running.

 

Ah, you got me all excited, but there's been nothing added to the site - it's just prettier now.

The pictures are all still renderings, the specs are simply the factory specifications for the C6 Vette, and the "media" section is still just quoted comments from web forums like this one. Still no projected timeline or pricing information.

I'm still hopeful, though. I'd like to see this car in the flesh and see what real reviewers have to say about it.

 

This is a picture of the real thing I owned it for 12 years then in an act of stupidity I sold it.

 

NOOO...man so many cars were lost in the past because of these acts of stupidity...if we only knew that they would be worth what they are today...

My dad had 2 Shelby's!!! 2! a 350GT and a KR!, but he had no idea.

 

You can't worry about future values of cars too much, because 99.9% of them are losing propositions in terms of investment value anyway (and this includes all but the rarest/most historically-significant Corvettes and Mustangs as well).

The base sticker price of a 1963 Corvette was $4257. Throw that money into investments earning 8% APR instead (not hard to do over the long run), and it would be $147,000 today. How many Corvettes are selling for $150k? Never mind the cost of storing, insuring and maintaining a car for 46 years.

 

LOL...46 years = 16,790 days of having and holding = priceless...

If I had decided not to get married and support a wife (+ her needs), two boys (and their needs), I'd be wealthy beyond compare...or would I be?

 

I never said that holding onto a car wasn't worthwhile - I just said that you shouldn't worry about what a car's going to be worth in the future, because you shouldn't be thinking of a car as an investment in the first place.

Likewise, you shouldn't worry about how much money you've spent providing for your family, because "getting married and having kids" wasn't an investment strategy. (Unless you married an heiress, I guess).