Blue Devil name, would SS be acceptable?

[WCFields]

OK, what do you all think, would the SS nameplate be fitting and acceptable on the new propossed Blue Devil Vette?

I say no way, why link a super car to a group of pedestrian "performance vehicles"? Cobalt, Trailblazer, Malibu, Impala, Monte Carlo?? :crazy:

IMO it would be:cuckoo:

What say you all?

[dave1w41]

I say no. But I also don't consider those cars to be crap. They are everything an SVT or SRT is, just that GM has a longer, richer, and better history of performance cars than some others does not mean they should run away from it.

The car would need to stand out among standouts.

[MapleRed]

Originally posted by dave1w41

The car would need to stand out among standouts.

:werd:

It should have a unique trim level name, not SS.

[Trendkiller Z28]

I think it would be fine. Anyone who believes that the current SS lineup is a disgrace to the SS name doesn't know their history, or the current offering for that matter.

I still vote Stingray:headbang:

[WCFields]

Originally posted by Trendkiller Z28
I think it would be fine. Anyone who believes that the current SS lineup is a disgrace to the SS name doesn't know their history, or the current offering for that matter.

I still vote Stingray:headbang: While there is no doubt the current lineup of SS vehicles surpasses the performance of the bulk of the original classic SS models that were offered, the stratospheric performance leap to a Blue Devil dwarfs what the SS line is trying to accomplish. :shrug:

[Dwarf Killer]

Stingray.

[Trendkiller Z28]

Originally posted by BlackLightn
While there is no doubt the current lineup of SS vehicles surpasses the performance of the bulk of the original classic SS models that were offered, the stratospheric performance leap to a Blue Devil dwarfs what the SS line is trying to accomplish. :shrug: LMFAO at your trying to sound smart:lol: Not that you aren't.......just..........well the sentence sounded funny:p

Anyway, I admit, when I first heard that the Blue Devil could be called an SS I was like WTF......that's just weird. Then I read the rest of the article and the story behind the original SS Vette and it made perfect sense:shrug:

[WCFields]

Originally posted by Trendkiller Z28
LMFAO at your trying to sound smart:lol: Not that you aren't.......just..........well the sentence sounded funny:p

I see no humor in it. :think:

Pretty straightforward logic. :shrug:

It might be a great sales ploy to get the folks who are buying the current SS line to think they are aligned with the Blue Devil... not that that type of sales trick is new.

It's been used since the 1960's to sells cars, kinda like the win on Sunday sell on Monday, a Chevy wins on Sunday and sales of all models would leap on Monday regardless of what model won.

So backwards it might look good, but forwards?

A world class super car linked to pedestrian "performance cars"?

Kinda be like putting the Ferrari name on a $28k budget performance car. :lol:

[Element]

Blue Devil sounds fine to me. Linking a 600hp Corvette with an econobox Cobalt doesn't.

I'd vote for a unique name that will stand out. SS Corvette just isn't that different.

[Trendkiller Z28]

You people are so mad that some current SS vehicles don't have V8s in them that you are reading WAY too far into the SS name. I'll leave this alone for now:o

[ill deuce]

like i said before,gran sport>*

[Carsnob]

I believe COPO Corvette would be a suitable name. The COPO's had an aluminum 427.

1967 COPO Corvette Sting Ray

http://www.supercars.net/pitlane/pics/874085d.jpg

[ill deuce]

COPO:\

nobody would really know what that is,that was just a factory order acronym,not so much a model:shrug:

[Jeffro]

I say no. The Vette has never had an SS package. I think it needs to be something original and new. Give it a real name though and not just the option code.

[WCFields]

Well I'm not surprised,
it's pretty much a landslide
vote against SS.
Glad the general public has some sense. :D

[WCFields]

Originally posted by Trendkiller Z28
You people are so mad that some current SS
vehicles don't have V8s in them that you are
reading WAY too far into the SS name.
I'll leave this alone for now
I fail to see where anyone
has mentioned a non V8 SS as an issue.

The common sentiment that keeps coming
up is simple and totally understandable.

The current SS line is not of the
calibre this car will be. So to tie
this car to that line would be
nothing short of ridiculous.

At least Dodge has *some* sense and put
numerical order on the SRT line, they didn't
call the SRT4 an SRT10 for example. They
used the cylinder numbers for the numerical
designation.

[Carsnob]

Originally posted by Morpheus
I say no. The Vette has never had an SS package. I think it needs to be something original and new. Give it a real name though and not just the option code.

That's what "Z06" is...

[Carsnob]

Originally posted by ill deuce
COPO:\

nobody would really know what that is,that was just a factory order acronym,not so much a model:shrug:

And your point is? Not very many people had heard "Z06" before unless they were into classic vettes and it's a household name now.

It's historical, it's significantly tied to a 427 cubic inch motor, and it's the baddest version from the factory available.

SS historically is wheels and graphics

COPO historically is factory race car

[ill deuce]

Originally posted by Carsnob
COPO historically is factory race car its "central office production order",not a real name or code like z06 or ws6 or z28

[94BAMF]

The should call it the "ZR1Z06ZL1betterthanthose" Corvette....

I don't care what they call it, cause I can't afford it, as long as they make it WGAF....

[Carsnob]

Originally posted by ill deuce
its "central office production order",not a real name or code like z06 or ws6 or z28

eh, not a big deal in my book, I was just trying to throw up something original and historical for the thread that signified an actual performance upgrade and was not "SS", "ZR1", or "Stingray".

I guess if you have to have a "real" name I would say ZR1 for the name of the blue devil. ZR1 means very expensive bad ass vette to me.

[LifeBoatDriver]

COPO :no:

SS :no:


Blue Devil, Stingray, :yup:

[WCFields]

Originally posted by Carsnob
eh, not a big deal in my book, I was just trying to throw up something original and historical for the thread that signified an actual performance upgrade and was not "SS", "ZR1", or "Stingray".

I guess if you have to have a "real" name I would say ZR1 for the name of the blue devil. ZR1 means very expensive bad ass vette to me. I'm not so sure I'd want it tied to the ZR1 moniker. Yeah it made some good HP for it's time, but the price was stupid silly and in the end of it's run the base Vette was near as fast for almost 1/2 the price. I say let ZR1 RIP. :shrug:

[red2001caaaamaro]

When I think of SS I think of super sport camaro's, 396 chevelle's, super spor monte carlo's, not malibu's and cobalts. I Like the idea of the SS badging on the vette, I think I would really like to see the token SS emblems stripped from all the family/non performance cars though.

They do not belong.

[DrFrag]

i have no problem with it being named SS.

its the top level corvette. SS = top model of a car. :shrug:

[red2001caaaamaro]

Originally posted by pass dimeo
i have no problem with it being named SS.

its the top level corvette. SS = top model of a car. :shrug: Not really, what is super and or sporty about a new malibu? :dunno:

[Lil Mac]

I'd say 'no' on the SS.. and 'no' on the Stingray

[DrFrag]

Originally posted by Style_Front
Not really, what is super and or sporty about a new malibu? :dunno:

its not, but its still the top model of the malibu isnt it?

[red2001caaaamaro]

Originally posted by pass dimeo
its not, but its still the top model of the malibu isnt it? I suppose, but it completely strips any meaning or assopciation from those words away. :dunno:

[Honey Badger]

stingray or mako

[Jeffro]

Originally posted by Carsnob
That's what "Z06" is...

Yes I know that. Where did I say that I liked the nameplate Z06?

[adam]

As long as they don't call it the "Blue Devil":rolleyes:

That sounds almost as silly as Corvette R-Type.

[NoRiceInside]

a vette was never a SS and it should be a option code, but most of the good ones have been used

[SVTguy]

Originally posted by Carsnob
And your point is? Not very many people had heard "Z06" before unless they were into classic vettes and it's a household name now.

It's historical, it's significantly tied to a 427 cubic inch motor, and it's the baddest version from the factory available.

SS historically is wheels and graphics

COPO historically is factory race car

Z06 works in marketing, because there is allot of cool elements to it. COPO sounds stupid no matter if you say it C.O.P.O or "COPO" I think of C3P0 or a Fat Cop.

[LV2XLR8]

Originally posted by Carsnob
I believe COPO Corvette would be a suitable name. The COPO's had an aluminum 427.

1967 COPO Corvette Sting Ray

http://www.supercars.net/pitlane/pics/874085d.jpg :drool: