Car and Driver Announces Corvette Zora
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It might not be, but I could've sworn the NSX concept graced a few covers.
Unfortunately, the car mags are going to have to do whatever they can to sell magazines, or they won't survive in print form. I used to subscribe to 3 of them, but gave up years ago as they just got too ad heavy.
I wouldn't let it bother you, though I do agree that printing stories like this is pretty stupid. It's got to be somewhat tough for these guys now though, how exciting can it be to write about all the new SUV's coming out? There isn't a lot of cars worthy of being in magazines nowadays.
EDIT: and FTR, they aren't the only ones reporting it (granted the others haven't put it on their covers) and GM did indeed trademark 'Zora' recently. They may be some truth to it.
Unfortunately, the car mags are going to have to do whatever they can to sell magazines, or they won't survive in print form. I used to subscribe to 3 of them, but gave up years ago as they just got too ad heavy.
I wouldn't let it bother you, though I do agree that printing stories like this is pretty stupid. It's got to be somewhat tough for these guys now though, how exciting can it be to write about all the new SUV's coming out? There isn't a lot of cars worthy of being in magazines nowadays.
EDIT: and FTR, they aren't the only ones reporting it (granted the others haven't put it on their covers) and GM did indeed trademark 'Zora' recently. They may be some truth to it.
Again, I have no problems with GM producing a car named Zora, but it seems crazy to try to print an article based on sheer conjecture.
Yeah, SUVs are way boring but I feel like there are quite a few cars I would like to hear more about, but ads and rumors take up most of the space.
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Ha, perfect follow up to show how exactly how ridiculous these articles seem. Better renderings even. From: http://jalopnik.com/exclusive-ferrar...ked-1633110704
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Fortunately I have a Road & Track subsciption instead, wonder if the two are related though? Motortrend and Road & Track both have lots of ads, but at least have a lot of interesting and well written articles worth reading. To me, the "Zora" simply looks like a Corvette and an Evora put into one, might as well call it the Cavora.
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Wow, after a quick google search, it looks like they own a heck of a lot more too, including ESPN, the History Channel, etc. etc. Wonder how much influence they actually have over all that though, or if they let the "individual" magazines/channels do completely their own thing? For example, I worked for a major insurance company for a brief period, which was owned by an even bigger company. But it was the insurance company that was making everything happen, or so it seemed. I suspect the bigger company/corporation was in it strictly for the profit and didn't put much of any restrictions of any kind as long as everything went smoothly and is profitable for them.
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WE all know that artist's renderings are not indicative of final production vehicles, let them have their fun.
Hopefully, they'll change the name; enthusiasts know who Zora was but for most of the population, it's Frasier's Greek aunt on a sit-com.
Hopefully, they'll change the name; enthusiasts know who Zora was but for most of the population, it's Frasier's Greek aunt on a sit-com.
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The difference between this and the NSX/S2000 is that Honda put out actual concepts of those cars and they were seen testing. This is purely a rumour with no concept shown by GM nor any testing of vehicles to show they're serious.
I believe this is pure conjecture but the bottom line is, they have no proof or hint from GM about this (at least that we know of). It could be fabricated or it could be that they can't reveal their source and so they have to present it as a strong rumour (or anonymously verified fact).
I believe this is pure conjecture but the bottom line is, they have no proof or hint from GM about this (at least that we know of). It could be fabricated or it could be that they can't reveal their source and so they have to present it as a strong rumour (or anonymously verified fact).