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I'm not sure if anyone here has an Automotive News subscription, but there was an article today suggesting that GM build a four door Corvette along the lines of the upcoming Aston Martin Rapide or Porsche Panamera. Personally, I hate the idea, but I'm curious what the Corvette community thinks about it.
http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070514/SUB/70511036
So what do you all think?
http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070514/SUB/70511036
Why not build a 4-door Corvette?
It can be done; just ask Porsche and Aston Martin
Rick Kranz | Automotive News
May 14, 2007 - 1:00 am
If the world were a little different, there might be a Corvette four-door sedan.
Maybe even a Vette crossover!
I can almost hear Corvette purists muttering that those are two of the most ridiculous ideas they have ever heard.
"It would severely hurt the car's reputation if the Vette were stretched," they are probably whining. "Two extra doors, four seats, let alone talk about a dirt-grinding crossover! What's wrong with you?"
The thought of a four-door Corvette sedan occurred to me in the past several months as a tidal wave of Porsche Panamera spy shots and computer-enhanced images hit my e-mail directory. The Panamera is Porsche's sleek four-seat sedan that debuts in 2009. It will have a front-mounted engine and a coupe-styled body with four real doors.
The bottom line: a true four-seat, four-door Porsche sports sedan that likely handles as well as the cars that made Porsche an iconic brand. Porsche's strategy makes a lot of sense, as would a four-door, four-seat Vette sedan.
Porsche was criticized -- mostly by Porsche enthusiasts -- when word of the automaker's interest in an SUV surfaced in the mid-1990s. Of course, a new group of buyers embraced the brand once the Cayenne SUV hit the road. And a new group of buyers who found the previous Porsche coupes too small for their lifestyle or family needs now will have a realistic option, the Panamera.
I believe the same would be true for a four-door Vette sedan if it were developed.
They have an artist's rendering of what one might look like - they took a silver C6 Z06 and basically just added a section behind the doors and in front of the fenders. In terms of proportions, it looks terrible and WAY too long.

So what do you all think?