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Today, only the S650 Ford Mustang is keeping the banner up for traditional pony and muscle cars, while the Dodge Charger is incurring a significant transformation, and the Chevy Camaro is going into retirement.
These are the strange times we live in. The EcoBoost and 5.0-liter Coyote V8-powered seventh-generation Mustang is doing fine and well – both on the street and at the local quarter-mile dragstrip. Meanwhile, the Mopar enthusiasts are battling over the last units of the 'Last Call' special series because they don't even know what will happen with the Dodge Challenger starting with MY2024.
Things are less murky as far as the Charger is concerned – it will adopt the EV lifestyle as it morphs back to a two-door coupe and might even survive with ICE power if Stellantis approves the 3.0-liter Hurricane inline-six turbo transplants with standard and H/O versions. As for the Chevy Camaro, its fate is sealed, and the sixth generation is doomed to fade out of history with no successor in sight, at least not yet.
With that being said, General Motors is left with just one major sports car nameplate – the legendary Chevrolet Corvette. This one, though, has more to do with European sports cars and even supercars than American muscle. Now, the eighth generation is dressed to impress with a mid-engine setup, FPC goodness, and even electrified all-wheel drive. As such, it is no wonder that enthusiasts keep coming back to previous iterations of the magnificent Corvette.
A lot of folks hold dear the original, but just as many think the C2, produced only between the summers of 1962 and 1967, might be even better. The problem is it's pretty old, and even pristine examples need a lot of work to keep them running. As such, some people might think that if they spend the money to restore such a prized possession, they could also introduce a few modern upgrades to make it easier to use on a daily basis.
Of course, regular restomods – no matter how profound – will have nothing to do with this incredibly wild C2 Chevy Corvette that looks now like a fastback, has the operating mechanism of a Targa top and also comes with hidden or drop-down LED headlights. Instead, this belongs to the imaginative realm of digital car content creators, where everything is possible.
London, UK-based virtual artist Al Yasid, better known as al.yasid on social media, is again making purists run amok crying their Chevy outrage – this time with a mind-bending slammed widebody C2 restomod that would probably cost a million dollars to build like in the video featured below. It's a sublime dream, nevertheless, no matter how complicated the retractable Targa top mechanism might seem.
It would probably be a hoot to drive, too, as we can also imagine those stacked lateral exhaust outlets aren't there just for show. However, this custom design is probably going to remain forever a figment of imagination – or maybe the pixel master transformed it into an NFT for someone who absolutely had to own it, even if only digitally. What do you think? Could a Chevy enthusiast with a humongous bank account turn this into reality with help from some expert aftermarket outlets, or is it better left to dwell forever across fantasy land?
Things are less murky as far as the Charger is concerned – it will adopt the EV lifestyle as it morphs back to a two-door coupe and might even survive with ICE power if Stellantis approves the 3.0-liter Hurricane inline-six turbo transplants with standard and H/O versions. As for the Chevy Camaro, its fate is sealed, and the sixth generation is doomed to fade out of history with no successor in sight, at least not yet.
With that being said, General Motors is left with just one major sports car nameplate – the legendary Chevrolet Corvette. This one, though, has more to do with European sports cars and even supercars than American muscle. Now, the eighth generation is dressed to impress with a mid-engine setup, FPC goodness, and even electrified all-wheel drive. As such, it is no wonder that enthusiasts keep coming back to previous iterations of the magnificent Corvette.
A lot of folks hold dear the original, but just as many think the C2, produced only between the summers of 1962 and 1967, might be even better. The problem is it's pretty old, and even pristine examples need a lot of work to keep them running. As such, some people might think that if they spend the money to restore such a prized possession, they could also introduce a few modern upgrades to make it easier to use on a daily basis.
Of course, regular restomods – no matter how profound – will have nothing to do with this incredibly wild C2 Chevy Corvette that looks now like a fastback, has the operating mechanism of a Targa top and also comes with hidden or drop-down LED headlights. Instead, this belongs to the imaginative realm of digital car content creators, where everything is possible.
London, UK-based virtual artist Al Yasid, better known as al.yasid on social media, is again making purists run amok crying their Chevy outrage – this time with a mind-bending slammed widebody C2 restomod that would probably cost a million dollars to build like in the video featured below. It's a sublime dream, nevertheless, no matter how complicated the retractable Targa top mechanism might seem.
It would probably be a hoot to drive, too, as we can also imagine those stacked lateral exhaust outlets aren't there just for show. However, this custom design is probably going to remain forever a figment of imagination – or maybe the pixel master transformed it into an NFT for someone who absolutely had to own it, even if only digitally. What do you think? Could a Chevy enthusiast with a humongous bank account turn this into reality with help from some expert aftermarket outlets, or is it better left to dwell forever across fantasy land?
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