I have been waiting for 36 years for them to bring back the Stingray name so that I can trade my one owner, almost last Stingray, in on the new one.  There have been stories of a come-back, anyone heard?

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The Stingray Concept vehicle has been long rumored to be the next new Corvette(C-7)....I think it would be wrong to bring the name back....just as wrong as re-issuing the ZR1, Z06, and Grand Sport monikers....
just my opinion...




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"Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comforting to cry in a CORVETTE than in a Kia"

The corvette for Kids has a win a C7 Stingray the car I have seen has the Stingray name on it.

By the way I always liked the name Stingray and thought it should have been for all of the cars.  Most people who do not own a C3 believe they all are Stingrays.  Most of the contact I get with people when I'm in a position to talk to them refer to my 82 as a Stingray.




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But at the same time, when I tell people I have a '74, they sometimes ask "is it a Stingray?" when of course, all '74's were Stingrays.  As were all Corvettes from 69 (I think all '69's, if not at least most) until I beleive late 76 or early 77.

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I wanted a Corvette my whole life, but I never dreamed of all the wonderful people I would meet because of it!

And then there is the discussion concerning the Stingray and the StingRay.  There is a difference.

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Wasn't the earlier version of the name Sting Ray in two words, like what I just typed?  Then when GM re-introduced it, it was one word?  Yes, a lot of people think that a "Stingray" meant MORE power. (at least that is what I have experienced)   

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Warning: The surgeon general has declared that it is NOT unhealthy to smoke your competition AND I just discovered that my corvette is a hybred.  It burns gas and rubber! 

When your at a show or cruise-in and a kid walks up and asks ( IS THAT A STRINGRAY? OR THAT' A STRINGRAY ) Just makes you smile and say YES that IS.  

The second generation Corvettes were called "Sting Ray" & later referred to as mid-years. The Sting Ray nameplate was not used on the 1968 model, but Chevrolet still referred to the Corvette as a Sting Ray, and 1969 through 1976 models used the "Stingray" name as one word, without the space.

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