Gen Z Loves the C3 Corvette? Why?
Vložit
- čas přidán 19. 03. 2024
- Get Entered to WIN this immaculate classic Corvette!
go.getenteredtowin.com/regula...
DEADLINE to ENTER is TONIGHT, March 20th @ 11:59pm (PST).
Everyone where I go I'm approached by more young people interested in this classic car than I am boomers who just wanna talk about housing prices. Why is this?
Submit your car to be reviewed, sign up for exclusive content and enjoy more RCR brilliance here:
regularcarreview.com/
New 2nd channel "Regular and Roman"
/ @regularandroman - Auta a dopravní prostředky
I think we younger people yearn for a time we were never afforded. A carefree teens/twenties where there was optimism, hope, and carefreeness. The 70s and 80s are a representation of that time even though we didn’t live then.
In the 70s there was the oil crisis and in the 80s there was a financial crisis lol Back then they were saying the same thing about the 50s and 60s
In the 1970's, we had a lot of freedom, but things were very austere. The economy was bad. At least, it got better by the mid 1980's.
Oh give me a break, you had an equally difficult or easier teens/twenties than literally every prior generation. You're not special.
Every generation says the same bullshit. Nothing new.
Cue the most priceless generation calling young people whiners.
Im 22 and the c3’s styling combined with an almost 15 year production is a testament to a legend. C3 kept corvette alive through the gas crisis.
Mmmmmm no
@@257796Big talk for someone who uses a number as a username.
@@257796mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I am 22 and the proud owner of a 74 corvette. Simply put, the C3 has styling the we did not grow up seeing, like the older generations would have. The C3 has gorgeous lines and a profile that would be illegal to manufacture today. When people my age enjoy a C3, it is not out of nostalgia, but curiosity and wonderment from an era we have only heard stories from.
And yes the feeling when those secondaries whir open, whining and throwing you deep into the already deep seats, you feel like you're sitting behind the car. It's a sensation that can only be felt first hand, and is devoid in today's vehicles.
I love the evolution of styling across the 14 years of C3 too. The classy chrome bumpers, the sleek smoother middle years, and the blocky 80s's latter years. Personally love the 74 styling found only that year, with the sleek bumpers but without the big black bumperettes seen later.
> Video called Gen Z loves the C3
> Look inside
> “Were not gonna get generational with it”
editor denied his request 😂
It’s the most awesome looking of all the corvettes. It’s as pure as sport car styling gets and boasts approximately zero bullshit. Couldn’t care less about its anemic performance, it’s the age of the restomod. A set of coilovers, a disc brake setup, and an eBay bolt on kit is all it takes to make a C3 a good drive.
You are absolutely right! They are the most unique Vette, in terms of styling and design. Closest thing would be an opel, also known as the baby corvette
Factory 4-wheel disc brakes! The coilovers make a big difference in the rear, though. Not a huge fan of the transverse leaf.
Nah, the '63 Stingray with the split rear window was the best looking one. The C3 does take 2nd place though.
These are all factory 4-wheel disc IIRC. You're right; I would pull the smog 350 and 4 speed and drop in a GM crate motor with either a Holley carb or EFI setup with a 5 or 6 speed behind it and pull 400 HP/450 LBS at the rear wheel. Sleeper to the max. Beware the Red Bowtie...
@@JCheehoswhich persisted for the next generations. Oxcart technology. Worm drive steering, lookout Ferrari.
I just like the way the C3 looks lol
I'm a millennial. The C3 was one of the cars that could be had for $1000 when I was in high school, so it has good nostalgia.
Same here. But now the cars are almost 20 years older and cost way more.
It just looks so cool, I think people are less concerned about how old something is and more appreciative of older styling. Might also explain why thrifting is so popular
It's just... a _statement._ One of glorious excess which cars newer than 1989 struggle with the concept of.
I love you said 1989 specifically because the very reason I bought a 1989 corvette as opposed to a 1990+ was because it was the last year for the 80's interior with the digital cluster. And also the first year for the robust German-built ZF 6 speed manual.
No regrets with the purchase, the coolest car I've owned by far and I've had newer V8 mustangs & challengers before. Decently fast as well, especially in the canyon.
I'm 29, C3 Corvettes were always my favorite. Obviously the earlier ones, but these later C3's I still hold very dear. They look so sleek, I love em!
I'm a millennial and have always thought the C3 stingray is the best looking of the bunch. I think that from a purely aesthetic standpoint, anyone of any age can appreciate the lines and general curb appeal regardless of the mechanical aspects.
I had a 79 I owned from 1991 to 1999. It was a great car. With very little work you can have yourself a fun fast sports car. It's pretty easy to work on and parts are easy to obtain. The trick to making HP with a carburetor car is the exhaust and the heads. I purchased a pair of trick flow aluminum heads higher lift cam hooker headers and single plane manifold which changed it from a 15 second slug to a mid 12.5 second muscle car.
Meh...i just put side pipes on my 76 and called it good...and modified the heater tube for the carb
I had a 1:32 scale model of this car in Silver and Charcoal and thought it was the coolest thing ever. 30+ years later this is still my favourite Corvette.
Just look at it! That’s why we like it.
I’ve had an obsession with the C3 ever since I was a little kid and I had a Hot Wheels of a 1975 in white…literally about 25 years later I bought the exact car, a gorgeous white 1975 with a 4 speed. It’s always been my favorite Corvette by far.
I have an 81 with a cam, intake manifold, headers into side pipes and all the smog garbage deleted. They wake up quite a bit with not that much work. People love that car when they see it. They're gonna become more sought after in the next few years I think. By the way, I'm 42.
It's because it's different and old feeling reminding of the rose colored vibes of 1979 without the jdm collector tax. Drove in a 78 mustang 2 king cobra the fact that it has 140hp doesn't matter when the t tops are down and it's a sunny day
As a millennial i like the C3 a lot too, specially the later models with revised looks from 1980. And if the stock C3 aren`t fast enough for you, you can put a newer more powerful Chevy crate engine with relative ease, the potential for more speed are definitely there.
"with relative ease". Someone watches too many CZcams videos. Even if you replace the motor, needs a 5 or 6 speed, new harness. Then you have an overpowered car with a weak frame, steering, oxcart suspension, family Truckster brakes. A proper restomod can quickly get over $100k, for a car you can then sell for $30k.
There are good reasons they call it the malaise era.
@@truantray Still doable if anyone want more power. No need to go for crate engine either, used newer Corvette engine from the junkyard will do just fine.
1981 is the year I graduated from High school.
We all knew they weren't fast, but 40 years later, I could see owning one.
How you doing fellow gen x’r😉
@@user-ih7gc7dt9l Same here, and I'm looking for an 80-81. Maybe a mild resto- mod, but built factory new.
Back in the 1990s I drove around a pristine 79 Trans Am for the same reason. Who cares if it wasn’t winning drag races, it was just 55 gallons of pure matchbox car come-to-life awesomeness.
They love it because thats the only corvette that they can afford
There are the C4s. They are even more affordable and faster.
Have you looked at the prices lately? My ‘71 350/4-speed was appraised by my insurance carrier (With every classic car insurance policy I’ve ever had, you are required to provide a “Declared Value” , and an appraisal, with LOTS OF PICTURES is the best way to establish that.) at over 75k. Now, some years (most of the mid-70’s, like ’74, ‘75, ‘76, etc) especially the first “emissions” years can still be found at a reasonable price. If you’re lucky, and careful, you might get a halfway decent price for a fair condition.
I mean a good c5 is only 20k
@@Da1nstantClassic "only" my guy if it's more expensive than an econobox on the used market, it's not for Gen Z
@@Da1nstantClassic what % of genz has 20k saved up? And thats excluding those lucky enough to have family or connections?
One of my best memories from middle school was seeing a white c3 vette parked in the boy scouts parking lot. One of the guys in highschool just bought it as his first car and we spun donuts in the gravel behind the legion hall lmao
I’m gen-z and have daily driven a 78 corvette since I was 18 in 2019. Just such a unique car that is affordable and not too bad to maintain.
It may just be nostalgic for me, but I always loved the sound of a quadrajet moan.
My dad has a ‘69. It’s absolutely gorgeous, even tho it’s been on blocks for the past 5 years.
I was born in 85. I graduated in 04.I have always loved the c3. I have never liked the c4. The early c3's were pretty good. A big block in like a 69 70 chrome front and rear lil bumpers and rally wheels. ah man dope.
I’m 25 and drive a 1980 c3 corvette it’s an amazing car
I'm 23, and I drive a 1986 Trans Am. People ask me all the time, how long I've had it, future upgrades, mileage, talk about Knight Rider. You get the idea.
@@keanecoquete4977 Bro HOW? Where do you get the money?
@@ileutur6863The 3rd gen trans am isn’t a super expensive car unless you get a low mileage pristine one.
as a zoomer, the C3 and C4 are my favorite Corvettes
I’m 28, and I’m oddly a C4 guy myself. But the C3 is my second favorite among “affordable” corvettes.
As a Gen Z'er wile the C3 is nice, but my favorites are the C1 and C2.
I remember the late 70s, early 80s were marketed a lot back in the late '00s early '10s. Remember Ke$ha riding a 2nd gen Firebird in TiK ToK with that guy wearing 80s workout gear and a pencil mustache?
Yeah I would only have a C3 if it was before smog regulations. My fav is still the C2 split window tho.
they are more beautiful cars for sure. But the difference that the C1 and C2 are basically unobtainable unless you are wealthy. Whereas the C3 and C4 is possible for a normal person to get their hands on.
I'm 37. C5 is best Corvette........it's so purdy 😏
@@darksu6947 you're a millennial
the c3 just looks fuckin cool man.
I was about 5 years old when a neighbor purchased a brand new 78' C3 Vette. It was LITERALLY the first car that made me realize that I could be mesmerized by a car. This body style of Corvette was the car that truly ignited my love affair with cars... period!
although i was born in 1994 i had an attachment with Corvettes since the age of 5 while playing Gran Turismo on the PS1. My dream came true in 2015 when i got a beat up 70 Vette where i spent 3 years restoring it with friends and family. Always puts a smile on face when i drive it.
Corvettes have always been forgiving to learn how to row your own gears with. So much torque and really easy to feel clutches.
I’m gen z (unfortunately), 25, and the C3 is one sexy gen of Vette. Mostly the ones put out during the late 60’s.
It's simple. C3 is the best looking Corvette.
I'm 28 soon to be 29 and I bought a 78 a couple years ago. Still trying to get it road worthy. People of all ages thinks it's kinda cool when I mention it. I entered this one because I really want a prestine model for a restromod LS Swap project. And that mug 🥵
Yep. Always said if I had the $$$ I'ma gonna find one like this and do a GM crate engine swap and have a restomod/sleeper.
Gen X loves them too. We grew up with those when they were new. Those later ones were short on horsepower, but still fun to drive a slow car fast.
I'm a late millennial, but even I can say it's because C3 is just the best looking Corvette by far, those lines and that shape easily rival the best italian sport car classics. Nobody cares if it's slow and drives bad, just LS swap it.
It's a beautiful car for sure. It may never handle well, but the engine issue is easily remedied with the aftermarket.
Handling is pretty much covered by the aftermarket as well.
Cuz it looks like a friggen hot wheels car
The C3 has one thing the C4-C6 don't have, and that's sex appeal. It's not modern or fast, but dammit - it's sexy AF. It has curves all in the right places, and the Gen Z'ers appreciate that...and this Gen-Xer too!
Nothing can compare to the C3. The lines are just insane. Just a really cool car all around. Whether it be the high horsepower early bumper cars, or the low horsepower disco cruisers from the 70’s and 80’s.
When I was a kid, my grandpa bought me a Corvette die cast set with a C1, C2, C3, and C4. The bright yellow C3 was always my fav even though the C2 was that pale blue split window. I was born in 86 so I think that makes me a millenial. My dream car would be from 1986. Also...my babysitter when I was young had one...and we got to ride in it as it was her daily. Her nickname around town was Barbie and her husband is one of the better (young) Elvis impersonators in the world. So it seemed kinda glam to me as a kid lol
I'm too young to buy beer but old enough to remember the C3 and C4 were still _the hot Corvettes._ I was never a big Corvette guy, but the C3 and C4 are the two I loved the most.
Huh? I'm 25 and the c3 and c4 have never been hot in my lifetime. The c5 was released a year before I was born.
The C3 was not hot in 2002, it was hot garbage and they were selling for 3 grand and getting hot rodded out. People wanted 5's and were bitching about the unreleased 6's "going mid-engine." Boy did that take a long ass time to happen.
@pontiac_montana I'm surprised you even know what Pontiac is if you're not even old enough to buy beer ☠
The C3's lines and looking like a fighter jet on the ground, has drawn me since being a kid. I didn't care that the engine was anemic. They simply don't make cars that flow like that anymore. It's iconic, even if historically it was long overdue for an update by 1982. Who wouldn't want to drive the batmobile? The car design is such a departure from anything else that you are used to seeing. The moment I got to see one up close and sit in one I was enthralled. Will never not be cool looking.
as a gen z i really like the c3 because of Vigilante 8 for the ps1, great childhood!
It dosnt have to be a race car, its a car with identity. It stands out. You can tell what car it is from 300m out unlike the crossover plague
I’m an early Gen Z I guess, and I sat in one of these as a kid. It was my dad’s friends C3 I thought that shit was sexy as hell.
I graduated in 1990 in Australia. The body style transcends decades.
The early C3’s had a lot more power but I’ve always preferred the look of the later ones.
Well, yeah, a lot of older cars are beautiful. Who wouldn't like them?
Me personally I love cars generally from the 80's to 00's. Sometimes stuff from the 40's to 60's too depending on my mood.
Either way, being able to afford any of those gems would be a dream.
Anytime I listen to synthwave at night I pretend I’m driving a C3
im 18 and the 78-81 Chevy cars are my favorite cars ever. My dream corvettes are the 78 pace car and the 82 collectors edition.
I remember your review of a BROWN C3, years and years ago. The biggest thing I remember was that yeah, it's not as fast as a Ferrari or Porsche from t he same year, but it functions much better as a...car. It starts when you want it to, the AC works, the heat works.
Same reason i loved the sixties. Seemed so simple.
They’re all T-Tops. They all used to be body color, and then transparent ones came out on the aftermarket. Sometimes called “Saratoga Tops” Chevy eventually offered their own beginning in the late 70s or so
These kind of cars are some of my favorites. They don't have any stability or traction control and there's none of that drive by wire crap, and sometimes not even power steering. You're connected to that machine on a level that you'll never be on newer ones.
That's why I love my 86 Trans Am. You really do feel connected to every aspect of the car.
Im born right on the line of Millennial & Zoomer. C3 & C7 are my favorite gens. Title is accurate
From what I've read, the 81 C3 is happy on 87. Which seems weird for a sports car.
It’s an American 350 v8, it’s happy on regular unleaded. Duh.
It's a 45 year old American V8, I've made higher compression with a fart.
I have a model of the C3. It even surprised me but I Iove the design.
Geriatric Millenial here. I have many memories of the "quadrajunk" which was actually a great carb vehemently defended by my buddies' dads. I rebuilt one in high school auto shop and remember my instructor standing up for them like they were his 4th string kid. We all had to replace them anyways with 750 Holly's that overfed the anemic 305s and 307s in all of our affordable but loud Cutlasses and Camaros. Ahhh, the good old days....
In a world where grandmas walker can make 1000whp with a downpipe and a tune, it gets old. We like the C3 because its a gorgeous cruiser
I think the love for the C3 is easily explained. It's by a good margin the prettiest one of them all.
I like the lines of the c3. I also like the gen 2 camaro to 73' with the round tail lights. What the boomers don't like is the lower power due to the emissions restrictions, but today it's easy get that power.
As a gen z car enthusiast, i dig the c3 while knowing its also kinda slow
I'm Gen Z and I got a 72. I absolutely love the car and the vibe. Nothing is better than cruising with a 4 speed and the TTops off
I graduated in 2012 and I remember the consensus with my friends at the time the C3 was 67-73? Cool. 74-82 Grandpa Slow. We also thought of C4s are slow to so just took that for the reason why they only costed around like 4 grand for a clean one back then. Now these things are worth way more its kinda crazy.
I think you hit the nail on the head. Born in 03 and my friends from 99-04 regardless of our place in life tend to adopt some hobbies or intrests in 70s through 2000s things (90s to 2000s for me) because it captures a more carefree optimistic time in our eyes. And generally we do think we have it worse experience/satisfaction wise compared to other generations.
43 Here RCR. Had the 78 Vette pace car Matchbox car, as a kid it was one of my faves.
I always loved those wheels too, and the 81's as well. In like 1993 one of my Trapper Keeper folders (all car prints btw) was a yellow 94' ZR1, another was an teil Sledgehammer Vette.
That yellow ZR1 is still an all time dream machine. I know, nows the time to get em.
GetEnteredToWin is all over CZcams all the sudden.
There is a cream and bronze two tone C3 that I see periodically in the summer. Unique paint job, definitely dated but super cool.
Hey Mr Regular, I am a canadian citizen from gatineau, (just north of ottawa) I entered the contest for this corvette, however given the format, I could not choose a province, so I went with the State of CA. I read all the terms however they made no mention of country exclusion. I also bought a mug, which might create a shipping error. Love RCR, its been my monday morning ritual since 2015!
Most likely the contest is US only.
Doesn’t Canada have a strange law that you have to do something to win.. even answer a simple math question like 2+2?
imo its the Quebec regulations you have to worry about
@@ohioplayer-bl9em correct, the theory is that you need to do 'something' to get something for free
@@AllSpeed No one wants to deal with the Regis. This is why "residents of Quebec are not allowed to enter"
Mr Regular I love corvettes regardless of generation
I’ve owned several Vettes over the years (I’m 52 now). My favorite was a green’69 convertible with 427 big block and 4-speed stick. While the clutch was just a bit heavy, the sounds! Oh, the sounds…. I recommend everyone drives one of these at least one hour in their lifetime. If you’re not a car person, then you might not get much out of it. If you are, though….. If you can, try to drive a big block model (stick or auto, either one is truly amazing, and possibly transformative!!!
When people say ‘vet I always think of Chevettes. The heart wants what the heart wants 😅
@@lmzaadi Haha!!! Right?!?!
I know a guy that has a 68 427 4-speed, T-Top car. Has about 70K on the ticker and he is the second owner; had it since the late 70's. It's a clean, well kept weekend driver and I hope to someday drive it a few miles someday. The C-3 was a Gen-X car for sure.
@@seththomas9105 that would be the one to drive…
I graduated in 2017 and the C3 is my favorite generation by FAR. Had an '81 one as my first car and loved every second in that thing, daily'd it for 3 years. No theyre not fast but it doesn't need to be, theyre a blast to drive and thanks to that posi rear end they're not bad in snow lol
It's 'cos their parents lived in the 80s, and saw the right movies, and now want to pass on the ideal '80s experience to their kids (which is impossible).
The '90-'95 ZR-1 is still my favorite Corvette of all time. Nothing beats the sound that the LT-5 makes at full throttle. The '96 Grand Sport is a close second though.
As an Echo Boomer, I loved these growing up. Then I had the opportunity to drive one and never do I ever want to get in one ever again. I'll appreciate them for what they are from a distance.
I'm 47 now and still love the C3. Btw I'm a cool dad, I wear the Nike equivalent of New Balance, Air Monarchs.
It’s a refreshing breath of interesting and fun in a sea of bland being forced to grow up in a bubble wrapped world.
If I had money, I'd make one into a auto cross racer. I'd build a high revving small block chevy, swap the rear-end to independent and DRIVE THE WHEELS OFF OF IT! (but I don't so I can't)
what is cool about the c3 is that it was originally the pontiac banshee, so this is basically a pontiac car.
plus the c3 is the best one imo. it is just so sleek and beautiful
My grandpa always just told it was a fast car.
Just entered to the max. I'm just as happy to support you guys as I am for the opportunity to win. Your my favorite channel on CZcams.
Gen Z here. First classic car design I remember loving was a pretty beaten up C3 Corvette, parked at a used car lot down the street. I was 13 or 14 at the time.
For me it was just the design that I liked. There really isn't anything else like it. The later Corvettes tried, but when they get wider it just isn't the same. It's this one I like, with the long, slender, flowing body. The huge front, giving the appearance of a small cockpit controlling this massive engine. The pointed end, making it look like a speedboat, or even a jet.
It's a design that instinctively makes you think "Damn, that thing must be packing serious power under the hood!". It just exudes POWER, far more than it deserves given the state of American engines in the 70s.
There's something very special about getting into a late 70s early 80s car. It really is like a time machine to an era we'll never see again. Not perfect but different. I absolutely adore driving my 83' Rx7 (I know the polar opposite of a c3) because of the feeling you get from old cars. Just you and the car. No worries for that little drive.
I drive an 86 Trans Am. You're right about feeling connected to the car. Most accidents in these 80s and older cars are people being stupid.
They were always my favorite
And then there's me drooling over 2nd and 3rd gen 4runners (I own both)
C3 is a great looking car and still affordable. Also a SBC is still a SBC it can be built to make horsepower for not a lot of money.
Yes, I’m very familiar with the Qudrajunk. It was always immediately swapped to a Holley in my experiences.
The C3 Corvette aesthetically earns its name better than any other generation. It's a car that looks like a speedboat, with that special sports car sauce that makes it look fast even at a standstill.
Whether it actually *is* that fast is fairly irrelevant - IMO the primary appeal is that it's a design which simply cannot exist anymore. Modern engineering knowledge is a blessing and a curse, because it means we have a much better understanding of what designs offer better performance, but it also drives convergent evolution towards those optimal shapes that tends to make aesthetic styling less unique and interesting. Modern cars fill their bodywork with sweeping lines and sharp angles and creased ridges in a desperate attempt to imply body lines that can't be allowed to truly exist for aerodynamic or safety reasons. The C3 is instead from an era much more friendly towards "this looks cool and will sell cars, and it's also functional I guess", for better or for worse.
Gen-X here…and the C3 Corvette is still the standard by which I judge the aesthetic of all Corvettes, same as the 308GT is for Ferraris.
The performance aspect is another matter, of course. But the C3 is still the one I’d have if I was serious about owning a Corvette at all.
All I see around my small midwest city is broccoli haired 20 year olds in C4 and C5 corvettes. The have become the new weeb car.
Lmao me
I'm older than you and always liked the looks of the c3. It's curvy.
I’m the same age as the narrator and the regional differences are interesting. In Tampa, FL in 2000, my friends (except me, of course lol) saw ALL V8-powered rear-wheel-driven cars as “grandpas’ cars”, even the WS6 which none of them could beat on track night at Bradenton Motorsports Park back then. They only liked Hondas, BMWs and THAT ONE Toyota. I had a 1984 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 H.O. in 2000 and they called it a “tater wagon” since their cars were jokingly refered to as “rice rockets”. Anything American with a V8 was an old man’s car to them. All those cars are cool really but much respect to the kids for loving the C3. I didn’t like the C3 Corvette as a kid but I appreciate them now and it’s cool to hear about kids being a little smarter than I was back then. Cheers everyone!
I've always wanted a c3 because it looks fucking dope. looks kinda like a lamborghini miura but it costs a tiny fraction as much
I don't know why, but there is something about the later versions of the C3 that I've always really liked. I've known how objectively bad they were since the C4 was new, but it's never mattered. I'm not even Gen Z, late genX-er here...
My brother just bought of these. Its actually pretty slick looking.
I always liked the c3, I’m a millennial. I drove one when I worked at a shop and it’s unlike anything else. Seeing that crazy bulbous 15 foot head in front of you while you’re sitting on the rear tires, total trip. I remember seeing one on the road and pointed it out to my girlfriend at the time: “isn’t that thing cool?”
She replied with “NO! It looks like a bony old woman hunched over with her shoulder blades sticking out in the front.” 😂 I’ll never forget that insane description.