VIDEO: GM Designer DEFENDS The All-New Corvettes Taillights

Though the all-new Chevrolet Corvette's exterior design has been widely liked by gearheads, the Chevrolet purists seem to have a bit of an issue. Yup, again. This time it's the rear taillights, which are squared off and give off a bit of a Camaro-esque vibe.

The problem is that these Corvette fiends typically find an issue with just about every next-gen car. Remember the hullabaloo that ensued when Chevrolet debuted the C6 with — gasp — fixed headlights instead of those cheesy pop-ups? You would have thought the world ended!

But now a General Motors designer is speaking out against the criticism and if YOU want to hear what he's gotta say, scope out the video below...


Tom Peters, GM's performance vehicle design director, spent some time with us recently and didn't shrink from responding to the criticism of the Stingray's taillights.

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t_bone - 3/16/2013 12:27:47 PM

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I love the part about how they admit they tried round lights and they "didn't work" in the design. That's because their design sucks.

And by the way, this isn't just laypeople vs designers. I have a good friend who is a professor at RISD and we've laughed about Bangle and his copiers over many a pizza and beer.

ParadoX - 3/16/2013 3:40:00 PM

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I don't have a problem with the lights. The Corvette looks good to me.

irishmike - 3/16/2013 10:23:00 PM

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They call it "design language". And it is saying "I'm like a hot wheels car for 10 year olds, I have a big ass and I am angry!"

lexusrox123 - 3/18/2013 11:56:48 PM

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Ugly. It's like the taillights are wearing way too heavy mascara or something. and the quadruple exhaust is overdoing it, to be honest.