I'm very excited about the Solstice. Would love to see one with Chevy Nomad Grille for a retro Corvette accent. Any photoshoppers out there?

"Taking styling cues from the Nomad concept of 1954 (a show car that was based on the then-new Corvette), the new Nomad concept sports an obvious vintage Corvette grille and round headlights."
http://autoshow.edmunds.com/news/autoshow/articles/100916/page008.html?tid=edmunds.e.autoshow..leftnav.9.*

Recently saw a drawing of a Chevy version of the Solstice (can't remember where), the Speedster? Anyway, it had side fender vents characteristic of the Corvette, not the original Corvette, but it looked pretty good IMHO.

I'm very excited about the Solstice. Would love to see one with Chevy Nomad Grille for a retro Corvette accent. Any photoshoppers out there?

I took a quick and dirty crack at it here:

White solstice with Nomad concept grille (http://solsticeforums.com/showthread.php?p=110013#post110013)

It gives it a DEFINITE Corvette look. Impressive how just a change of grille can do that.

-Stephen M

Recently saw a drawing of a Chevy version of the Solstice (can't remember where), the Speedster? Anyway, it had side fender vents characteristic of the Corvette, not the original Corvette, but it looked pretty good IMHO.

Was it the Vauxall Lightning concept ? it is based off the early Solstice chassis ... but with new euro pedestrian HITTING friendly car fronts it'll prolly never come out.

I took a quick and dirty crack at it here:

White solstice with Nomad concept grille (http://solsticeforums.com/showthread.php?p=110013#post110013)

It gives it a DEFINITE Corvette look. Impressive how just a change of grille can do that.

-Stephen M

Thank you Stephen M, very nice. IMHO, that retro Corvette look would be a great improvement over the Pontiac grille. Thanks, again!

Was it the Vauxall Lightning concept ? it is based off the early Solstice chassis ... but with new euro pedestrian HITTING friendly car fronts it'll prolly never come out.

No, but the side panel air vents were somewhat similar. I saw a drawing in a car magazine and it was definitely discussed as a Chevy. I wanna say that it was being called a 'Speedster,' but not sure.

Recently saw a drawing of a Chevy version of the Solstice (can't remember where) ... Anyway, it had side fender vents characteristic of the Corvette, not the original Corvette, but it looked pretty good IMHO.Here it is, the Sportster, reminiscent of later Corvette styling:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/spy_reports/2003/1/detroit_spy_report/