This is the star of the new transformers movie, coming to cinemas later this year, called Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It's being called the Stingray Concept at the Chicago Motor Show, but in the movie, this "character" will be called Sideswipe. It's obviously a dream car from General Motors and Chevrolet, but this Stingray Concept takes inspiration from both the original Stingray Racer concept of 1959 (from which it thankfully doesn't borrow the exhaust pipes that look like noodles), and the current Corvette C6.

I think it also might be an exercise of design at GM, which is probably keen to see public reaction to this car. Want to know why? Because I think this concept might hint at what's going to turn into the Corvette C7. Although the Corvette C7 was meant to be released in 2012, it has now been "delayed indefinitely" according to the official line at GM, because of the financial crisis, of course. But providing General Motors stays afloat, I can't see them ever dropping the Chevrolet Corvette. I would guess that the new C7 Corvette will turn up by about 2014, possibly later. So because the new Corvette is going to be delayed so much, expect more drastic changes that would originally have been planned, at least from a design perspective. So while this concept might look outlandish now, it will look just about perfect for Chevrolet's hero model in 2014.

Because although the face of this car is obviously futuristic and grotesque, the rest of the car is quite neatly proportioned, and if you visualise more conventionally Corvette-like headlights on this car, I think you'll realise that what I'm talking about makes sense.

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