After the successive “renderings” that have been around the web, about a project for the Corvette, from stretched versions to “sly style” trailers, Callaway decided to take advantage of the idea and give it its personal stamp.
In the past, brands such as Aston Martin or Jaguar were the only ones to take the Shooting Break concept and apply it to their models, even the sportier ones like some coupés, but there was a purpose behind the concept, the lords of noble families they wanted to have in their sports cars, the luggage capacity of some saloons so they could carry their hunting equipment. Nowadays, the concept of Shooting Breaks is as banal as it is refined, and if a Mercedes CLS SB results in a beautiful and functional car, there are others in which we are in doubt whether it was even necessary to resort to such a design study.
But times change and paradigms change too. The big builders seem to be more focused on taking sports cars again and applying the Shooting Break concept to them, Ferrari is the latest example with its FF model, but will the concepts that worked well work for all others?
Callaway decided to get down to work and from now on accepts orders for its new project, the Callaway Corvette AeroWagon, a more stylized version of the current Corvette Stingray, which results in fluid lines with the rest of the bodywork.
Don't be surprised, but the prices for this transformation start at $15,000 and production will only start in early 2014.
For Corvette Stingray owners, Callaway proposes adding a carbon fiber body kit that comes unpainted. For a paint job to match the rest of the bodywork, Callaway requires an extra $1500. And so we have the Corvette Stingray, transformed into a Callaway Corvette AeroWagon.
It's not yet known what extra dimensions the interior will gain, namely how big the cargo compartment of this Callaway Corvette AeroWagon will be, but one thing is certain, this is another one of those customization jobs that pay for itself and leave the question. in the air: is it worth so many dollars spent on a C7 to have a product with the same concept as the Ferrari FF? Judging by the material, the extra carbon fiber, plus the painted labor for a total of $16,500, it doesn't seem to have a bad price/material ratio but will it attract fans of the concept applied to the Corvette Stingray?
