C8 Corvette to be mid engine???

[Carder09]

Says C/D online. I think, if this does.go down, Chevy will have something to really be proud about, especially if it kills the competition in speed and corners!

http://www.caranddriver.com/features/c8-chevrolet-corvette-exclusive-what-to-expect-from-the-heart-stopping-mid-engined-zora-feature

[SouthernSilveradoGuy85]

I've also heard the rumor and I really hope they don't do that. I can understand GM wanting to give the Vette a european styling like they did with the C7 to have the taste of more people. What makes it fun is being front engine and RWD. GM has been able to make the Vette outrun cars on "the Ring" that are mid engine and AWD. Sure it would be even better, but it wouldn't be as fun to drive and would also lose the Vette's spirit I guess you could say. Also I read all over the place that an AWD car is almost too easy to drive. So I'd take a Vette or Viper over any AWD or mid-engine and AWD car. I know I'm just bringing up AWD, but if they go mid engine they will eventually also go AWD.

 

If GM wants to be in the mid-engine and AWD market then great, but make a brand new model. Don't use the Vette. Keep the Vette RWD and front engine.

[MikeNH]

Only mention of AWD is a not-confirmed hybrid. The Vette will still be RWD.

 

And I'm all for it. Chevy's stuff is putting a hurting on the exotics at a fraction of the price and the mid-engine will only help. Car and Driver just did their annual Lightening Lap at VIR and a $75,000 Z/28 was only 1/10 of a second behind a Ferrari F12 that cost $438,000.

[Carder09]

The mid engine would help tremendously with traction and weight distro, better than now, so more power could be added without the reprocussion of a smoke show. The competition will be hurting then!

[Chris]

In the future the vette will be mid engine, awd, and have a twin turbo v8. Further into the future i see a tri-turbo v6.

[Carder09]

In the future the vette will be mid engine, awd, and have a twin turbo v8. Further into the future i see a tri-turbo v6.

Forget tri, look at quad. 4 different sizes all sequential one after the other for full on power range lol.

[RyanbabZ71]

This has been a rumor for the last 25 yrs. I guess if you report it enough it may come true?

 

 

Ryan

[Carder09]

Really, I wouldn't mind if it did. GM has been experimental in the past, think rotary engine, but that didn't work out too well at that time so we will see...

[Smoothbassman]

Oh my!! If they make this thing out will be a smash hit! Performance, that's what is about, and if they hold a sub 100K price, this thing will fly of the lots just like the new Stingray. It still has the classic lines but with new school handling.

 

Anyone remember the Acura NSX? It was a hit in the 90s and its scheduled to re-release in late 2016. It handled like a dream, just needed more power and AWD.

 

The sub 100K supercar market is going to get real tight in the upcoming years.

[CANDenali]

The Vette is one of GM's most profitable vehicles aside from our overpriced trucks. The evolution of these cars has been absolutely incredible but they have always stayed true to the "American" concept of a sports car. If they go to a mid-engine design I can't see it being less then 100k. What would be really cool is having two models with the Vette logo on the front. But who knows Mr. Duntov always dreamed of a mid-engine layout. If they build it it will be named "The Zora" .

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[cobrajet84]

I think if the do mid engined it should be just the top of the line one and keep a front rear as the more entry level version. If toyota can make a prius family, surely chevy can make Corvette family. The only thing about making it mid engine is the price goes up, and it would make the vette unreachable to most people, which takes away the affordable sports cars part of the vette.

[truckofwinandawesome]

I agree 200% with SilveradoGuy; if Chevrolet is going to make a Mid Engined All Wheel Drive Car; I would prefer it to be its own model but under the Corvette Brand Name; we are LONG Overdue for a Mako Shark III!

[darkfox1]

I heard a rumor about 10 years ago right when the new C6 was coming out about the future of vettes. I was talking to the dealer about what a performance value it was compared to ridiculously expensive competitors in the exotic range. Dollar for dollar the Vette would smoke those cars if you put the same amount of money into them.

 

He agreed and said that GM was aware of this, and as such, was going to making changes over the next several generations of the car to "make it on par with those exotics." He said that GM thought that the vette was too mainstream and kept some people out of the market because it was a "poor man's sports car."

 

Anyway.. snobbish BS aside.. he said that future versions of the car would go up, $60k, 80k, then upwards of $150k. They would move them into mid engine, high dollar exclusive cars that only the rich could afford as their play things.

 

TBH I really don't know how much random salesman #4 really knows about cars, or GM production decisions, but.. the C7 is in the 60s pretty readily.

 

As to what I think? Well I've never wanted a lamborghini, ferrari etc. because I know i'll never make that kind of money. If GM moves the new vettes into that price range.. reckon I'll be wrenching on older ones for the rest of my life.. Fast don't have to be new.

[SnakeEyeSS]

Everyone realize its been a rumor since the C3 days?