C7 Corvette Updates/Info

[Kchrpm]

I didn't know he lost part of his leg, glad he's rebounding strongly :up:

[novicius]

Wow! Damn impressive! :up:

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Mid-engine Corvette — our clearest pictures yet (https://www.autoblog.com/2018/01/05/mid-engine-corvette-clearest-spy-photos/#slide-7201921)

https://s.blogcdn.com/slideshows/images/slides/720/192/1/S7201921/slug/l/midengvette-w06-kgp-1.jpg

Dig it. :up: The profile looks sinuous and well-proportioned.

[dodint]

Lot of front overhang.

Does it have calipers on both sides of the rear rotor? Or is the smaller one used for regeneration or something? Maybe it's old news but I've never seen two calipers on one rotor before.

[Freude am Fahren]

Maybe a hydro e-brake to test skidding?

[Godson]

Front rear brake is the real deal. Rear caliper is the e-brake.

As a typical Corvette. That's a big ass.

[CudaMan]

I'm still not on board. I'm sure GM can make a great mid-engined entry level supercar, but a Corvette is not that.

[dodint]

I like it as a halo Ford GT fighter. As a stand alone C8? Not really.

[balki]

So you guys want it to be a Fiero TypeR?

[Godson]

I'm still not on board. I'm sure GM can make a great mid-engined entry level supercar, but a Corvette is not that.

Same.

[balki]

Is this heading towards the Mustang -Probe model spilt (or a slower Celica - Supra split)?

[novicius]

The plan is probably fluid -- I'd be shocked if it came out that Mama Barra was locked down on a plan for the C7/Lola/whatevs at this point.

The "Corvette MR/4WD" whatever it's going to be called has been known to have been benched-marked against the 911... Turbo?

Here are some stats to keep in people's mind:

2017 Porsche 911 Turbo
Power: 607 hp @ 6750 rpm
Torque: 553 lb-ft @ 2250 rpm

Zero to 60 mph: 2.6 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 6.1 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 10.6 sec
Top speed: 205 mph


2017 Ferrari 488GTB
Power: 661 hp @ 8000 rpm
Torque: 561 lb-ft @ 3000 rpm

Zero to 60 mph: 3.0 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 6.4 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 10.6 sec
Top speed: 205 mph

[balki]

I get that the high level Camaros can partially fill in the void that a FR Vette would leave, but will the base C8/MR model start under $100k?

[Kchrpm]

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2018/01/12/mid-engine-corvette-coming


Although the C7 Stingray and its evolutionary descendants will surely live on for several more years, the mid-engine C8 will soon arrive to give Corvette customers a second choice. Painted with drops of leaked information from a GM Deep Throat, our rendering of the forthcoming C8 is no mere guess. In Ferrari style, the mid-mounted V-8 will be proudly visible under the rear hatch. Expect the genuine article to break cover at the Detroit auto show in January 2019.

GAME PLAN

This is the mid-engine Corvette that GM lacked the courage to build for decades. It will first appear as a two-seat hatchback, with open editions to follow. Mounting the engine behind the cockpit facilitates lower seating and a notably sleeker hoodline. A lower center of gravity, improved forward visibility, and better air penetration are all attributable to the new architecture.

ENGINES

Fear not, pushrod V-8 fans, your pet engine is secure. We expect the mid-engine Vette to bow with a successor to today’s 6.2-liter LT1 pumped up to 600 horsepower with higher compression, more aggressive valve timing, and less restrictive exhaust. Dry-sump lubrication will facilitate mounting the engine low in the chassis. Other propulsion sources will follow, topping out at 1000-plus hybrid horsepower, with a twin-turbo V-8 driving the rear wheels and an electric motor powering the front wheels.

https://d32c3oe4bky4k6.cloudfront.net/articles-videos/-/media/uscamediasite/images/story-images/2018/01/corvette_profile_v1.ashx

https://d32c3oe4bky4k6.cloudfront.net/articles-videos/-/media/uscamediasite/images/story-images/2018/01/corvette_mr_frontquarter_dynamic_v1.ashx


TRANSAXLE

True friends of the stick will pout over the loss of a clutch pedal and H-pattern shifter. Rather, a state-of-the-art paddle-shifted seven-speed dual-clutch automatic supplied by Tremec will be the way and the truth.

https://d32c3oe4bky4k6.cloudfront.net/articles-videos/-/media/uscamediasite/images/story-images/2018/01/corvette_mr_rearquarter_v1.ashx


Following its debut at the 2019 Detroit show, the eighth-gen Corvette will roll into dealerships later in the year with a base price of $70,000.

[dodint]

I'm not interested in that. Looks like a angular NSX. Yall have fun.

[CudaMan]

The details will be different I'm sure. Those renders appear to use carryover C7 styling details front and rear.

ZERV, the plate says. Surely a play on the CERV series, but why the Z?

[dodint]

Zora?

[balki]

600hp, $70k, approximately 38 less air vents ... :up:
No surprise the stick shift will be gone. I guess the future will just have low-power, low-cost, global passenger cars available with a third pedal.

[neanderthal]

New halo car above the Vette.

Hopefully there's a raw ICE only option, as well as a hybrid option with electric motors, ala NSX. The sports car and car world in general are going full electric. GM would be smart to embrace that now, use this as a demonstration of their prowess, and expand the range at the bottom. Would love to a fully electric car with good range and good charging rates that doesn't look like a dumpy hatchback or a hybrid. Like the Tesla Model S.

[XHawkeye]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DY1gO-6VQAAc9MN.jpg


GM's all-new 4.2-liter, 550HP Twin Turbo V-8 will be a Cadillac exclusive for about 5 minutes. Expect to see it in a ultra high-end version of the next-gen Escalade and, you will see it as a 5.5-liter in the mid-engine C8 Corvette. GM didn't spend the kind of cash necessary to develop this engine for what will amount to be less than 2,000 CT6 V-Sport sedans a year, do you? (If that.)

https://twitter.com/PeterMDeLorenzo/status/976542516408410114

[Kchrpm]

So if it makes 550 hp at 4.2 liters, then a 5.5 could reasonably expect to make something like 700 hp. That'd be a good Z06/ZR1 engine, but not base. I don't know why Autoextremist aka DeLorenzo doesn't project this 4.2/550 version in the car. Maybe the base car will stick with the current engine architecture.

I don't want to consider the possibility that there will no longer be a "base" model that starts near the Cayman in price.

[dodint]

I can see how that would trouble you.

[balki]

the 550hp sounds like it's tuned to move the CT6 effortlessly (or an Escalade)
In C8 trim I'd imagine they'd have close to 700hp out of the 4.2L (the higher Caymans start at +75k, but they have tens of thousands in options, so their base price is not a realistic target)

[Freude am Fahren]

Wait, don't we expect the front-engined Corvette to continue? And I expect remain V8? I think he means just for the MR 'Vette.

Or did I miss that it's a change completely from FR to MR?

[Godson]

The idea is the C7 is going to die off after a few years and the c8 will go through updates

[Freude am Fahren]

C8R testing

https://sportscar365.com/industry/exclusive-mid-engined-corvette-c8-r-breaks-cover/

https://johndagys-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/corvette1-final.jpg

[Godson]

Looks like the guys at NCM weren't lying...

[Kchrpm]

One of the other articles has audio that they claim proves it is turbocharged. It only proves to me that it doesn't really sound good.