>Chevy might make a mid-engine Corvette Are you for it?

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>>15074054
>meanwhile at C&D

LOL publish that shit again I bet they'll still fall for it

they said that in the 1960's

>>15074054
only took them 50 fucking years to realize the Corvair is literally the most balanced and well handled car with a small block sitting in the rear seats.

>>15074054
If they did it they better go full super car flat plane DOHC screaming V8.

>>15074112
>full super car flat plane DOHC screaming V8.
This is the kinda high end sports car Cadillac should make (because we all know Chevy won't abandon pushrods). They can't, though, because it would be faster than >muh 'Vette and Daddy GM can't allow that.

>>15074149
When I started reading about GM's history, I got so mad at all the times cars got killed or neutered because "gotta protect the vette". It happened a lot.

>>15074054
Gramps doesn't want no damn engine in the trunk. Murica says the engimes in the front. They wouldn't ever do that.

Gm trademarked LT5 last year
GM has VVL (basically Vtec)
they have a mid engine prototype race car.
i dont see why we wouldn't see a mid engine Z0RA in 5ish years.

>>15074054
Maybe America will finally be able to make a car that will turn

>>15075302
Nah just something that can launch decently fast and not spin out

>>15074054
These rumours happens every time and the new corvette is never mid engined

>>15074054
That looks like a hot wheels car

>>15074054

Won't this just make cooling it even harder? Not sure if amerifats can handle this sort of "advanced" engineering

>>15074054
>Do you think they'll actually do it?
Maybe.

>>15074112
They could just build a 302 pushrod with a flat plane crank. The old crossplane crank ones could out-scream a Voodoo.

>>15074149
A new Caddy DOHC would be smaller in displacement, to be the size of an LT unit. With the lower displacement, it'd have les power (but better NVH values).

>>15075257
LT5 could just be a multivalve pushrod engine though - or a regular trademark renewal.

>>15074054
GM NEEDS to go mid-engine and/or AWD to remain competitive.

The GT-R and 911 Turbo match the Corvette's performance with less horsepower, because the Corvette's FR platform cannot make full use of the engine's power. FR has diminishing return over about 400hp (diminishing returns means: for every 5hp the competition adds, GM needs to add 6hp to keep up).

The only question is: will GM change the Corvette or add a 2nd model? The median age of a Corvette buyer is 61 years old, and Corvettes are most popular in blue-collar towns. As a result, the Corvette doesn't really compete in the 911's demographic. Most of the people who buy Corvettes want a (relatively) cheap FR car with heritage, a mid-engine Corvette would not go over well. If GM made two models, the FR Corvette could become the car for the retirees, and the new car could appeal to the true performance fans and more cosmopolitan Porsche demographic.

It would be cool if they made it but it would be wrong to call it a corvette. This isnt a trim for the vette it would be a whole new chassis and layout. I think they should make it and not use corvette branding.

I would be the best value for dollar supercar here in the US

so of course they'll never do it because "its not a muscle car"

fuck american car companies

>company that can't get away from pushrods
>trying to make mid-engine, RWD, high power car

Yeah that's gonna end well

>>15075861

>The GT-R and 911 Turbo match the Corvette's performance with less horsepower

I think you meant to say: GM has to increase the power in the Corvette to the point where it can't compete for more than a lap on the track in order to keep up with the 911 Turbo and the GT-R

>>15075929
>meanwhile, Ferrari and Porsche wanna punish GM for using pushrods on IMSA, getting certain advantages over their DOHC designs

Go figure

>>15075918
The Corvette, Camaro, and Mustang are all proper sports cars now, not muscle cars or pony cars

>>15076003
I'm actually curious, what advantages does a pushrod design have over DOHC besides packaging?

>>15075929
>LS engines are extremely reliable, small, and make a lot of horsepower
>somehow you think radically changing the design would be a smart thing to do

>>15076020

>LS engines are extremely reliable, small, and make a lot of horsepower
>for one lap of the track

>>15076025
>confuses the tried and true LS engines with the supercharged LT4
How dumb can you get?

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>>15076012

I'm guessing weight or something. If those guys are complaining about the designs and want to penalize the vette for it then it must be something significant or they would leave the Corvette Team alone. after all its just an amerifat """sports-car""" in the micky-mouse cup.

>pic kinda related
lol those rivals never get old.

>>15076033
And I thought heartbreaker was the dumbest mofo on this board.

>>15076012
I'm not openly saying it has design advantages, just go check the Corvette results on IMSA.
Porsche and Ferrari have reportedly asked to BoP the Vette harder.

>>15076040
>implying the c6.r was not the epitome of gt cars with the ls motor
CLASS WINS
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>>15076040
>gets called out for his mistake
>panic mode
>I know, I'll call him dumb
>Y-YOU'RE DUMB HAHA I SHOWED DAT BOI

>>15076059
I'm a different person. You still confused LS with LT.

>>15076048

You better not google 911 class wins or you might start crying

>>15076064
I'm a different person too kek. I haven't said anything about the two platforms.

>>15076064
>anon
>in charge of damage control

>>15076065
This is true. Too bad in the last decade Jake has reigned.

>>15076081
>damage control
I don't get it. I didn't say anything incorrect.

>>15076010
They're weird fat compromises that should be split into two different models.

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>>15074054
We're just gonna have to wait and see.

>>15074054
As if the current one hasn't stolen enough design cues from euro super cars now they're gonna go full Hyundai and just copy their shit?

Full size Fiero

>>15074054
I'll believe it when I see it. GM has been teasing the public with concepts of mid engined Corvettes since the 1970's. Until I see it, it isn't happening.

>tfw no mazda/chebby partnership
>tfw no modern NA 4 rotor engine with rotor deactivation
>tfw no aerovette

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>>15074054
>>15076728

>>15074054
I don't know but we need more MR and RR cars.

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>>15075619

Excuse me?

>>15074054
not really a corvette any more is it

>>15076038
lewd.

>>15077027

Known for being unreliable as fuck

>>15076038
>I don't like you that way
>b-baka!

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>>15077091

I hope you're not referring to Clarkson's because his had an aftermarket alarm which fucked his car up.

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>>15077091
>>15077185

Wrong picture.

>>15077189
How is this not something Clarkson could afford to have fixed? What on Earth did the guy do that was irreversible and catastrophic?

I think Clarkson got drunk and crashed his GT and doesn't want anyone to find out.

I like it better the way it is. Leave building an American Ferrari to another nameplate.

>>15077185
>>15077189
>Car being such a shit that it goes to pieces when an aftermarket alarm is slapped on

>>15076012
dem torks.

I don't like the idea of a mid-engined Corvette. They're crazy fast as it is, and they've been working on the formula for 63 years, always improving them. Big front engine, rear drive is a classic American format.

>>15074054
It looks like a gta v parody supercar

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>buy mid engine corvette
>remove engine and swap in Doritos
>have the greatest time of your life
welp ik what am going to do if they sell this shit, what about you /o/?

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>>15077310

Can i has LS in the Dorito car you get your Doritos from? (it won't have a dorito engine so literally no harm done)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN3u2q5ShFo

>>15077268
>I don't want a car that performs like a Ferrari 458 but costs $100k or less because it would be change
Anon, I...

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>>15077360
>trying to trigger me
not going to happen anon, if you own the car and want to swap it enjoy yourself my boi, for the point of this hobby is to enjoy yourself and only yourself

They've been saying this for decades. It ain't happening.

>>15074054
I would buy one. Even if it were rape/month payments.

>>15076669
They're as fat as European offerings like the M4

>>15074194
>It happened a lot.

Total bullshit. They should have made the vette better. It's so ass backwards to de-testicle your product. You've set the whole company back.

The vette probably has the best chance of going mid engine now. It's out of the 09 bankruptcy and is doing well. That doesn't mean they will however. As for a DOHC screamer that's not totally sacrilegious since there was one in the 90's called the ZL1 iirc

Chebby themselves admit that they are nearing the limits to what they can do with a lump up front.

tl;dr I think they should do it.

>>15077268
Found the boomer
Why can't you faggots into progress?

>>15077643
This, people still think that the characteristics of previous models decade+ ago still apply. Even I fell into that trap. When comparing the contemporary models against each other they're much more comparable to each other.

>>15075918
The Corvette isn't a muscle car.

>>15077268
Corvette already has a midship engine. Midship does not mean engine in the rear, it means between the driver and whatever axle is closer.

>>15077781
Would you complain about Porsche doing the same thing?

>>15075315
>mid engined
>driven by an American
>not spinning out

>>15077198
Wiring is expensive to fix on a regular car, let alone a car like the GT.

>>15077091
Babby watches top gear and thinks he knows about the GT.
>e-everybody knows this

>>15077006
Dat fucking V12 in the back.

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>>15078527
>Koenigsegg
>V12

>>15074054
Imagine it.

The new vette. A MR/RR V8 DOHC high revving (V- or flat, i dont care) that produces over 400 hp in N/A.

Either RWD or AWD

Now people wont post the GTR vs Vette meme again

>>15074054
The concept in itself is a good, but it shouldn't carry the Corvette moniker imo. Corvettes have traditionally been bargain priced supercar beaters. A mid engine version would undoubtedly up the price beyond the reach of the common man.

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>Future Corvette moves upmarket to mid-engine platform
>Future Camaro moves upmarket to take the place the current Corvette
What would take the place of the current Camaro? Should GM produce a genuine Miata fighter?

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>>15078692

Re-produce the Kappa-cars. (make a successor)

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>>15074149
they already did that see pic related

>>15078673
Name it after some other fast warship. Chevy Cutter, maybe. Though that sounds kinda lame, and sorta like what a news station would call a serial killer who operates out of a '98 Impala.

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>>15078809

Why not "Corvair" ? it has "Cor" in its name but its obviously a different car.

>>15078831
Nader forever tarnished that name.

>>15078887
Which is a shame because the second gen dropped the swing axles in favor of an independent rear, fixing all the problems with the Corvair's handling. It's especially unfair, considering there are lots of other vehicles with swing axles, yet the Corvair is the only one he shat on.

Nobody ever spouts the loldeathtrap meme about:
>Volkswagen Beetle
>Volkswagen Bus
>Volkswagen Type 3
>Volkswagen Karmann Ghia
>Tatra 603
>Hillman Imp
>Renault Dauphine
>Renault Caravelle

Yet they're all rear engined cars with swing axles, just like the first gen Corvair.

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>>15078949
>fixing all the problems with the Corvair's handling.
You're implying there was something wrong to begin with?
I've taken hard corners at 80 (which is pretty much top speed for the 110 kek), no problem.

but no, the interior is designed for maximum probability of death in a car crash.

>>15078949
Except the VW Bus was always a deathtrap.
Beetles, I dunno. Probably. The others were either not popular or not even sold in the U.S.

>>15078965
You probably won't get old VW's fast enough to become a death trap

>>15078960
I'm not, but that's what Ralph Nader wrote.

>>15078965
My old man had a Renault Dauphine eons ago.

I think it was a fuckin' 2stroke too.

>>15078977
True, but the Bus was a deathtrap because it had no structural integrity, and no crumple zone in front of the cabin. Not because of its suspension.

>>15078988
>but that's what Ralph Nader wrote
Such a fag,
I mean yeah
>GM
But GM literally innovates (lol wtf) and Nader throws them under the bus for it. He's a cunt on other issues too.

>>15079008
>and no crumple zone in front of the cabin

>get into mild fender bender
>legs amputated
fuck, Germans were suicidal after getting whooped huh?

>>15077898
RR is a quirky novelty that sets it apart from its competitors.

FR in the corvette is not.

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>>15075619
>had it down in the 80s

What would you do if Chevy offered the Corvette as a mid-engine 12 cylinder hyper car?

>>15080361
Not buy it because poor and probably not buy it because it's still
>GM

>>15074200
Why not just put the 'trunk' in the front like they did with the Koneoenjoeje whatever

>>15080711
Heresy

>>15077898
The 911 should have been mid decades ago.

one of the later Cayman performance versions was gimped to not embarrass the 911 and muh heritage

>>15080746
>The 911 should have been mid decades ago.
Then how would you cool it?

>>15078591
>Now people wont post the GTR vs Vette meme again

You must be new here.

>>15078949
Nader is a cunt.

>>15080760
By cooling it like other cars with that configuration do.

>>15075892
yeah, I like the idea of another relatively cheap chevy mid engine sports/supercar but the corvette brand should not be on it. The corvette doesn't need to compete with hypercars, that's not why most people like it anyways.

>>15074054
They've been regurgitating this meme for decades. It's never happening.

>>15080786
Okay well 911's were air-cooled for most of their life. Mid engine cars are water cooled.

Needless to say you don't get a lot of air in the middle of the car.

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>>15080821
its not that hard. heres the fiero cooling system. black lines = coolant lines and radiatior.

>>15080877
Yeah but that's just extra work, and it's Porsche, they never really change that much.
Also some bullshit about 911 heritage.