Big suprise, the Corrvet is the last car you would have though of when you think about engine getting smaller.
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Big suprise, the Corrvet is the last car you would have though of when you think about engine getting smaller.
This is all so stupid. I'll believe when I see it, for real. No rumors.
Every few years there are rumors flying about the next Corvette and usually it's the same stuff, it'll be AWD, it'll be mid-engined, it'll have a turbo, it'll be smaller displacement.
And every time, generation after generation, the new Corvette comes out with a big V8 and RWD, same as all the others. I'm sure there is an effort to make it more fuel efficient but I won't believe any of this crap until it's real, in the flesh.
What he said.
[quote=Magnum9987;968829]This is a blasphemy! The marvel of the corvette is its impeccable torque! That lazy power is just not the same as in these high revving european cars. The corvette has always been about torque. It just will not be the same. GM has shot themselves in the foot. I will guarantee you this thing is doomed to failure. It will sell way too few numbers. I am afraid we have seen the death of the corvette[/quote]
A turbo vette, that sounds cool, hey they did it to the 512TR. :) Besides you should know that a Turbo charger ads more torque than naturally aspirated.
^^^ Yeah. 'Cuz the 512TR was SO marketed to 'Vette buyers.
GM did a semi-factory turbo C4. I think it was Calloway (sp?) with factory support and sold through GM dealers. The packaging was a nightmare. GM also considered a turbo for the ZR1. The SC won out again due to better packaging and I guess the 4 lobed rotor was a step up in efficiency as compared to the older 3 rotor SCs.
It was Callaway indeed, which made a factory backed Turbo Corvette.
The also did so with the GTV6.
This rumor is somewhat similar to a rumored mid-engine Corvette. Sounds cool, but probably not going to happen.
[quote=csl177;968945]^^^ Yeah. 'Cuz the 512TR was SO marketed to 'Vette buyers.[/quote]
i didn't say anything about corvette market. I was just saying that it was a cool turbo version of a car that was normally just normally had a large engine. and it worked :) So you can quit with the sarcasm...
The sarcasm was aimed at your juxtaposing two entirely different types of cars and their buyers. ;) Aside from a couple of specials from Koenig and Norwood, the 512TR was never turbocharged, nor needed to be. In the case of the 'Vette displacement wins, which is why this story doesn't ring true.
If GM used the 6.2-liter supercharged LSA V8 motor that makes the Cadillac CTS-V a winner on paper, that kinda makes sense. It would appeal to Corvette's traditional buyers and perhaps broaden the niche into new markets, while also cost-effective manufacturing.
I think the idea is that GM feel that they have a reputation as being old/low tech in Europe, so a DOHC, small(er) turbo'd engine would fit in with the neighbours over there better.
Not sure how factual that is, but that seems to be the gist of their arguement.
Well, they tried selling a manual, diesel, estate car and even that didn't work...