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C7 Corvette
According to a one-sentence blurb in Automobile Magazine, the next generation Corvette will be mid-engined!?
This delights sports car fans like me, but is sure to piss off the Corvette faithful.
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Why would it piss them off? If it's fast, handles well, looks good and isn't too pricey, wouldn't they be happy as can be?
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But...but...
The engine is in the wrong place... "Only durn furn cars have der injuns in back." Just wait, someone will call it "not a real Corvette".
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Slowly but surely the Vette is winning me over. This is a big step in that direction, but Chris I think you're right - it may alienate the gold-chain crowd.
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They should make both a front engine and mid-engine vette. make the mid-engine one called the Aerovette or Corvair III.
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07-10-2007, 01:08 PM
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Heck in the latest Car and Driver the standard C7 beats the 997TT around VIR--and thats not even the Z06. Nice.
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07-10-2007, 01:09 PM
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 They have been talking about a mid engine Corvette for over a decade... and I think it would be a good thing... but look what happened when Porsche tried to replace the 911 with the 928.
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It will not be the first time they toyed with a mid engine design in the Vette.
I do not hate the car but the politics in certain racing venues that I was involved in. That is what caused me to only want to do one thing with my RX7, beat Corvettes. Honestly, if they keep improving this car much more I will no longer be able to do that. A mid engine vette would get my attention and might win me over.
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07-10-2007, 01:11 PM
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I don't think Corvette guys get hung up on this stuff. As long as the ponies are there, and you give them better weight distribution, I'm sure they'll be giddy. The 911/928 analogy is different, as the appearance of the car changed completely, it got a lot heavier, and it handled completely different. They were trying to change from a capable sports car to a GT cruiser...kinda like going from a 'vette to a Buick.
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Didn't GM already try a mid-engine Corvette with the Fiero?
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well as an owner of a 2007 C6 Z51 vette and a 1983 911SC Cab I can tell you that the vette is definately faster!
I love the power (mainly the torque) of the Vette, its addicting, but my 911 is so much more fun. Its more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow. The sounds of my flat 6 are awesome. The C6 is very modern, which is nice for AC, but when I am in the 911 I cannot imagine leaving the Porsche family....
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07-10-2007, 01:18 PM
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 I bet there are Corvette purists who will be up in arms just like the 911 crowd when Porsche changed to a water cooled engine in the 996. Saying that there weren't many objections when Chevrolet changed the traditional Corvette design to one that went round corners.
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As pointed out above, the Fiero was a mid-engined Chevette. |
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07-10-2007, 02:19 PM
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As a old Corvette owner of many models, I would find a mid engine car to be the next best evolution of the make. Its been in the plans for many years, so why not.
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Nice...but still a !"/$%?&* GM....!
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I just wish they would do something about those horrible interiors. Corvette is a very capable car, but when you get in, you are obviously sitting in a Chevy.
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07-10-2007, 03:06 PM
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Now we need a mid engine c7 vette killer. OH, like the Cayman.
...Waiting for other shoe to drop. Like that will ever happen
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07-10-2007, 04:26 PM
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I always thought it would be fun to fabricate a mid-engined sports car with an SBC.
Looks like Chevy beet me to it...
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