Surprised it wasn't a thread already! 2020 mid engine Vette

[mattdavis11]

How does a 60 year old, shirtless, gold chain wearing, mullet man expect her to give road head with that console there? That's the reason why people buy them no?

[vmax]

[javadog]

Originally Posted by mattdavis11

How does a 60 year old, shirtless, gold chain wearing, mullet man expect her to give road head with that console there? That's the reason why people buy them no?

When you put on your 50 pounds of middle-age punch, road head ceases to be an option for you.

[fintstone]

Originally Posted by mattdavis11

How does a 60 year old, shirtless, gold chain wearing, mullet man expect her to give road head with that console there? That's the reason why people buy them no?

Sold! I'm in.

[ian c2]

Originally Posted by masraum

You'd be surprised, I've got an '08 Boxster S. I think you'd have to work pretty hard for me to get 26 mpg on the highway in it, most of the time, it's more like 23.5 mpg. I had a coworker that had a corvette a few years ago, and because of the huge low end torque and transmission that would put him at super low rpm on the highway, he was getting over 30 mpg on the highway.

And you might be surprised if you go to England and see the streets full of little diesels that do around 70mpg

[kach22i]

Spotted my first mid-engine vette today on US 23 between Ann Arbor and Brighton MI.

Pretty blue but lots of black trim, looks Transformer -Camaro-ish from behind but outlandish from front 3/4 view.

I asked somone to post the pictures for me as I'm moving and have not figure out to do this with my new cell phone yet.

[ErVikingo]

are we talking about MPG concerns on a performance car forum?

[group911@aol.co]

Originally Posted by ErVikingo

are we talking about MPG concerns on a performance car forum?

Luckily, they also talk about it in pro racing and it hopefully trickles down to the street.
https://flatsixes.com/porsche-motorsports/world-endurance-challenge/rule-fuel-24-hours-le-mans/

[ErVikingo]

Originally Posted by group911@aol.co

Luckily, they also talk about it in pro racing and it hopefully trickles down to the street.
https://flatsixes.com/porsche-motorsports/world-endurance-challenge/rule-fuel-24-hours-le-mans/

we talk about it constantly on my team but it is for planning stops/strategies.

racing as a development platform is great for these kind of developments and allows for fairly rapid long distance testing.

We are talking about an american supercar powered by a V8 on which the option wont be to go with a smaller displacement engine. Options will be how to get more power out of the fuel we are already feeding it or adding more air to be able to put more fuel.

[RWebb]

Porsche always required a mileage improvement AND a n accel./speed improvement - at least in the 1980s

[RWebb]

ok, despite the exterior & interior, the beauty is on the INSIDE:

https://jalopnik.com/heres-a-detailed-look-at-the-2020-corvette-c8s-impressi-1836540969

[pwd72s]

Guy on a Mustang board commented that GM lifted the dash layout from a Klingon bird of prey. LOL! Give it a cloaking device & I'd buy one.

[masraum]

The test mule was using a Porsche tranny apparently
https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/a28456562/c8-corvette-mule-used-porsche-gearbox/

[Macroni]

I love it.

[Geronimo]

I love all the fat old bald white guy commentary.... reminds me of the emails I get from PCA... most Porsche meets look like an AARP convention.

I Wouldn't worry about MPG's, you'll be all electric before you know it.... and then autonomous.

[ErVikingo]

Originally Posted by Geronimo

I love all the fat old bald white guy commentary.... reminds me of the emails I get from PCA... most Porsche meets look like an AARP convention.

I Wouldn't worry about MPG's, you'll be all electric before you know it.... and then autonomous.

argh... that is why I drive 2 liter 911; 3.2 liter 911 and 5.2 liter R8

[RedBaron]

I'm disappointed in the lack of a manual transmission being offered. 0-60 in 3 seconds is incredibly fast but it takes away all of the fun, especially in a boring automatic. They will cave like Porsche did with the GT3, wait and see.

[Zeke]

The reason the back is so ugly it to show your disregard for those that you passed and kept behind you.

My views on manual transmissions have changed since living with a DCT. Pretty incredible piece of kit. Still love rowing the 915, but for regular driving, the DCT is great. It's also a bunch of fun on the track.

Agree the C8 interior is weird, but will have to see it. Good to read they are using a dry sump system. Lots of neat tech in the beast.

As always with GM, the devil will be in the details.

[Superman]

I wonder when Porsche will make a wide body Cayman RSR. Rope A Dope.