dcsteg

No Z06 till 2016. It will be smaller in displacement but will be 600 plus in H.P.

The C7 LS3 will be downsized to 385 H.P. to meet Government mandated Corporate average gas mileage of 35.5 mph by 2016. Not that it will average 35.5 but it has to be a player in the corporate average program.

The C7 will be smaller and lighter the the C6. It will be just as fast because of the weight and size reduction.

JJC5

And where did you hear this?

Prime Target

I doubt the starndard Mustang GT will have almost 50 HP over the Corvette. I think you need to back up your claims further.

MudZ06

Looks like around 2020 I will be on the hunt for a used 2018 Z06

In the meantime I will enjoy my current one!

VGLNTE1

ya.....cuz you know :looneytune:

Roidz

dcsteg

I didn't expect everybody to by in. Especially anybody that uses cuz as a word.

But it's a reality and it's coming.

dcsteg

I wish I could but I can't reveal my source.

LS1LT1

I'm not going to entirely doubt you on this as anything is possible at this point, but I am quoting it so that you cannot go back and edit/change it later if it turns out to be FALSE.

At the very worst, the new more fuel efficient Direct Injected LS3 (or (LS5 or LS8 whatever it may be called) will remain at 430hp with even a potential bump to over 450hp (some say as high as 475hp but that might not be realistic if the car also incorporates notable weight reduction), in my opinion.

goatts

BS post of the day. For one thing, the C7 will have the Gen V small block V8. It will not be an LS3 which was Gen IV.

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f...oodbye-107441/

Gen V was announced 5 years ago.

QUIKAG

LS3 will not be in the C7. That is a FACT. LS3 is Gen IV architecture and C7 will have Gen V. So, with this fact in mind, I dismiss the remainder of the OP's post.

ramairroughneck

So your telling us for the same amount of money we can get a base Corvette with 385hp or we can buy a GT500 with 662. I dont think GM is going to do that to us.

camirocz

dcsteg you have no source you are full of s..t and i m telling it to your face.Go play somewhere else loser!Where do you get off on spreading total bull...stories?

camirocz

Nothing gets me more upset than some idiots taking a story twisting it to their own liking and then trying to make everyone else believe it.Does this idiot think we are that ignorant?

LFZ

Well if you read it on the internet...its got to be true.

LS1LT1

Good points, although in his defense he might've just been using the 'LS3' designation because he doesn't yet know what the new one actually is?
Perhaps the new base engine will be only 385hp but I HIGHLY doubt that GM/Chevrolet would help the Corvette commit that kind of suicide.

Now, 385hp could work wonderfully if the car also weighed in at only 2600 pounds but that is NOT going to happen with all of the standard luxury/accoutrement that are typically included on modern Corvettes.
I personally wouldn't mind a 'Lotus Elise style' Corvette, but most of the buying public of course would.

jb_va2001

Always consider the source before you choose to believe.

MitchAlsup

How much do you think it would take ($$$) to bring the GT500 up to C7 handling capabilities?

dcsteg

Hey guys,

What is it that upsets so many of you about this post.

No I did not get this info out of a book nor did I make it up. As I said I can't reveal the source but it is creditable and I have known this guy for years. He sells and tracks Corvettes and that is his life. I am a senior citizen and quit spreading BS stories long ago.

If any of you feel offended I apologize.

By the same token I stand firm on the information I have given you.

I used the LS3 designation out of happenstance. I don't know what the name of the 5.5 GM will give it for the Corvette.

camirocz Sorry I torqued you mind. I have a feeling it happens quite regularly. Do you slam dunk everybody that rubs you the wrong way. I know the winters are long in Montreal and your probably not yourself.

Random84

"Handling" doesn't sell enough cars to keep a company profitable.... but "Horsepower" does.

It's one thing to have a flagship car (ie the ZR1) that does everything well, and it's another thing to have one of your best-selling and world-recognized brands to hari kiri itself over a 385HP motor in the first year of new model production, given the current price/HP wars we're seeing across the board in comparable cars. Ford will sell a **** ton of Mustangs because of the GT500 and associated press; but "Corvette" and "less HP than a 4-seater mustang" just really don't go together.

(See also, the numerous GT500>Z06 because of HP rating threads).

It happened in 82/84 I suppose, but I don't think we're "there" yet.