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Old Jan 20, 2021 | 01:35 PM
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Hi All, ran across this today. https://www.hagerty.com/media/what-i...wsletter_NewDD

Sorry if you've seen it before, but it was new to me. Interesting - but I'm liking the cleaner lines of our C3s much better. There has always been a lot of talk of a Caddy version of the Corvette, including some talk about the C8. I wouldn't count on it, but you never know.

Hope you all have a great day, Paul
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Ha ha! Not the first Corvadillac idea that was entertained.


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Originally Posted by Hopper12
Hi All, ran across this today. https://www.hagerty.com/media/what-i...wsletter_NewDD

Sorry if you've seen it before, but it was new to me. Interesting - but I'm liking the cleaner lines of our C3s much better. There has always been a lot of talk of a Caddy version of the Corvette, including some talk about the C8. I wouldn't count on it, but you never know.

Hope you all have a great day, Paul
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Old Jan 20, 2021 | 05:34 PM
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Cadillac did it already. Ever hear of an XLR? Made in Bowling Green plant along side the C5s for a while. Used a Cadillac engine.
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^^^^ For sure. I believe that one had a variant of the Northstar engine. Had a 4.0 Northstar in an Aurora, and it was a great engine with decent performance.

And, our 2020 CT6-V sort of has a bit of Corvette in it - the 4.2TT Blackwing engine was built in the BG plant.

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Ha ha! Not the first Corvadillac idea that was entertained.

those are BOTH cool prototypes, thanks for sharing.
IF it were made, i'd consider possibly adding it to the stable
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Okay...stand me against the wall and shoot me, but I like that.
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Wow, thanks for sharing. I've never heard anything about this. They say you should learn something new every day. I just did!
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The XLR-V looked fun....443 hp and 13.0 1/4 mile @ 3900lbs.

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