Jimmy G.

If it happens, maybe we can get a group of diesel "Vettes together, slap on some snow chains, and go do "Ice Road Corvettes" on the History channel.

sirploppy

4K redline... No thanks.

Oh, and don't forget urine... er... I mean urea injection!

webdzynes

One way or another, I do believe serious changes in the next 4-5 years are coming. Hopefully the general 'fun" aspects of the car will only change for the better. We'll see...

AutoCutter

In the end, I think diesel will be the only realistic big mileage alternative for the gas engine. The diesel will allow the Vette to be a performance road car capable of long distance runs that most of us desire. Most alternative's may be able to pony up the performance, but not the mileage (read distance.) Of course, I would expect the C7 to have a gas motor as I don't expect the sky to fall in the next few years .

RWSjr

Ahh yes, but WE have driveline components ready for 750ftlbs. ala ZR-1 Now only to build up the A6's..... 1/4 mi. guess with that kind of torque??? Call your Broker, get tire stocks while it's still cheap.

pmj341

Guy's relax, I live in Sebring, Fl, the 12 hr of Sebring endurance race is held here, 2 years ago the Audi team brought their deisel prototype, they had done thier homework, the car is so quiet when it goes by at 160 mph all you hear is the wind and a little of the turbo, it does NOT SMOKE!!!!!!, the car is ungodly fast and yet it is detuned, so as not to run and hide from the rest of the prototype and gt classes.
I would deffinately buy a diesel vette if it would perform anything like the Audi!!!!!!!!!!!!
this year's race in march was also impressive both times they have run the 12 hrs, the following day they put them back on the track without any maintinance and run another 12hrs just to make sure the find all the bugs for the 24hr at Lemans, so yes I'm very impressed!!!!!!!!
and reliable!!!!!!!!!!!!

djfullshred

diesel fuel is more expensive than premium gas. For that reason alone, I would never buy a car with a diesel motor.

RogerC6

Some time ago I brought this up, and I was surprice that most are living in the 80's when GM converted gas to diesel, I think it was done on purpose, so people will stick to gas, diesel on high performance cars and on the Vette will be here sooner than later
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1993877

pmj341

do you remember when diesel was a lot cheaper than gasoline??
and do you know how it is made???
is it a byproduct of something, another fuel perhaps??
well the oil companys are just getting greedy!!!!!!!!

jschindler

Let me guess, it's made out of monkey ****

Was that a trick question, or do you really want to know?

C6Rocks!

Diesel & electric - interesting concept!

'06 Quicksilver Z06

Ding ding ding ding ding ......we have a winner folks.


Damn.....and I was going to say that.

PowerLabs

*Yawns*... It could happen? The Corvette doesn't even have overhead cams because there is not enough space with the low hood line; putting a much larger, much heavier diesel engine there is not happening.
I think a smaller engine, direct injection engine is a much more likely proposition, perhaps with forced induction.

alienranch

I don't care if it runs on gas or diesel as long as it flies like in the Jetson's

Rocketmanwpb

Some of the European manufacturers like Audi and Peugeot are running diesels in LMP1. Audi won at Sebring with diesel for about three years straight and at Le Mans for several years until Peugeot won last year with a diesel.

danl72

rollin18

you sound like my DAD!! (very old)
Its that mentality that prevents real companies that know how to make a excellent diesel from bringing them to the US.

you are stuck in a time when diesels WERE the way you are describing.
NOW times are-a-changin'

diesels are MORE powerful, BETTER mpg, much higher TQ, far more dependable, and more durable, quiet, and ultra clean with the new ultra low sulfer diesel standard. and up until recently much cheaper to fuel..
all the major makers have diesels in other countries.
why do you think the Military uses diesel so much??

you need to do allot more research before you go spouting off junk like that. Have you even researched the Audi R8 TDi?? or other diesel racers?

i wouldn't expect the average vette buyer to want a diesel in a vette.

but you are just ignorant in this area.

shopdog

Yes, I remember when diesel was cheaper than gasoline, then Bush Sr put an extra federal fuel tax on diesel.

I also know how it is made. It is the remnant after the lighter fractions of crude oil (gasoline and naptha) are distilled off in the refinery.

Now modern refineries can crack heavier fractions to make more gasoline. So they have a choice, sell the heavy fraction as diesel and heating oil, or crack it and sell it as gasoline. It takes energy to crack the heavy fraction to make more gasoline, so it isn't economical to do when gas is cheap, but as gas prices rise, it starts to make sense to crack more heavy fractions to gas, leaving less to be sold as diesel. That drives the price of diesel up too.

pmj341

Yes and we a have a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's all about making MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!

FloydSummerOf68

So getting 25+% better fuel economy isnt worth paying 15% more?

The added cost of diesel does NOT negate the increased milage that is possible in any way.