02MillenniumVette

Im sure people will still buy it but one of the great things about the Corvette is hearing the rumble of the V8. Granted the stock C5 and C6 exhaust isnt that great but with an aftermarket exhaust it wakes it up pretty well. If GM puts a 6 cylinder back in it then its just going to sound like a ricer and Im sure a lot of the V8 gearheads that love Corvettes will not be buying it. Thats just my $.2 though.

STALION

I think I want a new york asian escort...wow subliminal messaging does work!

Kingman99

As far as the C7 is concerned, l never liked the C6 and still have my C5!
But when the C8 comes out then it will be time to make a move for sure. It will probably be a gas/electric or something like that.

Anyway what it will do is bring life back into the C5's and C6's and bury the C4's for sure.

BuckyThreadkiller

We're halfway through the 2010 model year. And they think we'll see two model changes between now and 2016?

Not a chance.

I have no inside info, but based on all that has gone before - I'd bet the C7 drops as a 2013-2014 and lasts for a 6-8 year run. Look for C8 no sooner than MY 2020.

rengle02

I agree with you Bucky C7 2013-2014

dogfish246

I like how they are talking about the C8 while no-one really knows whats the deal with the C7!

By the time the C8 comes out, the world as we know it will be a different place. Who knows, but lets focus on the C7 because this generation could be the make or break for Corvettes....

All I know is I cannot wait for the first spy shot of the C7! Im keeping my eyes peeled on the road! Ya never know!!!

Liv4Spd

I won't be one of them. If GM goes to a V6 with the Corvette, I guarantee I'll be looking elsewhere.

DocMorgan

I hate ricers. No, I really, really hate ricers. The stereotypical ricer owner doesn't help either... you know them. Usually between 16 and 25, drives without consideration to anyone else on the road, too cool to sit up and drive safely, doesn't know how to shift, doesn't know how to wear a hat or their pants correctly. In my mind, there is nothing funnier than having some kid roll up to you in a civic with a wing that could double as a hang glider, rev all 4 screaming bumblebees on crack under the hood that sounds like they are farting into a Foldgers coffee can, and think that he is intimidating or has me sweating like a hooker in church.

And don't give me the typical defense line "oh, but some of them are quick"... my oil drain plug has more torque than that grinder has wet dreams over ever hoping to experience. Don't talk NOS either... NOS = Viagara... something you need when you want to be something you know you can't... and it doesn't last, or fix your ED problem to begin with. I'm sorry... did I miss the purple Honda Civic with the big wing on the trunk that was furiously burning oil in the 12 hours of LeMans? And yes, I know there are 4 cyl engines at LeMans... but an engine is like a rubber band... stretch it too far and it's gonna snap. I have yet to see a civic with a genuine indy car 4 cyl under the hood. Want to get more out of a rubber band and not have it fail? Get a bigger rubber band.

Here here! I don't give a flying rats ____ if a 6 cyl. has more power than a 8... it is just another attempt at castration if you ask me. Spend the money on the 8cyl with all the fancy crap you are doin to the six and you will see more Hp. And don't lecture me about a carbon footprint. It amazes me that a theory that has been proven to be incorrect (global warming) has turned some people in the public into something of a heard of lemmings too busy to realize they are living a lie. I can't believe anyone listened to anything Gore had to say after his claim to have created the internet.:

The only thing that GM isn't doing right if they change the drive train for something smaller is just that. Sure... Give me Zora's dream of a mid engined Corvette... with a reliable, warranted 8 liter or better 8 or 10 cyl. engine (and it better be putting out like those NYC Asian Escorts kangyu was talkin about too... like 800 hp).

-d

vant

Global warming is a lie? Whew, the polar bears will be happy to hear that.

ST Graveyard

Oh come ON ...

SHines-IT

Yep, very true. I6's are not bad engine. Usualy very allot of tourqe by design...

While it's true most the Corvettes had a V8 through the years, probably best they keep it that way. But I see no problem with them going 6.

I do have a problem with it being mid engine...

Because sorry Corvette... Front Engine/Two Seater/RWD/Fiberglass

Happihank

C7 that I saw in Autoweek in my opinion is not an attractive looking car, not sexy , not stealthy, not anything but a bad design. Just my opinion.

JerriVette

There will always be a v8 in GM's trucks. With that? the corvette will always have a v8 motor. New High strength multi piece chassis.

Hopefully GM will rid us of those crappy runflat tires.

475hp...with DSG (hoping for) and front MID engine chassis. I want to buy one.

ChrisLT1conv

x2!!!!!

I Bin Therbefor

The Corvette "LINE" has expanded.

Base Coupe
Base Convertable
GS Coupe
GS Convertable
Z06
2011 Carbon Z06 (Called a ZR1 with a LS7 engine by GM)
ZR1

If GM feels compelled to attract the Ricer Generation with a V6, they could always build a sidewinder ala Fiero by taking a front wheel drive V6 package and moving it to the rear. Call it a Cutter That's a war ship smaller than the Corvette Somewhere there's an article that contends that the V6 is an exciting engine to those rasied on an I4. Good for them. Just don't destroy the V8 until we all go to sail and sun power

Bob Turner

I think it was the June, 1986 issue of Road and Track where they were talking about a mid engine Corvette.......

-Bob

goatts

Yes! A V6 with fart can exhaust and 300hp! Thank you Obama! The Corvair is back.

Thunder22

Article and photochops of C7 in R&T:

http://www.roadandtrack.com/index.ph...et-corvette-c7

Thunder22

ANTIVNOM

Ditto. I don't want mid-engine either. The motor belongs up front, period.