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Today's Road & Track webpage has an article on the 2014 Vette. The pictures do not show much change and there is really not any new information either.

Mookster

Link: http://www.roadandtrack.com/future-c...rolet-corvette

rjwz28

A 7-speed manual? Sorry, and feel free to tell me I was wrong if they do it, but I really don't see GM replacing the TR6060 with a brand-new 7-speed stick only 6 years after they replaced the 16-year-old T-56. JMHO.

MVPJEFF106

Looks like a 2012 Grand Sport???? Maybe just a different engine?

BuckyThreadkiller

The new draconian CAfE requirements are probably helping drive that and those hadn't really changed in the biggest chunk of that timeframe.

BuckyThreadkiller

Disguised. As long as it's close in wheelbase, the track and has room under the hood, they can use the C6 or maybe even Camaro bodywork for initial testing.

They won't be trotting the new body out in public for a few months - even then it will have bodywork camoed as much as possible

chaase

These pictures have been posted.

Bill Dearborn

Why not a 7 speed manual transmission? If they install a 7 speed DCT they will have both a 7 speed manual and 7 speed automatic transmission. They get improved gas mileage, improved performance and catch up with the other cars in their class. They may even get some cost reductions due to replacing two part numbers with one. Reduction of part numbers has always been a way to reduce costs even if the replacement item may be more costly on a piece by piece basis. They are currently testing a DCT in the C6R GT2 cars so why not move a version of it into production.

Bill

rjwz28

I'm not saying that it wouldn't be good, just that I don't see GM doing it.

DriverC6

See the story in today's Autoweek email. The pics are of a C7 with C6 bodywork. Notice how far the front wheels are offset to the front of the wheelwell.

Vette_Minded

Thats very true. According to the book all Corvettes are red they built C4's with complete C5 structures including front engine rear transmission. There were even C4 with near complete C5 interiors testing too. Keep in mind they probably have a couple C6 cars in the test group as well.

So basically if there's no picture of the inside, under the hood, or of the under side of the car they won't tell much of a story.

rjwz28

They tell enough to pique interest: longer wheelbase and some sort of optional dual mode exhaust jump out at me. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Will I want a C7 or will my favorite non-exotic still remain the C6Z06?

BSSN

I like how the wheels still extend out into the fender-well. Maybe the car will pork up 400# to fill that width...or maybe GM is going to do away with all this BS about a half-dozen models and just go Widebody and be done with that absurd amount of sub-model crap.

rjwz28

GM has indicated that the base car will lose weight to allow it to remain competitive while returning better fuel mileage.

Jinx

The exhaust tips suggest that C7 could sport a center-mounted exhaust with dual tips, unlike today's taillight-mirroring four tips. Note the tips on the coupe mule are close together, and the outer two are clearly fake. (See the R&T gallery, esp photo 10 of 15, for the contrast with stock C6exhaust.) The convertible mule is harder to figure -- are they testing a different muffler configuration, or did they just do a better job of camouflage? I'm thinking the latter, based on the weird brackets outside and under the outer tips.

The wheels don't fill out the GS wheelwells, but at least they look to match the base C6 in width. (I'm guessing they used GS bodywork for more clearance since the mule wheelbase is a shade longer.) I was worried that the C7 would be narrower -- do not want.

.Jinx