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V6 Base??
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[QUOTE=millpond;1581738127]What do you think are the chances that the C7 will come with a V6 base engine(lower cost, better fuel economy)?[/
Porsche is doing this with great success so it could work, especially if the weight of the C7 was down.
Porsche is doing this with great success so it could work, especially if the weight of the C7 was down.
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Why would GM do it? It would infuriate EVERY Corvette enthusiast on the planet. And for what, a 2 mpg improvement. Plus, I don't think the 3.6L Twin Cam will fit (too tall).
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What sports car is Porsche doing this in? If you're speaking of the Panamera and the Cayenne, come on....that's a sedan and SUV, not sports cars.
Jimmy
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Good luck in your thinking. I would bet my life....ZERO CHANCE that GM offers a V6 in the Corvette.
Why would GM do it? It would infuriate EVERY Corvette enthusiast on the planet. And for what, a 2 mpg improvement. Plus, I don't think the 3.6L Twin Cam will fit (too tall).
Jimmy
Why would GM do it? It would infuriate EVERY Corvette enthusiast on the planet. And for what, a 2 mpg improvement. Plus, I don't think the 3.6L Twin Cam will fit (too tall).
Jimmy
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Since Corvette generations often last across many years and much stricter mileage requirements are coming I wouldn't be surprised to see a V6 late in the life of C7 but not at introduction or in the first few years. Believe me I understand that given the small number of Corvettes sold it would not have a major impact on GM's corporate average but public perception will be important whether we like it or not.
There is nothing wrong with a potent V6 but it is far too risky to the established image of the Corvette at this point in time. To paraphrase a great line from Michael Crichton's book Jurassic Park, companies often spend too much time debating whether we CAN do "X" rather than whether we SHOULD do "X".
There is nothing wrong with a potent V6 but it is far too risky to the established image of the Corvette at this point in time. To paraphrase a great line from Michael Crichton's book Jurassic Park, companies often spend too much time debating whether we CAN do "X" rather than whether we SHOULD do "X".
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You know what is funny...I began my earlier response by saying just what you are saying- Porsche is only doing 6 cylinders with the pedestrian models so you won't see a six in a Corvette .
But then I remembered the 911 , Cayman, and Boxster are only offered with 6 cylinders and I rewrote my response.
But then I remembered the 911 , Cayman, and Boxster are only offered with 6 cylinders and I rewrote my response.
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LI'm gonna go with zero also. GM's v6 is not only dimensionally larger, specificly in height its also heaver than the ls v8. Maybe you'll get 1mpg better over all, perhaps 2 in city driving. No point to it.
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I don't KNOW that the 3.6L won't fit in the C7, I was writing out loud and making an educated guess. I do know that, by it's very nature, a DOHC engine is taller than an OHV engine.
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Well, maybe every Corvette enthusiast except one. I would not be infuriated, I would just order the V8 option.
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[QUOTE=John T;1581738556]
You know what is funny...I began my earlier response by saying just what you are saying- Porsche is only doing 6 cylinders with the pedestrian models so you won't see a six in a Corvette .
But then I remembered the 911 , Cayman, and Boxster are only offered with 6 cylinders and I rewrote my response.
Except the 911/Boxster/Cayman have always had 6 cylinder engines, so that's no big deal. Put a V6 in a Corvette and all the bitching about the C7 "renderings" tail lights will disappear faster than you can blink.
Jimmy
You know what is funny...I began my earlier response by saying just what you are saying- Porsche is only doing 6 cylinders with the pedestrian models so you won't see a six in a Corvette .
But then I remembered the 911 , Cayman, and Boxster are only offered with 6 cylinders and I rewrote my response.
Jimmy
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As has been pointed out in this thread, the 3.6L is a physically bigger/heavier powerplant than an LS series V8. In the best of worlds, you would get a 2 MPG improvement in city, probably NO improvement on highway mileage. And that's comparing a direct injected V6 to a current (and sooon to be past) generation LS. I think we are all guessing that the C7 will get the 5th generation LS, which will have direct injection, so there could (!) be NO mileage advantage between the 3.6L V6 and new (5th gen.) LS.
Jimmy
