PeteC7

Inline 6 yes.

jcsperson

I love a great-sounding car too. I had a built C5 with a big cam, headers, X-pipe, and cat-back, and it sounded great and ran like a scalded ape, but I'd drive an electric car if it had the track performance level I wanted.

Racingswh

I get that for sure. Performance is really important. I do like both though.

I will probably race Vintage cars someday when I am older just to recreate and relive some of the sound and memories made when my Dad took me to the races. For now just give me a wicked LS7 that screams and I am most happy.

Mike98SilVert

No I would not buy a V6 Corvette. if I wanted a 4 or 6 cylinder sport car there are many to choose from. They are great cars, but I don't want a Porsche, Mazda or Nissan. I like the sound of a V8 engine. I also like to shift on my own. It's about preference. Corvettes have had V8 engines since the introduction of the Chevy small block in 1955. IMO it would be a mistake for GM to change that.

jcsperson

My ultimate goal. I'm not sure what it'll be yet, but it won't be some 4-banger or flat-6 911. I'm about two years out from retirement, but when I see cars like this I hope there's something like that waiting on the day I'm ready to race.

Racingswh

These things are so far from what the future holds for us all. The marching of time basically wrecks everything.

Love that car in your post!!

One that I have wanted to see in person for awhile now popped up on my Facebook page today. A Mongoose chassis replica but I would love to race something like it. The sound of those side pipes blatting off the track at 7k RPM is kinda what my dream looks like!!

tcinla

That's a big Negatory, good buddy... That's akin to Ford having planned to turn what was the Probe, with magic fairy dust, into to the Mustang.

Ford had the good sense not to move forward with that. I'm betting GM does too.

Kevin A Jones

Sure, horsepower is horsepower regardless of what package it comes in.

jcsperson

That'll work.

Crappy video, but you get a sense of the visceral, brutal nature of that car:

fugly1

A big part of the reason I got a stingray rather than an M3 -- performance is similar -- is the V8. Love the sound and the feel. No V8 is much less appealing to me.

Snowwolfe

Ditto. My 3.5 eco is faster and has more torque than the Tundra 5.7 V8 it replaced

geo2000

Nope, never happen.

tobaccokid

The Ford GT was designed first, as a race car, then modified to make a version that could be sold as a street car. Never mind price. Paid $72,000 for my 2016 Z06 A8, and for less than $1k brought it up to 710hp without impacting warranty.

Gee I didn’t realize the Ford GT was over six times better and a more affordable car to enthusiasts.

7thgeneration

NONONONONONONONONONONONONO. Not ever. They could not give me one. I'd rather pay for a V8 than take a free V6. There are a billion more reasons not the least of which is sound. Nothing sounds as good as a high performance V8. Nothing bigger or smaller will do. Period.

nytrorcr

NO....if they were to start putting anything but a V8 under the hood I would just get rid of my Z06 at some point. I got rid of my Camaro's for that very reason.

sTz

Yes, similar performance, less weight, and better gas mileage. Its capabilities have been proven by various platforms, including the Ford GT. While higher end exhaust systems can be tuned to sound good, i.e., the mentioned Ford GT, I’d still miss the V8 rumble...

PobreWey

I would. All about the hp and torque. I for sure would prefer a v8 but don't think I'll be parting ways with the Corvette ever.

Maxie2U

Ford GT has a V6.

themonk

The C8 ZR1 could be a twin turbo 4.2L V6 producing over 800 bhp.

MikeyTX

Looks like there will be a bunch of peeps giving up Corvette ownership at some point down the road. The V8's days are numbered. Me, I'd love a TT V6 ME Corvette.