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Burning Brakes
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I have a question. If the current Corvette has a 50% weight distribution front and rear what really do you gain by a mid-engine car? I know the transmission tunnel but this is just space in the front for more space given up in other areas. To me what would be a much more significant improvement would be all wheel drive. Or additional electric motors to achieve all wheel drive.
Drifting
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I think you kind of answered your own question to why! I think they'll use electric for AWD launching basically and you need to put those batteries somewhere so itd make much more sense for them to be in the empty area up front on this layout. Pair that with a 650+ V8 and you'd get supercar!
Burning Brakes
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Ok, I wonder the same thing, what would you guys like to see IF they build this style car? V8 na or boosted? Electric driving front wheels? DCT? I'm sure much more of the body of not all would be carbon to bring weight down
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The Consigliere
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And as jvp points out there are two sides to the handling equation.
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Burning Brakes
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I tend to agree. Now couldn't they use batteries to drive the front just for acceleration and then when it's on the track or above a certain speed it would be disabled so it would have mostly RWD characteristics? That way it would run crazy like 2.5 0-60 but keep the other things so many people love about it on the track.
Intermediate
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I tend to agree. Now couldn't they use batteries to drive the front just for acceleration and then when it's on the track or above a certain speed it would be disabled so it would have mostly RWD characteristics? That way it would run crazy like 2.5 0-60 but keep the other things so many people love about it on the track.
maybe put just two electric motors on the rear wheels for instant torque combined with the engine OMG!!
Drifting
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Burning Brakes
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If you did them to the rear wheels I think traction would still be an issue though. Or do you mean putting them on the back for the front wheels? 2 lithium batteries wouldn't add too much weight but going to the front wheels would give you much better traction. If they could keep weight around 3400-3600 with the additional power I think that would be pretty good
Intermediate
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If you did them to the rear wheels I think traction would still be an issue though. Or do you mean putting them on the back for the front wheels? 2 lithium batteries wouldn't add too much weight but going to the front wheels would give you much better traction. If they could keep weight around 3400-3600 with the additional power I think that would be pretty good
LOL it would probably have alot of people in the ditch at some point.
Melting Slicks
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I remember seeing this in a Motor Trend issue about a year ago. By far the best rendering of a mid engine Vette. It's also the most realistic considering that ot takes styling from the Daytona Prototype (which will probably be some kind basis for a mid engine Corvette).
Safety Car
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The big thing GM revealed at Detroit was an all electric compact vehicle, not a mid engine supercar. What happened vs. day dreaming.
Even if this was in the making, once GM saw the new Ford GT they should have noticed this sketch drawing is behind times. The Ford GT's aero is a full 2 generations ahead of this.
GM should instead build a nanocomposite FMR chassis for the C8. Put the R&D money where it will yield the most improvement. GM should figure out how to make 650HP out of the small block naturally aspirated to reduce the weight of the nose, not move the engine.
OH, and while we're at it. Forget about mid engine until they figure out a way to cool the automatic transmission without running cooling lines and a radiator all the way up front for the second cooler.
Even if this was in the making, once GM saw the new Ford GT they should have noticed this sketch drawing is behind times. The Ford GT's aero is a full 2 generations ahead of this.
GM should instead build a nanocomposite FMR chassis for the C8. Put the R&D money where it will yield the most improvement. GM should figure out how to make 650HP out of the small block naturally aspirated to reduce the weight of the nose, not move the engine.
OH, and while we're at it. Forget about mid engine until they figure out a way to cool the automatic transmission without running cooling lines and a radiator all the way up front for the second cooler.
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Burning Brakes
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I remember seeing this in a Motor Trend issue about a year ago. By far the best rendering of a mid engine Vette. It's also the most realistic considering that ot takes styling from the Daytona Prototype (which will probably be some kind basis for a mid engine Corvette).
Racer
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I like the look and all - but Corvette has always been a functional daily driver, meaning trunk space for long trips and relatively easy to drive around town. This would change things completely and raise the price drastically as well. While I really like the design... I hope it's not the standard C8, or even Z06 for that matter. There's plenty of other supercars out there to fill that role. I still want a daily driver with plenty of trunk space and relative comfort at a manageable price.