Detroit Steel

Forget about building a mid-engine Corvette to compete with the Ford GT, how about competing with Porsche and Ferrari?

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gurneyeagle

Any over/under predictions on the number of "beating a dead horse" emoticons to be posted?


In all seriousness, I believe a mid-engine Vette is coming, and it will be an addition to the line-up, not a replacement for the C7.


GM should just build a stand-alone Corvette brand.

BlueDevilZ51

justplainjim

It would look much better with chrome wheels..

F4 Phantom

And NO orange peel.

jimmyb

You realize that there are THREE cars on the PLANET that don't have orange peel (Viper/Aston Martin/Rolls Royce).

Jimmy

F4 Phantom

Viper?

RC000E

And Viper is rewarded with how many sales for their efforts?

Chip E.

All I can say is that I've been drooling every since I saw this rendering. Agree that Corvette should become a brand, and the mid-engine and option.

Corgidog1

The big negative in my eyes regarding that design, which I think looks terrific, is that the view from the driver's seat of the hood will be like a bus with no hood showing. I love the driver seat view of the hood that the C7 has showing a long hood with the curved fenders. Take that away and it might be bye bye for me regardless of mid engine and a lot of the character of the Corvette will be gone.

LMBTom

Looks more like a rear-engine car than a mid-engine, but I'd buy one.

Phanni

The last picture reminds me of a Lotus Elise.

No thank you,

jcp911s

First, I absolutely support GM adding a mid engine car to the existing front engine 'Vette"... a no-brainer IMHO.

Secondly, the C7 is already competitive with Porsche. At Summit Point, my dead-stock Z51 was only passed once... by a track-prepped Porsche 997 GT3... no excuses.

fsvoboda

And of course we want the opportunity to pay $600 for yellow brake calipers.

pdiddy972

That is awesome looking - WANT

motomanvette

This looks like a Lotus Elise on steroids.

jimmyb

YOU brought up orange peel...

Go look at a GenV Viper. It is EASILY the highest quality paint job on ANY American car (and better than literally ANY import with the exception of the aforementioned Aston and Rolls).

BTW, I don't own a Viper and have no desire to own one, but the paint job on the new Viper is above reproach.

Jimmy

jimmyb

Really....

This thread was about the MID ENGINE Corvette, F4 decided to make it about orange peel. Reality is that the GenV Viper has the BEST paint I have seen on ANY American car in many years. We all know the Viper doesn't sell (which was NOT my point and you know it), my reply was about the never ending implication that Corvettes are the ONLY cars with orange peel. Reality is that the ONLY current brands I have seen WITHOUT orange peel are the 3 I listed.

Jimmy

86C4Z51

It looks Corvettish, but is there THAT much to be gained with a mid-engine arrangement?

Nybbler

Considering how much it's being predicted to cost, I can drool over this thing, but won't have the bucks to own one, even if I tried to buy a 10 year old one, unless it depreciates seriously.

I'm holding my breath, not.