C5Driver

Think what you want but after hearing that engine in the video what I hear is not the sound of a V8 not at all.

Chicago1

You can barely hear anything over him talking and you got that it sounded like a v6 out of that video? You guys running out of things to make up now?

elegant

That was funny Chicago1.

Lots of fanciful things have been postulated as ME truths over the past few months. Wonder what truths we will “learn” in the next nine months.

Here’s the first one... The only new color coming out on the ME, and it will be exclusive to the ME, will be metallic pink.

KnightDriveTV

I think a turbo V6 base Corvette at 43k would really shake up the place. RWD, 2seater, low weight, hell yeah, I'd buy that ****.

Back to the concept of how the FRC C5 started...a cheap club racer car that was intended to access a younger market. With the Supra coming, BRZ getting a displacement upgrade, I think it'd be game time.

AORoads

I agree ^^^ Even tho the current P-car version is not what it was in the mid-90s, the Porsche RS America was a great, stripped, fast car with great handling, and it was lower-priced, too. It'd be nice if the ME or some variant of the latest Corvette followed that example.

roadbike56

OK, I understand the concept being proposed here, but let me point out some negatives. First, the competition is fierce. In the low to mid $40K range you'll be competing one on one with a new Camero SS with the LT1 engine. So do you think the younger folks are going to go with a six cylinder two seater or a fire breathing four seater? Second, the Corvette Light will be competing against late model used C7s. It's even possible it will be going head to head with 2015 used Z06s. The only advantage the new Corvette Light would have is the mid-engine body and the new look. From a profit standpoint, I don't see Corvette being able to make big bucks selling a V6 at a budget price to make it attractive.
Hey, I love the concept and I'd love to see Corvette make a move that brings in younger buyers while smacking P car sales, I just don't see it being a success just like the FRC wasn't a success until they pumped up the engine and the price.
My opinion.

juanvaldez

rgregory

elegant

Because one person thinks he heard a V6 on an extremely audio video....; especially when one of our other skilled members used his special audio equipment and found zero evidence of that.

Let us not forget that GM is already facing resistance from many Corvette V8 owners about the change to even offering an ME; how many times have we seen posts to that effect, talked with Corvette owners who have said that that they are very unhappy that there there is going to even be an ME option. We are already facing the probable loss of a clutched-manual; and the probable loss a traditional Corvette soft-top, totally flat deck convertible.

Some now even seriously think that GM is going to further alienate its passionate base by abandoning a V8. Hello, hello, the brand new Cadillac 4.2L is a V8, and has not everyone read and therefore knows that one of the major customer-acceptance, and therefore the buying problems for the Lincoln Continental, is its only have a V6.

Every time Harlan or Tadge has asked a group after group of Corvette owners over the past five years if they would accept a V6 — not a single hand has been raised.

Let us also not forget the Markit Engine Forecast that said all three Corvette ME power plants would be a V8.

And for those who below post, “well the Ford GT is a V6,” post away, and continue this fanciful thread.

C5Driver

Well I was also told by a Chevrolet Dealer service director that is on a service related C8 development panel for GMs service network that indeed a turbo V6 was in the mix for the C8. I would think this is true now that I have heard the clip.

rcooper

Corvette has a habit of making the new base model to be almost as performance capable as the previous years Z06...so if it is a V6 it will be twin turbo and a hoot to drive and if it comes in at $65,000 it will be the bargain of a lifetime.
A mid engine with 600 hp ( just speculation ) or even 550 hp will be truly a supercar. And with the right exhaust system it will sound just fine.
And if the upgrade the interior just a bit over the C7 I'll be in heaven. Just have to figure out how to buy one...

C5Driver

If the base car turns out to be 65-70K I will even risk buying a first year model.

rcooper

LightningBolt

Not to mention that any signal (be it audio or otherwise) is only as good as its source. The audio was captured inside the cabin of a trailing vehicle with LOTS of background noise with a crappy little microphone in a handheld smartphone. Then the signal is compressed on the audio track of a low res You tube video. No matter how good your signal processing is - that's what you're starting from. I think you can safely draw the conclusion that the engine is an internal combustion, beyond that is anybody's guess.

vettboy01

I think you have forgotten something: a ME car can *smoke* a more powerful one due to greatly improved traction. Therefore, a 450hp TT v6 will handily beat the cars you mention. See the 370hp 911 dominate the GrandSport (in a straight line) here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbtoXMOiqtQ

UPDATE: I do not see a v6 (or a v10, v12) in a vette, ever. I'm just stating that ANY smaller disp/hp engine will be better performing in a rear-ME chassis and would have better straight-line numbers than the vehicles you list above. Any change to cylinder count would be a sales disaster, IMO.

elegant

I believe the chances of the 2020 ME Corvette offering a V6 (TT or not) are as good as my getting hit today by the Chinese space station that crashed days ago.

If everyone one of us believed everything the most well-intention salesperson or other dealership person told us, and had a dollar for everything wrong that we heard, we would all be driving free hypercars.

If I am wrong (last time I wasn’t was when I was a teenager), I will not buy that model and will definitely wait for a second year for an ME with a Corvette V8. I’ve had/currently have 53 vehicles in a row with a clutched-manual trans. If the ME only comes with a DCT, as I suspect, I will suck it up and still get it — but not going to add further insult to injury to get it with a V6.

Never have heard a V6 that sounds like a great Corvette V8. I crave V8 exhaust music!

fasttoys

Can’t believe I decided to reply to this thread. Read my LIPS NO V6. GM is staying with two motors for now and both are V8's. GM can you please hurry up with this thing??? I don’t want to read any crazy post about a V6.

When Ford built the new Ford/GT they wanted a hallo car to show off the eco-boost V6. This is one reasom they went with the V6.

Anyway I am out and done with this crazy V6 talk. I need to get back to watching paint dry and banging my head into a wall.

Jinx

You know how they build a $43K V6 Corvette?

They change the name of the next generation Camaro.

Walter Raulerson

What are the chances that what Chevy dealers got to "see" will be a CORVETTE not a CADILLAC? Maybe that'll dispel the thinking that it will be CADILLAC'S halo car.

NY09C6

Turbos dumb down the sound of an engine drastically. Likely a TT v8 in the video.