Corvette Manta Ray: GM's bold new plan
12-08-2018, 02:39 PM
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Yep, and while driving the double overhead cam, turbo engine in my C8 I keep the '34 with it's 502 cid BB with Sanderson Headers and a Holley 850 double pumper!
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12-08-2018, 03:12 PM
#303
Le Mans Master
Yep, and while driving the double overhead cam, turbo engine in my C8 I keep the '34 with it's 502 cid BB with Sanderson Headers and a Holley 850 double pumper!
Thank You for the dumbest post on this Forum during the last month or so.
And, you had a lot of competion.
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12-08-2018, 03:56 PM
#304
Burning Brakes
Holley Double Pumper
The first Corvette I ever rode in was a '62 with a 327 small block modified with a Racer Brown cam and a Holley 850 double pumper. It made quite an impression on me !!
12-08-2018, 04:31 PM
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And, you had a lot of competion.[/QUOTE]Mine was in response to what I thought you meant to be funny.
This one is to respond to your foolish one!
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12-08-2018, 04:38 PM
#306
Appears pretty simple to me!
GM sells cars to dealers, who sell them to customers. No doubt dealers are reducing their purchases now in anticipation of buying C8s to sell.. If GM announces their exact plans too soon to satisfy folks curiosity, how may C7's would you expect the dealers to buy?? GM will provide incentives for dealers to push C7's off the lot when they introduce the C8. All costly.
GM sells cars to dealers, who sell them to customers. No doubt dealers are reducing their purchases now in anticipation of buying C8s to sell.. If GM announces their exact plans too soon to satisfy folks curiosity, how may C7's would you expect the dealers to buy?? GM will provide incentives for dealers to push C7's off the lot when they introduce the C8. All costly.
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12-08-2018, 05:49 PM
#307
Up until recently, very few outside of the design, engineering, and testing teams, as well as senior GM execs have seen it. However, there are folks in the GM network who will be critical to the success of the car when it debuts. They are now being allowed to see the car and have been briefed on some of the details.
12-08-2018, 06:52 PM
#308
There is no Manta Ray. That trademark was filed in 2015. It means nothing. Domains and trademarked names are done all the time it doesn't mean a single thing. Your going to be angry when they reveal the car just remember you already heard the real info it's a low volume beast that will kill a 720 period it's not your friend at works corvette.
12-08-2018, 07:08 PM
#309
16 Vettes and counting…..
There is no Manta Ray. That trademark was filed in 2015. It means nothing. Domains and trademarked names are done all the time it doesn't mean a single thing. Your going to be angry when they reveal the car just remember you already heard the real info it's a low volume beast that will kill a 720 period it's not your friend at works corvette.
12-08-2018, 07:19 PM
#310
Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model.
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12-08-2018, 07:48 PM
#311
Melting Slicks
Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model. Please let there be a twin turbo V8 model.
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12-09-2018, 12:19 AM
#312
There is no Manta Ray. That trademark was filed in 2015. It means nothing. Domains and trademarked names are done all the time it doesn't mean a single thing. Your going to be angry when they reveal the car just remember you already heard the real info it's a low volume beast that will kill a 720 period it's not your friend at works corvette.
12-10-2018, 01:42 PM
#313
Melting Slicks
Sigh... Never in the annals of Man has so much Rumor been so believed by so many.... No one has proof of anything. GM has made it so.
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Actually, I take that back. There is another Rumor more widely believed : Roswell, New Mexico 1947. They are Here.
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Actually, I take that back. There is another Rumor more widely believed : Roswell, New Mexico 1947. They are Here.
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12-10-2018, 01:53 PM
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Race Director
There is no Manta Ray. That trademark was filed in 2015. It means nothing. Domains and trademarked names are done all the time it doesn't mean a single thing. Your going to be angry when they reveal the car just remember you already heard the real info it's a low volume beast that will kill a 720 period it's not your friend at works corvette.
As for the rest of your post, did you get tired of using caps and punctuation? But you believe ONE YEAR FROM NOW, the newly released production mid-engine Corvette is going to be (in no particular order):
1. A McLaren 720S killer
2. A "low volume" car
12-10-2018, 06:38 PM
#315
Race Director
"I’m close enough to the inside to know the following about GM’s plans for the Corvette."
So this guy is not on the inside of Corvette or GM. There is no explanation of his sources or how he got his information.
Anyone with actual knowledge who breaks GM's information embargo is terminated immediately and permanently, period.
"If you don’t believe me then that’s fine, I wouldn’t either if I was in your shoes."
So now he is off the hook for any BS being spread. Got it.
"The C8 Corvettes at Nürburgring are the real thing."
Did anyone not know this? Why is he telling us this?
"A DCT transaxle is used in all C8 Corvettes, no exceptions."
Everyone knows this too. What is the point?
"The R&D investment in the DCT is said to be equivalent to that of both the manual and automatic in the C7 - they knew they had one chance to get the DCT right."
This is a nonsense statement: GM spent basically nothing additional for the transmissions in the C7 and if they built a DCT like the A8, they did not get it right. Should have bought a Getrag and saved time and money.
Bottom Line: This guy is a PR person or salesman who has heard some rumors.
What will GM do with all those Cadillac Blackwing TTs that now have no home with the CT6 cancelled?
Gee, I wonder?
So this guy is not on the inside of Corvette or GM. There is no explanation of his sources or how he got his information.
Anyone with actual knowledge who breaks GM's information embargo is terminated immediately and permanently, period.
"If you don’t believe me then that’s fine, I wouldn’t either if I was in your shoes."
So now he is off the hook for any BS being spread. Got it.
"The C8 Corvettes at Nürburgring are the real thing."
Did anyone not know this? Why is he telling us this?
"A DCT transaxle is used in all C8 Corvettes, no exceptions."
Everyone knows this too. What is the point?
"The R&D investment in the DCT is said to be equivalent to that of both the manual and automatic in the C7 - they knew they had one chance to get the DCT right."
This is a nonsense statement: GM spent basically nothing additional for the transmissions in the C7 and if they built a DCT like the A8, they did not get it right. Should have bought a Getrag and saved time and money.
Bottom Line: This guy is a PR person or salesman who has heard some rumors.
What will GM do with all those Cadillac Blackwing TTs that now have no home with the CT6 cancelled?
Gee, I wonder?
If Corvette does go expensive then it will be the end of it. Most people that buy Corvettes are retired people on a fixed income and those that would buy a Porsche/Ferrari first will still buy one first.
12-10-2018, 06:48 PM
#316
Melting Slicks
I agree! Publish the source or it is not news. One has to think that GM will control release of info and I bet even GM figured out that people may post Corvette information on this site. It isn't that hard to figure out where this person posted from for the average tech nerd. If he is truly an insider then he probably signed a non-disclosure agreement which could mean legal issues if he violated it.
If Corvette does go expensive then it will be the end of it. Most people that buy Corvettes are retired people on a fixed income and those that would buy a Porsche/Ferrari first will still buy one first.
If Corvette does go expensive then it will be the end of it. Most people that buy Corvettes are retired people on a fixed income and those that would buy a Porsche/Ferrari first will still buy one first.
12-10-2018, 07:50 PM
#317
I agree! Publish the source or it is not news. One has to think that GM will control release of info and I bet even GM figured out that people may post Corvette information on this site. It isn't that hard to figure out where this person posted from for the average tech nerd. If he is truly an insider then he probably signed a non-disclosure agreement which could mean legal issues if he violated it.
If Corvette does go expensive then it will be the end of it. Most people that buy Corvettes are retired people on a fixed income and those that would buy a Porsche/Ferrari first will still buy one first.
If Corvette does go expensive then it will be the end of it. Most people that buy Corvettes are retired people on a fixed income and those that would buy a Porsche/Ferrari first will still buy one first.
So, as has been said many times, you can believe it or not, your choice. That's what's going on here in some instances, and some of the info is news and is credible. You'll just have to wait for the type of verification you're looking for when GM starts talking.
Last edited by Foosh; 12-10-2018 at 07:58 PM.
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12-10-2018, 11:48 PM
#320
Racer
GM has one stab at this no second chance's. And I believe the OP has some real info. Also I believe they are going to compete with the exotics, so they will have a super upgraded interior version. I love what I just read I believe Corvette has a bright future and will help GM stay competitive for years to come.It could be the reason for trimming the dead out of the company make room for the future. Oh one more thing, they will be over $100,000 at least some of them all cars are costing more like everything else. You people who want a world class supercar on here for $60,000 get real you get what we have all been asking for better shifting better suspension better interior better this better that etc etc etc you ask for it you got it and it ani't Toyota!!!!!!!!!!! CORVETTE MANTA RAY love it!!!!