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jimmyb

Who knows. The one thing that IS obvious is that this patent is NOT for some type of scissor/swan/gullwing doors (Lamborghini/Ford GT/M-B/McLaren) that some had hoped for.

LIStingray

Just what we need - more weight added to the car!

C7pimp

+1

Less weight, not more. I can open my own door.

FLS2K

The good news is that this will surely be a dopey option we can avoid.

LIStingray

Just like the rear hatch latch pulldown? Which is only there because some people who had 2014 & 2015 C7's were too feeble to close the rear hatch.

Glenmcp

Well, if you are doing very serious racing, added weight might be problem. However, a very large percentage of Vette owners never run the car anywhere near its ability. And, as someone mentioned, maybe it will be an option that can be ignored.

NY09C6

FLS2K

LOL, I have a '15 and didn't know that was a thing. Never had problem closing the hatch.

Michael A

I thought it was introduced due to so much air pressure being built up closing that hatch, that it could not be closed unless a window or door was open.

Foosh

The same occurred on the C6. It was introduced without electronic hatch close, then quickly introduced a couple of years later. It wasn't a question of feeble owners, it just was the source of too many consumer complaints that a door had to be open to avoid slamming the hell out of it to close it. Thus, GM did something simple to make the cacophony of complaints go away.

bebezote

can you just imagine... News Flash: GM to offer advanced keto-diet plan with new c8 corvette for weight reduction...lol

slickstick

Actually that is a major design flaw. Cannot close the rear hatch unless a window is down or a door is open without the motor. Was not a problem on C6's and this is why they added it back on newer C7s. How much does that motor weigh exactly, anyways? My blind guess is 8 ounces, big freaking deal for a major inconvenience on a street car.

Foosh

It took a mega slam to close the rear hatch on both my 05 C6 Z51 or my 06 Z06 without cracking the windows or leaving a door open. I started just leaving the door open. It was a problem, but there was an easy work-around.

JoesC5

I agree, and I'm glad my 09 Z06 has the hatch pull down feature. Even though the additional couple of ounces make the car non competitive on the track(even though my C6 Z06 is the lightest of the C6's and the C7's), It sure is useful when I'm on a two week trip to the National Parks out west, and I'm unloading 22 cubic feet of crap from the hatch, at the motel.

Foosh

Yeah it is nice even on the convertible. I had a '14 vert without, and now an 18 with. I would have said it was unnecessary on the convertible (and it really is) because it was nothing like the slam necessary to close the coupe hatch, but it is one of those little nice to have features.

c54u

My take is that the electric powered doors are proximity activated self presenting doors that will be used in future autonomous vehicles.
Then again, maybe not.

auburn2

I wonder how many people who complain about the weight of the door motor consider their own body weight and the affect of the foods they are eating on the weight of the car when being driven.

warhawkmcdaniel

Are you saying we need drive thru blocking on the navigation computer?

jefnvk

I've got twi trains of though:

1) if it is holding up the release, it will be standard, it doesn't make sense to hold up production for a relatively unimportant option, or
2) its an option that isn't responsible for the holdup, and it'll be made available in a future MY when its ready.