CERV & the C8
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CERV & the C8
From an article in C & D
https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...ncept-history/
“When General Motors global product development executive VP Mark Reuss was named the event's Enthusiast of the Year, he decided to offer the 2018 Concours d'Elegance of America at Saint Johns an impressive display of an even dozen examples of GM's past, present, and potential future. .
The other three—great surprises unannounced before the show—were Arkus-Duntov's CERV I open-wheel Indy-type and CERV II Le Mans prototype concept race cars, plus the swoopy 1990 CERV III concept, from a time when GM Design and others were continuing Arkus-Duntov's passionate push for a production mid-engined Corvette.
Pure coincidence that all three were mid-engined? "Yes, totally coincidental!" Reuss laughed heartily when we spoke with him at the show. "Look at the history of those cars. They were well used as test beds. That period—and those experimental vehicles, in both powertrain and design—was where Corvette was born in terms of competition and research. That's the way I think of them, and you might be surprised how we use the CERV name in the future. I'll just leave it at that." Really? Stay tuned.
https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...ncept-history/
“When General Motors global product development executive VP Mark Reuss was named the event's Enthusiast of the Year, he decided to offer the 2018 Concours d'Elegance of America at Saint Johns an impressive display of an even dozen examples of GM's past, present, and potential future. .
The other three—great surprises unannounced before the show—were Arkus-Duntov's CERV I open-wheel Indy-type and CERV II Le Mans prototype concept race cars, plus the swoopy 1990 CERV III concept, from a time when GM Design and others were continuing Arkus-Duntov's passionate push for a production mid-engined Corvette.
Pure coincidence that all three were mid-engined? "Yes, totally coincidental!" Reuss laughed heartily when we spoke with him at the show. "Look at the history of those cars. They were well used as test beds. That period—and those experimental vehicles, in both powertrain and design—was where Corvette was born in terms of competition and research. That's the way I think of them, and you might be surprised how we use the CERV name in the future. I'll just leave it at that." Really? Stay tuned.
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