Tadge Juechter Says No Mid-Engine Corvette Zora/ZR1 Planned
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Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter flat-out denied reports of an upcoming mid-engine Corvette during a recent interview on Autoline After Hours. https://www.corvetteforum.com/wp-con...Renderings.jpg Read the rest on the Corvette Forum homepage. >> |
Does not surprise me, at least for this generation. This mid-engine issue comes up after the release of every new generation. Sells a lot of Motor Trend and Car and Driver Magazines, that is about it.
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Doesn’t hurt my feelings. I think GM would prefer more C7 sales than a small number of “boutique” sales of a car north of $150K or whatever price a specialized mid engined Vette might cost. Don
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Been a rumor and rumor only since 1960's. Never expected it now to be real either. When you have a C7 with perfect 50-50 weight distribution, not much to be gained by going rear engine.
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I agree with what he has to say, but who knows, maybe it's skunkworks for GM and it will be something much different than a vette...
that being said, he did say he is prohibited from discussing future vehicles, so he might have had to deny it, because anything else would hint at it. the corvette is a great all around vehicle. can anyone tell me any other sports car in this category that has such enormous trunk space? lol |
I would expect Tadge is governed by the same non-disclosure obligation the rest of his team has.
Given that, I wouldn't expect him say anything about a new/another model until it's time to pull the wraps off it. |
Is going to be hard for Tadge and his crew to admit that the upcoming Ford GT is going to be America's best so i am pretty sure they will like to make a Mid engine Vette to compete against it and against the Ferraris 488 of the world.
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Cadillac is currently the fair haired child at GM. The division is getting any resource it asks for, including moving its; "corporate" headquarters to a trendy New York City address. If Caddy want the new rear engine car as a halo in an attempt to "re-establish" the brand in the World market, they will get it. It will take a lot of the price point pressure off of GM if it's not branded as a Chevy. If it doesn't have a "Corvette" motor, it'll be a Caddy. JMHO
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Originally Posted by ivanjo11
(Post 1589196658)
so i am pretty sure they will like to make a Mid engine Vette to compete against it and against the Ferraris 488 of the world.
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Don't believe him for a minute. We have too many experts on the forum that know better and have provided pics. :rofl::rofl::rofl:
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Two years ago he also said there was no A8 in the works for the Vette because they didn't need it and one wouldn't fit.
As pointed out already, he can't say anything but what he did say. |
I don't want the Corvette to go mid-engine...won't be "affordable" any more to the middle class.
I can see Cadillac going with a luxury mid-engine with all that includes...but I want my Corvette to stay a driver's car with a manual trans. |
Build a mid engine two seater at Bowling Green, slap a Cadillac badge on it and sell it through Cadillac dealerships. They will be able to sell it for money than if it was sold as a Chevy, and it won't be burdened by service at subpar Chevrolet dealerships. Oh wait, they already tried that with the XLR.
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Originally Posted by RicK T
(Post 1589196901)
Two years ago he also said there was no A8 in the works for the Vette because they didn't need it and one wouldn't fit.
As pointed out already, he can't say anything but what he did say. In 2014 he also said that they were concentrating their resources into getting the A8 into the '15 Z06 and would not be releasing the A8 into the '15 model year Stingray. |
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Originally Posted by 1KULC7
(Post 1589195623)
Does not surprise me, at least for this generation. This mid-engine issue comes up after the release of every new generation. Sells a lot of Motor Trend and Car and Driver Magazines, that is about it.
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Originally Posted by ivanjo11
(Post 1589196658)
Is going to be hard for Tadge and his crew to admit that the upcoming Ford GT is going to be America's best so i am pretty sure they will like to make a Mid engine Vette to compete against it and against the Ferraris 488 of the world.
Originally Posted by catbert
(Post 1589196848)
Cadillac is currently the fair haired child at GM. The division is getting any resource it asks for, including moving its; "corporate" headquarters to a trendy New York City address. If Caddy want the new rear engine car as a halo in an attempt to "re-establish" the brand in the World market, they will get it. It will take a lot of the price point pressure off of GM if it's not branded as a Chevy. If it doesn't have a "Corvette" motor, it'll be a Caddy. JMHO
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Originally Posted by RicK T
(Post 1589196901)
Two years ago he also said there was no A8 in the works for the Vette because they didn't need it and one wouldn't fit.
As pointed out already, he can't say anything but what he did say. |
I haven't really paid much attention to what the guy says, but if the guy has to lie to the public to maintain non disclosure, maybe stop taking questions as this forces bill$h!t answers. It's a bit insulting.
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Originally Posted by jvp
(Post 1589196874)
Are you sure they need to? Has the current architecture (front-mid engine, rear drive) of the Corvette ever had significant challenges dealing with the likes of the Ferrari or even the Ford GT?
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Originally Posted by WKMCD
(Post 1589196889)
Don't believe him for a minute. We have too many experts on the forum that know better and have provided pics. :rofl::rofl::rofl:
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