mid engine corvette qtr panels leaked photo

The “8” is how many stitches you need when the knife on the door punctures you.

 

Hey it’s on the Vette forum!

 

From the article ...

"Rear axle ratios of 3.62 and 3.80 are listed, which are very different than what the C7 currently employs. The current manual cars get a 3.42 ratio while the autos see a 2.41 ratio in the Z06 and ZR1 and a 2.73 for the rest. The taller gearing is likely associated with the ratios of the DCT and a rear end with shorter gears is currently not listed since a manual gearbox option is not on the sheet."

Someone needs to explain to jalopnik what "tall" gearing means, because they are confused ... again.

 

So was a $169,900 starting price....

 

Touche'!

 

The thing about CorvetteForum is you can, with a little knowledge of Corvette and it's history, pretty much blow apart the really stupid stuff without much trouble.
ANYONE with a brain just KNEW the $169,900 price was idiotic. GM had just gotten through with an $800 million dollar EXPANSION of Bowling Green. Last time I checked, one doesn't make an assembly plant BIGGER when you're going to TRIPLE the price of your product and drive production NEEDS to a trickle.
An 8:19 ring time....Jan Mangusson did 7:43 in C6 Z06 in 2006 from a STANDING start, along with the fact that GM has NEVER published a Nürburgring time on ANYTHING other than a PRODUCTION car.

 

Personally I am not a fan of the styling. Looks rehashed and not new. Honestly, all the lovers of the C8 have to admit that it falls very far short of breathtaking lines of the '63. It will never get close the the iconic status of the C3 much less the 1967. And if the first corvette ME cannot get in that realm off the bat then it will fail. Besides how many ME's does the world need? Plus at 500hp the Gallardo debuted with that back in 2004. Who are we kidding. FAIL! Except for the bubbas that want to buy one over a used exotic.

 

LamboRari

Should have had more of this in it...

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Can’t wait to see the Grandsport version.

 

+1

 

We have "seen" this car for months -- maybe a year -- already. When Ferrari showed the F8 it was out of the blue. GM has been leaking stuff so long only the casual observers haven't seen it.

The only big mystery yet is the price and the performance specs.

 

The C2 is the iconic Corvette (1963-1967). The C3 was the Corvette that took us through the early dark days of emission controls. By the mid 1970's, C3's were SO slow that one doesn't dare race a modern V6 Camry with a 1978 Corvette!!!
With a few exceptions (early chrome bumper big blocks), C3's are not highly sought after or valuable.

 

I think the pedestrian impact safety standards have legislated the sharp wedge shapes to history. Many of the "pretty" 60's and 70's shapes exacerbated injuries to pedestrians and the engineering evolution and wind tunnel testing have presented the shapes we have now. the Human Factors stuff we do with our aircraft where I work is mind boggling.

 

I meant to say C2. Never ever intended to say C3 hence the call out of the 1967 which is considered the best of the best. Hope all can see the intent.

 

You might be right to a point. I think all these ME cars are starting to look similar and the vette is coming in at the end. They don't have to worry about me ever buying a new vette again.

 

I mean the wider body, ground effects, and wheels version. The C7 Z06 (and grandsport) are visually more exciting to me than the C7 Stingray.
I found the Z06 to be too powerful for full enjoyment on the street...so interested in seeing what the C8 Grandsport will look like.
That is all.

 

Agreed, let’s not forget the mission. It’s not to placate the Corvette faithful - just look at how that's effectively killed Harley-Davidson.

It’s not about future value. And it’s certainly not about breaking records, although performance helps.

It IS about making money, short and sweet. I have maintained this from the get go and so far it’s hashing out as I figured. No more FE, ME will be positioned to a broader clientele, most likely Europe. Plan is to sell 40,000 cars per year, roughly around $60k MSRP.

Looks are subjective, but I have to agree that for a car with this much weight on it, it should blow me away. It’s growing on me, but it’s not blowing me away. I think it looks cool but it’s too safe.

Would have been awesome if they brought Pininfarina to design it. Oh well, let’s see how it goes. I still think it will sell like hot cakes. If so, mission accomplished.

 

I just bought a Z51 C6 and was at my local dealer getting a recall and few small things done. The person I know there has been there forever and is way up in the chain of ownership. He to was excited about the low C8 base price tag in the $60k ish range. Be a hell of a car, considering how good the "base" c6 and C7 cars are. No way to use what a base C6 can do at 100% on public roads, and I for one don't have the talent to push the car.

I miss the sound and smells of my Ferrari 328's, but not the maintenance, fragility and worry about leaving them out in public.

The C6+ Vettes are very, very good "cars" whereas the older exotics I had were "toys".

C8 will be fun.

 

Always enjoyed the effortless revs behind your ear in a 328 plus the tidy size of those cars compared to the larger 360 and what followed!

 

I stole this from the vette forum. Pretty funny actually to use the GM PR shot this way.

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Better get it back to the garage before midnight!

 

LOL!!!!!!

Where's the glass slipper?

 

you must have missed the recall letter!

 

Do love that new shade of orange!

 

Finally happening. I have to say this thread has been one of the most fun threads about the car I have ever read....on a Ferrari forum, no less!

Now, we just need the Mayor to sell the Alfa and do another epic cross country trip to get the car