Next Generation Corvette C7 to Arrive in 2012
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Next Generation Corvette C7 to Arrive in 2012
GM has announced that C7 Corvette production will begin in April 2012, for the 2013 model year.
While details are limited, the company stated that the C7 would retain a front-engine layout. This contradicts earlier rumors that suggested the next generation Corvette could adopt a mid-engine setup.
Styling could be influenced by the Stingray Concept that was introduced at the Chicago Auto Show and featured in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Regardless of what it looks like, the new Corvette is expected to be smaller, more lightweight, and more advanced than the car it replaces.
With the arrival of the $30,245 426 hp Camaro SS, the $48,565 430 hp base Corvette started to look obsolete. This will likely be rectified when the C7 begins production, as the base engine should produce at least 450 hp to help justify its premium status.
Since the C7 will be launched in a few years, look for prototypes to start appearing in the coming months.
http://www.worldcarfans.com/10908132...n-2012--report
While details are limited, the company stated that the C7 would retain a front-engine layout. This contradicts earlier rumors that suggested the next generation Corvette could adopt a mid-engine setup.
Styling could be influenced by the Stingray Concept that was introduced at the Chicago Auto Show and featured in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Regardless of what it looks like, the new Corvette is expected to be smaller, more lightweight, and more advanced than the car it replaces.
With the arrival of the $30,245 426 hp Camaro SS, the $48,565 430 hp base Corvette started to look obsolete. This will likely be rectified when the C7 begins production, as the base engine should produce at least 450 hp to help justify its premium status.
Since the C7 will be launched in a few years, look for prototypes to start appearing in the coming months.
http://www.worldcarfans.com/10908132...n-2012--report
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Good find Alfy, I don't know if i like the term smaller. The C6 is smaller from the C5 as it is slightly narrow and slightly taller. I hope GM goes back to making the Vette smaller length wise and make it wide or wider than the C5 Vette. Other wise the Stingray concept isn't too bad.
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Would be nice if they made it look more exotic; it may help their sales. I wonder what they are going to do as far as power...I mean, how much is too much for a relatively affordable car meant for the street? At some point, that 500hp becomes useless on the street....
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can't wait to see what this thing is going to look like.
Hopefully the 'bean counters' dont' mess it up and the car is more technologically advanced and worth of the name it bares
Hopefully the 'bean counters' dont' mess it up and the car is more technologically advanced and worth of the name it bares
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Its a long wait . We shall see then , what it will actually will look like . Personally I like the C6 , only problem is that there are too many out there . Vetts are everywhere .
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Why is that bad?
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It's not like it's a civic or an integra, it's a proper high performance sports car.
Not their fault that people are buying the vettes, and not buying the "not so common sports car" like the rx-8.
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In European and middle eastern countries the Corvette is deemed as a exotic car. When my buddy was stationed in Germany with his C6 Corvette, he told me when he drove through small towns ,cities ,etc people would point , stop and stare and gasp in amazement like he was driving a 200+k exotic car.
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