So I guess Chevy is using a Maloo as the "Mid Engine Corvette" protype

"NoahthePorscheGuy" (porsche)
01/10/2015 at 16:00 • Filed to: None

I'm not sure its actually a mid-engined corvette, but either way this think looks freaking insane. I want. Also it's kinda awesome that spy photographers are using drones now.

Edit: obviously this is a development mule used to test the (a) drivetrain in very early stages. Car and Driver said it was a mid-engined corvette prototype, but I don't believe it. I only said it because they got the pics.

DISCUSSION (32)

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > NoahthePorscheGuy
01/10/2015 at 16:06

It's a Cadillac, that's my guess.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > NoahthePorscheGuy
01/10/2015 at 16:08

Kinja'd!!!

This is a car that will never be sold in the US.

NoahthePorscheGuy > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura
01/10/2015 at 16:10

this is a car that will never be sold, period. it's a prototype

Axial > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
01/10/2015 at 16:12

XLR's spiritual successor, perhaps?

I find that idea far more appealing than the Corvette going RMR.

Kanaric > NoahthePorscheGuy
01/10/2015 at 16:12

I think it's funny that people always say "mid engined corvette" a mid engined corvette is NEVER EVER going to happen. A mid engined car by GM will not be called "corvette" it might even not be sold by Chevrolet but by Cadillac

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Axial
01/10/2015 at 16:13

I just don't see GM's baby going RMR.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > NoahthePorscheGuy
01/10/2015 at 16:16

As long as it looks at least as good as this.

Kinja'd!!!

NoahthePorscheGuy > Kanaric
01/10/2015 at 16:16

i'm just going off what car and driver said it was...

Axial > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
01/10/2015 at 16:18

It's had so many flirtations with that in the past, though. The C4 would have been RMR if GM hadn't run into financial trouble and told them to go back and play it safe. The C5 as well.

Personally, I think that at this point if it goes RMR it's not a Corvette anymore, just like a 911 switching to RMR wouldn't be a 911 anymore (it would be a Cayman :p).

I'd be totally okay with Corvette becoming a brand applied to multiple cars, though. There is the Corvette as the FMR car we all know and love, and then whatever number of alt models in various sporting configurations . Call the RMR one the Zora. Not sure what to call the 2+2, though.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > NoahthePorscheGuy
01/10/2015 at 16:20

I meant the Ute.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Axial
01/10/2015 at 16:22

Call it the Chevette, like a mixture of Chevelle and Corvette...

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > NoahthePorscheGuy
01/10/2015 at 16:29

Pretty sure it's a Lambo, dude.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > NoahthePorscheGuy
01/10/2015 at 16:29

I'm thinking it's going to be an i8 fighter from Cadillac.

Axial > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
01/10/2015 at 16:34

Nah, it has to sound good when appended to "Corvette." Corvette: Chevette just sounds dopey.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Axial
01/10/2015 at 16:35

Twas a joke.

Axial > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
01/10/2015 at 16:36

*whoosh* in my case, then.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Axial
01/10/2015 at 16:38

This was the Chevette:

Kinja'd!!!

It was a turd.

shop-teacher > NoahthePorscheGuy
01/10/2015 at 17:28

I believe that it is a mid-engined Vette development mule. I still don't believe that it will actually be put into production. I'd actually rather have this, than the Vette anyways :)

Dusty Ventures > NoahthePorscheGuy
01/10/2015 at 18:03

15/10, would hoon until the end of days. But I want it just like that, that color, those fenders, those exposed fasteners. The only change I would make is getting rid of that weird extra rear bumper business.

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > NoahthePorscheGuy
01/10/2015 at 18:04

Kinja'd!!!

I'm guessing it's a movie or TV car. No real automotive prototype from a capable auto manufacture would have a wing installation as sloppy as that.

NoahthePorscheGuy > John Norris (AngryDrifter)
01/10/2015 at 18:19

why would a movie or tv car be hidden like this? and have a technician with a laptop in the seat? function over form

kanadanmajava1 > NoahthePorscheGuy
01/10/2015 at 18:43

I think that is probably a mid engined chassis test car. But it still doesn't mean that the next Corvette (or other GM product) will be mid engined. But it does mean that the GM is considering mid engine production model up to the point that a test car has been assembled.

A mid engined concept car is likely to appear before a new production version has been decided.

The appearance is a bit weird as it has quite finished looking body but it doesn't have much sense. And what might the purpose of that push plate in the rear? Maybe they are just trying to get attention with this contraption.

John Norris (AngryDrifter) > NoahthePorscheGuy
01/10/2015 at 19:24

It just looks like amateur hour on the wing installation. I'm trying to track down where this photo was taken. It looks a little bit like the big circle track at the Milford proving grounds. If that's the case, I'll believe it's a real GM mule. If it's off somewhere else, I'm dubious.

The left two photos are of Milford from Google maps. The right two are the spy photos for comparison.

Kinja'd!!!