Idea for Mid-Rear Engine "Corvette"

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 01/20/2015 at 14:12 • Filed to: None

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Give no jävel and call it the Pontiac LeMans, as that's the whole point of the car.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > For Sweden 01/20/2015 at 14:15

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The RM Vette thing needs to go away. Stop bastardizing the Corvette name!

For Sweden > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 01/20/2015 at 14:16

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Hence my proposal

spanfucker retire bitch > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 01/20/2015 at 14:27

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Who's bastardizing anything? The original 'Vette was intended to be mid-engined until GM put the clamp on it; financially speaking.

Where have all the lightweights gone? > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 01/20/2015 at 14:29

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Calling it the Corvette Zora (like proposed) will do no such thing.

If you know your Corvette history, Zora Arkus-Duntov, the man who took the Corvette from being the pretty turd to the world fighter we all know, was a strong proponent to making an RM Corvette. Living out his idea and vision would be a fitting tribute.

Shift24 > For Sweden 01/20/2015 at 14:32

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If GM really wants to tempt us call it the Pontiac Banshee and then show it in Back to the Future IV and then shelve it

cnessel27 > For Sweden 01/20/2015 at 14:57

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If the new vette base is the stingray, let's call it the mako shark after the 60's Corvette concept.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > For Sweden 01/20/2015 at 14:59

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I do miss Pontiac

f86sabre > For Sweden 01/20/2015 at 15:08

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I like your idea. why does it need to be a Vette at all? Ford has the GT and GM has a lot of history of SS being a high performance badge. Why not just call it the SS and be done. Might need something different for Germany though.

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > f86sabre 01/20/2015 at 15:23

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There's already an SS though...

Serolf Divad > For Sweden 01/20/2015 at 15:57

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I have always suspected that Chevrolet knows that the second they produce a mid engined Vette, it will be the best generation of Corvette ever built, but also, sadly, it will be the last generation of Corvette ever built. The same would happen to the 9/11 if Porche moved the engine forward of the rear axle.

f86sabre > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. 01/20/2015 at 16:03

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Yeah, but only about 12 people know that and they are all on Oppo.

Axial > spanfucker retire bitch 01/20/2015 at 18:53

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No it wasn't. Not even close. The original Corvette was an experiment to see if a plastic car could be built and the idea was to make it a rich-people's roadster to be coveted by the such groups as the Hollywood elite. Unfortunately the manufacturing quality troubles, a single transmission option, and a lackluster engine put a stop to that.

Corvette didn't really start becoming a true sports car until after Zora came along. Zora was not involved in the Corvette's conception and his input would not really be felt until 1955. MR wasn't even being considered specifically for Corvette until the dawn of the C3 era.

kanadanmajava1 > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 01/20/2015 at 19:11

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Even this fast looking LeMans?

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > kanadanmajava1 01/20/2015 at 20:16

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Especially that fast looking Le Mans.