capevettes

L-88. Now you're talking What a great idea for a limited production, high horsepower C7. I trust that this time around they will come with heater/AC, a radio and won't overheat. I don't think a new L-88 will have any affect on the 67 to 69 versions. It may make them even more prominent. The new one will have to be very special to live up to the name.

JoesC5

And the C6 Z06 should have been called a Z11 as that was the first Chevrolet with a 427 engine, back in 1963.

Racer

All I care about is, this pretty much confirms, that this will be to Viper and other supercar owners, their worst nightmare...................the C7 is GOING to follow in the C6 ZR1 tradition of kicking butt!

arkus

They rated it at 430 to discourage the public from buying them .
Radio and heater delete also
no fan shroud so it was prone to overheat in traffic

Shurshot

With so few of them ever made they are very exclusive and if any are worthy of ridiculous prices the L88 cars are

Can't speak for what I never had but IMO if a new motor would be similarly ahead of the competition and as reliable as the L88 was...... I think it would be a tribute and would be honoring the original L88

Shurshot

Almost is never good enough but an L88 almost won LeMans by a country mile

Corvette ED

Two years before the 2009 ZR-1 GM filed a tradmark application for the ZR-1 name. They did this in 2011 for the Stingray name.

I don't think the ZO6/ZR-1 name will be used in the C7. The high performance C7 will be called the L-88. Now the wait and see if this is true.

BeaZt

Trademarks last indefinitely as long as the owner continues to use it, the term of a federal trademark is 10 years with ten year renewal terms. Although it is required that between the 5th and 6th year of operation a form must be filed that the owner is still using the trademark. All that to say the trademarked Z06/ZR1 are still valid for use.

arkus

why can't they come up with something new ?

JoesC5

Limited number of letters in our alphabet and who wants an engine that is called a L5629386?

alanhang

haha yes, thats right. This is one case where old is great new. L88, its like music to the ears when said.

arkus

L77

alanhang

they did, the car looks new and fabulous

BluegrassMotorsport

High performance Corvettes have been known by many names throughout the years. While I like the idea of reviving older names on newer models, I think more permanent naming system makes more sense. The ZR1 has been known for world class performance since the C4, same goes for Z06 since the C5. I like L88 as an engine code, but I feel it would be confusing to rename the high performance models. Think how confusing it will be on the Corvette's Centennial birthday when we reminisce about past models, and every generation is different.

kvac

mpuzach

Actually, there were 216 - 20 '67s, 80 '68s, and 116 '69s.
Keep in mind that these were SAE gross numbers as opposed to the SAE net numbers that are now used. 560 SAE gross hp in '69 was probably roughly equal to 425-450 in today's SAE net terms.

BlueOx

Next we'll be seeing a ZR2...

BustedCrank

You mean the off road package on the s10 is coming back? sweet indeed

arkus

There was a ZR2 back in the 70,s

BlueOx

Not really...
http://www.corvetteonline.com/featur...heir-apparent/
http://www.sportscardigest.com/mecum...-2011-results/