Interesting! No one said anything about the price. It could be the best looking, best handling automobile in the world, but if the price is sky high it might as well be a Chevette.
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Originally Posted by BlueOx
(Post 1579914556)
Not a bit. They want to expand the Corvette audience to Euro drivers, not live in the past. Why not have ONE model that is AWD?
Are you suggesting that Porsche and Ferrari don't know what they are doing? The FF is an amazing car and their AWD system is something that added very little weight. It has been discussed a thousand times before here, but I don't see the Corvette ever becoming AWD. It just doesn't make sense. |
Why doesn't it make sense to make ONE model AWD? It will happen some day, and all you got to do is look at the GTR, the Ferrari, the Porsche, the Audi and lots of other AWD racing-quality cars to see that.
I would suggest that they will NEVER grow their audience in europe if they don't do it. They won't be able to sell it for the same price point as the two wheel drive model. It will have to be far more expensive. |
Originally Posted by BlueOx
(Post 1579915101)
...they will NEVER grow their audience in europe...
There is always that small chance that it could happen. Of course, there is a small chance that anything could happen. |
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Originally Posted by Process Black
(Post 1579910107)
No feeling of being "LETDOWN" here. I'm feeling very optimistic about this car.
http://homepage.mac.com/platinumcreative/VetteBK.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/platinumcreative/VetteWT.jpg |
Originally Posted by redvette77
(Post 1579915202)
Chevrolet are far more concerned with beating European cars than they are with attracting European buyers. And currently, they are succeeding with that goal.
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Originally Posted by v8rx7com
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Originally Posted by Process Black
(Post 1579910107)
No feeling of being "LETDOWN" here. I'm feeling very optimistic about this car.
http://homepage.mac.com/platinumcreative/VetteBK.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/platinumcreative/VetteWT.jpg I think I could own/drive something like that as long as it's performance matches (or even exceeds) it's looks. :yesnod: :cool: |
Originally Posted by redvette77
(Post 1579915033)
It has been discussed a thousand times before here, but I don't see the Corvette ever becoming AWD. It just doesn't make sense.
Originally Posted by BlueOx
(Post 1579915101)
Why doesn't it make sense to make ONE model AWD? It will happen some day, and all you got to do is look at the GTR, the Ferrari, the Porsche, the Audi and lots of other AWD racing-quality cars to see that.
Are YOU going to pay nearly $100k+ for a base model Corvette? Nissan GTRs also weigh 3900 pounds. :nonod: I don't want a 3900 pound (or even a 3600 pound) Corvette that also cost more than it needed to.
Originally Posted by BlueOx
(Post 1579915101)
I would suggest that they will NEVER grow their audience in europe if they don't do it.
They DO still sell those (and PLENTY of them) too ya know. ;)
Originally Posted by BlueOx
(Post 1579915101)
Why doesn't it make sense to make ONE model AWD?
They won't be able to sell it for the same price point as the two wheel drive model. It will have to be far more expensive. I hear what you're saying and you do make some very valid points, :yesnod: but in light of the current economic climate worldwide and the somewhat recent gyrations within GM itself, it's probably just too big of a risk. |
Originally Posted by Larry/car
(Post 1579914745)
Interesting! No one said anything about the price. It could be the best looking, best handling automobile in the world, but if the price is sky high it might as well be a Chevette.
Of course all of that's only on paper. The reality is that you can get a base C6 for under $43k right now so the true price gap between C6 and C7 will be more like $10k and not only $2k. |
>The better performing Porsche Turbo S is roughly $160k.
Are YOU going to pay nearly $100k+ for a base model Corvette? The WRX-STI and the Evo cost a fraction of what the Corvette costs, and they're just as fast as a base model Corvette with much, much smaller engines. There's absolutely no reason for an AWD system to increase the cost of a base model Corvette by more than, say, $8,000. |
Originally Posted by Endeka
(Post 1579918285)
The WRX-STI and the Evo cost a fraction of what the Corvette costs, and they're just as fast as a base model Corvette with much, much smaller engines.
Umm, :hide: no they're not. In no fantasy world has a bone stock U.S. market Subaru WRX/STi or Mitsubishi Lancer Evo ever run an 11.7 second 1/4 mile at over 119+mph nor hit 190mph top speed. The base bone stock Corvette LS3 has. And can one really say that $34k is just a mere fraction of $49k anyway? :confused: It certainly is less though. Wow, :eek: apparently the 'Gran Tourismo'/Grand Theft Auto'/'Need For Speed' video games really have caused people to twist reality a little bit. :nonod: |
Here's a thought, Maybe they lengthed the wheel base to acommadate the AWD system.
Longer wheelbase will help ride quality ( no vibration problems at any speed). Any way I wont be getting one due to the price, but it will be fun to see the development of it and all the hype. . :lurk: |
Originally Posted by rad928music
(Post 1579922792)
Here's a thought, Maybe they lengthed the wheel base to acommadate the AWD system.
While I personally do not believe that the car will have AWD as standard or even available, I (nor anyone else not directly affiliated with the engineering/production/marketing of the car) certainly can't rule out the possibility of such either. Balance (weight distribution), interior/cargo room, curb weight, fuel economy, cost, warranty and even tradition/history/legacy all come into play here. |
Even if the car was lengthened to accommodate an AWD system, what practical or otherwise reason is there for this 'Jimmy Durante" nose/front overhang is there? One of the ugliest aspects of the C5 was this ridiculous 24" of extra uncalled for plastic stretching out front of the front wheels. When they whacked that "beak" and that "butt" off the car for the C6 it was a blessing! What reason could there be for the awkward cumbersome design snafu??? Please GM, while there is still time, ... redesign that jutted disproportionate projection that exists out front of the wheels. Taper it in tightly just in front of the front tires with a sexy rolling slope.
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I hear they are testing a new V24 engine it that thing. It looks so long in those screen grabs that I think it might snap in half. I just don't get it.
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While watching the video I noticed at 1:05 as they are driving it into the garage the rear wheels appear to be spinning faster than a few seconds before. I have lived in northwest Wyoming and can validate that exact wheel spinning action while entering a dry interior space. My Corvette would actually get stuck as I would tip toe into my garage if I didn't maintain my slow constant rate of speed. It would spin just like the view in the video, which means it's certainly not AWD. Any of you living in a snowy winter environment can attest to this. Please chime in if any of you have experienced this as I have.
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Originally Posted by Stew24
(Post 1579926519)
Even if the car was lengthened to accommodate an AWD system, what practical or otherwise reason is there for this 'Jimmy Durante" nose/front overhang is there? One of the ugliest aspects of the C5 was this ridiculous 24" of extra uncalled for plastic stretching out front of the front wheels. When they whacked that "beak" and that "butt" off the car for the C6 it was a blessing! What reason could there be for the awkward cumbersome design snafu??? Please GM, while there is still time, ... redesign that jutted disproportionate projection that exists out front of the wheels. Taper it in tightly just in front of the front tires with a sexy rolling slope.
Shorter is better! :yesnod: |
Originally Posted by skank
(Post 1579928880)
While watching the video I noticed at 1:05 as they are driving it into the garage the rear wheels appear to be spinning faster than a few seconds before. I have lived in northwest Wyoming and can validate that exact wheel spinning action while entering a dry interior space. My Corvette would actually get stuck as I would tip toe into my garage if I didn't maintain my slow constant rate of speed. It would spin just like the view in the video, which means it's certainly not AWD. Any of you living in a snowy winter environment can attest to this. Please chime in if any of you have experienced this as I have.
I noticed this also. |
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