[DieGrüneHölle]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Exactly they have been speculating on the mid engine vette for 30 plus years.

But have there been spotted mid-engine test mules to back up past rumors?

Clever camo, looks like a ute. But you can clearly make out the Corvette greenhouse and the air intakes below the spoiler.

[08njSTEP]

Check CERV3/corvette Indy. Mid engine twin turbo LT-5 in early '90s. They've been working mid engine for forever and always come back to front engine/rear drive. The typical corvette buyer has always wanted/demanded that set up. I will be shocked if the mid engine ever becomes the only model.

[08njSTEP]

The cerv3 was pretty incredible. Active suspension(hydraulic), pivot doors, and around 700hp. Now it took about 100hp to run the hydraulics but still a real goer. Gordon Killebrew was engineering that hydraulic system until the MR fluid was realized. GM was going to offer it on ZR1 only models with an option cost around $20k. There is a prototype that I was told would blow your mind. Speed bumps at any speed wouldn't upset a coffee cup sitting on dash.

[1MOREMOD]

Originally Posted by Blipit_

But have there been spotted mid-engine test mules to back up past rumors?

Clever camo, looks like a ute. But you can clearly make out the Corvette greenhouse and the air intakes below the spoiler.

That's the new Silverado ctsv

[08njSTEP]

I'm all over that if they offer a crew cab

[Never_Enough]

Originally Posted by ShocknAwe

Honestly it's exciting to hear that GM is trying to do some rebranding. The camaro should be the base/cheap thrills car, and the corvette should be an american supercar-ish. I never saw it as a muscle car.

Also really interesting that they will be doing hybrid front wheel drive assist. I wonder what the details will be. It's basically the only kind of AWD I like. And adds minimal weight too.

I do hope they fine tune the styling a little. Need more curves and a little less hard angles, without getting fat and bloated.

$40k+ for an SS & the ZL1 & Z28 will be even more so Camaro = cheap? Ha!

[Never_Enough]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Reminds me of lotus evora?

1st thing I thought when I saw it.

I'd love to see it happen, but I was hoping for more than 500 HP & faster than C7Z.

[mkoesel]

Can't wait to park this in the garage next to the 3L V8 C7:

https://www.google.com/search?q=TheD...V8+3L+corvette
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=539655

Also, I have it on good authority that the C9 Corvette will have a 759hp jet engine and be capable of hanging with a circa 2015 F1 car around SPA. That's the one I'm waiting for.

[ShocknAwe]

Originally Posted by mkoesel

Can't wait to park this in the garage next to the 3L V8 C7:

https://www.google.com/search?q=TheD...V8+3L+corvette
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=539655

Also, I have it on good authority that the C9 Corvette will have a 759hp jet engine and be capable of hanging with a circa 2015 F1 car around SPA. That's the one I'm waiting for.

[GuidoK]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Reminds me of lotus evora?

looks also a lot like a koenigsegg imho






absolutely stunning imho

[Chez]

Looks too much like a Lotus Evora

[KingOfJericho]

Originally Posted by larryn

Similar mid-engined reports have happened for decades. Color me skeptical, though I hope it happens, as I have hoped it happened so many times (and C&D reports) in the past.

This.

[3GFX]

This has been rumored before. I'll believe it when I see it.

[08njSTEP]

Just remembered Stingray III. Mid-engine V6. Mid '90s I think. Purple car. During the mule stage for C5 cars they had a mule that was a camaro body placed on C5 chassis. Had vette interior also. The give away was the C5 exhaust pipes poking out back and it had odd wheel gaps and rode about 6" too high.
Hendricks built a GTP Corvette that was mid-engine, but that was a race car only. Years later it was reproduced as a pallet/kit car.

[DieGrüneHölle]

New mid-engine speculation and spy pics.

http://www.motortrend.com/news/mid-e...track-testing/

[SakhirM4]

Originally Posted by 3GFX

This has been rumored before. I'll believe it when I see it.

http://www.corvetteonline.com/histor...e-drivetrains/

[mantis]

looks like a cartoon shark, does it know Dory, you can name it Bruce

[Blksnowflake]

Looks a like a Lotus, a Koenigsegg, an NSX even....the looks already seem outdated. Amazing step in the right the direction and even if it looks like that it will sell, but I'm already tired of looking at it.

[drewnel22]

Originally Posted by Blksnowflake

Looks a like a Lotus, a Koenigsegg, an NSX even....the looks already seem outdated. Amazing step in the right the direction and even if it looks like that it will sell, but I'm already tired of looking at it.

Thats just a rendering by someone not affiliated with GM. End product may and probably won't look anything like that.

[David70]

With them selling 35k Corvette's a year and it starting at $55k I see don't see them replacing the current Corvette with a much more expensive mid engine car and think they will either have two options or make this a Cadillac (my guess).

Of course if it ever happens.

[hgtran21]

design kinda looks like the new 2017 FORD GT

[3GFX]

Or Could It Be A Caddy?

http://www.autoblog.com/2016/06/28/m...dillac-theory/