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The Truth About The C7 Corvette
The Truth About The C7 Corvette
MotorTrend
August, 2011
by Mike Connor
Mark Reuss' statement that the C7 Corvette will be "completely different" from the C6 and C5 has unleashed volumes of irrational speculation. For example, the Detroit Bureau is reporting that GM is developing a new 3.0-liter turbocharged overhead-cam V-8 for the C7, expected within two years.
That is completely different, and GM would have to plan this engine for such rear-drive cars as the upcoming Cadillac ATS, possibly the next CTS, and the Camaro to make it feasible. As someone close to the C7 project said, "We're here to make money." The prospect of GM working on an all-new V-8 two years after bankruptcy, less than three years after it canceled its last OHC V-8 program, and four years before a 35.5-mpg Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard seems like a long shot.
We don't have a confirmed denial of the new V-8, though we can dispense with at least three rumors right off:
1. No rear-mid-engine.
2. It will not have a base supercharged or turbocharged V-6.
3. The C7 will not be Wankel rotary-powered.
Also, it won't be on a revived Kappa platform. That architecture died with Pontiac and Saturn, and their two-seat four-cylinder sports cars, the Solstice and Sky. That's not to say the C7 couldn't have bits of Kappa in it, though there was nothing in the Solstice or Sky that would suggest better feel or feedback than C5 or C6 Corvettes
The Truth About The C7 Corvette
MotorTrend
August, 2011
by Mike Connor
Mark Reuss' statement that the C7 Corvette will be "completely different" from the C6 and C5 has unleashed volumes of irrational speculation. For example, the Detroit Bureau is reporting that GM is developing a new 3.0-liter turbocharged overhead-cam V-8 for the C7, expected within two years.
That is completely different, and GM would have to plan this engine for such rear-drive cars as the upcoming Cadillac ATS, possibly the next CTS, and the Camaro to make it feasible. As someone close to the C7 project said, "We're here to make money." The prospect of GM working on an all-new V-8 two years after bankruptcy, less than three years after it canceled its last OHC V-8 program, and four years before a 35.5-mpg Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard seems like a long shot.
We don't have a confirmed denial of the new V-8, though we can dispense with at least three rumors right off:
1. No rear-mid-engine.
2. It will not have a base supercharged or turbocharged V-6.
3. The C7 will not be Wankel rotary-powered.
Also, it won't be on a revived Kappa platform. That architecture died with Pontiac and Saturn, and their two-seat four-cylinder sports cars, the Solstice and Sky. That's not to say the C7 couldn't have bits of Kappa in it, though there was nothing in the Solstice or Sky that would suggest better feel or feedback than C5 or C6 Corvettes
