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• No future for the mid-engine Corvette

  Filed under: Coupes , Sports/GTs , Supercars , Chevrolet , GM , Rumormill With GM facing well-publicized challenges -- along with just about everyone else who needs a little thing called money -- certain high-profile and expensive programs are crowding up on the back burner. Even America's sports car, the Corvette, is not exempt, with CAFE regulations clouding the view inside the 'Vette Nation's crystal ball. Motor Trend , commenting on the C7 Corvette's delayed arrival , has said that the new coupe won't appear until the 2014 model year at the earliest. The mid-engined route has also been scrapped, since it would simply cost too much to re-engineer the entire car for the purpose of easier integration of fuel saving tech like cylinder deactivation. That means a six-cylinder is still being talked about -- by GM outsiders only, at this point -- as an option for the C7. If we take the Camaro as an example, that 2014 introduction date could mean late 2012, but that still... Posted Oct 07 2008, 07:28 AM by Autoblog Filed under: Supercars, Sports/GTs, GM, Coupes, Chevrolet, c7, corvette, ChevroletCorvette, chevrolet corvette, next generation, NextGeneration, sportscars, C7Corvette, c7 corvette, sports cars, Rumormill, NextGenerationCorvette, 2014 corvette, Mid-enginedCorvette, next generation corvette, mid-engined corvette, 2014Corvette

• Corvette C7 in holding pattern due to CAFE regs

  Filed under: Coupes , Sedans/Saloons , Sports/GTs , Government/Legal , Chevrolet , GM The Impala isn't the only RWD car stuck in limbo while GM waits for the fog of new CAFE standards to lift: Motor Trend reports that now the C7 Corvette program has been put on hold, as well. We reported yesterday that the next generation C7 Corvette will bow out of the horsepower brinkmanship game and instead shed weight, engine displacement and ponies. The interim issue is that GM doesn't know what its EPA gas mileage targets are during the run-up to the 35 mpg fleet average in 2020, and those won't be sorted out until 2009. Until they are, GM is content to wait to sort out the next 'Vette, including whether or not it will retain its traditional layout, switch to a mid-engine layout or be offered as both. As a Vette owner and fan, this blogger is not against high-horse performance, but the idea of a light(er) C7 that focuses on power-to-weight and is "more fuel efficient [and] even... Posted Jan 23 2008, 04:29 AM by Autoblog Filed under: Government/Legal, Sports/GTs, GM, Coupes, Sedans/Saloons, Chevrolet, emissions, c7, corvette, EPA, ChevroletCorvette, chevrolet corvette, CAFE, vette, C7Corvette, c7 corvette