Mid engine or not

fine59 · 08-23-07, 08:41 AM

I am still on the fence on the issue of going Mid engine in the next gen Corvette. Having been a long time enthusiast, it somehow seems to be changing the entire feel of what a vette should be. On the other hand it may take the object of our desires in a totally new direction. I see the mid engine as leaning to Exotic car status. Good or bad I cant seem to decide. Anyone else have an opinion?

Read the article in autoextremist.com this week.

Tuna · 08-23-07, 09:39 AM

It depends - will it still be a Corvette, will it be reasonably priced, will it perform?

Every new generation of Corvette generates negative comments from those that don't want it to change. The problem is that each generation has been an improvement and each new generation sells a lot of cars.

I really would not want to see the Corvette get locked into a particular configuration just because that was the way it was done 50 years (Porch 911 comes to mind).

So, I'm looking forward to a mid-engined Vette. My 06 will be 5 years old and time to trade when the C7 comes out. I'll be ready for the new car.

jrose7004 · 08-23-07, 10:42 AM

It all depends on if they want to keep the Corvette as a trditional old line type car or scream into the future and stay on the cutting edge. It will all depend on what the Vette buying public will purchase.

Dad · 08-27-07, 11:10 AM

Don’t stay up nights with the thoughts of a mid engine Corvette, won’t happen. Additionally I never liked the thoughts of an engine pushing my body into something that just hit me.

Brat4by4 · 08-27-07, 01:04 PM

I can see it working with keeping both versions...

ROCKETBLOCK · 08-27-07, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Brat4by4

I can see it working with keeping both versions...

One version: either front or mid engine would be cost effective, if they want to keep it everyone's sports car. Having 2 iterations of the Corvette wouldn't make sense to me, because it would just bring up the prices on both. I say let's bring on the middeeeeee.

bwing · 08-31-07, 11:49 PM

Like the Ford GT, I can see dealer mark-ups going through the roof on the first mid-engine Corvette. I can't see GM offering a front and mid-engine Corvette though, it's got to be one or the other. I can see a small liter V-10 in a mid-engine. LS10, kind of has a ring to it.