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NEW Corvette C9 Concept Car
YouTube ^ | April 15, 2025 | Planet Car News

Posted on 04/15/2025 12:10:55 PM PDT by Red Badger

881 views Apr 7, 2025 #Corvette #CorvetteC9 General Motors has expanded its global design studio footprint with the official opening of a new advanced design studio in Royal Leamington Spa, about 20 miles from Birmingham.

In connection with the opening, GM revealed an advanced design study Chevrolet Corvette concept car developed by the UK team as part of a global design project involving multiple studios that will see additional Corvette concepts revealed throughout 2025.

Concept technical specifications and assumptions: Body structure: Additive manufacturing body structure For low mass, manufacturing efficiency, part count reduction and driving agility Halo roof structure with wind shield center spar

Body panels: Additive manufactured structure exposed for light weight authenticity Part integration, panel count reduction

Closures: Full wrap around side glass to deliver Apex Vision Powered wing door design

Aero-Duality: On-road efficiency and on-track performance in harmony Fan assistance and active ducting to redirect air over and through the vehicle On-road: flowing forms, functional intakes and vented surfaces On road: air directed through vehicles to fill its wake, increasing efficiency and range On track: like an aircraft wing, aero surfaces reconfigure, dorsal fins deploy and spoiler venting creates aero vectoring to enhance cornering performance Sculpted underbody, lowered ride height and fan assistance delivers ground effect

Chassis: Racecar inspired, package efficient, pushrod suspension set-up

Interface: Windshield center spar augmented display

Dimensions: 1033mm tall / 2178mm width / 4669mm length 22inch front wheel / 23inch rear wheel 127mm seat height – race car inspired

Source : GM

#Corvette #CorvetteC9

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To: TexasGator

Alright, you got me. Maybe I just don’t want to look into a monitor to drive so I can look over the stupid fender.


81 posted on 04/15/2025 5:17:24 PM PDT by stevio (Fight until you die!)
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To: alternatives?

Saturn SKY Redline...


82 posted on 04/15/2025 5:32:04 PM PDT by Axenolith (Very few electric vehicle drivers will survive an apocalypse...)
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To: alternatives?

” would prefer a v6 or v8 Miata with a clutch and a convertible. Having a car that goes 200 mph in 5 seconds with an automatic and a seating position like a dentists chair is useless for me and many others. GM could never build a nimble car.”

The C8 Corvette has TWO clutches.


83 posted on 04/15/2025 6:17:30 PM PDT by TexasGator (~'111./.)
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To: alternatives?

“GM could never build a nimble car.”

Miata only pulls 0.9 g on the skidpad. The C8 pulls > 1.0.

My Roush, > 1.05


84 posted on 04/15/2025 6:28:43 PM PDT by TexasGator (~'111./.)
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To: faithhopecharity

“Did I miss anything? Like does it have an engine, or ?

Concept car.


85 posted on 04/15/2025 6:35:08 PM PDT by TexasGator (~'111./.)
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To: Red Badger

Well if it can’t be picked up on radar that’s a good thing.


86 posted on 04/15/2025 6:49:31 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: TexasGator

hi
ok but when i conceptualize having a new car, it has an engine in it

probably an engine will be an Extra Cost Option?


87 posted on 04/15/2025 7:33:28 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: alternatives?

I’ve often paid less than $1.00 for them.


88 posted on 04/15/2025 7:35:07 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: TexasGator

Nimble is not just g’s.


89 posted on 04/15/2025 7:55:01 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: TexasGator

‘13 Mustang 6 speed manual. The AC went out. I am looking at a big bill.


90 posted on 04/16/2025 6:24:29 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: alternatives?

“Nimble is not just g’s.”

True. My bicycle is more nimble than a Miata.

I once had a Miata. It was a fun car.


91 posted on 04/16/2025 10:33:50 AM PDT by TexasGator (~'111./.)
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