Posted on 03/13/2019 7:04:13 PM PDT by Mariner
Several alleged reveal dates for the eighth-generation "C8" Chevrolet Corvette have come and gone, and a new report claims that this has been due to design problems delaying the new model's launch. These complications have apparently been so major, in fact, they're causing damage to the car's frame and glass engine cover due to too much power for the chassis.
Rumors claimed that the C8 was scheduled for launch at Detroit's North American International Auto Show in January, then the Geneva Motor Show in March, both of which have come to pass without a new Corvette. Citing "well-placed sources," Hagerty alleges that General Motors missed these deadlines due to shortcomings with a new standardized, global GM electrical system, one in which engineers are reportedly still refining. This system is said to incorporate more than 100 interlinked computers on its Computer Area Network (CAN) bus. Hagerty's report corroborates rumors from December that alleged the C8 would be delayed six months due to electrical gremlins.
Problems are allegedly not limited to those digital, but also those mechanical. Prototypes fitted with twin-turbo V-8s producing between 900 and 1,000 horsepower have reportedly suffered from structural distortion so severe that the engine compartment's glass hatch was breaking. These are in line with previous rumors which claimed that the C8 will use a twin-turbo V-8 to achieve hypercar-like performance, with acceleration so "frightening" that GM has supposedly consulted with lawyers about the potential risk of selling something so fast.
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Wow.
250mph? Easy.
Even if I could afford one that has to be dangerous for an unskilled driver.
If it holds together. LOL
100 linked computers. Drive by wire.
When you accelerate, does the software drive the nose down?
GM trying to make a mid-engine supercar on the cheap. Likely what they’re doing can’t be done for a $70k selling price.
P.R. stunt? I remember when Honda came out with the CBX bike that there were claims that release was delayed because the handlebars kept bending under acceleration. Total BS.
” Perhaps a few thousand at best?”
Collectors worldwide.
There won’t be many miles put on them except by the very rich, who have another in the garage.
100 points of probably expensive failure.
Why 900HP? Because you can’t get more.
I have a C4. I don’t think I have ever had it over 110 and then only very shortly on an expressway entrance ramp. Why you ask, I don’t know, my wife keeps asking the same question but, it is fun!
To think my old 67 427 cu. in. Vette did not even have power steering.
I did that on a motorcycle, once, in the fast lane of an interstate. Never again.
“Likely what they’re doing can’t be done for a $70k selling price.”
They’ve astounded the world multiple times on a price/performance measure.
Of course it won’t be $70,000. Even a new ZR1 with good trim goes for $125k.
Of course it’s only 785hp. 0-60 in 2.85 seconds, stops better.
https://www.chevrolet.com/performance/corvette-zr1-supercar
Because you can.
That was my first thought. It’s so powerful it bends the frame. I’ve absolutely got to get one of those.
Damned be the consequences?
“has to be dangerous for an unskilled driver”
That’s dangerous for professional drivers too.
Not you, apparently.
Needless power and extravagance IMHO.
But they didn't ask you opinion ...
Mostly sounded cool and looked great.
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