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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
2035 not 2030. And Mark Reuss shares that vision. Both are now saying that we will eventually get there, but it will take a bit longer. Should we get rid of him too? BTW, he was THE driving force behind the 2014 Z/28 and the C7 and C8 ZR1.
Fast forward to about 26 minutes.
https://youtu.be/7YWpDSNdAcg |
The C7 was kind of more a result of the government.
When I was working in AVDC, they had toned the C7 down to a C6.2 as everyone figured the government wouldn't like a new Corvette. The head of AVDC told me he was in a meeting where the Government folks asked, "But don't you make a lot of money on Corvettes?" "ummmmmmmm yes", was the answer. "So why aren't you doing a new one". "Got it. New one on the way"
Prior to the bankruptcy, the C7 was a mid engine car. Of course, the DCTs sucked then and GM had put a torque converter in the car that made it bigger and heavier so maybe the bankruptcy had at least the ability to kill off that bad idea.