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Well if they do not introduce a C7 mid engine Corvette then they probably won't do an "EVO" Corvette as it does not fit the current business model for the Corvette program, which like it or not, understand it or not, works like gangbusters.
Maybe we will see the/a "EVO" coupe from GM as a Cadillac Cien in mid engine form as a fore-runner/test bed for a mid engine C7. That way they can put a larger sticker price on it as it is a Caddy. (?) And produce it in smaller #'s as it, at that level of production, would not occupy any space on the Bowling Green assy lines. L.P. |
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I'm not really sure where I should put this but short of starting a new thread, this is probably the best place. The FFSA-GT GT1 Class is having a hum-dinger of a series this year with 4 Saleens (the Labre cars are last years Oreca Saleens I think) and three ex-Corvette Racing Vettes (2 C6Rs and one C5R). Bouchut and Bornhauser are leading the points in a Saleen but are closely followed by the two C6R Vettes of SRT and DKR (ex-PSI car) with Ayari & Hernandez and Dayraut & Lebon, respectively. Lots of good drivers and great racing with different winners almost every race. Six races so far and Bouchut & Bornhauser have won 3, Dayraut and Lebon have won two and Ayari & Hernandez (actually Fassler substituted for Ayari) have won one. This is actually a better GT1 Class than in either ALMS or LMS!!
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From Marshall Pruett's speedTV Le Mans bog:
"Rumors and Rumblings I’ve heard from a usually reliable source that the Corvette Racing team has a new car undergoing scale model wind tunnel testing. Where it gets interesting is that as I’m told, it’s not a GT car." http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...test-day-blog/ |
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Jan Magnussen has officially confirmed this weekend, that this is the last year of the C6R. Next year will see a whole new project...
curiously the same weekend saw him talking about NASCAR. I hope that he stays away from the trucks, and sticks with the new GM project! Last edited by Aslak Vind; 2 Jun 2008 at 17:59. |
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Good thing we have online translators, usually so much more reliable than people who actually speak the language. With it being a known that P&M has a contract for Corvette Racing through to the end of 2010, I kind of hope that they do take a new direction and GT1 finally disappears. |
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Wasn't Marshall Pruett actually on the location in Le Mans? Obviously the question is, did he heard old or new info.
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The article is also with regards to ALMS rumours, considering Aston Martins lack of participation, I doubt they'd run a factory P1 in the ALMS. |
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What about Acura? Or BMW? Or Audi?
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hmmmm think I have changed states
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