Don’t Believe The Hype: History of Corvette Rumors
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A fiberglass-bodied two-seater, powered by a potent V-8 up front and being driven by the rear wheels is what you get when you buy a Chevrolet Corvette. This formula for America’s sports car hasn’t strayed much from the original in nearly half a decade the car has been built, except for the less-than-sporty ’53-54 models.
But you may have heard some rumors that about upcoming Corvettes. Autoweek is reporting that upcoming fuel-economy regulations might force Chevrolet to ditch the pushrod V-8 in favor of a more economical, but equally powerful, twin turbocharged V-6. Automobile reported, while having serious sources from within Saab, that GM had engineered a dual-clutch transmission specifically for a mid-engine car that could handle plenty of torque.
Rumors like new engine configurations or the mid-engine Corvette have been around for decades, and GM seems to help spread the rumors with their continued experiments.
The best example of the Corvette rumormill source would be the 1973 XP-882. GM had bought licensing rights to build the revolutionary new Wankel rotary engine, like most car manufacturers at the time. The engineers took two experimental twin-rotor engines together, making a 420 horsepower four-rotor engine. This engine combined with a Toronado Transaxle, and put into the XP-882 chassis from 1970 with a restyled body. The appearance of the car was so similar to the Corvette, that people assumed that this would be the face of the next generation corvette.
So until GM states that the next Corvette, will be a mid-engined, or equipped with a twin-turbo V-6, chalk it up as another rumor in Corvette history.
[Source: Autoweek, Automobile, The Truth About Cars]
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