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From: bbaker@cadsys.UUCP (William Baker)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: It's Rumor Time!
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Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 16:30:55 EDT
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> 
> Ok, folks, talked to a friend of mine in Seattle who professes
> to keep up with 'all the auto mags'.  The latest rumor from that
> direction is that the Corvette is going to be redesigned 'soon'.
> (1987?) making the current model the shortest production run in 
> Corvette history.  The new car is supposed to be based around
> the Chevy fuel-injected V6 engine.  The implecation here is that
> the V8 is going away...  Anyone heard about this?  I know the
> EPA is doing things like trying to outlaw leaded gas, but this
> seems a little extreme.
> 
> I mean, the injected V6 is a swell engine, (for a V6) but gee...
> 
> 				Ron
> 
> -- 

	The latest issue of Road and Track has an article comparing
some of the fastest cars available in America.  Unsurprisingly, the
current Corvette beat the field of production cars at 154+ mph.
The section detailing specialty cars was topped by a
twin-turbocharged Corvette being developed by Chevy.  It clocked in
at 191+ mph.  The article said that Chevy had been trying a
turbocharged V6, but that the current trend seemed to be sticking
with the V8 and one of the engineers said he drove one of the
turbocharged 'Vettes daily.  
	1987 sounds about right for the introduction of a
turbocharged Corvette since the only changes are the turbochargers
and a bigger oil pump.  With the current price of a 'Vette at
$25,000, it would be outright larceny to sell a turbocharged
version of essentially the same car for more than $30K.  That would
mean you could buy the fastest production car in the world for less
than half the cost of the fastest Ferrari (Tessarossa, 180 mph) and
less than a third of the cost of the Countach (again, 180 mph).  I
have to admit that I think the styling of the Corvette is pretty
bland, but paying $40K for looks is a bit much.  Besides, the
Tessarossa isn't much to look at, either.

					Bill Baker
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