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Originally Posted by olrocker
We will never agree on the C8 either. GM didn’t need to make a $100,000 Ferrari impersonator. They needed to make a Corvette. As a Corvette family (my Mom owns a 2016 Stingray w/Z51 package) and my uncle owns two (‘74 350 4 speed t-top and 2013 6-speed 427 convertible) I can tell you the C8 is now for kids with fire money than brains. Real Corvettes are long hood/short decks with front engines.
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Then how would you move the Corvette forward? Front engine layout was at its limit if you wanted to keep it RWD.
The C7 Z06 and ZR1 were just itching to kill you at the limit because of how traction limited they were.
And this car with this engine wouldn't be in my garage right now if there weren't any car enthusiasts at GM or limited by the bean counters. If the bean counters determined the engine for the C8 Z06, the LT6 would be a mid-engined adapted LT4 like the LT2 is a mid-engine adapted LT1. It wouldn't be bespoke.
C8 being for kids is what Corvette needs or do you want it to die with your generation? Notice the great reduction of the average age of Corvette owners since the C8 came out?
I am not saying you need to like the C8, but it has done a lot of good for the Corvette brand.