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Originally Posted by DGthe3
No ... it means that the new CTS-V has 640 hp. Anything more is speculation & conjecture.
We don't know if there is going to be a new ZL1, or if there is going to be anything replacing the ZR1. So I don't see how you can say what either car will be based off this.
And honestly, I don't see how this in anyway forecasts a new ultra high performance Corvette. In the last generation, shortly after the most powerful Corvette ever came out, the CTS-V got a less powerful variant of the engine in that car. Now, shortly after the most powerful Corvette ever came out, the CTS-V is getting a less powerful variant of the engine in that car.
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As has already been discussed here and on other sites previously that the C7 will be short run stopgap that will be sold alongside the next gen C8 Corvette which in itself is speculative in nature to a rear mid engine chassis. This car could be a couple of years away so it makes sense to keep a high performance model in play until then for the faithful.
Now, as not having inside info on future plans, its safe to say that GM has no reason not to carry on the ZL1 plans on the 6th gen platform as the all around grand touring performance legacy that it has shown to be. The Z/28 will require a little more thought and engineering going forward due to what we want in a high performing natural aspirated track car with regards to future emissions.
The CTS-V has shared a Z06 engine for 2 of the 3 generations so far with no detunning whatsoever which means that besides the last gen having the LSA shared with the ZL1, GM has not played politics with the performance overlap of these cars in the last short decade. The ZR1 was the only top performance Corvette that did not share its engine with anything else in GM's lineup to date.
I think this will speak volumes about how potent the next gen ZL1 will be since I see it being at a minimum just as powerful as the next CTS-V, if not more so. JMHO.
Everything I said above is speculation on my part but it doesn't take being psychic to see that GM is very serious about its performance car portfolio and giving us the enthusiasts more than what we ever dreamed possible in each substantially updated successive model.