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My guess is that it comes down to lack of demand. Most E85 stations are in the midwest, near the corn that its made with. The 4 largest markets for Camaros (in no particular order) are Texas, California, Florida, and New York. I bet its similar for the Corvette.
And remember, each year with both the Camaro and Corvette there are only between 50 and 100 thousand LT1 cars sold each year, total. Thats not that many. So the added cost of developing the extra fuel tables and what not would get spread a lot thicker than on the V8 pickups.
Plus, one of the biggest reasons for flex fuel is to save money on gas. A fairly large percentage of Camaro SS's are not driven every day. They might be weekend toys, or get put away for the winter in colder climates. That makes saving money on fuel a pretty low priority for Camaro buyers. And that would hold truer for Corvettes (not to mention, if you're buying a $60k+ Corvette how concerned are you really going to be about money spent on gas?).
But this is all just my own guessing. I have no idea what GM's actual reasoning is. I doubt many outside of GM would know that.
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Originally Posted by FbodFather My sister's dentist's brother's cousin's housekeeper's dog-breeder's nephew sells coffee filters to the company that provides coffee to General Motors......
........and HE WOULD KNOW!!!!
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