Never been a particular fan of American cars but has anyone seen the new 2020 Corvette Stingray?
They’ve dropped the traditional front engined layout in favour of a mid-engined V8. Not interested in saving the planet they’ve opted for 6.2 litre V8 rather than turbo charging etc. It seems pretty basic in many ways, they’ve gone back to a lift out targa which stows in the boot to save weight and cost rather than a folding hard top. It does have a dual clutch transmission and plenty of driving modes though. And it’s relatively practical (if you’re not buying the petrol) with 2 ‘trunks’ the rear one being big enough for 2 golf bags.
Looks wise it won’t be to everyone’s liking but it could be worse:
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But here’s the kicker - 0-60 in round about 3 seconds for the base model (talk of quicker for later variants), base price of under £50k (in the US). If they’ve worked out how to make a car that’ll go round corners too that’s an insane price for a mid-engined car with that sort of performance.
They’ve dropped the traditional front engined layout in favour of a mid-engined V8. Not interested in saving the planet they’ve opted for 6.2 litre V8 rather than turbo charging etc. It seems pretty basic in many ways, they’ve gone back to a lift out targa which stows in the boot to save weight and cost rather than a folding hard top. It does have a dual clutch transmission and plenty of driving modes though. And it’s relatively practical (if you’re not buying the petrol) with 2 ‘trunks’ the rear one being big enough for 2 golf bags.
Looks wise it won’t be to everyone’s liking but it could be worse:
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But here’s the kicker - 0-60 in round about 3 seconds for the base model (talk of quicker for later variants), base price of under £50k (in the US). If they’ve worked out how to make a car that’ll go round corners too that’s an insane price for a mid-engined car with that sort of performance.