2020 Chevy Corvette Stingray

The exhaust is pretty tame, especially if you're used to roaring V8's, but that's definitely not a V6 sound, lol
 
Some shifts sounded like dual clutch auto and others were slow like std manual.

Would love to see an American, mid-engine, 400+ hp, dual clutch car for well under $100k. /deram
 
Definitely auto-manual. The areas where some shifts are happening you wouldn't be one handing it.
 
kytprice said:
This! Is this what auto makers are all going to these days? I'd prefer purely one or the other. But I don't race either.
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Yes. The main reason is gearing. The auto-manual gear boxes are usually 8-speed which allows for torque basically anywhere but would be a pain in the arse to have a 8-speed manual. Typically the makers who also offer a manual alongside their auto-manuals do a 6-speed manual (which makes the acceleration times slower compared to the 8-speed auto-manual).

FWIW, I don't mind the auto-manual in my F-Type. However, I still have the S2000 race car which gives me my manual fix.
 
I hope it does sound like that. Really don't get why people want these obnoxiously loud engines.


Looks softly sprung, yet well composed. I like.
 
Mahjik said:
Yes. The main reason is gearing. The auto-manual gear boxes are usually 8-speed which allows for torque basically anywhere but would be a pain in the arse to have a 8-speed manual. Typically the makers who also offer a manual alongside their auto-manuals do a 6-speed manual (which makes the acceleration times slower compared to the 8-speed auto-manual).

FWIW, I don't mind the auto-manual in my F-Type. However, I still have the S2000 race car which gives me my manual fix.
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I would kill for a higher cruise gear in my WRX. 6 Speed manual is great, but it would be really great to not be rolling at 3k RPM while I'm on the highway doing 75-80 with traffic.

Auto-manual is the future, unless they come up with some new way to invent the wheel and make 8 gears not cumbersome to deal with entirely manual
 
I often skip gears on my 6 speed Z4, 1 to 3 or 2 to 4 if I'm in stop and go to 40mph traffic.

Hell, my dad had a 3 speed pickup and would rarely touch second.:lol:

More rumors, the 2020 Corvette will be a hybrid and AWD.:drool:
 
If you’re not skipping gears you’re wrong :bleh: I basically never touch 5th unless I’m sending it.

I can count the amount of times I’ve touched 5th probably on two hands.
 
Nunz said:
If you’re not skipping gears you’re wrong :bleh: I basically never touch 5th unless I’m sending it.

I can count the amount of times I’ve touched 5th probably on two hands.
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:lol:

I've only recently started playing with skipping gears. I've always used every single one since I began driving manuals when I was 18.
 
If you are skipping gears, you will be losing acceleration. It's not a bad thing per say which just normally driving, just don't do it when you need to get away from something. ;)
 
What If The Mid-Engine Corvette Costs $170,000?

https://jalopnik.com/what-if-the-mid-engine-corvette-costs-170-000-1830306168

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Every time we write about the mid-engine 2020 Corvette—and it’s been a lot lately—its price tag inevitably comes up. We at Jalopnik, like others, have speculated that this powerful and advanced sports car will carry a much heftier price tag than the current front-engine Corvette, which starts around $55,000 and goes all the way up to the $130,000-ish ZR1. Then come the emails.

“This is America’s sports car, sir,” these aggrieved emailers write. “There is no way it will have a starting price tag over $100,000. There is no way GM would abandon the Corvette faithful.”

Well, here’s the thing—what if it is that expensive? What happens to the Corvette market then?
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I can see $170K for a top trim level ZR1. Around 100K for the Z06 and 65ishK for the base model.

My '16 Z06 had an MSRP of $110K. A fully loaded C8 Z06 may be at the 130K to 150K level.
 
AdamK47 said:
I can see $170K for a top trim level ZR1. Around 100K for the Z06 and 65ishK for the base model.

My '16 Z06 had an MSRP of $110K. A fully loaded C8 Z06 may be at the 130K to 150K level.
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There is no way the base would be $65k if it were also a mid-engine model. The entire price range of the car would have to move up significantly.

There has been talk of a mid-engine product being released alongside the usual front engine layout model for a period of time. I wouldn't be surprised if THAT followed a similar price structure to what we have now. But a mid-engine model... no chance.

The Corvette has succeeded this long because it has been reasonably affordable for the average guy that's been working his career for a while. Moving the car up to $90k+ puts it into that weird Viper market. You know, the car people didn't buy and has been cancelled twice now. :bleh:
 
OverclockN' said:
There is no way the base would be $65k if it were also a mid-engine model. The entire price range of the car would have to move up significantly.

There has been talk of a mid-engine product being released alongside the usual front engine layout model for a period of time. I wouldn't be surprised if THAT followed a similar price structure to what we have now. But a mid-engine model... no chance.

The Corvette has succeeded this long because it has been reasonably affordable for the average guy that's been working his career for a while. Moving the car up to $90k+ puts it into that weird Viper market. You know, the car people didn't buy and has been cancelled twice now. :bleh:
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I think having 2 separate model lines works in this case (front engine traditiona vette, separate mid engine vette), but having both being called corvette? not so sure about that.... Would it be better to have the mid engine Vette actually be called something else? I mean if they gave it to Cadillac for example that would work out pretty well.
 
Sasquach said:
I think having 2 separate model lines works in this case (front engine traditiona vette, separate mid engine vette), but having both being called corvette? not so sure about that.... Would it be better to have the mid engine Vette actually be called something else? I mean if they gave it to Cadillac for example that would work out pretty well.
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I've personally been thinking this whole mid-engine deal was going to be a separate Halo car in some way. Isolated from the traditional front engine Corvette layout. For example, a Cadillac or Chevy branded halo car, or even a whole new Vette halo thing that's separate from their other line. Of course, that wouldn't make much sense, since that's been the point of the ZR1.

The reports are starting to look more and more like that's not the case. There's overwheling evidence and reports otherwise. I can see them doing two Vette models at once for a short while as they make the transition to mid-engine, make sure it succeeds in the market, and get people warmed up to the idea once they see it doing well in races and marketing.
 
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