The following-gen Chevrolet Corvette C9 could also be sooner and extra succesful than the present automobile, however Chevrolet has no intention of turning it right into a Lamborghini or Ferrari rival.
Corvette chief engineer Tony Roma says the C9 should stay true to what has all the time made the Corvette interesting: sturdy efficiency and worth. “It must be a Corvette at its core,” Roma defined, including that the brand new mannequin ought to supply prospects extra efficiency with out abandoning its worth proposition.
The transfer to a mid-engine format with the C8 has already pushed the Corvette into supercar territory, however Roma doesn’t imagine which means Chevrolet must chase European exotics head-on.
“Though we’re a mid-engine automobile now, there’s lots of people that assume which means we have to go chase Lamborghini and Ferrari tit-for-tat,” Roma mentioned. “That’s not the core of what a Corvette is.”
As an alternative, his method is straightforward: make the following Corvette higher, newer and sooner.
A guide gearbox is also thought-about. Roma admits there may be buyer demand for one and says he would personally like it, however questions whether or not Chevrolet could make a guide transmission financially and technically viable.
Supply: The Drive
