http://jalopnik.com/cars/gossip/coming-soon-v6-corvette-207918.php

10/17/2006 9:55:03 AM

its not a corvette if its a saturn sky

10/17/2006 10:01:37 AM

Its not a Vette if a fucking Camaro can whoop that ass. I'm a damn GM man, but its ridiculous to call THIS a fucking Vette. It has nothing in common with a Vette. It has more in common with the Camaro, since they will both at least have the same engines.

I think they should do a Chevy Something, but NOT Corvette.

10/17/2006 10:06:30 AM

Yet another POS from Chevy.
...just like everything else GM and Ford make.

[Edited on October 17, 2006 at 10:07 AM. Reason : ]

10/17/2006 10:06:45 AM

must be the new chevette

10/17/2006 10:25:58 AM

hell half the old fucks who buy vettes dont need anymore than a 4 cylinder anyways

10/17/2006 10:51:50 AM

Thank God they aren't naming it the stingray.

10/17/2006 11:15:34 AM

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"hell half the old fucks who buy vettes dont need anymore than a 4 cylinder anyways"

don't forget the dumbass blondes

10/17/2006 11:35:03 AM

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"its not a corvette if its a saturn sky"

10/17/2006 3:28:13 PM

there is no camaro to whoop on anythings ass anymore.

10/17/2006 3:29:04 PM

there will be shortly though.

10/17/2006 3:37:33 PM

IF Chevrolet can do for a v6 small roadster what they did for the Pushrod V8 Corvette, I more than welcome this addition to the corvette namesake, although I definitely think it ought to be called something else, just to avoid confusing people and diluting the brand.

10/17/2006 3:38:57 PM

^^ditto

[Edited on October 17, 2006 at 3:40 PM. Reason : ...]

10/17/2006 3:40:03 PM

its not gonna happen

10/17/2006 3:40:37 PM

Hell i'd be happy if they just made a Saturn Sky with an optional turbo v6

10/17/2006 3:52:33 PM

What the Camaro? Sorry Optimus but its a done deal on that. You'll see them on the road whoopin' that ass in about another year.

^Noen the turbo 4 is pretty bad and get fucking better mileage than the N/A 4.

[Edited on October 17, 2006 at 3:53 PM. Reason : ]

10/17/2006 3:53:16 PM

no i mean a v6 corvette will not happen. i know the camaro is coming, and i support it

10/17/2006 3:55:23 PM

Oh sorry gotcha, I was like WTF.

And I do agree this is fucking stupid to take a Vette name and throw it on a completely different car.

10/17/2006 3:57:07 PM

even if GM puts a v6 in the existing corvette, it would be catastrophic. it wont happen.

10/17/2006 3:59:21 PM

v6 vette will be the gayness

gm is selling out

10/17/2006 5:58:22 PM

thats some hawt photochopping.

10/17/2006 6:01:14 PM

are you guys all retarded? its a metaphor. its not REALLY a corvette. jesus christ

10/17/2006 6:45:36 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't all vettes have v-6s during the first two years of production?

Regardless, the idea of doing it again blows.

10/17/2006 11:54:10 PM

If it was light enough, I wouldn't have a problem. But it won't be.

10/18/2006 12:25:43 AM

some sort of turbo charged V6 would be fine by me... something actually built strong enough to handle some serious upgrades.. comparable to the supra engine or something

10/18/2006 12:43:01 AM

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"Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't all vettes have v-6s during the first two years of production? Regardless, the idea of doing it again blows."

No. They didn't have V6s. They had the old 235 Stovebolt straight six. Very heavy engine, not a whole lot of power.

Then came the small block.

I think a well-designed V6 is a very viable option, if for nothing else, size and weight reduction. Now, granted, I would like it to be a veritable technological marvel and work of art, but since when has Chevy ever truly built one of those?

Now if it's built on the Northstar platform (like the CTS engine or the now-defunct Olds Intrigue), that might be worthwhile.

I seriously think that an all-aluminum V6 would actually be a better choice for balance and moment of inertia issues. It's one of the configurations I would choose if I were to actually do an engine swap in my Datsun Z. And that would be a fun project.

10/18/2006 1:35:09 AM

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"Hell i'd be happy if they just made a Saturn Sky with an optional turbo v6"

Why the hell would you want to do that? That car's heavy enough as it is. The last thing it needs is more weight hanging over the front wheels.

And that engine is beefy enough. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe turbocharged Ecotec engines have dynoed over 1000hp (in drag racing applications)

10/18/2006 1:02:22 PM

I think somebody's got their info mixed up. They wouldn't ever make a corvette based on the Kappa platform. It's just gonna be a roadster, just like the solstice and sky... but heavier.

[Edited on October 18, 2006 at 2:28 PM. Reason : ]

10/18/2006 2:27:48 PM

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"now-defunct Olds Intrigue"

Aurora

10/18/2006 2:51:19 PM

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"some sort of turbo charged V6 would be fine by me... something actually built strong enough to handle some serious upgrades.. comparable to the supra engine or something "

i hear that their ecotec or whatever isn't too shabby
honestly though the blown mustangs are the only things close to pupra over built right now.

10/18/2006 2:55:45 PM

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"Why the hell would you want to do that? That car's heavy enough as it is. The last thing it needs is more weight hanging over the front wheels. And that engine is beefy enough. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe turbocharged Ecotec engines have dynoed over 1000hp (in drag racing applications)"

Like I said, if they could pull off the same caliber of Corvette tuning to this platform, it would be cool to see. Yes the car is currently heavy and the balance isn't the best. GM hasn't exactly unleashed their ALMS teams on it yet either.

And a 1000hp drag application != production capable.

Now if I see a Lingenfelter or Callaway come out with with even a 700+hp conversion, I'll eat my words.

10/18/2006 3:21:59 PM

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"Hell i'd be happy if they just made a Saturn Sky with an optional turbo v6"

the pontiac soltice is supposedly going to be offered with a turbo platform next year.

10/18/2006 5:42:51 PM

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"Aurora"

Aurora's the V8 fullsize Northstar platform variant. The Intrigue has the 3.5L "Shortstar" V6 variant of the Northstar platform.

10/18/2006 6:19:02 PM

6 speed automatic seems ok

10/18/2006 7:19:53 PM

^^^Brian what are you talking about? You can already get a turbo on that car.

And I was just showing the strength of the Ecotec engine with my example...duur!

10/23/2006 11:58:41 PM