"Blue Devil" News: Test Details Roll In
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I think it will be called the 'Corvette Superbird SRT-8 Hemi SS'
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Corvette Xtream?
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Rogue Ssv
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Alright GM, listen up--
-make a ZL1 available in yellow silver or black
-make a vette Z06SS in yellow or black
-or make a ZL1 Blue Devil in various shades of blue with black or chrome rims and a limited production run of 2500 cars with a $99,995 price tag and a modified LS7 producing around oh, 750 hp maybe?
and i think, whatever they do to it, the Saleen S7TwinTurbo will 0WN it.
but i would still rather have a vette bc of the price
-make a ZL1 available in yellow silver or black
-make a vette Z06SS in yellow or black
-or make a ZL1 Blue Devil in various shades of blue with black or chrome rims and a limited production run of 2500 cars with a $99,995 price tag and a modified LS7 producing around oh, 750 hp maybe?
and i think, whatever they do to it, the Saleen S7TwinTurbo will 0WN it.
but i would still rather have a vette bc of the price
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...I always herd the "Blue Devil" name came from a few different things:
1) The test-mule was painted blue, thus recieving the nickname
2) The name was chose to appeal to GM's CEO Wagoner, as he graduated from Duke University, and is a huge Duke Basketball fan
I personally think actual names given to test cars in a little better than the code numbers and letters that so often fill the pages of Magazines and Websites. It gives the car a better identity, and allows the car guy to dream up a better image of the car.
...I can think of a test-mule Saturn Ion that I had seen running at Grattan Raceway just a few miles from my hometown, it had special tag on the back calling it the "Nürburgring Special." Although it looked like a regular Ion QuadCoupe, we saw it running at the time just before the release of the Ion Red Line, which lead us to belive that it was a test-mule for the upcomming GMPD car.
1) The test-mule was painted blue, thus recieving the nickname
2) The name was chose to appeal to GM's CEO Wagoner, as he graduated from Duke University, and is a huge Duke Basketball fan
I personally think actual names given to test cars in a little better than the code numbers and letters that so often fill the pages of Magazines and Websites. It gives the car a better identity, and allows the car guy to dream up a better image of the car.
...I can think of a test-mule Saturn Ion that I had seen running at Grattan Raceway just a few miles from my hometown, it had special tag on the back calling it the "Nürburgring Special." Although it looked like a regular Ion QuadCoupe, we saw it running at the time just before the release of the Ion Red Line, which lead us to belive that it was a test-mule for the upcomming GMPD car.
Leonidae
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I did read from finnish vette forums, that the blue devil was just mischief to keep the journalists happy, while they were developing C7 Z07.. and yes, the claim was that the blue devil that was spotted on the 'ring was actually C7's prototype underneath.
The C7 will be a very expensive $100,000 version of the Z06.
Engine code LTT
7.5 liter 12 cylinder Twin Turbo LTT motor
650 HP output.
Carbon Fiber body parts.
Dry Sump
Aluminum Frame
2800 lbs.
Titanium engine parts
Three valve/cyl heads as seen on the 2006 Z06 7.0 liter V8
The C7 will be a very expensive $100,000 version of the Z06.
Engine code LTT
7.5 liter 12 cylinder Twin Turbo LTT motor
650 HP output.
Carbon Fiber body parts.
Dry Sump
Aluminum Frame
2800 lbs.
Titanium engine parts
Three valve/cyl heads as seen on the 2006 Z06 7.0 liter V8
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I wouldn't think the C7 Vette's in any shape or form would be due for a long time yet, also the Z06 would appear after the regular C7 coupe and cabriolet, so I don't think that's close to accurate. Besides that GM personael have already said they are building it, and it's far, far too soon to be a next gen Vette, so it's just gong to be a new flagship C6. Also I doubt very much we will ever see a factory spec Vette with anything other than a V8, it would outrage many Vette enthusiast imo.
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Leonidae
This is really, really silly... 12 cyls and TTd when you can get 650hp from an LS6 still NA? There are some NA Z06s that already have 750hp. Plus, getting it to weigh 2800lbs would be an absolute nightmare for Chevy.
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Leoniade
Anyone who is a Corvette fan knows that they won't go with any more than a V8 in a Corvette, it just doesnt make any sense to do so. If they can allready make 650HP with V8s allready in stock, why not go that route? V12s are reserved solely for Cadillac, thats it. I could see a V12-powered XLR happening, but that is the only Y-Body that will recieve that treatment.
...Similar to going with more cylinders, I doubt GM would want to strap any kind of forced induction under the hood of the Corvette. As above, the same rules apply. Why not have it make the power the natural way with a V8? It is just that easy...
We are atleast five years from any kind of C7 comming close to production, and I wouldnt expect it to change by leaps and bounds just like the change from C5 to C6. We can speculate all we want about the Corvette, and people have been doing it since the car came out in 1953... Guess what, 99% of what is speculated is usually wrong, esp. when it comes to big changes to the Corvette formula.
V8 + Coupe + Manual + Performance X Value = Corvette
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call it R-C6, or C-6R Stradale, or something. that's too much power for any old monikers from te past.
Joey D
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Must you constantly badger my truck? Honestly it gets old.The Xtreme was named that because it fit the market at the time, the Typhoon was name that because of swirling mass of air that was sucked in by the turbo.
The Blue Devil would be copyright infringement on Duke so they won't call it that, it will be more then likely the C6-R or Z06-R...it makes sense.
