📰 Auto News Chevy building another sports car based on the C8?

[Yaj Yak]

Yea but 2 door convertible and a 4 door SUV don’t initially look very similar

Yea but 2 door convertible and a 4 door SUV don’t initially look very similar

so super small ev suv

i can see it

 

[Pressure Ratio]

i like the V cars currently.

but of course ain't gon buy one new.

Again, the V isn't a Chevrolet. It is a Cadilac. They said it will be a Chevrolet.

But ya, sedans just aren't selling well in this country. Most want SUV over sedans of wagons. Especially wagons lol

You’d be surprised how they can stretch and modify a chassis and still consider it the same platform.
Think Chevy SSR bring the same as a trailblazer.
Or a sonic sedan being the same as a Bolt

Those are similar vehicles. Not hard to imagine some tweaking to the chassis to make it work. Stretching the frame to make a 4-door car or SUV? Easy-peasy!

We are talking a mid-engine layout. That doesn't allow for very good use of space for either a sedan or SUV. Lengthening the front to make room for an engine, adding a transmission tunnel, redesigning the read half of the chassis, etc. So basically you would be designing a new chassis with some components and lessons learned in the development of the C8.

I mean I am all for them bringing out a new mid-engine/hybrid Typhoon or Cyclone. Please fucking do it! lol I just don't see the point of the mid-engine chassis layout being the starting point for a SUV. Unless you redesign most of it. But hey, GM guys LOVE to brag how they have a "Corvette LS motor swap" in their ride. So a Corvette-based chassis will sound amazing to them to brag about! haha

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

A rear-engine SUV would basically end up looking like a cab-over van. Good luck getting one to pass NHTSB crash testing.

VW has been doing something similar for what, 70 years now? Their newest version.

 

[Rent Free]

Yea but 2 door convertible and a 4 door SUV don’t initially look very similar

Its a body on frame rwd/awd/4wd chassis Umm they make 7 passenger SUVs and 2 door pickups that share alot too.

A damn mid engine chassis shares NOTHING with any suv LOL.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Again, the V isn't a Chevrolet. It is a Cadilac. They said it will be a Chevrolet.

But ya, sedans just aren't selling well in this country. Most want SUV over sedans of wagons. Especially wagons lol




Those are similar vehicles. Not hard to imagine some tweaking to the chassis to make it work. Stretching the frame to make a 4-door car or SUV? Easy-peasy!

We are talking a mid-engine layout. That doesn't allow for very good use of space for either a sedan or SUV. Lengthening the front to make room for an engine, adding a transmission tunnel, redesigning the read half of the chassis, etc. So basically you would be designing a new chassis with some components and lessons learned in the development of the C8.

I mean I am all for them bringing out a new mid-engine/hybrid Typhoon or Cyclone. Please fucking do it! lol I just don't see the point of the mid-engine chassis layout being the starting point for a SUV. Unless you redesign most of it. But hey, GM guys LOVE to brag how they have a "Corvette LS motor swap" in their ride. So a Corvette-based chassis will sound amazing to them to brag about! haha

you said "gm trucks" i thought we were talking about gm vehicles as a whole here broski.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Again, the V isn't a Chevrolet. It is a Cadilac. They said it will be a Chevrolet.

But ya, sedans just aren't selling well in this country. Most want SUV over sedans of wagons. Especially wagons lol




Those are similar vehicles. Not hard to imagine some tweaking to the chassis to make it work. Stretching the frame to make a 4-door car or SUV? Easy-peasy!

We are talking a mid-engine layout. That doesn't allow for very good use of space for either a sedan or SUV. Lengthening the front to make room for an engine, adding a transmission tunnel, redesigning the read half of the chassis, etc. So basically you would be designing a new chassis with some components and lessons learned in the development of the C8.

I mean I am all for them bringing out a new mid-engine/hybrid Typhoon or Cyclone. Please fucking do it! lol I just don't see the point of the mid-engine chassis layout being the starting point for a SUV. Unless you redesign most of it. But hey, GM guys LOVE to brag how they have a "Corvette LS motor swap" in their ride. So a Corvette-based chassis will sound amazing to them to brag about! haha

A rear-engine SUV would basically end up looking like a cab-over van. Good luck getting one to pass NHTSB crash testing.

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VW has been doing something similar for what, 70 years now? Their newest version.

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Its a body on frame rwd/awd/4wd chassis Umm they make 7 passenger SUVs and 2 door pickups that share alot too.

A damn mid engine chassis shares NOTHING with any suv LOL.

i don't get why all yall are so hung up on mid engine.

isn't electric version rumored to have a motor at each wheel or just the rear two?

boom mid engine "issue" gone.


im really agreeing with Stink Star-here--- full ev suv.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Who said we were "hung up" on mid-engine? I'm just throwing out some previously used vehicles based on a notion presented earlier in the thread.

 

[Yaj Yak]

A rear-engine SUV would basically end up looking like a cab-over van. Good luck getting one to pass NHTSB crash testing.

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VW has been doing something similar for what, 70 years now? Their newest version.

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Who said we were "hung up" on mid-engine? I'm just throwing out some previously used vehicles based on a notion presented earlier in the thread.

K.

 

[Rent Free]

i don't get why all yall are so hung up on mid engine.

isn't electric version rumored to have a motor at each wheel or just the rear two?

boom mid engine "issue" gone.


im really agreeing with Stink Star-here--- full ev suv.

Its not the engine problem its a seating problem. Id love to see you stuff 4 or more seats in a 2 seater mid engine chassis. Itd be far easier to go to a motor per corner than rearrange the seating layout.

 

[Pressure Ratio]

isn't electric version rumored to have a motor at each wheel or just the rear two?

I'd love to see the C8 with an AWD configuration. I think GM's in-wheel motors were pretty heavy. Like 80 pounds each? At least the ones I remember them testing in a truck or SUV a while back. So not sure that is where I'd want all that weight in a sports car. Giving up the frunk for a central motor and driveshafts would probably work better for turning quickness and steering feel.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I'd love to see the C8 with an AWD configuration. I think GM's in-wheel motors were pretty heavy. Like 80 pounds each? At least the ones I remember them testing in a truck or SUV a while back. So not sure that is where I'd want all that weight in a sports car. Giving up the frunk for a central motor and driveshafts would probably work better for turning quickness and steering feel.

i mean c8 with awd electric is like almost for sure happening i thought?

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[Yaj Yak]

Its not the engine problem its a seating problem. Id love to see you stuff 4 or more seats in a 2 seater mid engine chassis. Itd be far easier to go to a motor per corner than rearrange the seating layout.

can't they just sit where the engine/transaxle was.

 

[Turk]

Whatever it is, it will have an interior that looks like it came straight out of a chevy spark with tacky splashes of red leather. They’ll probably use some sort of technology that has been used by the Italians and Germans for the last ten years and claim it’s groundbreaking.

The good news is that since it’ll be made full of cheap plastics it’ll be light with a strong engine so it’ll be fast.

 

[Pressure Ratio]

i mean c8 with awd electric is like almost for sure happening i thought?

GM reveals first images of the EV Chevy Corvette

The great American sports car is going electric. GM shared the news this morning, and released the first images of the upcoming electric Chevrolet Corvette.

techcrunch.com

I haven't been following its development. It would make sense. And that video shows that is where they are headed. So that's cool. Hopefully, it isn't just for the top-end 1,000hp model.

 

[Rent Free]

can't they just sit where the engine/transaxle was.

How are you going to add doors and seats to this existing structure/chassis?

Look at the rear suspension and bulkhead/firewall behind where the existing c8 seats are.

Going to an EV SUV or Wagon I dont see how trying to bandaide something off this chassis makes any sense.

Next lets try turn a dumptruck into a ferrari.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

How are you going to add doors and seats to this existing structure/chassis?

Look at the rear suspension and bulkhead/firewall behind where the existing c8 seats are.

Going to an EV SUV or Wagon I dont see how trying to bandaide something off this chassis makes any sense.

Next lets try turn a dumptruck into a ferrari.

Done

 

[Rent Free]

TCG Be like thats not a Hummer EV theres a C8 chassis under that.

 

[Rent Free]

This must have a C8 chassis under it too.

 

[Yaj Yak]

TCG Be like thats not a Hummer EV theres a C8 chassis under that.

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ultium chassis variations will go under like, everything gm makes electric so... yeah kinda.

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The Chevrolet Blazer EV reveal video teased a GM Ultium platform chassis that could be intended for the C9 Corvette, a Cadillac or Camaro.

www.musclecarsandtrucks.com

 

[Rent Free]

Sure now you are talking EV skateboard and something entirely different than a C8 chassis.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

Those new GM trucks look great.

 

[Rent Free]

TCG be like this skate board is actually this......

 

[Yaj Yak]

so narrowminded be able to see through a key hole with both eyes.

According to Reuss, the electric Corvette utilizes GM’s Ultium platform, which is underpinning numerous upcoming GM EVs, including the Hummer EV, Silverado EV and Blazer EV.

 

[Yaj Yak]

platform = chassis

 

[Rent Free]

Those new GM trucks look great.

Honestly the new GMC Silverado and Cadillac interiors blow away anything Ford has in the F line up.