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Originally Posted by WestRace
I think past Corvette always had engines that the chassis couldn't handle. Only up till the C7 that they actually addressed that problem. With the new mid-engine chassis, I guess old habits die hard after all.
1000HP? I don't think the same formula - enormous hp with crappy chassis - will work anymore. The mid-engine is going to play in the big league. It seems a bit too late in the development cycle to find out. Corvette strikes again.
Oh, by the way, hopefully they got rid of the leaf springs.
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Crappy chassis? That's over the top. I beg to differ with your opinion. Just going back to the C5 and C6 its pretty easy to see that Corvette is more then a match for the same generation of M3's. One just need to look at track times of factory Corvettes over the years to see that they're serious top contenders across the board in handling and also straight line performance.
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Maybe Corvette will lose the leaf when BMW dumps the common family car macpherson struts and joins the upper end sports car party with a true wishbone suspension.
The transverse leaf has served very well for a long time, ingenious design that saves weight and allows lowering the car among other benefits. Again the cars handling performance points out that it works quite well.
We'll have to wait a see about the mid engine C7 but I'm confident it will surprise a lot of folks. When the C6 Z06 and the ZR1 came out they smoked many German and Italian top tier sports cars around the Ring and other tracks. Chevy knows how to build great performing Corvettes, just need some time to work out the kinks. Obviously more bugs with this whole new direction for the maker but I think they'll get it right.
Current C6 and 135 owner here who has extensive seat time in both brands voicing my opinion.