Radical mid-engined Corvette C8 in the works

A $60,000 mid engine will be fiercely welcomed.

Cough cough Chevy's best sports car cant beat Nissan's coupe 2+2 with less power and more weight cough cough. Redesign. Clarkson will probable get a good neg laugh when he tests this.

According to who?

Well if they installed Nissan's AWD on Corvett it'll easily be running 7:10.

come on, at least try to keep it looking like a corvette

BMW builds a front wheel drive car...Corvette goes mid-engined. Is anyone starting to believe this 2012 crap?

LOL +1

This will be interesting...the the future
"NSX" moving to FR and the Corvette going to MR!

HAHAHAHA!

Every time GM gets ready to redo the Vette they toss this rumor around. It sells a lot of magazines for sure but it will never happen for a variety of reasons:

1) It costs too much. One of the main reasons for buying a Vette is the performance for dollar one gets. A mid engine platform would be way too expensive to build and hold the price on. Now your going up against the price of a 911, Audi R8 and a few others that are really worth the money. No other car in the GM line up can share much with it so it would be pretty much an exclusive "Vette" thing. Not going to happen! GM had to ask the US government permission just to build the Z28 for God sakes!

2) You alienate every vette owner you already have by pricing it out of "Joe the plumber's" reach.

3) You will never sell a V6 vette to any serious enthusiast no matter how powerful or fuel efficient it is. Ask Acura how well that went over with the original NSX. What did everyone keep asking for? A V8!

4) V8's and Vettes are like Coffee beans and water. It's the combo that makes the whole thing work. It's part of the car's DNA and if you're going to do anything, your going to add cylinders, not take them away, and that's not going to happen either now is it?

Most likely they'll dress it up a little more, throw on a new Cadillac gadget or two from the parts bin and put an 8 speed tranny in it so it gets like 40mpg and call it good.

@Neverfollow; I agree with most of your talking points, except the V6 argument. Both the NSX and 911 were/are V6's...from the start. The demise of the NSX was due to Honda's failure to keep model fresh by adding more power, and updating the exterior and interior. I've put almost 200k miles on my dealer installed supercharged X, with no problems...not sure why Honda didn't go that route in order to keep up with the competition.

Bottom line; the Corvette needs to stay as a V8.

look out for a 8 speed (nash 2+4) tranny that skips the first four gears under normal driving conditions, 2/4/6/8 cylinder deactivation will be hidden in there... no true vette enthusiast will buy a green diesel or v6 vette

Doesn't matter what they do the Vette is here to stay.