Mid-engined Corvette development confirmed... by Saab engineers?!

Before things went all tipsy in the auto market, the engineers at General Motors were apparently hard at work on some pretty interesting projects. How interesting? How about an actual mid-engine Corvette? Autocar says that an unnamed Saab engineer confirmed that the Swedish automaker had actually been charged with developing a transmission for such a beast when the company was still under The General's wing. Evidently, the cog box used a wet clutch setup and was built to handle up to 590 lb-ft of torque. If you're keeping score at home, you'll likely note that those twist figures are just south of what the ZR1 puts to the pavement right now.

How about them apples.

As Autocar points out, that project was canned when credit went tighter than a fat man's socks, but there may be a ray of light in this whole tale. The UK publication claims that GM has fired up the burners under the C7 project one more time, and that a mid-engine chassis will indeed be part of the recipe. If you're buying what Autocar is selling – and we're not necessarily in that group – a turbo V6 will supply the car's grunt, too.

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/05/m...aab-engineers/

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Meh, as far as I'm concerned, Corvettes should only come with V8's hah! Mid-engine Turbo V6 makes me think redone Acura NSX

 

Would be great to see, but seeing how that rumor comes around everytime the current vette life cycle is coming to an end since the C4 and never comes about i call rubbish on this autocar report

 

That car looks like a hodgepodge mix of a Mclaren, that one Jaguar sports car, an NSX, and who knows what else. What i'm trying to say, it's not original.

 

That car was built i wanna say 10 years ago maybe even longer than that. Every time they start talking mid engine Corvette that car pic pops back up


Just looked it up that Concept came out in 1990 Cerv III
http://www.motortrend.com/classic/ro..._cerv_iii.html

 

Yup ....I think I saw that car while I was in college or early grad school. Thats definetly not a new concept car

 

Wow you went to Graduate school & Professional school? Smart man.