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BanditTA
10-05-2006, 09:25 AM
If a repost I apologize, but i have yet to see a picture until now.

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Link to bigger picture http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1042006171336ju1.jpg

Spied: 2009 Corvette Stingray - Car News
650-hp boosted super-Vette is getting closer to reality.
BY JON YANCA, PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS DOANE FOR BRENDA PRIDDY & COMPANY
October 2006


From afar this Vette would appear to be just another Z06. Now rub your eyes and take a closer look, because these are the first spy shots of the highly anticipated, but yet unnamed super Corvette. The large hood bulge you see is rumored to be concealing a supercharged 6.2-liter V-8, and packing upwards of 650 horsepower. This engine will likely use an integrated intake-manifold intercooler and should sprint from 0 to 60 mph in less than 3.4 seconds. And, with the addition of more carbon fiber in the body and expanded use of polycarbonates, this super Vette could weigh less than the current Z06.

GM’s Performance Center in Wixom, Michigan will likely produce the powerplant, but expect only about 1500–2000 copies annually. Initially called the Blue Devil, there has been much speculation in the past several months about the name for this super Z06. Recently we hear that GM has scrapped the Blue Devil name in favor of Corvette SS (we hope not), Z07, or even reviving the Stingray nameplate. Whatever the name may be, expect this beast to carry a sticker around the $100,000 mark, which is by far the cheapest way to get 650 hp in a production car.


college slacker
10-05-2006, 11:53 AM
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http://news.windingroad.com/auto-news/captured-corvette-blue-devil-mule-in-the-flesh/

Abidar
10-05-2006, 02:18 PM
Nasty looking


redbandit98
10-05-2006, 02:23 PM
i dont know if its a repost or not, i just saw that on a local forum here..i suspect that if its new its now circulating around the internet like wildfire and is probably the first post on all the car related forums pages.

WECIV
10-05-2006, 03:18 PM
Looks really nasty, I just hate it is F/I :(

W

BAD2000TA
10-05-2006, 05:07 PM
Looks really nasty, I just hate it is F/I :(

WWhy do you hate the F/I? 650 horse is a nice number. I'd rather have naturally aspired power, too, but I think that's a lofty target without F/I. Do you not like the noise a blower makes (ie: Cobra?).

WECIV
10-06-2006, 09:56 AM
The Terminator does make the most intoxicating sounds known to autodom. But, I really wish it was NA. And if they had to do FI...Turbo>SC

W

Iron Sights
10-12-2006, 12:02 PM
I think it's great. We're most likely talking about a fully forged motor here; I can see the responsiveness to mods being on the same level as the Terminators, but in a car that is over a quarter-ton lighter.

OctaneZ28
10-12-2006, 01:34 PM
Obviously this is a Z06 testing a new drivetrain!
The actual car isn't gonna look like that. :lol: