UPDATED 'VETTE The C8 Corvette's somewhat fussy styling was already locked and loaded when Michael Simcoe took over as GM design chief. But sources in Detroit say the midcycle redesign Simcoe had originally planned for 2025 has now been put on the back burner as GM pours money into its electric vehicle program. However, insiders say an interior redesign aimed at, among other things, fixing the confusing array of buttons and switches cascading down the buttress on the right side of the center console has survived the bean counters. The redesigned interior will reportedly appear on 2023 C8s. GT4 RS ASAP Porsche's 718 Cayman GT4 emphatically delivers the dazzling performance, precision, and poise purists expected of the company's mid-engine sports car. But Porsche is toying with an even hotter, sharper, faster RS version of the car. Weissach insiders say the car's 4.0-liter flat-six has a lot of hardware from the newly launched 911 GT3's engine to boost power beyond the GT4's current 414 hp to almost 500 hp. Prototypes have been spotted around Porsche's engineering HQ with bigger air intakes, wheels, tires, and brakes, plus revised aerodynamics, including a massive rear wing suspended from a pair of stanchions, like that of the new GT3. A GT4 RS makes perfect sense as a kid brother to the RS versions of the GT3 and GT2. Porsche's biggest headache will be figuring out how to price the car so it doesn't encroach too much on the midranqe 911s.
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