CORVETTE C7

摘要

Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter recently acknowledged, "A mid-engine layout is something we consider for every new generation." What he didn't say is that, after six months of intense engineering effort, the mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette is dead. Again. But r ot totally. In 2010, General Motors will strive for outright victory at the 24 Hpurs of Le Mans. GM's racer will be a Corvette conforming with the LMP1 (Be Mans Prototype) Evo rules that will govern the seventy-eighth running off the world's toughest and most prestigious endurance race (see sidebar). This Corvette will be powered by a V-8 engine positioned behind the driver, just ahead of the rear wheels. Selling on Monday what you race on Sunday is the cardinal rule that prompted Juechter's 2007 investigation of a mid-engine production Corvette.