A four-door Corvette ?
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A four-door Corvette ?
A four-door Corvette ?
While this writer sits at a café directly across the street from one of our nation’s largest Corvette dealers, news has broken of a potential addition to the Corvette family. We can see it now: hundreds of people flocking to the dealership to see what all the fuss is about: another set of doors and a backseat.
What we find interesting here isn’t that the Corvette could spawn a four-door model. It’s that Mr. Bob Lutz, GM’s vice chairman, isn’t opposed to the idea.
Of course, he may be thinking that if Porsche and Aston can pull it off, so then can General Motors. Whether or not people are willing to buy four-door sports cars seems to be a discussion that was clarified decades ago: in other words, “yes.” In fact, more people buy sports sedans than they buy sports coupes. It’s not hard to figure out why this makes sense.
But does it make sense for Corvette? Some people think that Lutz’s “four-door Corvette” is actually just a metaphorical primer for the forthcoming Impala, itself a rear-wheel drive stormer based on Zeta architecture that should finally give Chevy a serious mid-size car with actual high-performance capabilities.
Or is Lutz actually talking about a real, four-door Corvette? An four-door coupe, done in the style of the Mercedes-Benz CLS, but with a real-world pricing strategy of around $55,000? Anything is possible in the era of Lutz, but this one sounds too far afield for us to consider seriously.
While this writer sits at a café directly across the street from one of our nation’s largest Corvette dealers, news has broken of a potential addition to the Corvette family. We can see it now: hundreds of people flocking to the dealership to see what all the fuss is about: another set of doors and a backseat.
What we find interesting here isn’t that the Corvette could spawn a four-door model. It’s that Mr. Bob Lutz, GM’s vice chairman, isn’t opposed to the idea.
Of course, he may be thinking that if Porsche and Aston can pull it off, so then can General Motors. Whether or not people are willing to buy four-door sports cars seems to be a discussion that was clarified decades ago: in other words, “yes.” In fact, more people buy sports sedans than they buy sports coupes. It’s not hard to figure out why this makes sense.
But does it make sense for Corvette? Some people think that Lutz’s “four-door Corvette” is actually just a metaphorical primer for the forthcoming Impala, itself a rear-wheel drive stormer based on Zeta architecture that should finally give Chevy a serious mid-size car with actual high-performance capabilities.
Or is Lutz actually talking about a real, four-door Corvette? An four-door coupe, done in the style of the Mercedes-Benz CLS, but with a real-world pricing strategy of around $55,000? Anything is possible in the era of Lutz, but this one sounds too far afield for us to consider seriously.
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If they really did do it......I dont see it looking like that at all.
Possibly more like the rear doors of the RX8........but not that lame azz thing up there.!!
Still.......bad idea.!!
Possibly more like the rear doors of the RX8........but not that lame azz thing up there.!!
Still.......bad idea.!!
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The only useful piece of information from that article, is that Lutz isn't opposed to the idea of creating a new GT that could complete against the likes of Porsche and Aston.
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All this picture needs is a big trunk to hold sheets of plywood and bags of cement on the way to / from a track day, as well as some serious ground clearance for off-roading and may be a gun rack...
Perfect!
Perfect!
#13
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Porsche, MB, Aston, Audi, BMW and others are doing it. Chevy might as well join them. Build it off of the same platform, give it different skin, and a new name and I'm sure it'll sell well.