Its...ALIVE!!!
 

And they said there was no such thing...

Blue Devil Lives!!

When GM's vice chairman speaks of an ultra-performance Corvette, we listen

BOB GRITZINGER
Posted Date: 6/29/05

General Motors vice chairman Bob Lutz won’t confirm this car exists, but he is not saying it doesn’t. We first wrote about Chevrolet’s ultra-performance Corvette—dubbed Blue Devil, most likely to catch the attention of GM CEO and Duke Blue Devil grad Rick Wagoner—shortly before the sixth-generation Corvette debuted at the Detroit auto show in January (AW, Dec. 22 and 29, 2004). We asked Lutz about the car during a recent exclusive interview with AutoWeek.

“Let’s just say [Corvette chief engineer] Dave Hill is not a guy who likes playing second fiddle to any high-performance car on the road,� said Lutz. “My guess is we’re going to find a way to do something beyond the Z06, that would be at a much higher price point, and which would compete with some of the leading high-performance cars of the world.�

Lutz said the car may be delayed while the company focuses most of its engineering might on pulling ahead profit-making vehicles like its next-generation large sport/utilities and pickups.

“But there is certainly no lack of desire on anyone’s part to establish the supremacy of the Corvette,� says Lutz.

Spied on the Nurbürgring, Blue Devil appears to be living up to the earlier hype. Eyewitnesses said the car sounds supercharged, confirming reports the engine is likely a blown version of the Z06’s 7.0-liter V8, producing upward of 600 hp. Look for lightweight carbon fiber body parts to reduce weight to about 2900 pounds.

Pricing will likely start somewhere around $100,000 if and when the car makes production in 2006.

600 hp + 2900 lbs. = American supercar. screw the European exotics, and kiss the Ford GT goodbye. As if the new Vette couldn't get any better....

You disapoint me big Al. As cool as this is... learning that your actual car is running is much more cooler.

ahahah...ohhhh yeah...

well, more on that later....today.... 8)

Al, here's something that might interest you...

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=903736

i know that a lot of people at GM have fought for a mid-engined version for decades. if what this guy says is true, it would be one hell of a car.

i thought it was gunna be a TT ls7-powered monster...aka the same mill that jay leno tossed in his toronado, that GM said" has made a proven 1000hp"

here are some pics

http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102690

sweet - it doesn't look like a midenigine to me!

read the post again. the "blue devil" is really just running interference so that GM can develop a mid-engined "C7".

I don't know how truthful that is - I can't really see GM building a $100k+ midengine Corvette. A super-vette like the "Blue Devil" is pretty much as far as I think they are willing to go for now....

- Justin

OR all of that mid-engine stuff is BS... why would they change the vette to mid engine for the next generation - GM'd be shooting themselves in the foot (which doesn't sound too out of the question, come to think of it)... maybe the blue devil isnt a vette at all - those pics on autoweek could be of an engine dev test car... for fun im gonna say that i heard that thats the test car for the new f-body... haha!

I heard the Blue Devil is the next generation neon.

I heard it will be SEXY 8)

Can we get a word filter back for neon.