Can Kappa hold a v6 or v8?

Why not.

I view the kappa and zeta architecture's as being sort of a jigsaw puzzle. Take front end of A and weld to B and you get C.

They could take the front end off an architecture that has the capability of holding a v6 or v8 and mate it to a architecture that doesn't.

Sure, they would have to beefen it up. But it would be substantially cheaper that developing an all new platform.

Zeta, may be intended for larger displacement engines such as a v8. That doesn't mean that it's components can't be shared with the kappa architecture.

 

If this new kappa based coupe is indeed in the pipeline, what does this mean for the Monte Carlo?

The wording of this article seems confusing. I would imagine that if Chevy is getting two kappa based vehicles, one being Nomad, the other one would be a coupe version of the Nomad wagon. Maybe sort of a baby-Vette.... call it Corvair or Monza.

 

How bout Bel-Air? Wouldnt that be something?

No but seriously, if this info is true, and that this Kappa car isnt the Camaro, wont Chevy be doing what GM said they didnt want to do? Cars from the same company in a similar segment fighting each other? If GM goes with this logic, then there goes one excuse out the window as to why the Firebird couldnt return with the Camaro.

 

OK, I've been doing some snooping around....

Let's just say that rumors of the Nomad's approval are GREATLY exagerrated.

 

The question isn't really why not but rather...again...why? Stretch Kappa and make it beefier to accomodate a V8 and basically you have Zeta, or a Zeta-like car....now, why engineer Kappa to have the ability to do this when Zeta is in development? Not to mention the extra crash testing on your FrankenKappa and blah blah blah...talk about throwing money away.

I just wish people understood that not everything needs big cubes and not everyone wants a 6 or 8 in their car...especially a platform that is supposed to be relatively compact, lightweight, cheap and fun-to-drive.

 

Any chance the author of this article is confussed? The description of the Buick, the "Chevy coupe" and the Cadillac coupe have also been also been suggested on the Zeta architecture in previous posts. Maybe the rumors are starting to run together.

 

i think the "chevy coupe" could have something to do with the "speedster" that was mentioned in a thread earlier (maybe by 30anniv6spd, can't remember the exact username)
just a thought

 

Kappa is a spaceframe just like what fiero/saturn/c5 have been built on. One of the main advantages besides low cost is its ability to be easily widened or lengthened. A fiero is almost the same EXACT size as kappa and it has no problem handling the torque of a v8 since its an extremely rigid structure.

One look at the Saturn Curve should tell you what is possible on this platform. Also, I could see a rwd sunfire replacement built on kappa. Kappa will bring us many low volume niche models, but when will GM take the gloves off and give us a gotta have v6/v8 kappa model? With 500hp vettes in the future, there is plenty of room for it to be done. GM could make a heck of a competitor to the hot selling nissan z-if they wanted to.