So what was the "Big surprise" Lutz spoke of?
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I was thinking last night that it could be a 2004 Collecotr Edition Corvette...
2004 will be the last C5, and as was with C3 and C4, there will likely be a special Collector Edition...
Perhaps this is it? Remember the 96 (Grand Sport and all 6-speed) offered the LT4 motor.
2004 will be the last C5, and as was with C3 and C4, there will likely be a special Collector Edition...
Perhaps this is it? Remember the 96 (Grand Sport and all 6-speed) offered the LT4 motor.
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Darth, you maybe right, but I just can't see GM (albeit they have let us down before) pumping us up this much for a special edition Corvette. It's just not a new enough idea to really get my blood pumping.
We need something new x 2 (= new/new).
Jeff
We need something new x 2 (= new/new).
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Well, you know....
As long as we're speculating w/o basis, what about a last-of-the-generation '04 Collector's edition Corvette that debuts the Gen IV V-8, a la the '82 Corvette with the '84's TBI 350?
Probably not going to happen since it would knock some of the newness off the C6 debut, but stranger things have happened.
As long as we're speculating w/o basis, what about a last-of-the-generation '04 Collector's edition Corvette that debuts the Gen IV V-8, a la the '82 Corvette with the '84's TBI 350?
Probably not going to happen since it would knock some of the newness off the C6 debut, but stranger things have happened.
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Originally posted by Chris 96 WS6
Well, you know....
As long as we're speculating w/o basis, what about a last-of-the-generation '04 Collector's edition Corvette that debuts the Gen IV V-8, a la the '82 Corvette with the '84's TBI 350?
Probably not going to happen since it would knock some of the newness off the C6 debut, but stranger things have happened.
Well, you know....
As long as we're speculating w/o basis, what about a last-of-the-generation '04 Collector's edition Corvette that debuts the Gen IV V-8, a la the '82 Corvette with the '84's TBI 350?
Probably not going to happen since it would knock some of the newness off the C6 debut, but stranger things have happened.
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Originally posted by IMPALA64
I hope it will be a Camaro, but that seems too good to be true, and too soon. A rwd Impala will be sweet, but I'm betting on a limited edition 427 Corvette.
I hope it will be a Camaro, but that seems too good to be true, and too soon. A rwd Impala will be sweet, but I'm betting on a limited edition 427 Corvette.
By definition of "surprise", I'm expecting a new and unforeseen model being at Chicago, otherwise it's no surprise at all. Like a full size RWD chevy sedan, a Camaro concept.. something along those lines would be a surprise.
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Originally posted by kizz
I saw a limited edition 427 Corvette being discussed *and* shown on the Speed channel the other day on the Autoweek Magazine show. If I remember right, they said the base price is $49,995 *above* the base price of the Z06
I saw a limited edition 427 Corvette being discussed *and* shown on the Speed channel the other day on the Autoweek Magazine show. If I remember right, they said the base price is $49,995 *above* the base price of the Z06
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Originally posted by jg95z28
Wasn't that an aftermarket "427" by someone like Callaway? I think what we're talking about here would be a "production" model much like the Z06.
Wasn't that an aftermarket "427" by someone like Callaway? I think what we're talking about here would be a "production" model much like the Z06.
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Originally posted by kizz
I was pretty much flipping channels and didn't catch the whole segment. Callaway sounds about right. I think that's what it was.
I was pretty much flipping channels and didn't catch the whole segment. Callaway sounds about right. I think that's what it was.
http://www.lingenfelter.com/pac725ttls1y.asp
