No one outside of General Motors really knows what the company’s plans are for the much-rumored expansion of the Corvette lineup past its current two-seater range.
But in its May 2023 issue, Car and Driver magazine offers its thoughts on all the talk about such a Corvette SUV.
Indeed, the magazine expects such a vehicle to actually be offered in two sizes, a la the Porsche Macan and Cayenne.
If the future has SUVs this interesting and desirable, we want to go there now. https://t.co/bM2HGxdM98
— Car and Driver (@CARandDRIVER) April 12, 2023
They believe the Macan competitor will feature a 300-plus turbo V4 base engine, with an optional twin-turbo V6 available that would create around 400 horsepower.
The larger Cayenne challenger will start out with that same twin-turbo V6, but a more powerful version of the Cadillac Escalade’s supercharged 682-horsepower 6.2-liter V8 – along with carbon-ceramic brakes and super-wide tires – could up the ante considerably, the magazine says.
Car and Driver speculates that the first Corvette SUVs will remain gasoline-powered – not electric – and will be built on the Alpha platform of the current Chevrolet Camaro and Cadillac CT4-V and CT5-V Blackwing.
The magazine expects Chevy to unveil the Corvette SUV sometime this year, with the first units arriving at dealerships in the latter half of 2024, boasting a starting price of around $60,000.
Source:
Car and Driver
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Ah, the world can’t have too many SUVs, especially the high performance variety. Cheers to GM! 🙂
Why not stick some round tail lights on it to complete the illusion that it is a Corvette?
That thing is ugly and Car and Driver thinks it’s interesting and desirable? What a joke! If GM wants to expand the Corvette lineup and make Corvette it’s own brand, I wish they would come out with a radical looking, C3 inspired front engine Corvette two seater for all of us enthusiasts who prefer the front engine layout. I know it will never happen though.
THAT’S UUUUUGGGGGLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYY
Just another bubble top soccer mom SUV that will dilute the Corvette brand. GM must have hired its marketing staff from the same place where Anheuser Busch got theirs.
Cookie Cutter SUV, looks like all the other SUV’s, certainly NOT a Corvette. It’s Fugly
Call it something else and don’t ruin the Legend! Maybe a Corwagon or something…
Fire 🔥 is too good for this thing and the very idea!!!!!!
Did GM just hire the Bud Light marketing team?? Egad! That’s ugly. Please, just don’t… the Corvette is fine as is, no need to extend the brand.
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