After GM's recent announcement anyone think GM will delay the arrival of the C7?

GM had a similiar scenerio with the C4 and upcoming C5 delaying the c5 for quite some time.

I believe the C4 ran for 13 years because GM was in deep trouble..and didn't want to divert funds for a C5...

I say 2015 for the c7 release.

lutz recently said...niche vehicles are on the back burner.

yep I agree The C7 might not happen at all with the urgency of MPG performance pursuit and development of HP will take the rear if any seat remains. We are all in deep trouble and need to be paying attention to our nations well being. There are a bunch of nasty symptoms that continue to emerge. Mods for my ride are on a back burner. I am concerned about heating costs for my home this coming winter

I think GM will be lucky to be around in 2015, if things keep going the way they are. Even then the C7 may not be the car we would like to see, but a toned down version that gets higher mpg.

What do you guys think about the possibility of GM selling Corvette to some stand alone enity?

I never would see GM selling corvette..although it would be profitable for them to do so..

I also believe the c6 will live on longer than previously thought..

I think 2015 might be the year....for the C7 now as opposed to 2012...release..

I think gm should do a wide body (without scoops) C6 coupe and convertible..maybe add DSG tranny (which they will never do)

If GM wide bodied the C6 they'd sell for two or three more years without present day level discounts ...

I like the C5 and the C6...although I see a lot of guys spending 10 grand to wide body their c6's..

I'm like ...it looks dam good but not for 10 grand..

GM could charge a few grand over the base coupe and vert and sell everyone with minimal discounts...

Thats what I would suggest if they asked..(which they are not)

I think GM's recent announcement...means a few extra years before the c7 releases...(unlesss the C6 can't meet some safety requirement test as it sits now..

JMO

Agree with JB's observations. It would make GM alot of cash, but it's not likely to happen.

I can see it now. Introducing the all new Hyundai Corvette. Just shoot me now and get it over with.

J.B. -This might be a stupid question but what exactly is "wide bodying"? Are people actually making the car wider? I haven't seen this.

The rear quarter panels on a C6Z stick out a few inches more so they cover the wider tires on a ZO6. They also have rear brake cooling ducts. Many people are putting those rear q-panels onto their standard C6. Some also squeeze on the front fascia. IMO, for the $$$ they spend to do it, they should have just bought the Z to begin with.

To me, GM seems to have so much 'excess' built into their company that they could probably make it without going chapter 11 if they just trimmed some fat here and there.

Since so many of the parts in a Corvette are shared with other GM cars, to me Corvette being sold off to a completely different company doesn't sound like it could happen. Now handing it over to Cadillac, that might be more like it. (A guy can dream, can't he)

The rear fenders on the Z06 and C6 coupe are bolt ons.

Lots of guys are bolting off the stock c6 fenders and bolting on the rear fenders of the Z06.

The fronts fenders are more complicated yet again a lot of guys are doing either just the rear fenders or both the front and the rear fenders.

Then they swap in the z06 sized rims and tires.

Some vendors are selling fenders prepainted as well. Doing just the rear fenders is like 2500 dollars...the front seems to be more because the front nose has to be switched out as well. I don't remember all the details but for GM it would be chump change...even if the fenders were all in the same base material instead of exotic materials.

If GM offered the wide body fenders without the z06 scoops...and a set of slightly smaller wheels and tires..

GM would have a new hit on its hands..

Maybe call it the Corvette ss? All I know is guys are spending close to 10 grand to get the "look"

Its a cool look and GM could take advantage of it without downgrading the ZR1 or Z06..

With 436hp...the base C6 is way fast enough.... and it looks great...but next to a Z06 today at my health club today..

I saw the beautiful lines of the Z06 compared to the base c6 and the Z's widebody look was cooler...

Thanks J.B.- Now I know!

Corvette is Chevy they could never sell the flagship car of America.
As for the Z flares absolutely the best those fenders are smokin best I have ever seen
not 10k cool though but put them on from the factory oh yes

GM trading at $5 and change and Ford was at $1.25, today. Wow, who would have thought...We are in a really bad situation that looks to be getting worse. The C7 is far from the minds of GM right now and I doubt we will ever see one. I hope all the jobs can be saved if they go our situation gets even worse.
What do you think? will the corvette weather the storm? Will GM survive? Will our corvette's value drop to nothing? Im keeping mine whatever happens.

GM will definitly continue the corvette and extending the C6 run by a few extra years .......is good news to me.. ...(I own a c6)

The C7 will probably be delayed two years at most... (GM needs to cry poverty to get government help now)

Just read an article that shares your view on every model except the Corvette, it wasn't mentioned. The Camaro will come out but no other use of the rwd platform will. The disappoinntment of the G8 was cited as contributing to that decision. The Volt will continue to develop but other new models are on hold according to the CNN article. Tough times