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Tadge Juechter Denies Mid-Engine Corvette Rumors In Autoline Interview: Video

If you’re a car nut, there’s few people on this earth more interesting to talk to than Tadge Juechter. Tadge has been apart of the Corvette engineering team since the C4 was around and oversaw the development of the both the C5 and C6 before moving onto the C7. He recently sat down with Autoline’s John McElroy to discuss everything Corvette and as you can imagine, he had a few interesting things to say.

In addition to telling the somewhat interesting history behind the C5 Z06 and explaining why his team used a traditional automatic rather than a DCT in the C7 Z06, Tadge addressed the mid-engine Corvette rumors in the interview that have flared up as of late. When asked about the design sketches apparently showing a future mid-engine Corvette, Tadge said “no such car exists.”

We wouldn’t take anything Tadge says in regards to future product to heart. Executives rarely speak about future product for competitive reasons and we imagine GM would desperately want to keep the exact details of a mid-engine Corvette a secret. It’d be wonderful to know all the info Juechter has stored in his head, but unfortunately for us, that would probably cost him his job.

He may not be very transparent in regards to the Z06, but Tadge’s interview with Autoline is full of interesting bits any Corvette fan wouldn’t want to miss. Check it out below for one of the best insights into the current state of the Corvette program you’ll hear, and let us know what you think of his remarks in the comments.

Sam loves to write and has a passion for auto racing, karting and performance driving of all types.

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  1. Hmm I wonder if he saw the Americarna show with the GM studio drawing of the Mid Engine Vette.

    The key to decipher the GM speak is not always in what they did say but how they said it or what they did not say.

    I expect that there is a program in the works but it may still not be in full form yet and that would make his statement that no such car exist yet true.

    GM will leak more once we get to a 18 – 12 month window for the car and it might be a little while longer.

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  2. Car companies are currently working on 2018s, 19s and up. So many plans are set in place years before they see fruition. You can bet if there will be a mid engined Vette its in the works now as maybe a 2020 model.

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  3. How can they electrify the front with an engine in the way?

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  4. I think it’s pretty clear that in the near future (about 10 years) that there will be NO mid-engined Vette. If and when it does come it won’t be a “traditional” mid – engine set up. Possibly electric hubbed front wheel power or some other true future tech that’s yet to materialize.

    As to the idea of a mid-engined Cadillac? Oh heck yeah. I don’t think that’s out of the question at all. And it would be VERY competitive from a image and marketing stand point vs Cadillac’s supposed rivals. The business case for a high dollar, low volume, image /halo toy, has Cadillac “sports car” all over it. Chevy could probably only make it viable if it was a dedicated stand alone model, NOT a total replacement for what is and always was a Value based, every man’s sports car.

    Make no mistake about it. The Corvette is as good as it is, and as famous as it is, because of it’s blue collar roots. NOT in spite of it. And to be honest Americans are the main consumer of Corvettes, and the core demographic is well within the “working man” demographic. That alone, along with the factors described by Tadge, pretty much destroy the idea of a mid-engined Vette.

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    1. I predict they will launch a mid engine stingray during a global pandemic where the government forces people to get vaccines and attempts to erase personhood and gender. The phraseLets go Brandon will become the rally cry for anti government protestors. Donald Trump will be elected as President starting all of the above issues.

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