Mid Engine Corvette Delayed Six Months Over Electrical Issue: Breaking
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The mid engine Corvette will not debut next month at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. That much you probably already know. But what you probably don’t know is why.
According to sources familiar with the matter speaking to GM Authority on the basis of anonymity, engineers have uncovered a major electrical issue with the future Corvette during the development process. From what we gather, the vehicle’s electrical system can’t carry the load necessary to support the necessary components.
To address the issue, engineers will need to re-engineer the vehicle’s electrical system. Naturally, changes made to the sports car will also need to be coordinated with suppliers involved in providing GM with the electrical components, as well as any associated equipment. The undertaking will delay the mid-engine Corvette project by six months.
Despite this, GM/Chevrolet should still be able to launch the mid engine Corvette for the 2020 model year, though a 2021 model year launch is not entirely off the table.
Stay tuned to GM Authority for more Corvette news and mid engine Corvette news.
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I was a chevy man for years but gotta say the quality if their products are horrible. The interior and for and finish on a 50k impala or optioned camaro is worse than a 20k Hyundai. Sorry. But true. As for this hole. But lools like a Ferrari 360. From 15 years ago.
They used a existing electrical system and it failed. That’s what gm does. Every knob , button and piece of cheap crap can be found across their product line.
If you buy a 150k corvette from them you need a catscan.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. With Machete Mary gutting the engineering ranks at GM, I would not be surprised to see a lot of other delays in new product launches in coming years.
I think that you will see more of these delays since Machete Mary gutted the engineering ranks at GM.
There is something wrong at GM more than just 6months on the vette. Killing cars, I know it’s a business, but the only car I see GM selling that will get loyalty from past buyers. The question I ask how long will GM last when they do away with plug ins.? There is piece that points to the future, but killing the Volt. Most products they want to sell is SUV’s or crossovers. But where is the future? Get ready look at our climate. Maybe Tesla has a better idea.
Here’s hoping they keep the ZR-1 around another year!!!!!
It’s been long acknowledged that chip costs have dropped to the point where it’s conceivable that it could be cheaper to eliminate dedicated signal wiring and simply have a wiring system where there are embedded chips in all devices. IOW, three wires to operate everything. One power, one ground and one data. I have no idea if this is what they are going for. IOW, chips cost less than copper or whatever style of wire and a massive reduction in connections goes along with it. Somebody is going to do this eventually. In some ways it would make sense in the Corvette since it is a lower volume vehicle.
That means Porsche will remain the leader in “value-priced” mid and rear-engine high performance cars for another 6 months. It’s amazing how smart they now appear for putting engines behind the occupants for so long — despite the many years of head-scratching.
I guess the Corvair and Fiero were missed opportunities, now leaving GM fighting electrical gremlins in their final opportunity to deliver a proper exotic car during the small window before management waives their next ax, making passenger cars extinct. I can almost feel the tension…
With GM gutting their engineering staff, more of these delays should be commonplace in the years ahead.
Chevrolet’s C8 Corvette needs to be bulletproof when it is officially introduced to the world as there can’t be any bugs or issues with the car.. even if they need to push back introduction by a calendar year and build the current C7 Corvette for an additional yea; GM CEO Mary Barra needs to think of the C8 as being the tipping point on deciding whether she stays or is fired.
My theory- The Volt gave it’s life for the front wheels of the new Vette. Call it “performance power management” or some other BS term so it’ll run on electric up to say 15mph in traffic and shut off the V8, and in normal or sport modes it’ll have a few AWD configs depending on conditions and use like the fancy Ferrari, Porsche and McLaren hypercars. I think GM has what it takes to do this successfully and bring tech and parts costs down, eventually.
Should they though?? To me, this seems a bit like a moonshot, raising a finger to the other manufacturers out there. It kind of feels like, just like in current politics where now it only takes a well funded @hole to out shout opposition til they give in, that this was a response to critics calling GM a dinosaur. The thing is, most of those critics don’t know that DOHC are older than pushrods (while taking up more space), direct injection has downsides, and that the nicest of electric drivetrains has to get its power generated and transferred from something somewhere.
While I’m ranting though, the ‘Vette needs a few of its sexy curves back, All of the angles and aircraft stealth look, imho = Cadillac. Geez, rereading that, I feel old, I’m not even 40 yet!
I believe you are in the neighborhood.
Yep. Looks like a Cadillac.
Explanation is highly unlikely and is no doubt done to support sales of the C7 for a longer period of time. GM has a long list of cars with mag shocks, electric steering, AC, automatic transmissions, lights, power seats and high powered stereos. Or are all GM products marginally designed?
GM junk like always cant build a mid engine vehicle look at the first gen Pontiac Fiero , another thermal event waiting to happen, as GM calls it.