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Chevrolet Corvette SUV Rendered

The smell of smoke arrives first, followed by the clatter of pitchforks and angry shouts. The Corvette enthusiasts have arrived. Thunder rumbles in the distance. That’s the scene we’re imagining right now as we post our new rendering of a Chevrolet Corvette SUV. But before dealing out some severe mob justice, just hear us out.

At the moment, General Motors doesn’t have a single performance utility vehicle in its lineup. And that’s a missed opportunity when considering the insatiable appetite for crossovers and SUVs we’ve seen for the last several years. Sure, GM is heavily focused on utilities these days, but the lack of a performance utility leaves one corner of the segment completely untapped.

To that end, a Chevrolet Corvette SUV would fill the gap nicely. Looking over our renderings, it appears as though the latest styling language introduced with the mid-engine Corvette C8 would also carry over well to an SUV body.

For now, there are no solid plans on GM’s side with regard to actually producing a Corvette SUV. That said, rumors have been swirling for years that GM would expand the Corvette brand beyond a single model, including hints at a Corvette SUV and a Corvette sedan.

What’s more, GM CEO Mary Barra hasn’t ruled out the possibility of expanding the brand, either. Back in November, an automotive industry analyst claimed a dedicated Corvette sub-brand could be worth billions of dollars.

Indeed, a properly executed Corvette SUV could be a major boon for General Motors – assuming it isn’t torpedoed by irate enthusiasts before it even gets out of the gate.

So then – what do you think, dear reader? Is our Corvette SUV rendering a good idea, or is it pure sacrilege to the Corvette nameplate? We wrapped the comments section in Nomex, so post away, and make sure to subscribe to GM Authority for more Chevrolet Corvette news, Chevrolet news, and around-the-clock GM news coverage.

Jonathan is an automotive journalist based out of Southern California. He loves anything and everything on four wheels.

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  1. That’s just wrong!

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    1. I think this is amazing. Looks like Porsche Macan. They just need to make E-Ray version of that.

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      1. That’s exactly why it’s wrong! It doesn’t have a defining look that is all its own.

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      2. Fake comment deleted. Someone is trying really hard to do an impersonation of Alex Luft.

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        1. Now that is funny and a benefit of running the site.

          And like I said, who is the better liar ?

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      3. The question is WHY!!!

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      4. Yeah no! This is stupid!

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    2. This beautiful suv will put GM on top of the world if they do it right with oval taillights, optional engine size and extra accessories. It will completely blow the competition out the water. However, those 2 door enthusiasts have been shooting themselves in the foot by limiting the fun. Dream car to the mooooon!!!

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  2. It makes so much Financial sense that GM will probably not do it HAHA

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    1. 10 years to late

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    2. Momolos,

      How do you see this vehicle under Chevrolet Corvette making financial sense ?
      I do see a better or top end mid-sized vehicle from GM making financial sense yet not under or tied with the Corvette !
      However the Chevrolet Corvette, also needs to be updated to the next largest generation.

      I am guessing the money people who told GM to do this under Corvette, were money people and not automotive wealth legacy builders.
      You see I view Corvette as investment property, I bought my 1958 Vette in 2010 when money was worth nothing from some New Jersey people who needed some of that money.
      You can look at the Vette value graph and see exactly when GM went cheap, as those are still cheap to buy !
      Cadillac was the same, yet GM never spent the money needed to say revive it after they cheapened it up !

      So going back to the Vette and generations of humans, GM can NOT do all of this within one vehicle any longer.
      Just as the Denali interior should be better and now is, the Corvette going forward NEEDS to have two completely different drive systems.
      The boomers today, who are not all living under one roof because they didn’t save any money for the future, are still Corvette people, the boomers with money !
      Yet the millennials with the money on average, simply want an EV vehicle !
      Remember there are essentially two groups of millennials, old ones and young ones, the old ones are like a gen X hybrid, yet the young ones are the save the planet, wealthy thinkers !

      If GM leaves the C8 with only the ICE V8, the old wealthy boomers will buy their last Vette and then done.
      But if GM makes the C8 also entirely EV like the Hummer, it will project the Corvette legacy well into the future !

      A sub brand will be a quick buck, but I still thing it will just water down the legacy of the Corvette for the future.

      But GM is a boomer company, maybe that’s where they want to be, just for boomers, I would guess that’s why their stock sits and Tesla’s climbs.

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  3. Please destroy this rendering. The Corvette name should NOT be associated with the frumpiness of CUV’s, which are nothing more than high-roofed station wagons with taller ground clearance.

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    1. Maybe.

      I understand the sentiment from plenty here that the Corvette name should always be only associated with the 2-door sports car. Totally understandable. But there comes a time when nostalgia and history may need to give way if the potential for high profits is there.

      Personally, I would prefer the Corvette to be only the sports car, not any SUV (and no, I’m not a boomer – I’m on the younger age end of the most pathetic generation in history, Millennials). However, GM is woefully behind in the sporty SUV game. I.e., they’ve got nothing in that department. Putting aside how sad that really is, there should be at least one performance SUV in their portfolio.

      The first question is: Chevrolet, or Cadillac?

      Seeing that Cadillac has just recently filled out their lineup with FWD-based SUVs, from a cost standpoint, adding a RWD performance SUV to the stable doesn’t make much sense. That, and the Cadillac name status among consumers right now could kill the thing pretty quickly. Chevrolet is riding on the initial success of the new C8, and has a solid performance history, so they make more sense here for getting the performance SUV.

      The second question is: should it look like the Corvette, Camaro, or something totally new?

      If it were to look like the Vette, I still wouldn’t call it one. I like the point C8.R has been making about the analogy between the 911 and the Cayenne. No need to call an SUV a Corvette just because it has styling cues.

      However, I think making it look like the Camaro is a better idea. Why? Well for one, Chevy has basically used the Camaro to set their design language for the next few years, look at the Blazer, Trailblazer, even the Silverado and Tahoe as examples. Traverse and Equinox will almost certainly adopt that look soon. So making the performance SUV look like the Camaro would make sense from a branding perspective.

      Additionally, the Camaro itself needs a major boost. Its on the verge of death as it stands currently. You could argue that a “Camaro SUV,” while not being called a Camaro, could inject some life into the Camaro itself, if a careful marketing strategy tied the two cars together. In this way, the SUV would benefit from the recognizable Camaro relationship, and the Camaro would get some advertising to remind people it’s still around. A mutually beneficial relationship, in a sense.

      I wouldn’t try to make a totally distinct-looking SUV, because that would hurt marketing, and may lead to the perception that it doesn’t tie in to the Chevrolet brand strategy enough.

      So I definitely think a RWD performance SUV styled like the Camaro could work. Look at how well the Camaro styling has helped the Blazer – its selling very well. Ironic how the Camaro styling could help the Blazer, but not the Camaro. But I think a good dual-car marketing strategy could be helpful to both the “Camaro SUV” and the Camaro itself. Killing two birds with one stone, basically. And it does make sense.

      Which is why GM will never do it.

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      1. The Camaro looking SUV is fine but….

        Even if you make it look like a Camaro it still deserves its own name. If the Camaro has to go let it go with dignity and a chance the name could come back on a 2 door coupe at a later time when it may sell again.

        Call it a K5 or anything but a Camaro.

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        1. That’s exactly what I said.

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          1. Yes and I agree with you.

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  4. Can’t imagine anything killing the Corvette brand faster than this…especially if it looks even close to this Porsche variant / copy. It screams badge engineering.

    Folks had the chance for 4-5 years with the CTS-V Wagon. Great car / Icon in the making, but sold in limited numbers.

    IMHO, share the Corvette “engine”, but not the Name / Styling.

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    1. This is ridiculous! Really guys? Ya’ll gonna miss the opportunity to ride with all your friends in a possible modern day corvette bat mobile that sits five? Really, really? What in the world is wrong with you exclusive club guys? Are ya’ll really that selfish to keep all the,”classicness” of the corvette goodness to yourselves and not share with moms, dads and grand parents?

      So ya’ll think you the only one that likes to have fun?

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      1. Most Moms, Dads and Grandparents could care less , but I would still consider a performance crossover so I can have my cake and eat it too.

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  5. Looks like a Porsche.

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  6. Needs immediate approval… but with current GM leadership that means 15 years from now just as the market shifts back to 4 door sedans… morons running this company…

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  7. Please never Corvette SUV, for a SUV has a thousands of posibilities without needs to kill a legend

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  8. This is exactly what the Vette needs but maybe not like this rendering. Of course the golden oldies will cry “blasphemy!” while talking to thier chiropractor on how to crunch themselves into a 2 seater.

    No compromise SUV with 6.2, DCT, and C8 interior standard..

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  9. If anything, the Camaro should turn into a crossover. (Not joking)

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    1. Crossover only? no, available as an crossover, maybe. I can imagine a affordable rwd crossover named “Chevelle X” with a sedan counterpart.

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      1. Assuming the Camaro is scheduled to disappear, I’d be okay with it being reborn in crossover form. Plus if you call it Camaro instead of Corvette, you can offer more affordable trims in the range. No need to reintroduce a nameplate (Chevelle) when you have a good one the public is far more familiar with.

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        1. You have a camaro cross over it’s called the blazer
          Why can’t you call this a Chevrolet something and keep the corvette style language

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          1. I disagree about the Blazer. I generally like the rendering and idea, just don’t call it Corvette. If you call it Corvette, you can’t get away will a lower cost lower power version.

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            1. Ok don’t call it a corvette buT keep it in the stingray name family, call it Chevrolet sawback it’s a shark that looks like a stingray, have some styling inspired from corvette, and highend interior. And it has to have the LT2 in it with an option LT4. Did you see the blazer the interior is the same as the camaro it’s the only 2 cars in all of GM that are like it. I mean you could call it a camaro crossover and no one would have said when it came out that it looks like a blazer

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        2. Yeah no! This is stupid!

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  10. Everyone saying it shouldn’t exist, just needs to look at Porsche and Ferrari. Porsche is printing money and Ferrari is about to debut theirs. GM needs to be in the game. Can’t make money if not in it.

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    1. But Porsche didn’t call theirs a 911. Maybe GM should make a similar vehicle, but it shouldn’t be called a Corvette.

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    2. 91fairladyz,

      I totally agree GM should be in it !

      Yet when you and people like you say ” see Porsche is in it ”
      I still just see VW as making Porsche, like I see GM making Cadillac !

      The Corvette of VW is the Audi R8, and I still think that’s mainly what pushed this mid engine C8 !
      Nobody here has disproved that JDN didn’t push this mid engine Cadillac to jump start his reign over Cadillac !
      If he was left to his thoughts of a better Cadillac than the average GM blah vehicle, GM would now have a mid engine Cadillac sports car and a RWD/AWD, XT6 – V and possibly with a Blackwing, followed with a Escala sedan of the same.
      The money would just be flowing so fast, the share holders would have to buy more Corvettes with it.

      Yet if Mark and Mary would have let that go, it would have killed Corvette all together, and there was no way Mark, a performance boomer in charge of GM was going to let JDN ruin Corvette !

      But now, without a Corvette like mid-sized SUV, Mark has once again, stunted the NON boomer investment into GM, and killed Cadillac while doing so !

      Have you ever heard the saying cut off the nose to spite the face, that was Mark in this scenario !
      He had to save Corvette, yet killed Cadillac by doing so, and left the entire GM profit stream lacking, and the sales and stocks are suffering !!

      Mark and Mary should have left the Cadillac mid engine an ICE vehicle while taking the same vehicle into the Corvette as an EV !
      Best of both worlds, yet Mark a performance EGO, arrogant boomer, just couldn’t see the forest through the trees !

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  11. This actually looks pretty good. I’d be on board.

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  12. Not realistic enough. You need to replace the third window with a slab of shiny black plastic.

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  13. A perf SUV is a good idea, but that rendering doesn’t look enough like a Vette and doesn’t have
    enough space to be a SUV.

    If done, come up with a new name.

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  14. Horrible idea,
    All it will do is water down the Corvette name, just like Cadillac !

    This very thing is where GM missed the boat with the Cadillac SUV’s.
    As Porsche is a VW, Cadillac is a GM.

    But GM needed this type of vehicle in 2014 !!!

    As the mid-sized SUV is todays Chevy Impala, GM really needed a performance vehicle in the same line !!
    I have been saying this for 4 years on here now, GM is always at least 2 years behind, at least !
    If GM doesn’t have this in the pipeline already, its to late !

    GM thinks this will be solved with the Cadillac EV – SUV.
    Sure that will be great, yet this needed to be an ICE also for 10 years !

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  15. Hell no!

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  16. GM is already working on this project,but it won’t look anything like that. Corvette suv will have rwd proportions and won’t look like the fwd based urus/cayenne.

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  17. Just a bad idea with an even worse rendering.

    To those who say Porsche, Lamborghini etc all have one. They have to have one as they can not live on just a sports car alone as a brand.

    Note they do not call the Porsche SUV a 911.

    Corvette is a model not a brand. It is a Chevy and Chevy does not exist because of the Corvette it exist because it is part of the Chevy line.

    The formula of sales for the Corvette is totally different than the others. Chevy sells the. Corvette cheaper and in volumes that would kill the other models. If the 911 was sold at the C8 price and at the higher volumes it would not make money or survive.

    Chevy has a unique deal going and a vehicle that has hit icon status few ever reach. Most sports cars last 10 years and they are gone. The Vette is at an age no other sports car has ever achieved. You muck up the name equity in the name of short term greed and you will pay a price.

    Porsche got greedy with cheap models like the 924 and 944 and it damaged their image and status. They went back yeti the higher price lower volume formula and rebadged VW based SUV models to do the volume work. Chevy already has the volume.

    To be honest this is the SUV Cadillac should have and lose the XT6 that is a warmed over Acadia. A real sport SUV better Fits Cadillac than a Warmed over Corvette as a Cadillac.mlike already failed.

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    1. This looks pretty darn good and I’m sure it could look even better as an actual product.

      C8.R – Your entire argument hinges on beef with a name… okay, call this the Crossvette or Corvette Crossray… or whatever. There are planet of names that will make sure everyone knows that this is no traditional corvette.

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      1. Olds had a great car in the Cutlass Supreme. So they named other models the Cutlass Ciera and Cutlass Calais. Then they tried the name on a lame FWD.

        They felt that they could fool people with a name that once held great equity. But we know what happened to a Olds.

        The primary issue with the Corvette is that it is a name of a sports car not the name of a brand. As I pointed out the Porsche SUV models are not 911 models.

        The Corvette is a Chevy it will always be a Chevy. You damage the name and image with a poorly executed SUV you risk the image of the car.

        Now ask yourself. GM is the company that can not figure out how to get Cadillac right. Do you really trust them to not short cut a SUV with the Corvette name?

        Best to give it to Cadillac so if or when they drop the ball it will not hurt Cadillac anymore than they are already.

        If left a Chevy call it a Chevy Monza tuned by Team Corvette.

        You start this now you will end up with a Corvette decal package on a Blazer at some point.

        Do not trust the board with the a Corvette name or image.

        This was the same company that was going to do a FWD Grand Am GTO 4 cylinder at one point till someone stopped them.

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        1. You’re delusional. You people keep talking as if Cadillac is a complete failure. Yes their sales need to strengthen but they’re doing a hell of a lot better than the could be and it appears they’re moving in the right direction. For example, compare a base model CTS 2.0T to a base CT5 350T. This vehicle is light years ahead of it’s predecessor in every way. The CT6 which debuted as a 2016 model year Cadillac and the first production vehicle to offer a semi-autonomous technology that doesn’t require you to even make contact with the steering wheel (Super Cruise). Tesla doesn’t even offer that level of autonomy. Not to mention the CT6-V. Lincoln, Acura, Infiniti, nor Lexus currently offers a CT6-V competitor. You’d have to go German to find a comparable alternative and even then you won’t find one that’ll drive itself the way a CT6-V will. Yes it’s rumored the CT6 may be discontinued but let’s not act as if it’s just Cadillac doing this. The market doesn’t stop changing for anyone. Toyota also discontinued their RWD Lexus GS but I don’t hear anyone complaining and trashing that company for doing that. It’s such a double-standard type of thing going on and it’s really retarded.

          We have a 2021 Escalade coming with a curved OLED display. Nobody in the industry is doing that. How can so many people on this site sit back and do nothing but trash-talk Cadillac as if it’s just the worse luxury brand on the planet and a complete failure? Especially when the brand continues to push the envelope of innovation and technology. Even the Cadillac XT6 is a great offering for what it’s supposed to be; a comfortable luxurious three-row CUV. It Offers true (naturally aspirated) V6 power, twin-clutch AWD capabilities, competitive interior luxurious, updated CUE system, and a much smoother 9-speed transmission than it’s predecessor. This vehicle is designed to compete with the Acura MDX, Infiniti QX60, Lexus RX-L, Volvo XC90, and Mazda CX-9. It’s more than just competitive in comparison to most of them aesthetically and in build materials used…and offers versatile driving characteristics which is more than I can say about Lexus. It is very comfortable to drive but also takes corners fairly well on Sport trims. It’s worlds above the Cadillac SRX that it replaces yet it’s also trashed regularly solely because it isn’t a RWD Lincoln Aviator fighter (despite it’s intended purpose). This is what I mean when I say GM ought to ignore majority of the naysayers pertaining to the Cadillac brand and continue to evolve because most people will NEVER be satisfied. They don’t want to be unless it’s a heavy, sluggish, Fleetwood that’s revived from the dead. These folks honestly sound ridiculous to me. Cadillac could be better, and they’re obviously working on that but they aren’t the bottom of the barrel as GMA posters would have one to believe. Such moaners and cry babies here it’s annoying the affect they have on this site.

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  18. 1st and foremost, the Corvette has been a unique vehicle from ALL other products GM has EVER made and has been basically a brand unto itself from inception and not REALLY a Chevy even though you bought it through a Chevy dealership, period.
    2nd, even among other Corvettes there have ALWAYS been model variants. Stingray, Z51, LT1, Z06, ZR1, and soon to be E-Ray so it DOES resemble the Porsche AND Ferrari business model where there have been sub model variants SOOOO Corvette Can be it’s own brand IF done properly. I do not have the confidence GM can do this after seeing what they have done with various models too many to list.
    3rd, Corvette can and should be it’s own brand as now more than EVER it is totally unlike ANYTHING else from GM. IT must done properly and the Porsche model is proof it CAN be done VERY successfully. EVERYTHING they build is exceptional. Can GM do the same? Sure, but probably not as the bean counters with only shareholder profits and Barra’s bonus in mind will F__k it all up. Ferrari is now getting into the CUV/SUV so that should tell you something as well besides Lamborghini, Rolls, Bentley, MB, Audi, Jaguar, Porsche etc…being in the segment. Hell, look at Ferrari’s shooting brake FF which is AWD and is incredible.
    Last but not least is the FACT that most of the above have front/mid engined options as well as mid/rear engined models!
    So, yes, the C7 should have been kept as well and REFINED. Hasn’t Porsche done that with the 911 since it’s inception?? C7, C8 with an CUV model will satisfy most and the hybrid/E market is the way of the future. Groomed properly, the Corvette can stand as the flagship brand for GM where Cadillac has faltered, IMHO.

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    1. C4ce,

      Your last statement is strange to me,
      The Corvette can stand as a flagship brand for GM where Cadillac has faltered !

      The very GM that needed Cadillac ruined Cadillac !!!!!

      If GM and the money guys would have let Cadillac run like say, the new Yukon Denali, or say, the new Escalade, we would not be having this conversation !

      All the Cadillac people around me thought for sure the XT4, and the XT6 would have been a step up from the average GM blah vehicle, yet GM pushed this crap !!!!

      Why did Mark Reuss want to kill Cadillac and then try to kill Corvette,, with this SUV thing ?

      Now I think the new C8 should have been a EV and it is still to come !
      You see the Corvette in its whole, is a boomer vehicle !
      Sure there are some older and younger ones but mostly boomers.
      So GM needed an EV of this vehicle to compete with Tesla, image wise, to the young $$$$$$$$ techies !
      Like the Hummer, the C8 also needed this, yet BOTH also need an ICE option, for volume !

      But again, well find out soon enough what GM will do, and soon after that how it will go !

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  19. There’s more than enough room for a Vette sub-brand. Guys here say Cadillac should have a sport SUV only but that leave Chevy buyers cold or buying the competition. A theoretically Vette SUV and sedan can get away with $100k price while supplementing the C8 without the snobby Cadillac badge and buyers.

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    1. Do you really trust GM to do this right? No short cuts, no parts bin, no just slapping a badge and body on an existing platform?

      Just look at the trail of underachieving and mistakes that have been made.

      They can’t even figure out how to fix Cadillac after they left a path of destruction to learn from.

      I trust Tadge and crew but will they have last say and full control? Not likely.

      The Corvette team is already busy with the Corvette. Anything else added would be farmed out to other engineering teams.

      At this point do it with the Camaro as it’s sales are in critical condition and the segment as a whole is dying.

      This has nothing to do with room. This has to do with image and name equity. You have a brand and name defiined as the Americas sports car then you want to put it on a family hauler?

      If you want to put similar tail lamps on the SUV and or wheels that is fine but do not put the Corvette name on it.

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      1. Camaro sales are dying because car sales are dying (Mustang and Challenger sales isn’t hot either). An A1 effort was done to the Vette but somehow you yourself don’t want a Vette SUV done because how Cadillac was done?.

        And what’s this “Team Corvette” Idea?, they sit around the office with mirrors around them with “Team Corvette” t-shirts saying how awesome they are to each other?. They’re GM engineers, GM heads tell them what to do and they’ll translate what’s said in the boardroom to the highway.

        Again, nobody didn’t stop buying 911s, Lambos, and etc because of a 4-door version.

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        1. The Team Corvette idea is this. GM builds and engineers the vehicle and then lets the Corvette engineers tune it.

          This is much the same as Isuzu did with Lotus on suspension as well as Porsche has done with other companies in tuning suspensions. Porsche engineering did this with GM once.
          Or like the Callaway Corvette. Callaway took the production vehicle and tune . GM sells their products yet today in selected dealers.

          Either way you are not putting the Corvette model name on the vehicle and it lives on its own name with a tuning badge.

          It is even like the old Yenko deal.

          I am not against the performance SUV. Just do not call it a Corvette.

          No one one stopped buying the 911 because the 911 is still a sports car not a SUV.

          Porsche = Brand 911 = Sports Car Model
          Chevrolet = Brand Corvette = Sports Car Model.

          There is a difference.

          The bottom line is if they have to slap the Corvette name on a SUV to sell it then what did they do wrong. If it was worth the money it would sell no matter what the name was.

          The product should define the name not the name defining the product.

          Too many marketing and auto executives get lazy and try to let the name carry the load.

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          1. “The Team Corvette idea is this. GM builds and engineers the vehicle and then lets the Corvette engineers tune it.

            This is much the same as Isuzu did with Lotus on suspension as well as Porsche has done with other companies in tuning suspensions. Porsche engineering did this with GM once.
            Or like the Callaway Corvette. Callaway took the production vehicle and tune . GM sells their products yet today in selected dealers”

            That sounds too limited, if I want a Cayanne or Macan Turbo I’ll head to the Porsche dealer and order one or dealer stock, not go to some podunk dealer in a flyover state, use the Masonic handshake and wink at a shady salesman named “Bo” to get a “special edition” plus what’s the base of the performance “Vette SUV?, a 6000 lb Tahoe?, 6500lb Suburban?.

            “Either way you are not putting the Corvette model name on the vehicle and it lives on its own name with a tuning badge”

            Wow, didn’t know MB retired and made ya CEO…. Regardless it sounds like GM is going forward with some type of a 4-door Vette variant and I’m on board with that.

            “Porsche = Brand 911 = Sports Car Model
            Chevrolet = Brand Corvette = Sports Car Model”

            If it wasn’t for the 911 it wouldn’t be a Porsche, all other models before Cayanne outside of 911 was failures or marginal at best.

            I do hope GM don’t drop the ball going forward on a performance SUV but for the Vette it’s got to evolve or parish.

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            1. If it were not for the Chevy truck there would be no Chevy.

              I think the folks behind and own a 956 would differ in it being a failure.

              The Vette does not need to develop as an SUV to survive. It only has to survive as Corvette sports car.

              The Volume issues is covered by Chevrolet and the SUV and Trucks they already build.

              Porsche needs the volume as they have nothing carrying the volume load as the sports cars alone do not do that for the brand.

              The way GM builds, markets and sells the Corvette is unlike any and I mean any other sports car in the world so they do not have to play badge games on SUV models from a lesser division. Chevrolet has a formula that works and to tamper with it could upset the cart and damage what they already have.

              Even without a SUV the Corvette is not going anywhere.

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              1. “If it were not for the Chevy truck there would be no Chevy”

                No, they will be no GM with no Chevy truck, don’t mean I want a big, bof truck for going fast, in fact GM don’t even need the Vette so that even throws out that argument that the Vette can’t be touched and protected as a 2-seater, GM can end production of C8 today and won’t effect any bottom line.

                “I think the folks behind and own a 956 would differ in it being a failure.”

                Wow, an unattainable race-only Porsche?, I’d love to see the Cadillac prototype racers in showrooms too, (for under $1 million or so).

                “The Vette does not need to develop as an SUV to survive. It only has to survive as Corvette sports car.

                The Volume issues is covered by Chevrolet and the SUV and Trucks they already build.”

                See my 1st point…..

                Obviously GM have some plans for a 4-door Vette variant, can’t wait to see it.

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                1. 356 Sorry miss keyed.

                  Your first point is wrong.

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                  1. You mean the 356 the 911 replaced like the Silverado replaced the C/K?, Still GM can operate without a Vette and yes a sub-brand with other 4-door variants is needed for the Vette to survive.

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                    1. Chevy could survive with out the Corvette and with out a make believe corvette branded Chevy.

                      The real question is can the Corvette survive a poorly executed SUV by people not even on the Corvette program?

                      We may see a repeat of the Cimarron.

                      The variations of the present C8 will do just fine with only two doors.

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              2. You’re essentially making the argument for the ‘crossed flags’ Chevrolet being a captive division of ‘bowtie’ Chevrolet. And I’ve changed my mind on this. Leaving the name Corvette out for now, why not have the ‘crossed flags’ get more models and pair it with Cadillac dealers?

                A tangent… maybe the idea all other diveisions are “a lesser division” was really the start of the Cadillac slide?

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                1. The Cross Flags is one way to do this but you could only merge it overseas with Cadillac. In America Chevy will never let go of their emblem or the Corvette.

                  Better yet you have the Blackwing division now. Make a SUV worthy of the TT V8 they have and market that as a Cadillac. It would help Cadillac regain in image that it has lost and bring something worth buying for a higher price to the line. It also would only be a Cadillac not a Chevy or Buick or GMC.

                  Cadillac is not a sports car company and we have already had two failures. They are a SUV division now and will have to remain one to survive. What better than to make a SUV worthy of Sport status that could compete with these other names.

                  Overseas you could market the Corvette as a Corvette at Holden and in Europe as a GM brand since Chevy is gone. In South America it remains a Chevy.

                  The NSX is an Acura here but a Honda in Japan. They understand the issues.

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      2. What would you consider right? I agree with Guestt’s first post. This can’t be a three row family hauler.

        You’re a Fiero guy. Pontiac had a great chance to make fun transverse engine vehicles accepted 30 years ago, with fresh names. But, basically, GM chose fwd entropy.

        There’s room for a Camaro inspired SUV, and a Corvette one, and an off-road one. There’s a chance to take GMC to an all rwd basis to avoid what happened to Olds.

        And they have to fire anyone that advocated for the new Blazer as a crossover Camaro.

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        1. I have nothing against a proper sport SUV based on a RWD platform. I am against taking and using a 2 door sports car name on it as it is a model not a brand.

          As it is now the Camaro is not just dying because it is a car but it is a coupe. It has been killed once and we may see it again as volumes are dangerously low. Same applied to the other coupes.

          The Fiero was just a number of failures of GM to manage not only models but divisions to work in harmony and not against each other.

          If you want to inspire the models with Camaro and Corvette styling cues that is fine. We had Corvairs and Impalas with round tail lamps. But do not put a Corvette badge on it.

          If the SUV is built right it would sell no matter the badge. If you have to call it a Corvette that means you left something on the table and are relying on a name to fool people but for how long?

          It took decades to create the Corvette we have and the name equity. One bad model and a few years can tarnish it to where it would take another decade to recover it.

          In the case of recovering Hummer is fine as they have nothing to lose there and only ground to gain with the name since it was not in use.

          Look at the name Nomad. It once was held in great regard. Then it was used on a series of wagons that left it tarnished outside the memories of the first three years.

          Goodyear tire has had a statement they put in stone on the wall of their building. “Protect Our Good Name” this is something that gets lost with many companies looking to make a short term quick buck today.

          Just look to the crappy Chrysler Shelby’s. Looking back they did more damage than good to the history of the Shelby company. At this point Carol was willing to do what ever for money and he took it. Looking back I bet he would have done things differently in that era.

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  20. I’ve driven Corvettes daily for the last 30+ years and I would LOVE to have a third Corvette in the garage that would challenge my trip decision evaluation. Generally my wife is incapable of going anywhere for more than a day without 5 bags. This limits the vettes to day trips. A Corvette SUV with good handling, stopping and power would add some more fun to those longer trips. Do it RIGHT, it WILL sell. Do it WRONG and the house WILL be burned down.

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    1. The real question to you is what are the odds GM burns down the House and is it worth risking nearly 70 years of heritage and brand equity for just a few bucks.

      Cadillac lost their equity and burned their house with the Cimarron . Allante. etc.

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      1. Sidenote, GM engineers wanted to take the J-platform and transform the car into a proper Cadillac like how the Nova was turned into a Seville but R. Smith rushed Cadillac and what came was a Cavalier with leather and a $5k increase (Cimmaron). Allante, WTH what that all was about? (747 flights from Italy), they could had saved money by building it next to the Rettra.

        A proper Vette SUV should have no comprise.

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        1. Your last line is the hard fact that needs to be done. But does anyone here trust the GM board to follow through properly.

          Could they back out and take a Colorado frame and try to make a SUV out of it and short cut their way to something not worthy. It is a very good possibility.

          Remember this is the same company that spent Billions on the Blackwing TT engine and now is not using it?

          The Corvette team has been shielded by key people in GM but they are not untouchable. Back in the early 80’s they were forced to work with a V6 as a possibility. It went so far they used a Citation Mule with two engines for a way out till the V8 got a reprieve.

          The Corvette C5 was canceled until the team manager ignored the call and kept it alive. Good sales saved the car but he pretty much killed his career even though he was right.

          The Allante was all about image and the Italian body was a good start but the FWD platform with the weak aluminum V8 negated all the image.

          Too often these deals get half a$$ed and fail.

          Sure they may do a Corvette SUV and then after the first suckers buy in and find it to be nothing special it goes away and leaves a black mark on the history of the Corvette name. It could replace the Vega wheeled Corvette as the low spot if not done properly.

          Run this as a program of its own . If it makes it then you created a new icon if not you make it go away and retire what ever name you use. No harm done.

          Now back to your statement.
          A proper Vette SUV should have no comprise.

          Do you really think that GM as a whole would get it right? Or do you think they will compromise it to where it falls short like so many other projects they have done.

          GM builds things by committee and you can get away with that on regular production vehicles but at the top end it is a formula of failure. That is why Cadillac continues to fail.

          I trust the Vette group but I do not trust GM to get it right.

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  21. Call it The Lightning and make everyone happy!

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  22. General Motors CEO Mary Barra is gutless which means she isn’t willing to take any chances and means the chances that the Corvette SUV will exist beyond being a rendering is remote.

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  23. It’s not bad, in my opinion. I think the design language of the C8 works in SUV form. I know the diehard purists are offended by the mere thought of a Corvette SUV, but the same could once (still?) be said about an automatic-only Corvette, or a mid-engine Corvette, and we now have both with the C8. Not to mention the E-Ray! I was deeply opposed to a Corvette SUV or sub-brand before the C8, but now that the classic formula has been tossed into the trash, I’m not against it like I was previously.

    The suggestion that a Corvette SUV would “destroy” the Corvette brand is laughable. It’s not as if 100% of Corvette buyers are purists. Realistically, such a vehicle could easily outsell the regular Corvette. This is the reality of the modern age. It would be far more usable and more practical, and would appeal to a vastly larger array of potential buyers. And let’s be honest, the Corvette as we know it died with the C7. The C8 bears no resemblance, aside from name and minor design throwbacks (quad tail lights), to previous generations. It’s not really all that affordable anymore, either. And we know they’ll be raising the price moving forward.

    I get the purism angle. I’m that way myself with certain things. But in most (not all) cases we move on and the brands become more successful by expanding their portfolio. There was outrage over the 2005 Charger having 4 doors, shouts of heresy when Porsche introduced the Cayenne, and the same can be said for Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Lamborghini and soon Ferrari, all introducing SUV’s (well, Lamborghini DID have one in the past). The world will not end…as long as they don’t pull a Ford do a Mustang Mach-E type thing, which is just awful. There’s a case of a company doing a sub-brand/spinoff model wrong.

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  24. This is just stupid. Corvette is not a brand name. Don’t be like Ford and ruin a great nameplate.

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  25. Since when is Corvette a brand name? The Porsche SUV’s aren’t named 911! Chevy and GMC have more than enough CUV/SUV’s in there lineups already with the Blazer standing in as a Camaro like sporty version. As with the silly Mustang Mach 1 calling what to me looks like an MCE Trax with a Vette like front and back will only bastardize this iconic model.

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  26. Great work. Please do a rendering of the XT6-V like others have shown on Instagram. I’m curious to see your spin on it.

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    1. I already saw that Brandan K,

      It looked awesome !!!

      And I saw your post on the AT4 line !

      I would have one of both of there vehicles in my garage in the next 3- 5 years if they were made.

      GM needed the XT’s of the Cadillac line to be a better preforming mid-sized SUV !
      GM with this platform needed to bring both the RWD/AWD, Cadillac mid-sized performance vehicle, and the GMC Denali and AT4 off – roaders in a truck like mid-sized SUV !
      And remember, I am NOT talking race car performance here, just better than the all the same old GM average blah mid-sized SUV.

      I am curious, how old are you if you don’t mind ?

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    2. XT6-V would be awesome.

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  27. I would definitely replace my Cadillac XT5 with a Corvette SUV, IF it looked like the rendering above, it is based on a rear drive platform and is powered by a naturally aspirated small block Corvette engine, currently the LT2. I would also want it to have a Corvette 3LT level interior.

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  28. GM should consider making a new Chevy Nomad SUV, and base it on a RWD Alpha type of platform. Make the dimensions similar to the Porsche Macan, which is 4 inches higher than the 1955 Nomad.

    GM needs some mid sized RWD sport utility models, like what Ford did with the New Explorer.

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  29. I think is a great idea for Corvette and for GM on so many levels. It has worked well for Porsche and did not “dilute” the brand in any way. It is just another way to enjoy Porsche and it would be the same for Corvette. Other exotic marques are already on this idea and more are joining INCLUDING FERARRI ! I have had Corvettes all my life but I am 73 now and there will come a time when I can no longer get into or out of one. At that point a move to this version would be a great option. Some families love Corvette but when the kids come currently they sometimes must switch to a Blazer or such. For many gear head dads , a move to the Corvette SUV would be the next choice. And then for many others it is just a more comfortable and more usable way to enjoy the Corvette experience granted without the full performance the Sports Cars allow us. So here is what it could mean, for GM, it increases profits and fills a much needed niche. For Corvette, it insures the viability of the brand over the long term. For marketing, it allows the much sought after and very vaporous “performance image” to be more easily transferred to their high performance SUV vehicle. All of this depends almost 100% on how GM develops the car. If it uses some reimagined version of the C7 aluminum frame/chassis , suspension ,etc then it could well be a super successful decision. If GM chooses a Cadillac Cimarron approach and rebrands a Chevy Blazer then GM will have totally blown it and the brand would be damaged as was Cadillac. So we all need more details of this vehicle and where it will come from before we get excited – GM is well known for its Bean counter mistakes over the years. Given that caveat, I am all in on this idea and hope Barra carries it forward.

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    1. But this is different. Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghini are brands. They have many different models. Chevrolet is a brand….Corvette is not.

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      1. I look at it like this, Dodge decided to make its Ram trucks a new brand rather than a new model. Chevy COULD do the same but I don’t think it’s the best idea necessarily. Ultimately I guess it depends on whether GM wants Corvette to be a halo car for Chevy or make it an entirely different brand like Olds, Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer, etc were. Personally I prefer Corvette as halo Chevy, however I would buy that CUV rendered above if they built it no matter what they called it.

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        1. Bill Porter,
          FCA had to make RAM a separate entity in order to sell trucks in the USA !
          There is still some kind of tax/tariff on full size trucks in the USA linked way back to WWII.
          You see FCA and now FCA – Peugeot and all that, is in no way an American automaker !

          So yes the RAM is no longer a so called Dodge, this is just do to not enough American investors wanted to invest their money there.
          And it is my opinion that if GM was to do this it might have the exact affect and GM would loose those Corvette investors !

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        2. Actually a Ram was created at a time Chrysler may have had to sell them off. Much easier to sell a Ram truck line to someone else than a Dodge Ram.

          It never came to that yet but now PSA is in the picture they now can market them.

          Now FCA also spun off Ferrari but that was for two reasons. One to sell stock. Second if FCA partnered up with someone like PSA there is no tie to the partner.

          Sergio was protecting Ferrari for the Angenelli family the largest stock holder.

          FCA knows the only real value is their truck and a Jeep lines so they keep them viable and well funded as they were the only bait they had to other partners.

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  30. GM should realize that Porsche didn’t already have an SUV so it was easy for them to be successful with a new vechlcle but they were smart enough to not call it a 911

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  31. Tahoe SS (use an LT4), Blazer SS (Twin Turbo 3.6), Trailblazer SS (2.0 Turbo and manual trans), sure… Corvette SUV? No. I would like to see a high performance SUV somewhere in Chevrolet’s lineup, but not a rebadged Porsche with a Corvette name and taillights. I don’t see any point to that.

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  32. Chevrolet need to compete with the Mustang EV. Call it a Camaro crossover…who cares… GM needs it

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  33. This SUV looks kind of small and I think it should be about the same size as the Lamborghini Urus but it does look good though. I never thought about a corvette SUV.

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  34. GM already has the Grandaddy of SUV’s in their stable.
    It’s called the HUMMER, 1, 2 and 3.
    Why mess with success?

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    1. GM has the Hummer HX waiting in the wings to compete w/ E-Mustang CUV – if Ms Barret would give the okay…

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  35. I am 50 years old and disabled. I have owned a 1979 C3 and a 1999 C5 (which I REALLY loved with the 6-speed). I can no longer drive a manual and can no longer get down to get into low riding sports cars, however I do still love “sporty” vehicles. I prefer the taller ride height not only easier for me to get into and out of but also prefer higher ride height for better visibility for me and of me on the road. Being disabled I no longer require a truck however (I’ve owned and liked a few of those also). I really LOVE the styling of this rendering! However I don’t think that a Corvette CUV or sedan are necessarily a great idea. They should definitely build them (just as Porsche and others have done) but maybe not call it Corvette. Making them Chevys following the design language of the C8 works well like with the Camaro. Just my 2 cents.

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  36. .. like everything else in life- just because you can, doesn’t mean you should ..

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  37. This is just wrong. Give us a performance CUV but not as a Corvette.

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  38. If Corvette wants to be an independant from General Motors like it’s claiming; this auto proves that! Any automobile having a Body shell that does not mimic a performance blueprint that originally was stated for performance; This rendering destroy’s the notion!

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  39. OH GOD,NO ORIGINALITY!!!!!@ IT’S TAKEOFF OF “FORD MUSTANG SUV”….. LOOSING RESPECT FOR CHEVY, STOP HIRING YOUNGBUCS TO DRAW CARS……

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  40. Please build this and don’t change anything it looks really cool, even the colour is good. If I had the money I would buy it and I’m not a big fan of suvs

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  41. Do any of the people here want a vehicle like this from GM ?

    If so, do you want it a Corvette performance vehicle at all ?

    Because like me, I do very much want a vehicle like this.

    But I do NOT want it to be a track racer 650 HP like a Corvette, and would never buy that vehicle either !

    All I want is a mid-sized, RWD/AWD vehicle with better performance than the average GM blah mid-sized lineup.

    Something I can put 4 adults in with a Ranger or Lund boat on the back, like the 7,000 pound rated and move like driving a Yukon, and not like driving a Geo Metro !

    The 2.7T – 10 speed setup, is it for me ! Or a 3.0TT, or a 2.8TD, but I prefer the inline engines with one turbo for longevity, maybe the 3.0TD and make that a gasser also, a 3.0T inline !

    Again I do not want or need a racecar SUV with 1000 HP, How many of you are buyers for that ?

    And if you are a buyer for that, the Escalade or Yukon are already here, and you can get all the performance tunes and parts you need to make 1000 HP !!
    Can you do it with a mid-sized GM SUV as easy ?

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  42. Will they base it on the Blazer with the 2.0T standard and the 3.6 TT V-6 for a ZO6 model?

    As much as I hate the idea, this sounds like something GM would do. Immediately on the heels of finally delivering a mid-engine Corvette when things are looking up, they do something totally dumb for easy money like this.

    I’m sure the bean counters are salivating over the per-unit profit to be had by creating a FWD Corvette SUV from parts on hand.

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  43. Hell No !! Stupid !

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  44. As long as it stays in the bow tie lineup. Corvette is not a Cadillac Buick or GMC

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  45. NO to a Corvette branded SUV or anything other than the 2-seater that has been around since 1953…

    IF GM were to build a true high performance SUV – they could sell it under the Chevy or GMC or even the Cadillac nameplate. Can they build one? Will they build one? The name does really not matter – and based on their recent history, they would only be doing harm to the Corvette name.
    IF – big IF – they are actually capable of building a great performance oriented SUV, they should possibly resurrect one of the names from the past that was a good fit – Nomad? – or maybe just call it some kind of SS package on one of the SUV or CUV vehicles that they already build!!!!

    Dammit GM – Just build a great vehicle and quit doing stupid stuff!!!

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  46. Make V series models of your Cadillac SUV’s. Give the XT4 a TTv6, and the XT6 a sweet sounding LT2 V8 :D.

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  47. IMHO, the C8 just doesn’t translate to SUV dimensions. The Camaro, though the treatment is equally abhorrent, would translate better to SUV dimensions. I think GM should just beef the hell on a Tahoe or… Trailblazer.

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  48. If you want a performance SUV then build a performance Chevy SUV…not Corvette or Cadillac. A mid size SUV should have a more chair like seat…not a laid back boy racer type. Currently my daily driver is a 2008 Trail Blazer SS AWD…and I really like it for this. Why not…???? I would like a new one if Chevy would build it.

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    1. David,
      There are still and were a lot of the Trail Blazers around here. Most of the people here I know, including my sister-in-law, have bought Durango’s of Jeep Grand Cherokee’s.

      So in short my new GM SUV would be a mini Yukon RWD/AWD the size of the Jeep Cherokee !
      2.7T – 10 speed
      2.8TD – 10 speed
      It would sit up just like my Canyon and your Trail Blazer !

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  49. WOW I don’t think I’ve ever seen a story generate so many interesting comments.
    Here’s mine…I think GM should develop a a High Performance SUV, but I don’t think it should be called Corvette. It should be a RWD/ AWD intermediate sized platform. It should use a small Block power train and possibly incorporate some Corvette styling elements. It could be called the Chevrolet Corsa or SS. The name isn’t as important as the product. If its good and represents a good value in the market, it will sell. Maybe Cadillac should also market a High Performance SUV based on the same platform, but with a more elegant exterior and possibly a higher end interior with a version of the Blackwing V-8. It might be called Allante’. For either product to be successful it would require MARKETING SUPPORT and area where General Motors and particularly Cadillac are sorely lacking.

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  50. All of the tools here that want a camaro cross over dont understand that camaro doesnt have the prestige that corvette has, it just sounds like your all vette fans and not camaro fans. If it’s wrong to do a vette crossover then it’s wrong to do a camaro one period end of discussion. For those that would rather it be a Cadillac nameplate some people would never purchase a Cadillac because some people associate that with poor quality at the same time Corvette is single handling The greatest and most prestigious invention by GM and is the only thing that could keep up with Porsche brands in terms of performance prestige and from the looks of the new C8 interior luxury

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  51. I say go forward GM. Just make sure it competes with the Porsche variant. It would be a hit, if the purists do not kill it before it arrives.

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  52. Has anyone ever visited Redux Vapers LTD.? 🙂

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  53. can i drop dab into my vape coil

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