Does Europe Need the Vette and XLR?(Column)

Byline: Matt Davis Watching the two yellow-soon to be red, white and blue-C5-Rs of GM's Corvette Racing team growl around the roads near Le Mans every June is a thing not to be missed. All the German powerhouses are smoothly vacuuming around the circuit winning their classes while the Corvettes really rip it up and make a helluva racket winning theirs. Just once, stand by the pit wall as they barrel down the grandstand stretch between the Ford Chicane and Dunlop Curve and you know that the 7.0-liter ``small-block'' American V8s are a crucial ingredient to the race experience. ...