Up Front - next-generation Chevrolet Corvette in development - Brief Article

Automotive Industries, July, 2000

Information on Chevrolet's next Corvette, the C6 program, is trickling out of the GM Tech Center. C6 design is being led by Tom Peters, the man responsible for Pontiac's controversial Aztek. We're told that Peters' team is looking at ways to downsize the current C5 Corvette, which they see as larger than ideal, but without sacrificing interior or trunk capacity. One competitor the team has benchmarked is Porsche's Boxster.

Other possibilities for C6 include a relocated transaxle (behind the rear axle) with sequential-shift manual/automatic, a change to aluminum for the car's structure, and switching to a 4.0L Northstar dohc V-8 -- though the ohv LS1 is being breathed on to produce an honest 400 hp for 2003.