2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 mules spied for first time

 2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 mules spied for first time
2014 Corvette (C7) spy photo 6.10.2011 / SB-Medien

Smaller than the current model

After years of speculation, our spies have caught a couple of test mules for the 2014 Corvette (C7).

Snapped wearing C6 bodies, the prototypes reveal the model will likely be shorter and narrower than the current car. We can also see a revised exhaust system which mimics the one used on the Corvette Vision concept.

Technical details remain elusive, but recent reports have indicated the car will feature a pushrod V8 engine with direct injection and variable valve timing. There's also word of a seven-speed manual transmission which could offer improved performance and increased fuel efficiency.

The redesigned Corvette will be built in Bowling Green, Kentucky and could be launched in 2013 as a 2014 model.

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 dmanero dmanero
I just hope they go with a new design, like the camero and the mustang, retro but updated. the current vette is boring and cheap. you want to be classified as a high performance sports car, then look the part, stop with the plastic panels and look in to using other strong materials.
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October 6, 2011 10:33 am
 Shumy Shumy
I completely agree
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October 6, 2011 11:15 am
 Microice Microice
They should style it like the 09 Stingray concept!
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October 6, 2011 12:45 pm
 eddie eddie
It would be nice rather than always going retro to go to a new design that brings on the future of Corvette. Detroit is good at retro but lets take a chance.....maybe a Apple designed Corvette.
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October 6, 2011 1:00 pm
 scratchy996 scratchy996
an Apple designed Corvette would be a white brick. Then after a year they would make a faster, thinner black one.
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October 7, 2011 7:25 am
 RobERob RobERob
Corvette is in desperate need of a much needed make over; it should have happened a year or two ago. And add me to the 'no to retro' campaign. Enough with the backwards thinking already.
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October 6, 2011 2:15 pm
 peterjames7 peterjames7
Yeah i loved the corvette vision concept, if they keep going in that direction they should do fine. If they make it with a well trimmed firring spec interior it would stand a chance outside the us this time too, and please do a rhd model too
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October 6, 2011 2:30 pm
 PAA PAA
I recently saw an Opel GT (Saturn Sky) next to a Corvette and the GT looked a lot nicer. If GM managed to bring out such a beautiful low budget 30k car they should put some real effort for the Corvette. The current design dates back to the 80s and I expect Corvette to be level with Lamborghini and Ferrari.
October 6, 2011 8:32 pm
 clsamg clsamg
Dmanero +1 corvette looks and are cheaply finished. I wouldn't cost much more to use decent material on the inside.
October 7, 2011 3:11 am
 dmanero dmanero
very true, but I'm not talking about just the interior, I'm mean also the exterior.
October 7, 2011 5:07 am
 sideskraper sideskraper
Change the formula and the price would go up enough to have an impact on it's sales numbers. The USA is a very price sensitive market. If they were to take the Corvette upmarket, it would be with a Cadillac badge and price tag. In a similar manner to the way they sold the XLR in the past. I hope they don't change it one little bit. It's a wonderful car at an amazingly affordable price.
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October 7, 2011 3:52 am