Chevrolet Corvette – the long road to the middle motor

19 July 2019

57-year-old background of creating srednekamennogo Chevrolet Corvette deserves a separate story

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Isn't it supercreative idea to make the car a real closed eyelids?

Then they have officially led by the legendary "father of the Corvette" the former inhabitant of Odessa of Zora (Żory) of Arkus-Dante's had a hand in the creation in 1964 of a unique chassis prototype Barchetta Chevrolet CERV II (Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle,

A mid-running prototype of the Chevrolet CERV II with a team of their creators (Tony Lapine, second from left)

CERV and I was just racing monoposto – photos on the screen saver) with an aluminum 6.2-liter V8 with fuel injection, developing up to 500 HP and led two 2-speed "automatic" both bridges, who predicted the battles on the racetrack with the iconic Ford GT40 and Ferrari.

CERV II was to race on oval tracks to race with supercars such as the Ford GT40 and Ferrari 250 LM, etc., but the series never went

However, frightened by the stench of death riders on the race tracks ovals American leadership GM was forbidden to think. To hundreds this is a real American supercar accelerates in less than 3 seconds and develop maximum speed of 322 km/h. modern indicators for car 55 years ago!

chevrolet_corvette_xp-819_rear_engine_concept_car.E. coupe was virtually ready for serial production, but this attempt was a failure, as 2-speed automatic transmission mated to the differential, was taken from the front-engined Pontiac Tempest models that the supercar were not good, and most importantly, to preserve the purity of the contours of the body radiators a team of Arkus-Dante's... placed in the rear overhang, which led to the impossibility of their effective work. <br / >
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Radiators in the rear overhang on the XP-880 – a wrong decision of the year in style

However, the design of Żory was again breath-taking and resulted in a year was revealed to the world sredneohtinski XP-882 with angular contours of the body.

The prototype XP-882 1969, became more angular

Now launched a V8 behind the seats transverse, and a modified 3-step "automatic" was taken from the front wheel drive Oldsmobile Toronado. The prototype was the show-stopper, but the serial introduced the Corvette Stingray only a year was the market and replacement is not needed, so that the prototype stayed in a single instance.

The engine on the XP-882 in the database, but also longitudinally

Later in 1972, followed by a prototype mid-engined XP-895 aluminum body from Reynolds Metals Co.

After inlationary in 1976, this concept of a conventional piston engine in a V8 get the Aerovette prototype

The rumors, the Aerovette prototype was supposed to be Corvette 1980. But even then, the Corvette has remained true to the classic layout.

Concept Chevrolet Corvette Indy 1990 was just "a stranger from the future" –

Passed a decade of neglect srednemirovoj layout and in 1985, George Arkus-of duntov again showed the concept of this layout – it was a coupe-Targa top Corvette Indy represents simply the quintessence of all the latest technology – composite monocoque monocoque, carbon-fiber and Kevlar body panels, active hydropneumatic suspension, ABS (has not yet become an industry standard – ed. Since generation C5 1997 year the Corvette received a layout type of "transaxle" with the gearbox mated to the rear axle and rear multi-link suspension on the transverse carbon leaf springs.

And that happened! The eighth generation Chevrolet Corvette (C8), codenamed Z51 finally became mid-engined!

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