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By the end of the current month, one lucky owner will get his or her hands on the Zora mid-engined Corvette. No, GM hasn't decided to finally give the green light to the project, the prototype they built back in 1970 is up for grabs.
Many still expect to see GM putting a small block at the center of the next-gen C8 Corvette, while some even feared this would be a V6 after seeing the Ford GT motivated by such a mill. Until the automaker sorts it all out, the original is back to fuel the fire.
The purist-upsetting study was some sort of GM thought on how things had gone if the company would have chose to disturb Ford in its Ferrari-smacking Le Mans Trip.
This is one of the five experimental mid-engined Corvettes that were created by the man known as the father of the Corvette, GM engineer, Zora Arkus-Duntov. Its name? V7 Twin Turbo.
Oh and don't take the car's RWD for granted - among others, they also tried their hand at building an all-wheel drive model.
The creation was from the reworked C2 Corvette its appearance showed. Since motorsport was the inspiration source, the specs were accordingly acid.
Speaking of the wheels, the rims were provided by HRE, while the tires were Michelin's widest production-based rubber.
Amenities such as AC or a stereo were left outside, so that vee eight is the one providing the music. As for the access, the mechanism you see in the adjacent gallery was an industry-first "suiglide".
Fret not, you still have time to attend, as this Corvette is going under the hammer at Auctions America Fort Lauderdale event on the 27th of March.
The purist-upsetting study was some sort of GM thought on how things had gone if the company would have chose to disturb Ford in its Ferrari-smacking Le Mans Trip.
This is one of the five experimental mid-engined Corvettes that were created by the man known as the father of the Corvette, GM engineer, Zora Arkus-Duntov. Its name? V7 Twin Turbo.
Oh and don't take the car's RWD for granted - among others, they also tried their hand at building an all-wheel drive model.
The creation was from the reworked C2 Corvette its appearance showed. Since motorsport was the inspiration source, the specs were accordingly acid.
American firepower
A tubular frame was used to support a Chevy LS V8 that was overfed by a pair of turbos, delivering no less than 1,000 hp and 982 lb-ft (1,331 Nm) of twist. Further down the power line we find a Mendeola transaxle delivering the zing to the rear wheels. The driver could operate the gearbox via shift paddles.Speaking of the wheels, the rims were provided by HRE, while the tires were Michelin's widest production-based rubber.
Amenities such as AC or a stereo were left outside, so that vee eight is the one providing the music. As for the access, the mechanism you see in the adjacent gallery was an industry-first "suiglide".
How to grab it
What we've just gone through is a brief description of the V7 Tin Tubo, so you may be surprised to find out that this retro hypercar is only estimated to fetch around $100,000.Fret not, you still have time to attend, as this Corvette is going under the hammer at Auctions America Fort Lauderdale event on the 27th of March.
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