Chevrolet Corvette Indy Concept | |
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Chevrolet | |
aka | Type aka here, not up there |
Introduction | 1986 |
Class | Concept Car |
Body Style | 2 Doors+2 Seats+Coupe |
Length | 4801 mm / 189 in |
Width | Unknown |
Height | 1090 mm / 42.9 in |
Wheelbase | 2494 mm / 98.2 in |
Weight | 1497 kg / 3300 lbs |
Transmission | 3-Speed Auto+ 4WD |
Engine | 2.65-liter twin-turbo Indy V-8 |
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Power | 283.4 kw / 380 bhp @ 6000 rpm 501.7 nm / 370 ft lbs @ 3800 rpm |
Similar | similar (competition) |
Designer | Irving Ribicky |
Imagine having the confidence of 1980s General Motors. The kind of confidence that bolsters you to design a svelte, tapered, mid-engined hypercar thing loaded to the gills with (then) ultra-advanced tech and a small-displacement V-8 designed primarily to race at the Indy 500, and then proudly proclaim that, yes, this may well be what the fifth-generation Corvette could look like.This is exactly what happened back in 1986 with the mega-cool Corvette Indy concept. Of all the mid-engined Vette concepts, design studies, and engineering prototypes, the Indy and subsequent CERV III perhaps sting the sharpest as the ones that really should have been built. Instead, this pie-in-the-sky concept ended up primarily showcasing the engineering might of General Motors without the company having to bring all the resulting tech to market.
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Unique Attributes
Aesthetically, the Indy remains one of the most striking Corvette concepts ever created. It's a very long and lean supercar shape, like someone took a paring knife to a widened Jaguar XJ220. It's the brainchild of former GM Design Vice President Chuck Jordan and staff GM designer Tom Peters, who saw it as a dramatic shell to house cutting-edge hardware without having to worry about ergonomics, windows that go up or down, or cockpit space.
Criticisms
This Car Was Never Made :(
Worldwide
This Car Was Never Sold
Design quirks and oddities
Apparently, the Corvette Indy greatly impressed the higher-ups in GM. So much so that the project continued, eventually evolving into the CERV III, a concept that almost made it to the factory floor. For now, the original mock-up Indy concept remains in the hallowed halls of the National Corvette Museum, and at least one of the running prototypes appears to be in the bowels of the GM Heritage Center, no doubt to be trotted out as the 2020 mid-engine Corvette takes its star turn.
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