The only car I've ever driven with the engine behind me was a Lotus Europa back in the 70s. I just couldn't get used to the engine back there and it was made for smaller people with smaller feet.
They killed off the Fiero when it was getting interesting.
Introduced with the no-power, boat-anchor-heavy 2.5L Iron Duke and a 4 speed. Eventually, it got the 2.8L V6 and a 5 speed. The 2.8 was not a powerhouse, but it eventually became a 3.4L DOHC. Even as the 2.8L, in that little thing, it had get up and go. It also outgrew its Chevette front suspension and started to turn by about ‘87.
The only car I've ever driven with the engine behind me was a Lotus Europa back in the 70s. I just couldn't get used to the engine back there and it was made for smaller people with smaller feet.
Last time I saw a paint job like that was at Stalingrad.
Last time I saw a paint job like that was at Stalingrad.
I'm not a car guy but I used to know an indy 500 driver that had the chance to drive a corvette around the 500 track at whatever speed he deemed safe.
His take home was that they are a death machine as a race car. Less than impressed is an understatement. "Not to be used as a car to drive fast in" was his take on them.
How long ago was this?
I'm not a car guy but I used to know an indy 500 driver that had the chance to drive a corvette around the 500 track at whatever speed he deemed safe.
His take home was that they are a death machine as a race car. Less than impressed is an understatement. "Not to be used as a car to drive fast in" was his take on them.
Good question.
From everything I've read, for the last 10 years, for a road car, Corvettes have been fantastic on the track.
Pantera. Friends dad was sales manager for a Mercury dealer and he would roll one home on occasion. He would get drunk and pass out. My buddy would take the keys and come get me. How we ever got that car home in one piece still amazes me cause my buddy sucked at the skills required to wheel one of those.
Rear engine cars rule. Porsche, there is no substitute!Front engine pfft. How antiquated. Almost as bad as rear engine.
Rear engine cars rule. Porsche, there is no substitute!
CERV III
1986 Corvette Indy
The project would become the CERV III (Corporate Engineering Research Vehicle III) was first unveiled at Detroit Automobile Show in January 1986 as the Corvette Indy prototype car. The vehicle featured 4-wheel drive, 4-wheel steering, and CRT cockpit screens. The vehicle was styled by Chief of Chevy III Studio, Jerry Palmer.
1990 CERV III
In January 1990, CERV III (No. 3) made its debut at the International Auto Show in Detroit. The car's mid-mounted V-8 is a 5.7-liter 32-valve, dual-overhead cam LT5, with twin turbos and internal modifications, giving it 650 hp (485 kW), 655 lb⋅ft (888 N⋅m)- torque, and a top speed of 225 mph (362 km/h). The car was made of carbon fiber with a fiberglass-finish coating, with estimated price of $300k-400k. Other standard features include computer-controlled active suspension system, ABS braking and traction control, six-speed automatic transmission, all-wheel-drive and four-wheel steering along with a fully multiplexed electrical architecture.
CERV III (No. 3) is a playable car in Test Drive III, under the name 'Chevrolet Cerv III', where CERV means 'Corporate Experimental Research Vehicle'.
Rear engine cars rule. Porsche, there is no substitute!
I'm not a car guy but I used to know an indy 500 driver that had the chance to drive a corvette around the 500 track at whatever speed he deemed safe.
His take home was that they are a death machine as a race car. Less than impressed is an understatement. "Not to be used as a car to drive fast in" was his take on them.