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AND Another FOOL... Note the date on the page...

April FU%^!NG FOOLS...

Aaron Gold's Cars Blog From Aaron Gold, Your Guide to Cars.

Corvette to get diesel power for 2009 Chevrolet has announced that they will introduce a diesel-powered Corvette next spring as a 2009 model. The 2009 Chevrolet Corvette TDI will be powered by a specially-designed 5.7 liter V8 diesel with twin turbochargers. Output for the engine, developed in cooperation with Isuzu, is estimated at 350 horsepower and 675 lb-ft of torque.

"We feel that with its high fuel economy and strong low-end torque characteristics, the turbodiesel is the perfect engine for the Corvette," says a General Motors spokesperson. Early tests indicate that the Corvette TDI accelerates from 0 to 60 in just over 4 seconds and achieves real-world fuel economy of 25 to 30 MPG.

Chevrolet has hinted that if the Corvette TDI is a hit with buyers, they may consider phasing out gasoline-powered Corvettes altogether and making the turbodiesel engine the exclusive powerplant for the iconic American sports car. -- Aaron Gold

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Sunday April 1, 2007

You fool you

Reply to
ZÿRiX

Short answer: Not a chance.

Fragmenting a niche offering is tough. The price premium on a diesel option would kill it. I can imagine an 'effete intellectual' going for a novelty like this.

Whole new logistics picture wouldn't help get this off the ground either. Then, there's handling dynamics from a heavier engine etc. etc. etc.

Assuming this was really proposed somewhere in GM -- someone should have broken the guy's pencil and prevented his/her further breeding. Get this out of the gene pool.

Seriously, I think the only way to do diesel in a sports car would with a gas generating turbine, free power turbine and CVT. $$$$$!

-- pj

Reply to
PJ

I don't believe it will happen....

just my2¢

Reply to
'Key

"Chevrolet has hinted that if the Corvette TDI is a hit with buyers, they may consider phasing out gasoline-powered Corvettes altogether and making the turbodiesel engine the exclusive powerplant for the iconic American sports car."

Gawd I hope not.

Ken

Reply to
ken_pittsjr

Does not anybody understand this was an april fools joke?

ONCE Again READ the date on the web page...

Reply to
ZÿRiX

Wonder if it will sould like, stink like, and smoke like a diesel? If it don't, it would not be any fun.

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John Smith

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