“Blue Devil” Corvette spotted at Nurburgring

Posted Jun 30, 2005, 6:00 AM ET by Eric Bryant
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The concept here is simple. Start with the already stunning Corvette Z06. Add a supercharger to its 7-liter V8, yielding something north of 600 HP. Use enough carbon fiber to bring the weight down to 2900 lbs or so (about the weight of a Cobalt SS). Call it the Blue Devil, charge approximately $100,000, and let the debate begin. Will it be the fastest vehicle for the money? Almost certainly. Will it be “exclusive” enough to justify the price; that is, does it look too much like its more pedestrian siblings? Frankly, I don’t care. It could look like a minivan, and I’d still want one. Rumor from a year or so ago had it that GM was having difficulty getting the lower end to survive at those power levels (keep in mind just how stringent WOT testing is at the OEM level), but it’s reasonable to think that they’ve figured out how to fix those problems by now. Look for this in the 2007 model year.

Still rumors but seem pretty certain form the Vette forum:

Unsubstantiated rumors (the kind that are the most fun) have it that GM will introduce two new engines for the Corvette in 2008. Both will have a displacement of 6.2L, with a naturally-aspirated version producing 450 HP and a supercharged version making a robust 600 HP. Does this mean that the Blue Devil won’t get a supercharged 7.0L LS7? The use of less displacement for more strength would follow the trend established by GM with the forced-induction versions of the Ecotec and Northstar. Now, what about the Vette in the spy pics? Some have claimed it’s a targa-roof version of the Z06, but it lacks some of that model’s scoops and extractors. More likely, it’s a new mid-level variant that would sit between the base Vette and the Z06, or it could be a mid-cycle revision. [Hat tip: Digital Corvettes]